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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Auditions
announced for a workshop performance of <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4:48
Psychosis</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
by Sarah Kane<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed
by Jason Kaufman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4:48
Psychosis</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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:10.0pt;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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
30-35 yr. male – charming, intelligent, caring psychiatrist. <br>
60-65 yr. male – old-school therapist, cold, detached, uncaring. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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">jkeklk1@me.com</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>6205 Detroit Avenue</span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interested actors are asked contact Jason
Kaufman directly to set up an audition appointment. Actors may be asked to
prepare a contemporary, dramatic monologue (2 minutes max), participate in cold
readings and be prepared to move. <br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please contact Jason Kaufman with any questions
about the auditions or project at <a href="mailto:jkeklk1@me.com">jkeklk1@me.com</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jason
Kaufman</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mindy
Herman</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Communications
Director</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland
Public Theatre</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6415
Detroit Ave.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland,
OH 44102</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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216.631.2727 x 203</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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216.631.2575</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mherman@cptonline.org"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>mherman@cptonline.org</span></a><span
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