<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Specifically looking for mature women to play Mrs. Harcourt in Anything Goes, and Mayor's Wife and Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man. AEA and non-AEA welcome.</span><br style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> <br> </font> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Porthouse Theatre Holds Auditions for <br> its 2008 Season – Four Decades of Dynamite Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">Cuyahoga Falls</span></st1:City><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"> - Porthouse
Theatre, Akron-Cleveland area's premiere, professional summer theatre, announces auditions in Cleveland and Kent for its </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">2008 Season. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"> The season includes the Cole Porter transatlantic farce <b style="">Anything Goes</b> J<b style=""><i style="">une 12 – 28</i></b><i style="">,</i> directed by Porthouse Theatre Artistic Director Terri Kent.<span style=""> </span>Next, we will proudly feature <st1:City w:st="on"><b style="">ALICE</b></st1:City><b style="">…</b> a modern adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic adventure <b style=""><i style="">July 3 – 19</i></b>, directed by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York City</st1:City></st1:place> director Matthew Earnest.<span style=""> </span>Finally, we proudly present the Broadway musical classic <b style="">The Music Man<i style="">, July 24 – August
10</i></b><i style="">, </i>directed by Porthouse Theatre Artistic Director, Terri Kent.<span style=""> </span>All positions are paid and EMC points are available. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">Auditions will be held in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kent</st1:country-region> and in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City><b style="">. In <st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>, auditions for all three productions will be held at the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> Play House in Rehearsal Hall C on February 27 from 4 pm – 8 pm.<span style=""> </span>The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> Play House is located on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Euclid Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> and <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">East 85<sup>th</sup> Street</st1:address></st1:Street>. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">In <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kent</st1:country-region>, auditions for all three productions will be at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kent</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on Thursday, February 28 from 6 PM to 10 PM and Friday, February 29<span style=""> </span>from 6 PM to 10 PM </span></strong><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">. Auditions will be held on the Main Kent State University Campus in the Music & Speech Center
located on the corner of Horning & Main</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">. <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">Call backs for both musicals are Saturday, March 1 from 10 a.m. – 6 pm and Callbacks for <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ALICE</st1:place></st1:City>… are on Sunday, March 2<sup>nd</sup> from 6 pm – 10 pm.<span style=""> </span>Call backs are held in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kent</st1:country-region> in the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Music & Speech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kent</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<b style=""><u>You must be able to attend callbacks in order to be considered for a role. <o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">Equity Principal Auditions will be held in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York City</st1:City></st1:place> on Friday, March 14 from 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the AEA Offices.<span style=""> </span>Appointments are required.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">Those auditioning for Anything Goes and/or The Music Man should prepare two selections of 16 bars, one ballad and
one up-tempo song. Please bring sheet music in the appropriate key for the accompanist provided. Those auditioning for <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ALICE</st1:place></st1:City>… should prepare one 2 minute classical monologue; Shakespeare or verse is acceptable. Anyone auditioning for all three productions should prepare two selections of 16 bars and one monologue not to exceed four minutes combined. A cappella singing will not be permitted. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">Auditions are by appointment only and can be scheduled</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">by calling Managing Director, Rebecca Gates at 330-672-3884 or emailing her at <a
href="mailto:porthouse@kent.edu"><span style="">porthouse@kent.edu </span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;">PLEASE DO NOT SEND RESUMES AND HEADSHOTS WHEN REQUESTING AN AUDITION TIME. Headshots and resumes will be accepted at the audition. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;"></span><BR><BR><P><FONT lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> </P></FONT><p>
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