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face=Helvetica>Weathervane Playhouse Announces<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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CALL AUDITIONS </SPAN><SPAN
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face=Helvetica>ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></H2>
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Comic Folktale by John Patrick Shanley<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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face=Helvetica><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">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: maroon">ITALIAN AMERICAN
RECONCILIATION</SPAN></I> </B>which will be performed in Weathervane’s Founders
Theater (mainstage). Auditions will be held at Weathervane Playhouse,
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/><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1301 Weathervane
Lane</st1:address></st1:Street> (in the Valley off <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Merriman Road</st1:address></st1:Street>) on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Monday</B> and <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Tuesday, February 15 & 16, 2010 at 7
p.m.</B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face=Helvetica>12
Performances April 29 – May 16, 2010<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica>2 men ages 20 – 24</FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT face=Helvetica>3 women ages 25 – 60</FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT face=Helvetica>Characters:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Aldo
Scalicki</B>. An intense Italian guy, about 30 years old. All his life he’s
lived in Little Italy in New York.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Huey
Maximilian Bonfigliano</B>. Aldo’s best friend since childhood. Huey is more
obviously vulnerable.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Aunt
May</B>. A handsome Italian woman in her middle years.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Teresa</B>. A big striking Italian girl in
her late twenties.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=Helvetica><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Janice</B>. An angular, patrician Italian
woman with strawberry blond hair and austere good looks. 30s.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face=Helvetica>Audition
Preparation:<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in"><FONT
face=Helvetica>Readings from the script. Audition scenes are available.
(330-836-2626)</FONT></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=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in"><FONT
face=Helvetica>Why would a man attempt to win back the woman who shot his dog?
Hugh Maximillian Bonfigliano could tell you why – and, in so doing, you might
just learn something wise and wonderful! From the Oscar-, Pulitzer- and
Tony-winning writer of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Doubt </I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Moonstruck,</I> this heartwarming and
comical play shows the lengths to which a man will go to prove his capacity to
love and be loved.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in"><FONT face=Helvetica><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">About the Director: JIM FIPPIN</B>: For
Weathervane, Jim directed last season’s <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Love! Valour! Compassion!</I> and,
previously, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me,</I> both
Dietz productions. As the Artistic Director of Coach House Theatre (2000 –
2007), Jim staged productions of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Chapter Two, Betrayal, Last of the Red
Hot Lovers, ART, Private Lives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? </I>and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Life in the Theatre.</I>
In 2005, he was recognized by the Akron Area Arts Alliance as the area’s
outstanding theater Artist.<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><EM><FONT
face=Helvetica>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> 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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<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>