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face=Helvetica>Contact: Janis Harcar, Director of Marketing &
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face=Helvetica>THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></H2>
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face=Helvetica>(<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Akron, Ohio, August 20,
2009, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Weathervane Playhouse will hold OPEN-CALL AUDITIONS </B>for <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">THE GOAT, OR WHO
IS SYLVIA?</SPAN></I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>by Edward
Albee. Auditions will be held at Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane
(in the Valley off Merriman Road) on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Tuesday and Wednesday, August 25 and 26 at
7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
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face=Helvetica><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Auditions will consist of
readings from the script; </B>auditioners are asked to be familiar with the
script. Scripts and audition scenes are available at the Playhouse. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ELEVEN performances are scheduled in
Weathervane’s John L. Dietz Theatre October 29 – November 14,
2009.<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT face=Helvetica>Cast Requirements:</FONT></P>
<H6 align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>1 Woman, 40 - 50</FONT></H6>
<H6 align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>2 Men – 50s</FONT></H6>
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young man, 17 – early 20s<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face=Helvetica>About the
Play:<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face=Helvetica>An award-winning architect watches his life crumble after he
admits to an adulterous affair in this highly provocative drama by the
celebrated playwright of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?</I> Framed within an engaging hybrid of dramatic realism and
absurdism, Albee’s prototypical couple – a buttoned-up husband and a vulnerable
wife – explodes all charades in a marital free-for-all that poses questions
about the limits of acceptable morality. Winner of the 2003 Tony Award for Best
Play.</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face=Helvetica>About the
Director:<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face=Helvetica>Director for the production is <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Derek Davidson. </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Dr. Davidson<B> </B></SPAN>has 30 years of
experience as a performing artist. A professional actor and director, Derek is
also a published playwright, and was an Associate Artistic Director and the
Coordinator of the Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights at the Barter
Theatre in Virginia. He has taught at Universities in Tennessee, North Carolina,
Ohio and Washington, and has a BFA from Florida State University, an MA from
Miami University in Ohio, and a PhD in Theatre History from the University of
Washington.</FONT></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><EM><FONT
face=Helvetica>The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax
dollars to encourage economic growth,<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><EM><FONT
face=Helvetica>education excellence and cultural enrichment for all
Ohioans.<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><EM><FONT
face=Helvetica>Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of
Advancement<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
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