[NEohioPAL]Karamu Open Casting Call for Comedy & Dramas 2007/2008 Mainstage Productions

Sat Jun 16 07:05:22 PDT 2007

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007

KARAMU PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE:  GENERAL CASTING CALL

                      2007/2008 Season:  "Living in America"

*      OPEN CALL Comedy and Drama AUDITIONS  Only!

When:

Thursday, July 26th        -      6pm - 10pm

Sunday,    July 29th       -    11am - 2pm 

Saturday, August 4th    -    11am - 4pm

Where:   Karamu House

    2355 East 89th Street

               Cleveland, Ohio 44106    (between Quincy and Cedar Avenues)

What to Prepare:

*            Two contrasting monologues not exceeding three minutes each. 

*            For Julius X a monologue & slam poetry 

*            Copy of recent headshot or photo

*            Bio and/or a list of performance experience

*            Come in comfortable clothing and be prepared to move.  

Who:  Karamu is a multicultural institution and encourages artist of all
nationalities and religions to attend the casting call.  

Directors of some plays will be present.      

*      Stage Manager Interviews for 2007/08 Season

(1)   Also seeking experienced Stage Managers for main stage and youth
theatre productions

(2)   Also seeking interns for Stage Manager positions and college theatre
majors for main stage and youth theatre productions

Send resumes to performingarts at karamu.com 

Will be called in for an appointment between July 26th and prior to the end
of August.  

*      Karamu House is a Non-Equity theatre.  However, Equity artist are
invited to audition.

Karamu's 2007/2008 Season: "Living in America"  

performance dates and a brief synopsis of each play below 

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Karamu Performing Arts 2007/2008 Season: "Living in America  

**Open audition plays

**PURLIE VICTORIOUS (Classic-Comedy)

By Ossie Davis 

Director: Terrence Spivey

Opens: Sept. 28 - Oct 21, 2007 (Jelliffe)

Previews: Sept. 26th & 27th

Newly ordained preacher, Purlie Victorious Judson, returns to his family's
sharecropper cabin to reacquire the local church and ring the "Freedom
Bell." An inheritance due to a cousin will supply the needed cash, but
unfortunately it is controlled by Colonel Cotchipee, who owns the land which
Purlie's family works. Purlie attempts to bilk the colonel out of the
inheritance, and complications ensue in a surprising and hysterical comedy.

Black Nativity (Gospel Musical)

Director: TBA

Opens: Dec. 7 - Dec. 30, 2007 (Jelliffe)

Previews Dec. 5th & 6th 

Black Nativity is a theatrical presentation focused on the religious and
spiritual aspects of the Christmas story.  It is performed with electrifying
gospel music, colorful costuming and with stunning dance context.  One of
the most produced Christmas classics of all time and a Karamu holiday staple
Black Nativity is written by Karamu alumnae, Langston Hughes.  This years'
production is "A salute to Mike Malone", former Karamu artistic director,
who first brought Black Nativity to Karamu and spawned theatres across the
country to create an annual event out of the production.

16th Annual R. Joyce Whitley ArenaFest Festival of New Works

Jan 7th - Jan 18, 2008 (Arena)

Mike Oatman, Director of New Works, Coordinator

Jim K. Spriggs, Co-Coordinator, Moderator

**Julius X (Drama)

by Al Letson (Ohio Premier)

Director: E.B. Smith

Feb. 1 - February 24, 2008 (Arena)

Jan. 30th & 31st

HISTORY GETS A REMIX!  by national poet phenom Al Letson. Inspired by
Shakespeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar, Julius X explores those same themes
by viewing them through the life of civil rights activist Malcolm X. Set in
Harlem in 1965, Julius X is a Black Nationalist leader of The Nation.
Fearing that Julius' growing strength and ambitions threaten the Nation, a
group of its members led by Brutus Mohammed and Cassius X plot to
assassinate him. But when Julius is killed, chaos engulfs Harlem. Alive with
hip hop dance, slam poetry and multimedia, JULIUS X investigates the
intoxicating effects of power and the danger of pride. Karamu first staged X
at the Second Annual Ingenuity Festival in 2006.

**Holes 

adapted by Louis Sachar  

(Ohio Premier- Womens Month)

March 14 - April 6, 2008 (Jelliffe)

Director: TBA

Karamu is proud to bring the adaptation of this popular Walden Media and
Disney motion picture to our main stage season. Holes follows a young man,
Stanley, who is thrown into a detention camp n the middle of a desert for
allegedly stealing a very expensive pair of sneakers. There, he is given
chores by a Warden to dig holes along with a new found juvenile friend,
Zero, for treasure that was buried years ago by Kissin' Kate Barlow, a
notorious bandit. This is a story about tolerance, friendships, discoveries
and legacies, morality and justice.   (Comedy-Drama Adventure for the entire
Family)

**The Blacks: A Clown Show (Classic Drama)

by Jean Genet

Director: Terrence Spivey

Opens: April 18 - May 11 2008 (Arena)

Previews: April 16th & 17th 

The Blacks: A Clown Show was written in 1958 at the request of a black
actor. But Jean Genet, a white, French novelist and playwright (The
Balcony), wrote the drama focusing on a troupe of black actors, who come
together to perform a ritual that requires the corpse of a white woman.
Originally written for an all-black cast, The Blacks offered a new voice to
American theatre. It won an Obie for Best Off Broadway play in 1961.

(NOTE: Audience are required to wear mask for this production which will be
provided by ushers. Discretion is advised due to content, language, and
unexpected audience interaction. Do not come alone!) 

The Funkentine Rapture (An original funktastic musical-comedy) (World
Premier)

book by Lee Summers and Ben Blake
music and lyrics by Lee Summers

Dir: TBA

Choreographer: TBA

Opens: May 23 - June 15, 2008 (Jelliffe)

Previews: May 21st & 22nd

>From creator Lee Summers (from original Bdway "Dreamgirls), Funkentine pays
homage to Parliament Funkadelic in this soaring 1970s, platform shoes,
sky-high afros and a beat that will take audiences even higher when an
aspiring funk master, George Preston, reaches for the stars and is caught in
an uproarious battle between good and evil, funk and disco. Kentucky fried
and Harlem's catfish surprise. He will try to win the girl, gain the gig,
and rescue the secret recipe from heinous hands.  The Funkentine Rapture
first work shopped at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 17th
Annual Festival of New Musicals. A reading was presented to an enthusiastic
crowd at the second annual FusionFest at the Cleveland Play House.

Performing Arts Department

216-795-7070 ext. 242

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July 26<sup>th</sup>        =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For Julius X
a monologue & slam poetry <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
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recent headshot or photo<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
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size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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list of performance experience<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
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size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Come in
comfortable clothing and be prepared to move.  =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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institution and
encourages artist of all nationalities and religions to attend the =
casting
call.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Directors =
of some
plays will be present</span></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.    &nb=
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</span></font></span></span></font></b></strong><![endif]><strong><b><fon=
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size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Stage Manager Interviews for 2007/08 =
Season</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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</span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b><font
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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Also seeking experienced Stage Managers =
for main stage
and youth theatre productions<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 =
lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>(2)<font =
size=3D1
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New =
Roman"'>   =
</span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Also seeking interns for Stage Manager =
positions
and college theatre majors for main stage and youth theatre =
productions<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
>Send
resumes to </span></font></b><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><a
href=3D"mailto:performingarts at karamu.com" =
title=3D"mailto:performingarts at karamu.com">performingarts at karamu.com</a><=
font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'=
>Will be
called in for an appointment between July 26<sup>th</sup> and prior to =
the end
of August.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<![if !supportLists]>Ø      =
<![endif]>Karamu House is a Non-Equity theatre.  However, Equity artist =
are invited
to audition.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></=
p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Karamu’s
2007/2008 Season: “Living in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region
 w:st=3D"on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>”  =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>performance
dates and a brief synopsis of each play below =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></=
p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><=
font
size=3D4 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>--------------------------=
----------------------------------------</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<div =
style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:groove;border-left:groove=
;
border-bottom:ridge;border-right:ridge;border-color:windowtext;border-wid=
th:
6.0pt;padding:0in 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'border:none;padding:0in'><strong><b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Karamu
Performing Arts 2007/2008 Season: <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>"Living
in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>
</span></i></span></font></b></strong><i><font face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'> <o:p></o:p></span><=
/font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'border:none;padding:0in'><i><font size=3D2
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>**Open
audition plays<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

</div>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>**PURLIE VICTORIOUS =
(Classic-Comedy)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>By Ossie =
Davis </span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Director: <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">Terrence =
Spivey</st1:PersonName></span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Opens: Sept. 28 – Oct 21, 2007 =
(Jelliffe)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Previews: Sept. 26<sup>th</sup> & =
27<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

Newly ordained preacher, Purlie Victorious Judson, =
returns
to his family’s sharecropper cabin to reacquire the local church =
and ring
the “Freedom Bell.” An inheritance due to a cousin will =
supply the
needed cash, but unfortunately it is controlled by Colonel Cotchipee, =
who owns
the land which Purlie’s family works. Purlie attempts to bilk the =
colonel
out of the inheritance, and complications ensue in a surprising and =
hysterical
comedy.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Black Nativity (Gospel =
Musical)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Director: =
TBA</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Opens: Dec. 7 - Dec. 30, 2007 =
(Jelliffe)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Previews Dec. 5th & =
6th</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>Black =
Nativity</span></font></i><font
face=3DVerdana><span style=3D'font-family:Verdana'> is a theatrical =
presentation
focused on the religious and spiritual aspects of the Christmas =
story.  It is
performed with electrifying gospel music, colorful costuming and with =
stunning
dance context.  <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">On</st1:PersonName>e of =
the most
produced Christmas classics of all time and a Karamu holiday staple =
<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Black Nativity</span></i> is written by =
Karamu
alumnae, Langston Hughes.  This years’ production is “A =
salute to
Mike Malone”, former Karamu artistic director, who first brought =
<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Black Nativity</span></i> to Karamu and =
spawned
theatres across the country to create an annual event out of the =
production.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

16th Annual R. Joyce Whitley ArenaFest =
Festival of New
Works<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Jan 7th - Jan 18, 2008 =
(Arena)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mike Oatman, Director of New Works, =
Coordinator</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Jim K. Spriggs, Co-Coordinator, =
Moderator</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>**Julius X =
(Drama)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>by Al Letson (Ohio =
Premier)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Director: E.B. =
Smith</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Feb. 1 - February 24, =
2008 (Arena)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Jan. 30th & =
31st 
 
HISTORY GETS A
REMIX!  by national poet phenom Al =
Letson.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s tragedy of Julius Caesar, Julius X =
explores
those same themes by viewing them through the life of civil rights =
activist
Malcolm X. Set in <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Harlem</st1:place> in 1965, =
Julius X is
a Black Nationalist leader of The Nation. Fearing that Julius’ =
growing
strength and ambitions threaten the Nation, a group of its members led =
by
Brutus Mohammed and Cassius X plot to assassinate him. But when Julius =
is
killed, chaos engulfs <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Harlem</st1:place>. Alive =
with hip
hop dance, slam poetry and multimedia, JULIUS X investigates the =
intoxicating
effects of power and the danger of pride. Karamu first staged X at the =
Second
Annual Ingenuity Festival in 2006.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><i><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></i></em><font =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>**Holes =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>adapted by Louis =
Sachar  <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>(<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>
Premier- Womens Month)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>March 14 - April 6, 2008 =
(Jelliffe)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Director: =
TBA<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

Karamu is proud to bring the adaptation of this =
popular
Walden Media and Disney motion picture to our main stage season. =
Holes follows a young man, =
Stanley, who is
thrown into a detention camp n the middle of a desert for allegedly =
stealing
a very expensive pair of sneakers. There, he is given chores by a =
Warden
to dig holes along with a new found juvenile friend, Zero, =
for treasure
that was buried years ago by Kissin' Kate Barlow, a notorious =
bandit. This
is a story about tolerance, friendships, discoveries and legacies, =
morality and
justice.   (Comedy-Drama Adventure for the entire =
Family)<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>   <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>**The Blacks: A Clown Show (Classic =
Drama)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>by Jean =
Genet</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Director: <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">Terrence =
Spivey</st1:PersonName></span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Opens: April 18 - May 11 2008 =
(Arena)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Previews: April 16th & =
17th</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

The Blacks: A Clown Show was written
in 1958 at the request of a black actor. But Jean Genet, a white, French
novelist and playwright (The
Balcony), wrote the drama focusing on a troupe of =
black
actors, who come together to perform a ritual that requires the corpse =
of a
white woman.  Originally written for an all-black =
cast, The =
Blacks offered
a new voice to American theatre. It won an Obie for Best Off Broadway =
play in
1961.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

(NOTE: Audience are required to wear mask for this
production which will be provided by ushers. Discretion is =
advised due to
content, language, and unexpected audience interaction. Do not come =
alone!) <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The Funkentine Rapture (An original =
funktastic
musical-comedy) (World Premier)</span></font></b></strong><font =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>book by Lee Summers and Ben =
Blake</span></font></b></strong><b><font
face=3DVerdana><span style=3D'font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'>music and
lyrics by Lee Summers</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Dir: TBA</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Choreographer: =
TBA</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Opens: May 23 - June 15, 2008 =
(Jelliffe)</span></font></b></strong><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Previews: May 21st & =
22nd</span></font></b></strong><b><font
face=3DVerdana><span style=3D'font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><font face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'><br>
>From creator Lee Summers (from original Bdway "Dreamgirls), =
<em><i><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana'>Funkentine</span></font></i></em> pays=

homage to Parliament Funkadelic in this soaring 1970s, platform shoes, =
sky-high
afros and a beat that will take audiences even higher when an aspiring =
funk
master, George Preston, reaches for the stars and is caught in an =
uproarious
battle between good and evil, funk and disco. <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Kentucky</st1:State>
fried and <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Harlem</st1:place>'s catfish surprise. =
He will
try to win the girl, gain the gig, and rescue the secret recipe from =
heinous
hands.  The
Funkentine Rapture first work shopped at the =
National
Alliance for Musical Theatre's 17th Annual Festival of New =
Musicals. A
reading was presented to an enthusiastic crowd at the second annual
FusionFest at the Cleveland Play House.<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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