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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><EM><STRONG>RAGTIME, The
Musical</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>Based on the novel by E.L.
Doctorow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>Book by Terrence McNally, Music/Lyrics
by Flaherty/Ahrens</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Weathervane
Playhouse</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>Akron, OH</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>Off Merriman Road at Liberty
Commons</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000
size=2><STRONG>Auditions</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>Sunday, March
16, 2 - 4 p.m. (no appointment necessary, business offices closed on
Sat.)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000
size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>Wednesday, March
19, 7 - 9 p.m.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>Taking
appointments for Wednesday auditions. Call Monday or
Tuesday.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000
size=2><STRONG>330-836-2626</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>First Rehearsal: April 21,
2008</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>A wide range of ethnic types are
needed for this large cast including Central European and African
American</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>performers and two children 5 - 10
years old.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>Prepare 1 verse of a musical theater
song in the style of the show</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>or a selection from the score.
Please bring sheet music.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>Non-singers prepare a 2-minute
monologue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Director: Terry Burgler is a
professional director, actor, writer and educator. Locally he served as
Artistic Director at Porthouse Theatre for four years. Currently he is one
of the two founding artistic directors of the Ohio Shakespeare Festival.
He is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (ssdc) and
Actors' Equity Association (AEA).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ragtime relates the interconnected
stories of three diverse groups (black, white and immigrant) against the
backdrop of the early 1900s. This epic musical dissects the American
Dream by interweaving the lives and stories of its compelling fictional
characters with the travails of such real-life luminaries as anarchist Emma
Goldman, African-American educator and leader Booker T. Washington,
industrialist Henry Ford, magician Harry Houdini and vaudeville star Evelyn
Nesbit.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of
Advancement<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>