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<FONT COLOR="#660066"><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Apple Casual"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18pt'><B>Audition notice for Dobama Theatre’s <BR>
31st annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ <BR>
Playwrighting Festival (MBKPF)!<BR>
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</B></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16pt'>Audition dates and times are:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18pt'><I>Sunday, April 26, 3:00 – 5:30 <BR>
</I></SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><B><FONT FACE="Apple Casual"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Elementary and middle school students 3:00-4:30<BR>
High school students and adults 4:30-5:30<BR>
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</I></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Apple Casual"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Elementary and middle school students 6:30-7:30<BR>
High school students and adults at 7:30-8:30<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'><B><I>No appointments are necessary for the auditions. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT COLOR="#800080"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B>Please bring a picture/resume if possible and be prepared to write down a list of conflicts. <BR>
Auditions will include cold readings from the scripts and will be held at the Unitarian Church, <BR>
2728 Lancashire Rd (off Coventry Rd) in Cleveland Heights.</B> <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B>The playwriting festival, held at the Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre in the Idea Center of Playhouse Square, <BR>
will produce several short plays that are winners of a playwriting competition held in Cuyahoga County for grades 1 through 12. <BR>
Actors chosen will have the opportunity to portray a wide variety of imaginative and thoughtful characters in either one or several plays.
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT FACE="Apple Casual"><B>Thursday, 6/11, 7:30<BR>
Friday, 6/12, 7:30<BR>
Saturday, 6/13, 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm<BR>
Sunday, 6/14, 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm<BR>
“The Night Kitchen” <BR>
<I>(plays written by high school students)<BR>
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Saturday, 6/13, 10:00 pm<BR>
Sunday, 6/14, 5:00 pm</B></FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Apple Casual"><B><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18pt'>
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<B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I>Actors will not be required to perform in both the regular program and the night kitchen.</I></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Apple Casual"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'><B>All actors for the festival perform on a volunteer basis (the festival is free admission). <BR>
Equity actors are welcome to audition but will need to submit a waiver form to <BR>
Equity requesting permission to work as a volunteer. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#008080"><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'><I>The festival is being produced by Julia Kolibab this year and some of the directors for the <BR>
plays include Joyce Casey, Ron Newell, Juliette Regnier, Pandora Robertson, <BR>
Greg Cesear, and Christine McBurney, among others.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Rehearsals will be at the Cleveland Play House and at the Cleveland Heights Library during May and early June.<BR>
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<B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Apple Casual"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16pt'>The Festival is a great celebration of writing, performing and creativity <BR>
and commemorates Marilyn Bianchi’s dedication to young people. <BR>
Each thing Marilyn touched became a vibrant statement of life…and the echo<BR>
of her laughter shapes her playwriting festival.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><BR>
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