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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"ATChic","serif";color:navy'>brecksville
little theatre</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>announces </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>AUDITIONS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>for</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy","serif";color:navy'>Ladies
in Retirement</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Directed
by</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Joe Svihlik</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Character
Descriptions</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Albert Feather</span></strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> -- 25-35, a slight,
smarmy sort; very charming with the ladies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ellen Creed</span></strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> -- 45-55, serious,
no nonsense sister and companion; must have wide dramatic range</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Leonora Fiske </span></strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-- 50-60; acts
younger than her years; a former showgirl with more than a few skeletons in her
closet</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lucy Gilham</span></strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> -- 25-35; pretty,
young maid; at first innocent, later not so much</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Louisa Creed</span></strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> -- 40-50; childlike
sister of Ellen; not quite all there</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Emily Creed</span></strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> -- 40-50; larger
than her sister Louisa; dark and brooding; also not quite all there</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sister Theresa</span></strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> -- any age; nun from
the local Church; usually shows up at the worst possible moments</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Auditions</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sunday, July 19 at
2:00 p.m.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monday, July 20 at
7:00 p.m.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Rooms 9-10</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Blossom Hill School</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4450 Oakes Road</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brecksville, Ohio</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Production
Dates</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>September 25, 26 at
8:00 p.m.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>October 2, 3, 9, 10
at 8:00 p.m.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>October 4 at 2:00
p.m.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2009</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>The Story</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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Miss Fiske, an ex-actress, lives in a remote house with her companion, Ellen
Creed. Ellen, who has devoted her life to her sisters, Louisa and Emily
(simple-minded maiden ladies), invites them to visit her. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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These eccentric ladies make themselves at home, but when Miss Fiske reminds
Ellen it is time for them to leave, they are unwilling to do so. Miss
Fiske and Ellen quarrel, and Ellen prepares to send her sisters to a home.
She has, however, secretly told them that they shall always remain with
her. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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The sisters go for a drive, though Miss Fiske thinks they are leaving for good;
the servants have been sent away (by Ellen), and Ellen and Miss Fiske are left
alone together. On the return of the sisters Miss Fiske is gone---on a
trip, Ellen says---and all three sisters settle down in what they regard as
their own home. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Meanwhile, Albert, nephew of the Creed sisters, who had paid a secret visit and
got money from Miss Fiske, turns up again. He has robbed a bank and
determines to hide with his aunts. Learning that Miss Fiske is away, and
suspecting something, he pieces together the evidence. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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With the help of Lucy the maid, he lays a trap for Ellen, by reproducing in
pantomime, in the moonlit living room, the scene of Ellen's murder of Miss
Fiske. Ellen, who faints when she sees what she imagines is the ghost of
her victim, plays a courageous but losing game. Knowing that Albert and
Lucy realize what she has done, she plans for the security of her sisters.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For additional
information, call<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><span
style='color:red'>216-832-6119</span></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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