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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Coach House Theatre auditions Agatha Christie’s <b><i>The
Unexpected Guest<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Directed by Andrew Cruse, Associate
Artistic Director, Ohio Shakespeare Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Coach House’s audiences
love nothing better than the annual murder mystery, especially when it’s
penned by the Queen of Crime herself! In <i>The Unexpected Guest</i>, a<span
style='color:black'> stranger lost in the fog wanders into the Warwick estate
to find the man of the house dead, and his beautiful wife with a gun in her
hand. Everyone in the household, however, has a reason to want the master
dead, and none of the facts match the appearances.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Details:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday, October <span
style='color:black'>26th and Wednesday, October 27<sup>th</sup>, 7pm</span></span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> at the theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>732 W. Exchange
St., Akron, OH 44303<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Auditioners
should choose the character(s) for whom they would like to be considered.
Scenes featuring each role will be available at the theatre the night of the
audition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Rehearsals begin
December 12, and are generally scheduled Sunday through Thursday nights,
7-10pm. Performance dates are Thursdays through Sundays, Jan. 27 to Feb. 20,
2011. (Second and fourth weekends have a Saturday matinee <i>instead of</i> a
Thursday evening performance.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Parts:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Richard Warwick:
30’s-40’s. Handsome, cruel, cold and… well… dead. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Laura: late
20’s-30’s, lovely, well-bred, intelligent, appealing, and an
apparent murderess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Michael
Starkwedder: 30’s-40’s. The mystery man lost in the fog, and the
constant recipient of too much information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Miss Bennett:
any middle-age… the steadfast secretary, governess, housekeeper and
keeper of family secrets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Jan Warwick:
19ish, the sweet, not-quite-normal younger brother of the victim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Mrs. Warwick: a
“woman of a certain age,” the Grand Dame mother of the victim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Angell: the
suspicious, blackmailing, male nurse (any adult age)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sergeant
Cadwalleder: the poetry-fancying gum shoe (any adult age)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Inspector Thomas:
Scotland Yard’s finest (any adult age)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Julian Farrar:
30’s-40’s, the wealthy politician neighbor, suspected lover of
Laura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>(7) men, (3)
women<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Please respond to
this posting to schedule an audition, and specify date and time preferences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="file:///C:\Users\osf\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\www.coachhousetheatre.com"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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