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Arial;font-weight:bold'>The </span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cleveland</span></font></b><b><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Performing Arts,
Music, and Film</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial'>is holding <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>AUDITIONS FOR:</span></b></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>THE GAMBLERS</span></font></u></i></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>By Nikolai
Gogol, Opening May 22, 2008</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Adapted and directed
by </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Massoud Saidpour</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Seeking professional actors: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Three male actors in their late 20’s to early
40’s and 1 male actor in his 60’s. Color blind casting. The
production highly values creativity and ensemble acting. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>THE GAMBLERS</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, by Russian master dramatist
Nikolai Gogol, is written few years after his best known play <u>GOVERNMENT
INSPECTOR</u> and is considered Gogol’s last play. It is a hilarious,
fast-paced romp about a professional gambler traveling on a highly profitable
con job. After stopping at a provincial inn where he believes that he is
playing against local pinheads, he’s poised to pull off his perfect scam.
Little does he know the kind of scorpions he’s dealing with. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gogol’s
play is a brilliant study of the grotesque and the grotesquery of human avarice
where the gambling room becomes a silhouette of the society at large. The play
is adapted to the current time. </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This is the second installment of
project “Masters of Russian Drama.” The first, SWAN SONG +
CONFESSIONS, (featuring Dorothy and </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Reuben Silvers</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, and
Terence Cranendonk; dir. Massoud Saidpour) played in the 2005–06 season.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <b><u><span style='font-weight:bold'>Audition dates</span></u></b>:
By Appointment ONLY- Auditions will be held at the Cleveland Museum of
Art</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Requirements:</span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>E-mail or mail a
résumé and headshot</span></font>. <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Be prepared with a
short (max. 5 minute) monologue. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Information:</span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Please call or
e-mail for an appointment:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Phone:
216-707-2282</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Email: <a
href="mailto:perform@clevelandart.org"><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>perform@clevelandart.org</span></font></a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rehearsals begin: April 14</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Performance Dates: May 22–</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>June 15, 2008</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7:30 pm</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <br>
Sundays, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3:00 pm</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All rehearsals and performances are at <a
href="http://www.clevelandart.org/educef/viva2007/html/Kennedy.html"><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>Kennedy's, Playhouse Square</span></font></a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This production is part of the Cleveland Museum of
Art’s VIVA! and Gala Around Town performance series</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/educef/viva2007/html/"><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>http://www.clevelandart.org/educef/viva2007/html/</span></font></a></span></font></p>
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