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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Mistral; COLOR: #7030a0; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland</SPAN></B>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><I><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">“Come Home to Ensemble”2010-11 Season</FONT></SPAN></I></B>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Announces Auditions for</FONT></SPAN>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dividing the Estate </FONT></SPAN></I></B>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">by Horton Foote</FONT></SPAN>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Directed by Sarah May</FONT></SPAN></B>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Ensemble Theatre announces auditions for their opening production of the 2010-2011 season,<B><I> Dividing the Estate</I></B> by Horton Foote. Fresh from a successful Broadway revival, <B><I>Dividing the Estate</I></B> is a touching and timely portrait of a Texas family wrangling over the future of the family home during a time of economic downturn. Ensemble audiences will remember past productions of Foote’s Pulitzer Prize winning play <B><I>A Young Man from Atlanta</I></B> and his beloved <B><I>The Trip to Bountiful</I></B>. Foote, who also won the Academy Award for his screenplay for <B><I>To Kill a Mockingbird,</I></B> died last year, and Ensemble is proud to celebrate his amazing career. <SPAN> </SPAN><B><I>Dividing the Estate</I></B> will be performed in the Brooks Theatre at the Cleveland Play House from:</FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #4f6228; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">November 19 through December 12.</FONT></SPAN></B>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #4f6228; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(No show on Thanksgiving!)</FONT></SPAN></B>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #4f6228; FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rehearsals will begin October 18<SUP>th</SUP>.</FONT></SPAN></B>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Auditions will be held</FONT></SPAN>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Monday, August 23 and Tuesday, August 24</FONT></SPAN></B>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN> </SPAN>from 6:30 to 8:30pm </FONT></SPAN></B>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #0f243e; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">at the Cleveland Play House in Rehearsal Hall “C” </FONT></SPAN></B>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN> </SPAN>No appointments necessary. Come prepared to read from the script. Use the Stages Restaurant entrance and come upstairs via the elevator. Members of Equity are welcome.</FONT></FONT>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">The roles include:</FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Stella Gordon</U>, 75-85, the strong matriarch of the family.</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Lewis Gordon,</U> 50’s, her son, a weak man, irresponsible with money, alcoholic</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Lucille</U>, 50’s, her daughter, devoted and “salt of the earth”</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Son</U>, 30’s, Lucille’s son, who helps manage the estate</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Mary Jo,</U> 50’s, Stella’s other daughter, self-centered & materialistic, lives in Houston</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Bob</U>, 50’s, Mary Jo’s husband, a real estate salesman in Houston</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Sissie</U> and <U>Emily</U>, mid-20’s, Mary Jo’s vain, social climbing daughters from Houston</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Pauline</U>, 27-35, Son’s fiancée, practical, grounded, outspoken</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Doug</U>, very old, devoted African American servant in the house<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Mildred</U>, 60-70, their African American cook</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Cathleen</U>, 20’s, African American, works part-time, also a student, modern and ambitious</FONT></FONT>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U>Irene Ratliff</U>, 18, a lovely young woman, Lewis’s “special” friend, a smaller role.</FONT></FONT>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv84132411MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For other theater information, visit Ensemble’s ‘new’ website at:</FONT></SPAN></B>
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<DIV><FONT color=#00007f><STRONG>Martin Cosentino<BR>Managing Director<BR>Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland<BR>**************************************<BR>Performing at the Cleveland Play House<BR>8500 Euclid Avenue<BR>Cleveland, Ohio 44106<BR>**************************************<BR>Offices:<BR>3275 Hyde Park Ave.<BR>Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118<BR>-OR-<BR>P.O Box 181309<BR>Cleveland Heights, OH 44118<BR>(T) 216-321-2930<BR>(F) 216-321-3906<BR>(M)216-509-2411<BR>(E) infoensemble-theatre@sbcglobal.net<BR>*******************************************<BR>Visit Ensemble at our 'new' website:<BR></STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.ensemble-theatre.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT color=#00007f><STRONG>www.ensemble-theatre.org</STRONG></FONT></A><BR><FONT color=#00007f><STRONG>*******************************************<BR>"Beauty is Truth-<BR>Truth, Beauty.<BR>That is all ye know on earth,<BR>And all ye need to
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