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lang=EN-CA>OPEN CALL AUDITIONS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Crumbs from the table of joy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Drama by Lynn Nottage<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Audition Dates:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Saturday and Sunday, October 23 & 24,
2010<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Between 4 – 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"
lang=EN-CA>NO APPOINTMENTS ARE NECESSARY.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Sides will be provided for the audition.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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lang=EN-CA>Rehearsals: Sunday – Thursday at 7 p.m. beginning Sunday, October
17<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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lang=EN-CA>Performed in the John L. Dietz Theater<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Thursdays, January 13, 20, 27 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Fridays, January 14, 21, 28 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Saturdays, January 15, 22 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Saturday, January 29 at 2:30 and 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Sundays, January 16, 23 at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Casting Requirements:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Seeking THREE African-American females<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Seeking ONE Caucasian female<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Seeking ONE African-American male<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Ernestine
Crump</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">, a 17-year-old
African-American female. The script describes her as "slightly plump...she wears
her hair pulled tight into tiny mismatched pig tails. Her diction is crisp from
practice and has the gentle inflections learned from her favorite screen
actresses."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ermina
Crump</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">, a 15-year-old
African-American female, is described in the script as "attractive, slim...She
also wears her hair in mismatched pig tails."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Godfrey
Crump</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">, a 35- to 40-ish
African-American male, father to Ernestine and Ermina. He is a widower raising
his two daughters on his own after the death of his wife. He is described in the
script as "a lean, handsome man in his late thirties....wears an impeccably
pressed suit. His appearance is always neat and well
assembled."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Lily
Ann Green</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">, a 35- to 40-ish
African-American female, is Godfrey's late wife's sister and aunt to Ernestine
and Ermina. In her first entrance in the play, the script describes her as
wearing "a smartly tailored suit and sparkling white gloves. Her hat is cocked
to the side and she smokes a cigarette. Her eyes are concealed beneath the thick
rimmed bebop sunglasses popular at the time [1950]. She is a non-conformist, a
'dangerous woman.'<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Gerte
Schulte</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">, a 30-ish Caucasian
female and a German immigrant, is described in the script as having "the posture
of a film star from the thirties...and...the waning beauty of a show
girl."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">No prepared
monologues will be required. Instead, the auditions will consist of readings
from the script. The audition sides will be distributed at the
auditions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Please bring your
calendar with you to the auditions in order to declare outright any potential
"conflict dates" that you may have. Conflicts reported after casting may result
in re-casting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Rehearsals begin
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">At first, rehearsals
will be held only on three consecutive Saturdays,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Nov. 6, 13 and 20 —
from 2 to 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt"
class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Then, starting on
Monday, Nov. 29, rehearsals will be held Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays from 7 to 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">During the weeks of
Christmas and New Year's Day, rehearsals will be:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Monday, Dec. 20
from 7 to 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Tuesday, Dec. 21
from 7 to 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Wednesday, Dec. 22
from 7 to 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Monday, Dec. 27
from 7 to 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Tuesday, Dec. 28
from 7 to 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Wednesday, Dec. 29
from 7 to 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>ABOUT THE PLAY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The play is set in
Brooklyn, New York, in 1950. The recently widowed Godfrey, and his daughters
Ernestine and Ermina, move from Florida to Brooklyn for a better life. Not
knowing how to parent, Godfrey turns to religion, and especially to Father
Divine, for answers. The girls absorb their new surroundings, but not
necessarily religion. Lily, Godfrey's sister-in-law, shows up from Harlem,
having promised her sister that if anything ever happened, she'd look out for
the girls. Lily, while fascinating to her nieces, stands for everything Godfrey
dislikes: Communism, sexual freedom and the fight against racial discrimination.
As the racial and social issues of the late 1950s escalate, personal issues
between Godfrey and Lily explode, prompting him to walk out. A few days later,
he returns, with a new wife — a white, German immigrant named Gerte. With
Godfrey immersed in religion, Lily claiming to be a part of the new revolution,
and quiet, stoic Gerte coming from the horrors of Germany, life in the household
gets heated. Ultimately, Lily must leave, seeing as she's neither Godfrey's wife
nor the girls' mother. Godfrey and Gerte keep the family together as best they
can, but nothing lasts forever. Ernestine, about to graduate from high school,
gets a job offer from her father, but it's not what she wants to do. Instead, as
a young woman in the dawn of a new age, she sets off for Harlem in search of her
spiritual mother, Lily, and all of the causes she supposedly stood for during
the "revolution.”</SPAN><SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">DIRECTOR:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">YVONNE OLIVER </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">recently appeared as
Mrs. Jefferson in Weathervane Playhouse's production of <EM><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/show.asp?ShowID=37"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">The
Great White Hope</SPAN></B></A></SPAN></U></EM>. Elsewhere, her last stage role
was in <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jar the Floor</SPAN></EM>. Yvonne's
other performances include <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Coming
Home</SPAN></EM> and <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Legacy</SPAN></EM>
(African Community Theatre) and <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Weaving
Rainbows</SPAN></EM> (Cleveland Public Theatre).Yvonne has appeared in
infomercials and instructional training videos. She played Sharon Morgan in a
television show, <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Such Is Life</SPAN></EM>,
and appeared in the movie <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And the Winner
Is</SPAN></EM> with Jerry Springer. Yvonne graduated from Kent State University
and The University of Akron with degrees in communication. She has been training
and performing for the past five years. She lives in Akron with her husband,
Nathan. They have two sons, Nicholas and Nelson, and a granddaughter,
Nia.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Weathervane Playhouse
is committed to non-traditional</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> casting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Except
in cases where race, gender, age or disability is essential to the
play,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">all
roles will be cast on the basis of talent.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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>