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face=Helvetica>Weathervane Playhouse Announces<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">AUDITIONS
– </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#ff0000>OPEN CALL</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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for<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H2>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face=Helvetica><FONT color=#ff0000>PERFECT
WEDDING<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></H2>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Comedy
by Robin Hawdon<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></H2>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face=Helvetica size=2>(<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Akron</B></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></B></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, February 20, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE...)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Weathervane Playhouse
will hold OPEN CALL AUDITIONS </B>for Robin Hawdon’s comedy <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">PERFECT WEDDING</I> </B>which will be
performed in Weathervane’s mainstage auditorium. Auditions will be held at
Weathervane Playhouse, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1301
Weathervane Lane</st1:address></st1:Street> (in the Valley off <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Merriman Road</st1:address></st1:Street>) on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT color=#ff0000>Sunday, March 8 from 3
to 6 p.m. and Monday, March 9 from 7 to 9 p.m</FONT>. </B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Auditions will consist of cold readings
from the script.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perusal scripts
are available for a deposit of $5. Auditions are "Open Call." There
is no need to call for an appointment.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Helvetica>13 Performances April 30 – May 17,
2009<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Helvetica>Performance on May 13 at 10 a.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>Cast
Requirements:</STRONG></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Helvetica>RACHEL: the bride (in her 20s; always in
command)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2>BILL: the groom (in his 20s; rarely in command)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>TOM: the best man (in his 20s; solid,
dependable)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>JUDY: a young woman (in her 20s; very
attractive)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>JULIE: a chambermaid (in her 20s; kooky
and volatile)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>DAPHNE: the bride’s mother (in her 40s;
emotional)</FONT></P>
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size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Helvetica>About the
Play:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText2
style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Helvetica><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Perfect Wedding</I> is a
romantic comedy with a touch of farce.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>A man wakes up in the bridal suite on his wedding morning to find an
extremely attractive naked girl in bed beside him.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the depths of a stag-night hangover,
he can’t even remember meeting her.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Before he can get her out, his bride-to-be arrives to dress for the
wedding and, in the ensuing panic, the girl is locked in the bathroom. The best
man is persuaded to claim her, but he gets confused and introduces the
chambermaid to the bride as his date.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The crisis escalates to nuclear levels by the time the mother of the
bride and the best man’s actual girlfriend arrive.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This rare combination of riotous farce
and touching love story has provoked waves of laughter across Europe and
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Helvetica></FONT></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Helvetica>About the
Director:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Helvetica><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ROHN
THOMAS</B> directed Weathervane’s 2007 production of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Lion in Winter.</I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His prior WCP directorial credits
include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Cocktail Hour, Translations,
Master Harold…and the boys</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Medea.</I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He has also directed for the Mandel
Jewish Community Center of Cleveland’s Halle Theatre, the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
for the Arts and for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Metropolitan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School
District</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>His film and television credits include roles in <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Welcome to Collinwood, The Mothman
Prophecies, The Shawshank Redemption, Sudden Death, Telling Lies in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region></I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The West Wing.</I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He also produces and directs short films
for <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> where he teaches a course in
acting for the camera.</FONT></FONT></P></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>