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face=Helvetica>Weathervane Playhouse Announces<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT
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face=Helvetica><FONT color=#ff0000>MAN OF <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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MANCHA</st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></I></H2>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>A
musical based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H2>
<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>Book by Dale Wasserman, Music by Mitch Leigh, Lyrics by Joe
Darion<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><o:p><FONT
face=Helvetica size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><o:p></o:p><FONT
face=Helvetica size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Weathervane
Playhouse will hold AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT </B>for the musical <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">MAN
OF LA MANCHA</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 15 from 3
to 9 p.m. and Monday, March 16 from 7 to 9 p.m.</FONT> </B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><FONT color=#ff0000>Please call for an
audition appointment at 330/836-2626, Mondays between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and
Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.</FONT></FONT></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>16 Performances June 4 - 28,
2009<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>Large Cast of <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ADULT</B> performers (age 18 or older,
please)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>Character breakdown at
weathervaneplayhouse.com</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><FONT
color=#ff0000>Audition Preparation</FONT>:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in"><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2>Please prepare one musical-theater song.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bring sheet music with you (in the
correct key); an accompanist will be provided.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Those audition will also be asked to do
a “cold reading” from the script.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2> </FONT></o:p></B></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">Man of La Mancha</I> is a
play-within-a-play, based on Cervantes’ <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Don Quixote that</I> tells the poignant
story of a man who discovers his own noble calling in the twilight of his
life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We join his spirited
adventures as he faces foes and doubters, beguiling everyone he meets with his
unshakeable spirit.</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=MsoBodyText2
style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Helvetica><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JACQI LOEWY</B> directed
Weathervane’s 2007 production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Full
Monty.</I><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Her prior WCP
directorial credits include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Rocky
Horror Show, The Last Five Years, Proof, The Fantasticks</I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Laramie</st1:City></st1:place> Project.</I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She directed the world premiere of Faye
Sholiton’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">V-E Day</I> for Dobama Theatre
and the Cleveland Play House’s Next Stage series.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Among her numerous local directing
assignments were productions of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Constellations</I> (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Case</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Western Reserve</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>), <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill</I> and
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Fantasticks</I> (Lyric Opera
Cleveland), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Eight: Reindeer
Monologues</I> (Cleveland Public Theatre) and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Speed-the-Plow</I> (at The
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Helvetica><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Akron</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She was the artistic supervisor and
primary stage manager for the longest-running show in <st1:City
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City> history, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding,</I> 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> at <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Playhouse
Square</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>She is a member of Actors’ Equity
Association.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>