<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Auditions announced for a workshop performance of<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">4:48 Psychosis</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> by Sarah Kane<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Directed by Jason Kaufman<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">4:48 Psychosis</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> was the final work Kane completed before her suicide in 1999 and gives the audience a window into depressed and suicidal thought. Kane uses what has been described as a "stream of consciousness" set of lines that lacks much of the structure generally expected of a script. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Depression is a prominent theme in the arts. Creative types have long been struggling both to express anguish in their work and live with the pain inflicted by life itself.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> 4:48 PSYCHOSIS is the work of one such distressed mind, and deals with death, sanity and the reality in which we live.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">looking to cast strong physical actors in the following roles:<br>25-30 yr. female – large acting range, cold with a sharp wit, disturbed, artistic, intellectual. <br>14-18 yr. female (can cast an older actress but look young). – naive, hopeful. <br>40-55 yr. female – worn from life. <br>30-35 yr. male – charming, intelligent, caring psychiatrist. <br>60-65 yr. male – old-school therapist, cold, detached, uncaring.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Also looking to hire a Sound Designer/Technician. Interested parties should contact the director<span class="apple-style-span"> at <a href="mailto:jkeklk1@me.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jkeklk1@me.com</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">There will be a week of table work in the second week of January. Rehearsals will then begin the first week of February. The cast will work together with the director and sound designer to create the landscape of the play. Rehearsals will involve movement along with text. The rehearsals will culminate in performances for the public at the end of February. A small stipend for actors and designers is available. Rehearsals and performances will take place at Cleveland Public Theatre’s Parish Hall, </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">6205 Detroit Avenue</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Auditions will be <b>Wednesday, December 16<sup>th</sup></b> and <b>Thursday, December 17<sup>th</sup></b>; <b>7p – 10p</b>, at Cleveland Public Theatre’s Parish Hall. Actors are asked to prepare a contemporary, dramatic monologue (2 minutes max). There will also be cold readings and actors should be dressed to move. Please bring one copy of your headshot/resume. No appointments necessary.</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Please contact Jason Kaufman with any questions about the auditions or project at <a href="mailto:jkeklk1@me.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jkeklk1@me.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Jason Kaufman</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> has an MFA from Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theatre School. He has performed in NYC (Playwrights Horizons, Primary Stages, The Mint and others), regionally (including the last production on the Adams Memorial Theater Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Europe. He has worked with Robert Woodruff, Andrei Serban, Anne Bogart, Michael Grief, Peter Sellars, Karin Coonrod, Janos Szasz, among others. Television and film credits include a contract role on One Life To Live, guest stars on Dexter, Without A Trace, The Unit, Medium, CSI: Miami, along with many National Commercials. He has both produced and directed shows, readings and workshops in NYC. As an acting instructor, his classes in NYC and LA included Meisner technique, scene study, Michael Chekov's technique and workshops including “in from first read to performance” and Viewpoints. <span style="color: navy; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></body></html>