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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman">The Cleveland Play House Announces</FONT></B> </P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman">The CPH Summer</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial"></FONT><B></B><B> <FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman">Acting Conservatory</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">A New Acting Program for High School Students.</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><I><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Times New Roman">SIGN UP TODAY FOR YOUR AUDITION</FONT></I></B><I></I></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman"> What: CPH Summer Acting Conservatory<BR>
Who: Students ages 14-18<BR>
Dates: July 12-23, 2010<BR>
Time: Monday-Friday 10am-4pm<BR>
Cost: $700 </FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">CPH Acting Conservatory is a two-week intensive program designed to give high school students the opportunity to experience in depth actor training taught by accomplished theatre experts within the context of a professional theatre.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Classes meet from 10-4 and include rigorous daily training in acting, voice, and movement. All classes are taught by</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> accomplished theatre professionals and Senior CPH Artistic Staff</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. In addition, students participate in Master classes in auditioning, acting for the camera, specialized techniques, and scene study. The goal is for students to learn comprehensive acting skills that help them become skilled performers.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The conservatory culminates in a showcase of scenes and monologues.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> </P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">This is a highly selective program. Acceptance into the program is by </FONT><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman">Audition Only</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">.</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">To audition please
prepare</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">one 60 second monologue</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. Your</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">auditions will be timed</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">so please stick to the time limit.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">To schedule your Audition call:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
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</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Cathy Hartenstein</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Education Director</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">(216) 795-7000 X270</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Master Class Instructors include:</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CATHY HARTENSTEIN</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> has taught acting and directing all over the world for the past 12 years and has worked at a total of four universities, four professional theatre institutions, and given workshops at both National and International Theatre conferences. She has held positions at The University of Colorado at Boulder, The New York Film Academy, DeSales University, Southwestern University, The City of Austin’s Dougherty Arts School, The Metropolitan Opera, The State Theatre, St. Louis’ Center of Contemporary Art, Portland Oregon’s Regional Art and Culture Council, and Northlight Theatre. She has directed all over the country. Directing credits include</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Huck Finn, A Jewel of a Tale</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Emperor's Groovy New Clothes,</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Cleveland Play House Theater for Children series; </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Chekhov in Yalta</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Cleveland University Summer Stages 2009;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Fool</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">for Love</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Chasm View Productions;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Persephone Project</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Arezzo Festival, Italy;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Hang Town Fry</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Austin Theatre Company;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Babu Show</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, New York City Fringe Festival;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Comedy of Errors</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Saint Louis Shakespeare Company;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Dark Rapture</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre; and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Occupational Hazard</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Cygnet Productions. She has assistant directed at the Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Other professional experiences include serving as the Casting Director for 42 Productions and Casting Associate for Deborah Brown Casting where she worked on THE GREEN BIRD, Broadway, BAND OF BROTHERS for HBO; and various Off-Broadway productions and National Commercials.</FONT></P>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">MICHAEL BLOOM</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">is the eighth artistic director of The Cleveland Play House, America’s oldest regional theater. Recently for The Play House he directed</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Lost in Yonkers</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Heaven’s My Destination</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Glass Menagerie</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> A Streetcar Named Desire</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Lincolnesque</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Rabbit Hole</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Well</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. He has directed at many of the country’s major theaters, including American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Old Globe Theatre, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, The Cleveland Play House, Long Wharf Theatre, and the Sundance Playwrights’ Institute. His productions have also been seen throughout Japan and in Tokyo at the Aoyama Theatre and Theatre Cocoon. His off Broadway production of</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Sight Unseen</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> garnered three Obie Awards, and he received a Drama Desk nomination for direction. Other productions include the American premiere of</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> A Young Lady from Rwanda</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Gross Indecency</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Elliott Norton Award for Best Directing, 1998; the world premiere of</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Dinner with Friends</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Los Angeles premieres of</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Cryptogram</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Old Neighborhood</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> at the Geffen Playhouse;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Major Barbara</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Philadelphia Story</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> at Kansas City Rep; and the world premiere of Tennessee Williams’</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Spring Storm</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Mr. Bloom has been associate artistic director at the Hartman Theatre Company and associate director at American Repertory Theatre, and co-founder of Actors Repertory of Texas. He has taught at New York University, Harvard University, University of Texas, and Scripps College. His articles have appeared in</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> American Theatre Magazine</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The New York Times</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; and his book</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Thinking Like a Director</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> was published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in 2001.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">SETH GORDON</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is associate artistic director of The Cleveland Play House, where he produces FusionFest, runs the Playwrights’ Unit, and assists with season planning. Mr. Gordon directed Play House productions of</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Dinner with Friends</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Proof</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Forest City</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (world premiere),</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Vincent in Brixton</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Tuesdays with Morrie</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> A Christmas Story</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Wind in the Willows</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (Play House Theater for Children series),</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> RFK</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Of Mice and Men</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ferdinand the Bull</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(Theater for Children series),</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Chosen</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I></I><I></I><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Doubt</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, and</FONT><I></I><I></I><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Lady with All the Answers</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. He served as associate producer of Primary Stages in New York City, where he produced and/or directed countless productions, workshops, and readings of new plays by America’s leading playwrights. Here in Cleveland Mr. Gordon has directed for Dobama Theatre, The Beck Center for the Arts, and Cleveland Shakespeare Festival. He directed the Arabic premiere of</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Our Town</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> at el-Hanager Theatre in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Gordon has directed at many New York theaters, including Ensemble Studio Theatre and Theatre for the New City; and directed and lectured at various universities, including Case Western Reserve University. He received the Northern Ohio Live Award for Excellence in Theatre in 2004 and 2006. He considers himself a lucky man.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">MARK ALAN GORDON</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> performed in Cleveland Play House productions of</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Pride and Prejudice</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Room Service.</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Select regional credits are La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Kitchen Theatre, Round House Theatre, and Arlington’s Signature Theatre. He was associate artistic director for Champlain Shakespeare Festival from 1986-1988. Before arriving in Cleveland he worked on original plays, including</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Ambrosio</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> True Crimes</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Wintertime</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Big Love</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Other roles include</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Merchant of Venice</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, with Hal Holbrook;</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Angels in America</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (Parts I & II);</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Dybbuk</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Television credits include “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and MTV’s “Made: Actress.” A founding member of Signature Theatre Company in New York, he assisted Michael Kahn in direction of the Obie Award-winning</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Sleep Deprivation Chamber</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Mr. Gordon is associate director of The CWRU/Play House MFA Actor Training Program for whom he recently directed</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Big Love,</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Angels in America</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cathy Hartenstein</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Education Director</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Cleveland Play House</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">8500 Euclid Ave</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cleveland, OH 44106</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(216) 795-7000 X270</FONT>
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