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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: red"><FONT face=Arial>Open Call Auditions
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: red"><FONT face=Arial>THE GREAT WHITE
HOPE<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>THE GREAT
WHITE HOPE by Howard Sackler (Historical Drama)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Dir. Terrence
Spivey<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Run
Dates:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">*February 12 – March 7, 2010
(Karamu Jelliffe Theatre)</SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>*April 1 –
April 18, 2010 (Weathervane Playhouse, Akron, OH)
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>Audition Dates:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Cleveland at
Karamu Theatre<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Tuesday and
Wednesday, September 29 and 30 at 6:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>2355 E 89th St.<BR>Cleveland, OH 44106<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>www.karamu.com<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Akron at
Weathervane Playhouse<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Sunday, October
4 at 3 p.m. and Monday, October 5 at 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>1301 Weathervane Lane<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>(In the Valley off Merriman Rd)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>Akron, OH<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>44313<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><FONT face=Arial
color=#800080>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>Prepare:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>A contemporary, dramatic monologue<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>not longer than 2 minutes.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>Be familiar with the script.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>Cast Requirements:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><FONT face=Arial><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">(See
character breakdown below)</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>15 Women ages 20s – 50s<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>20 Men ages 20s – 50s<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>10 Boys ages 12 – 16<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #003300; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial>5 Girls ages 12 - 16<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Set in the early 1900s,
<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Great White Hope </SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">is</SPAN></EM> loosely based on
the life of African American boxer Jack Johnson, renamed Jack Jefferson in the
story. After becoming the first Negro heavyweight champion of the world in 1908,
the play follows his <SPAN class=listauthor><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">tumultuous </SPAN></SPAN>career and explores the
nature of racism and racial conflict in American society. In collaboration with
Weathervane Playhouse and Ensemble Theatre comes one of the most dynamic plays
ever written for the American stage. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The
Great White Hope</I> won the Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best
Drama. Once it closes at Karamu, the production and some of the cast moves to
Weathervane Playhouse.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><I><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">In a 2000 news interview Molly
Smith, Arena Stage's artistic director, noted that </SPAN></I><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Great White
Hope </SPAN></EM><I><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">is
no less powerful in the 21st century than it was when the theater first took a
chance on it. "I'm hearing things [from audiences] like 'Boy, this is a hard
play to see, and yet it needs to be told now." </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">–NEA</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><U><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">CHARACTER BREAKDOWN</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Time: Before and During
World War ll<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Place: <?xml:namespace
prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City
w:st="on">Parchman</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>, <st1:City
w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Nevada</st1:State>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Berlin</st1:State>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Budapest</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Havana</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>JACK JEFFERSON:
African American Male, Early to late 30’s. Based on boxer Jack Johnson,
who became the first black heavyweight champion in 1908 from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Galveston</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place> and was nicknamed “Galveston Giant.” He
is larger than life, keen, confident and “bragadocious. Lives life to the
fullest. He feels he is his own man and not about proving anything to any
race-including his own. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red">Note:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>All actors
auditioning for this role should wear a tank top underneath your dress shirt. Be
prepared to move around and shadowbox.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>ELEANOR BACHMAN: Caucasian
Female, late 20s-Early 30s. A loving, defiant Desdemona to Jack Jefferson’s
twentieth century Othello.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>TICK: African American
Male, Late 50s. He is Jack’s no nonsense trainer.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>BRADY: Caucasian Male, Late
30s- Early 40’s. A heavyweight champion living in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Parchman</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>GOLDIE: Caucasian Male,
Early to late 40s, Jack’s Jewish
manager.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>SMITTY: Caucasian Male,
40s-50s, famous sports writer.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>CAP’N DAN: Caucasian
Male, late 50s, Brady’s manager, a champion of earlier
days.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=ES
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES">CLARA: African
American Female, 30s. </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">One of
Jack’s longtime lovers from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Detroit</st1:City></st1:place> who thinks she is his common law wife.
She is sexy and very sassy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>CAMERON: Caucasian Male,
40s-50s. Chicago District Attorney.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>MRS. JEFFERSON: African
American female 50s-60s. Jack’s mother. Faithful to the church and supports her
son. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>SCIPIO: African American
Male, 30s. Very colorful character who is imbedded within the culture of
his people. He is a thorn in Jack’s side about setting an example for his race.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>ENSEMBLE:
Additional supporting roles are available for more than thirty African American
and Caucasian male and female actors of all ages, 20 who will perform multiple
roles in the play; Pop Weaver, Promoters, Reporters, Deacons, Boxing Handlers,
Trainers, Photographers, Weigh-In, Bettor, Roller, Civic Marchers, Church
Sisters, Policemen (American/German), Deputies, Detectives, Pastors, Government
Agent, Fight Fans etc.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>*NOTE: There is
a three month commitment to this production. After it ends at Karamu, the cast
and set will import a week before the Weathervane Playhouse opening for
reconstruction and rehearsals. An ensemble of performers from Cleveland and
Akron will be part of this collaboration.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>About the
Director<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Terrence
Spivey</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> has won
numerous accolades and received local<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>and national acclaim since
arriving as Artistic Director at the historical<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>Karamu House in October
2003. His directing credits include critically <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>acclaimed
“bee-luther-hatchee,” “for colored girls who have considered suicide when the
rainbow Is enuf,” “Dream on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Monkey</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Mountain</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,” “Permanent Collection,”
“Bourbon at the Border,” “The Fire Inside: The Story and Poetry of Nikki
Giovanni.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“The Blacks: A Clown
Show” and “A House With No Walls” just to name a
few.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Arial>He was recently profiled in
the February 2009 issue of American Theatre and was elected to the prestigious
National Theatre Conference this year joining members such as<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Robert</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> (Goodman Theatre), Lou Bellamy
(Penumbra Theatre) Ed Stern (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Woodie King (New
Federal Theatre) , James Bundy (Yale School of Drama) and many more. Spivey
serves on the board of trustees at Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
(CPAC) and Ohio Alliance for Arts and Education (OAAE) based in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Columbus</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of
Advancement<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>