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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
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Immediate Release<BR></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Thursday,
October 23, 2008</SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=ecmsonormal style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Great Lakes Theater Festival
</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Announces<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Non-Equity</B> <STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Auditions</SPAN></STRONG><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>For Three Productions<BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 3pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Great Lakes Theater Festival</B>
announces <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Non-Equity auditions</B> for
its 2009 Spring Repertory productions of <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I>The Comedy of Errors</I></B><I>
</I><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">and<I> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Seagull</B></I></SPAN> and for <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place> Shakespeare Festival’s</B> touring
educational production of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</I></B>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsonormal
style="MARGIN: auto 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The auditions
will be held on <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Friday, November 7, 2008
from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>All auditions are by appointment
only</U></I></B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Actors eighteen
years of age and older, of all cultural backgrounds, are encouraged to audition.
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><U>No children will be auditioned at this
time</U>.</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsonormal style="MARGIN: auto 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Great
Lakes Theater Festival’s Spring Repertory productions of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Comedy of Errors</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Seagull</I> will run from March 25
through May 3<SUP>rd</SUP>, 2009 at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, PlayhouseSquare.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rehearsals will begin February 17,
2009.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Idaho Shakespeare
Festival’s educational production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A
Midsummer Night’s Dream</I> will tour venues in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place> from February 23 through May 1,
2009.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rehearsals will commence
February 2, 2009.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All positions are
paid.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsonormal
style="MARGIN: auto 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Actors should
bring a headshot and resume and prepare two contrasting monologues, at least one
of which must be classical. Total audition time should not exceed five
minutes. The audition will take place at PlayhouseSquare at a location to
be determined.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsonormal style="MARGIN: auto 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> To
schedule an audition appointment, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">call</B> <STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the Great Lakes Theater Festival Audition Hotline at
(216) 241-5490 x310.</SPAN></STRONG><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecmsonormal style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><FONT size=3>Questions
& Additional Information:</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><FONT size=3>Andrew May<BR>Associate Artistic
Director<BR>(216) 241-5490 x313 / </FONT><A
href="mailto:amay@greatlakestheater.org"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">amay@greatlakestheater.org</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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