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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Karamu Performing Arts Theatre is holding Auditions for:</font></p>
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<h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Birds of a Feather</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">A Fantasy based on events surrounding the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_0">Montgomery Bus Boycott</span>.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Written by: Charlie Briggs</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Directed by: Richard H. Morris Jr.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Choreographed by: Cedric Hall</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><font size="3">Audition Dates:</font></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_1">December 11</span>, 12, 13<span> </span>7:00 p.m.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">December 15,<span> </span><span> </span><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_2">1:00 p.m</span>.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Call backs ( if needed )<span> </span><span> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_3">December 19</span>,<span> </span><span> </span><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_4">7:00 p.m</span>.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><strong><u>Location</u></strong></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_5">2355 east 89th</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cleveland, Ohio 44106</p>
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<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><font size="3">Performance Dates</font></u></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_6">February 9, 2008 – February 24, 2008</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Saturdays / Sundays Only <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_7">2:00 p.m</span>.</font></p>
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<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><font size="3">Rehearsals</font></u></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Rehearsals will begin in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_8">January 2008</span>, there will be several read throughs starting in late December 2007</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">For more information, please contact Richard Morris at <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_9">216.795.7070<span> </span>ext 236</span></font></p>
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<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Audition Requirements:</span></u></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Birds of a Feather has Characters for both Teens and Adults.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Karamu is Seeking both actors and actresses of all Nationalities ages 10 and up.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Seeking 6 to 8 dancers for a Greek Chorus of Birds</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3">Please come prepared for light movement and improvisation.</font></p>
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<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><font size="3">About the Show</font></u></h3>
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of a Feather was first produced in New york, featuring the likes of
Tamu Blackwell, Nate Barnett, and Anthony Chisolm, the production was
then brought to Karamu House in 1982 and was performed by the Karamu
Youth Theatre, under the direction of Charlie Briggs. Now, Karamu
wishes to bring back this Musical Fantasy, Based on the Events
surrounding the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_10">Montgomery Bus Boycott</span>.</font></p>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This Colorful Stage Cartoon, <em>Birds of a Feather</em> is loosely based on the story of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197309806_11">Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott</span>
of the 1960's, however in this version, all the characters are birds. A
Lavender Sookoo Secretary bird boards a bus, and asks a Humble Wrenkoo
seamstress to relenquish her perch (seat), what ensues will turn the
land of the Amakoos upside down, and lead to its first bus birdcott. It
is up to Vesper Sparrow and the Court of White Owls to make civil
rights out of civil wrongs, and calm the ruffled feathers to all the
birds in the land of the Amakoos. </span></div></div></div></div></body></html>