<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">The Broadview Heights Spotlights Community Theater is holding auditions for its winter production, "<SPAN id=lw_1198795889_3 style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; CURSOR: hand; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1198982004_0 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Steel Magnolias</SPAN></SPAN>" on <STRONG>Sunday and Monday, January 6 & 7, 2008 at 7PM. </STRONG> They will be held at the Cultural Arts Building on the Broadview Center property, 9543 Broadview (1/2 mile south of Rt. 82). The Cultural Arts Building is next to the Police Department. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333"></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1198795889_4 style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; CURSOR: hand; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1198982004_1 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Steel Magnolias</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333"> is a comedic drama by R. Harling. Kim Mihalik will direct. Show dates are February 28-March 15, 2008. It is the Spotlights’ annual coffee house production. The show calls for 6 women of various ages (see below). For more information, send an e-mail to <A id=SAWARN12049218 title=blocked::mailto:aphelps74@sbcglobal.net href="http://us.f818.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=aphelps74@sbcglobal.net"
target=_blank rel=nofollow original_href="http://us.f818.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=aphelps74@sbcglobal.net"><FONT color=#003399>aphelps74@sbcglobal.net</FONT></A>.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333"></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">For initial auditions, please prepare a short contemporary monologue (comedy or drama). If you are asked to callbacks, we will do scene work then. Callbacks will be later in the week at <SPAN class=024085022-27122007>a still-to-be-determined time.</SPAN></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333"></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">Show synopsis: The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, <SPAN id=lw_1198795889_5 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1198982004_2 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Louisiana</SPAN></SPAN> , where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy in the second act.
However, the sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333"></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333"><SPAN class=024085022-27122007>The age of the characters is as follows, however, it </SPAN>is just a loose interpretation. Please do not let it deter you from auditioning. We can age a person if needed!</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in
0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">Truvy: 30’s to 50’s</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">Annelle: 20’s</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">Ouiser: 50’s or up</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">Miss Clairee: 50’s or up</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">M’Lynn: 40s or up</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">Shelby : 20’s</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </div></DIV>