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<P align=center>Weathervane Playhouse Announces</P>
<P align=center>AUDITIONS – <B>BY APPOINTMENT</B> for</P></FONT><B><I><FONT
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<P align=center>A Doll’s House</P></I></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica>
<P align=center>Adaptation by Matthew Earnest</P></B></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica
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<P><B>Weathervane Playhouse will hold AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT</B> for <B><I>A
DOLL’S HOUSE</B> </I>a new version by Matthew Earnest of the drama by Henrik
Ibsen. Auditions will be held at Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane
(in the Valley off Merriman Road) on <B>Sunday, December 7 beginning at 4 p.m.
</B>and <B>Monday, December 8 beginning at 7 p.m. in 10-minute increments.
</B>Auditioners are asked to <B>prepare a monologue, from Shakespeare or other
verse speech – limit 2 minutes and sing a short song, a cappella. </B><B>Call
330-836-2626 for an appointment.</P>
<P align=center>13 Performances March 19 – April 5, 2009</P></B>
<P align=center>Needed:</P><B>
<P align=center>2 Women – any Race</P>
<P align=center>AGES: 25 - 45</P>
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<P align=center>3 Men – any Race</P>
<P align=center>Ages: 25 - 45</P>
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<P>Director for the production is <B>Matthew Earnest</B>, whose adaptations and
direction have been seen at Porthouse Theatre the past three seasons - <I>Alice,
Peter Pan</I> and <I>Our Town.</I> His translation of <I>The Caucasian Chalk
Circle </I>by Bertolt Brecht was recently performed at Kent State University.
Matthew is the Founding Artistic Director of <U>deep ellum ensemble</U> (NY)
and, at present, is Associate Director of the <U>English Theatre Berlin</U>
(Germany). The <U>Cleveland Plain Dealer</U> named his <I>Peter Pan</I> one of
the Top 10 plays of 2007 while <U>Cleveland Scene</U> named him Best Director of
2007 (for <I>Peter Pan</I>) and named <I>Our Town</I> Best Revival in 2006. He
is a member of SSDC.</P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Synopsis: One of the theater's great masterworks,
<EM>A Doll's House</EM> tells the story of Nora Helmer, a childlike housewife
who painfully comes of age and seeks to discover who she really is. In a
daring new version, this 19th century drama is transformed into a play that
seems remarkably contemporary.</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>