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<p class="Normal1"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Karamu <span class="yshortcuts">Performing
Arts Theatre</span> is holding Auditions for:</span></p>
<p class="Normal1"> </p>
<h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Fabulation,
or The Re-education of Undine</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Written
by: Lynn Nottage<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="Normal1"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Directed by: Caroline Jackson
Smith</span></p>
<p class="Normal1"> </p>
<p class="Normal1"><b><u>Audition Dates:</u></b></p>
<p class="Normal1">Friday, July 31, <span style=""> </span><st1:time minute="0" hour="19"><span class="yshortcuts">7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m</span>.</st1:time></p>
<p class="Normal1"> </p>
<p class="Normal1"><b><u>Call Backs:</u></b></p>
<p class="Normal1"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="Normal1"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="Normal1"> </p>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Performance
Dates:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="Normal1"><span class="yshortcuts">September 18, - </span><st1:date year="2009" day="11" month="10"><span class="yshortcuts">October 11, 2009</span></st1:date></p>
<p class="Normal1">Jelliffe Theatre</p>
<p class="Normal1"> </p>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rehearsals:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="yshortcuts">Rehearsals</span> will begin on or around <st1:date year="2009" day="10" month="8"><span class="yshortcuts">August 10, 2009</span></st1:date><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Rehearsals
will usually run Monday – <span class="yshortcuts">Friday </span><st1:time hour="18" minute="0"><span class="yshortcuts">6:00 – 10:00 pm</span>.</st1:time>,
and some weekend dates. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="Normal1" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </p>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Audition
Requirements:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="yshortcuts">Please come prepared with 2 contrasting monologues</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">There
will be sides for you to read at the audition.<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Please
come prepared for movement and improvisation.<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Please
bring 8x10 Headshot and Resume<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Check
your calendar for any conflicts before auditioning (see “Fabulation” or
The re-education of Undine ) <span style=""> </span>performance
dates and rehearsal dates above).<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="NormalWeb3"> <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="NormalWeb3"><b><u>Audition Location:</u></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="NormalWeb3"> <span class="yshortcuts">2355 east 89<sup>th</sup>, </span><st1:place><st1:city><span class="yshortcuts">Cleveland</span></st1:city><span class="yshortcuts"> </span><st1:state><span class="yshortcuts">Ohio</span></st1:state><span class="yshortcuts">, </span><st1:postalcode><span class="yshortcuts">44106</span></st1:postalcode></st1:place><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal1"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About
the Show<o:p></o:p></span></u></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Karamu
brings to the stage Ms. Nottage’s 2004 <span style="cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; background-attachment: scroll;" id="lw_1248794426_4"><span class="yshortcuts">Off Broadway</span></span>, <span style="cursor: pointer;" id="lw_1248794426_5"><span class="yshortcuts">Obie award</span></span> winning
hit. She recently won the 2009 <span style="cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; background-attachment: scroll;" id="lw_1248794426_6"><span class="yshortcuts">Pulitzer Prize</span></span>
for her Off Broadway drama <i>Ruined. </i> <i>Fabulation</i> is
about an ambitious and haughty African-American woman, Undine Barnes Calles, whose
husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money. Pregnant and on
the brink of social and financial ruin, Undine is forced to go back to her
family, the Watkins, and childhood home in the inner city of Brooklyn’s <span id="lw_1248794426_7"><span class="yshortcuts">Walt Whitman</span></span>
projects, only to discover that she must cope with a crude new reality. Undine
faces the challenge of transforming her setbacks into small victories in a
battle to reaffirm her right to be. FABULATION is a comeuppance tale with a
comic twist. (Adult language and content)<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Characters </u><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Time: Present Day<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Place: <st1:city><st1:place>New York City</st1:place></st1:city> <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:city><st1:place><span class="yshortcuts">UDINE</span></st1:place></st1:city>
BARNES CALLES: <span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1248794426_9">African
American Female</span></span>, Mid-30’s. Sharona Watkins changed her name to
Udine Barnes to reinvent herself and to get away from her past upbringing. She
runs a successful PR firm. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">DR. KHDAIR//GRANDMA/INMATE/#1 CASE WORKER/ENSEMBLE: African
American Female, Late 50’s-60’s. <st1:city><st1:place>Udine</st1:place></st1:city>’s
grandmother and multiple roles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">YORUBA/PRIEST/FATHER/JUDGE/ENSEMBLE: <span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1248794426_10">African American</span></span>
Male, Late 40’s-Early 50’s. <st1:city><st1:place>Udine</st1:place></st1:city>’s
father and multiple roles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">ALLISON/MOTHER/INMATE #2/DEVORA/ENSEMBLE: African
American Female, Late 40’s- Early 50’s. <st1:city><st1:place>Udine</st1:place></st1:city>’s
mother and multiple roles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">HERVE/GUY/ENSEMBLE : Caucasian Male, Mid-30’s.
Undine’s Dutch husband and multiple roles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">STEPHIE/COUNSELOR/ROSA/PREGNANT #1/ENSEMBLE : African
American Female, 20’s-30’s. <st1:city><st1:place>Udine</st1:place></st1:city>’s
assistant and multiple roles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">AGENT DUVA/FLOW/DEALER/ADDICT #2/ENSEMBLE: African American
Male, 20’s. <st1:city><st1:place>Udine</st1:place></st1:city>’s younger
brother, Flow, and multiple roles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">ACCOUNTANT/ADDICT #1/DOCTOR/ENSEMBLE: Caucasian Male,
Mid 30’s-Early 40’s. <st1:city><st1:place>Udine</st1:place></st1:city>’s
accountant and multiple roles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">NOTE: Each actor must have a sense of great comedic timing.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For
more information, please contact Richard Morris at 216.795.7070 ext. 236<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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