[NEohioPAL] Experienced Casting Director Needed!

[Pierre Betts via NEohioPAL]

Cleveland Treatment Center's Let It Ride - Game Ready 4 Life Program is seeking an experienced Casting Director for the production of Seasons To Win Against All Odds:  The Ted Ginn, Sr. Story.  Interested parties please submit a resume and/or summary of qualifications to seasonstowinagainstallodds at hotmail.com by Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, 3:00 pm.     Questions?  Contact L.C. Collins or Pierre Betts @ (216) 861-4246.  Please reference Casting Director position. 
PRESENTATION DATES:  Friday/Saturday,  Dec. 19 & 20, 2014 Looking for talent with a knowledge of team sports (football and/or track and field); and can sing pop, R&B, Blues and hip-hop. ABOUT THE PLAY:  Similar to "Remember the Titans", "Touchback" and "Friday Night Lights" On the surface, Theodore “Ted” Ginn, Sr. is a highly successful high school football coach in a state that is considered a hotbed for high school football.  He’s gained national attention for his football knowledge and ability to develop players who have excelled at the collegiate and professional level.But to truly appreciate Ted Ginn, you need to know the man and the neighborhood he has spent a lifetime in. The Glenville neighborhood was founded as a small village.  At the turn of the 20th century, it was mainly a resort community for Cleveland’s middle and upper class who prospered as the city became an industrial giant.  Glenville was bordered to the north by Lake Erie and the west by a tract of cultural gardens donated by John D Rockefeller when the village was annexed by the City of Cleveland in 1905. Through the years, Glenville had its’ share of notable residents including the family of President James A. Garfield, Olympic Champion Jesse Owens, and Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman.But the neighborhood mirrored the decline for many northern cities in the 1960s.  Poverty led to crime and its companion offshoots of urban decay and substandard education.  In short, the neighborhood which was once a source of pride for Northeast Ohio became a national example of violence and civil unrest. Much like the neighborhood, the team was in a state of disrepair, forced to compete against schools that were better funded and better equipped.  Despite the conditions and the challenges Ted Ginn had found his calling.  He went from player to volunteer coach, earning a living as a factory worker and then security guard at Glenville.   Finally, he earned his lifelong dream---head coach of the Glenville Tarblooders.  The first years were rough.  Wins were few.  But the man and the message preserved.  Discipline, building character, respect for self and others became the X’s and O’s of life.   By teaching his team that football was just a beginning, Ted Ginn and his Glenville Tarblooders became a point of pride for an entire city.  CAST OF CHARACTERS Ted Ginn, Sr.      Little Ted Ginn      Mrs. Ginn (Wife)      Offensive Coordinator/Guidance Counselor Defensive Coordinator/Teacher      Assistant Director - Ginn Academy      Grandmother      Grandfather Pastor         Football/Track Coaches      CMSD Athletic Director      Sportscasters      Nurse     Doctor Football Players/Track Team      Cheerleaders . 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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