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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Audition
Notice<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Berea Grindstone Players will hold auditions for “To Gillian
on Her 37<sup>th</sup> Birthday,” by Michael Brady and directed by Tim
Peebles.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Auditions will be held Sunday, August 2<sup>nd</sup> from 3:00-5:00 pm
and Monday, August 3<sup>rd</sup> from 7:00-8:30 pm. Auditions will be held at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <st1:place w:st="on">St. Andrews</st1:place>
Presbyterian Church <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>23114
West Rd</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Olmsted
Falls</span></font></st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">44138</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Auditions will consist of reading from the script. All roles are open
and they are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>David – 35-45. Temporarily retired college professor. He has shut
himself off from his family and fallen into a state of depression since the
accidental death of his wife.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Rachel – 16. (prefer 19-22 year old who looks the part)
David’s daughter. Trying to maintain a strong façade for her dad while
coping with the loss of her mother.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Cindy – 16. (prefer 19-22 year old who looks the part)
Rachel’s best friend with a vunerable side and fierce loyalty to David
and Rachel.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Paul – 40’s-50’s. David’s brother-in-law
(married to Esther). Uses humor to try to diffuse any tense situation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Esther – 40’s-50’s. Gillian’s sister. An
assertive, take charge psychologist.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kevin: Female late 20’s early 30’s. A recently divorced
friend of Paul and Esther’s who is good-naturedly back in the man market.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Gillian-mid 30’s. David’s late wife who is a free spirit
who nightly rendezvous on the beach with David.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Synopsis: Since his wife’s drowning death, David has retired from
life on his cottage on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nantucket</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> with his daughter
Rachel. But David is obsessed with his dead wife and keeps her alive in a
nightly rendezvous on the beach. On the second anniversary of Gillian’s
death, Gillian’s sister and brother-in-law visit the island for the
weekend, bringing a woman friend in hopes of helping David come to terms with
his grief. A touching story of enduring and obsessive love.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directed by Tim Peebles. Performances will be October 16, 17, 18, 23
and 24. The performance on Sunday, the 18<sup>th</sup> will be a matinee.
Please call director with any questions at: (330) 741-0229<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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