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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DOBAMA Theatre – <i>Audition
Notice<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
by Sarah Ruhl<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date:
</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tue
6/22 and Wed 6/23<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time:
</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7:00pm
– 10:00pm (by appointment)*<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Callbacks:
</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Week
of July 5 (exact date to be scheduled)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Place:
</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dobama
Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Hts. (across from the CH/UH Library)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director:
</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Scott
Miller<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style='margin-top:.1pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Production:
</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jean
is sleepwalking through her life until she answers a dead man’s cell
phone. It turns out to be a wake-up call that sends her on a date with the dead
man’s brother, a drinking binge with his wife, and a mysterious
rendezvous with his mistress. A captivating new play from the award-winning
Sarah Ruhl, DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE traces one woman’s accidental
quest to make a few people feel just a little bit better about themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Characters:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Jean:</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> 39, though could look younger. Loving. Terrific listener. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Seemingly transparent. Tender. Terrific liar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Other Woman:</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> 30-35. Unabashed. Vain. Can be
vulnerable. Hates <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>sentimentality but is sentimental. Sophisticated. Direct.
Sardonic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Mrs. Gottlieb:</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> 50-60. Superior. Can be brash and cruel,
can be <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>exceedingly well mannered. Outspoken. Vulnerable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dwight:</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> Mid-30's. Sensitive. Laconic. Bashful. Gentle, even
fragile. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Forlorn. Persistent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hermia:</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> mid- to late 30's, possibly older. Secretive. Cool.
Emotionally <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>injured. Can be crass and uninhibited. Needy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Production
dates: </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>October
29 – November 21, 2010<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audition:
</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Readings
from the script. Sides are available via email only.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AEA
contracts: </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1-2
available<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*Please
contact Julie Friedman at Dobama @ (216) 932-6838 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>or
email jfriedman@dobama.org to arrange a date & time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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