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The NEOMFA in Creative Writing is a consortium of four universities: Cleveland State University, Kent State University, The University of Akron, and Youngstown State University. Each weekend will feature a world premiere work by a graduate student.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon;background:white'>Auditions will be held by appointment only:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#215868;background:white'> </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#215868;background:white'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday, January 4<sup>th</sup>: 7:00pm – 10:00pm<br>Wednesday, January 5<sup>th</sup>: 7:00pm – 10:00pm</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The NEOMFA Playwrights Festival will feature the following World Premieres:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#943634'>Patterns</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#943634'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By Tom Hayes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Brian Zoldessy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 11, 12, 13<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What do you author and what authors you? One young woman’s life is explored via the metatheatrical act of play creation. By combining myth, fairy tale, personal history, dress making and play making, layers of conscious reality are laid bare and meaning in one woman's life is prodded, crucified, drawn and quartered, and reconstructed again and again and again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Looking to cast the following roles:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2 women, late 20’s/early 40’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2 women, 40’s/60’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1 man, late 20’s/early 40’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2 men, 40’s/60’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#943634'>Fire Dance</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#943634'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By Michael Parsons<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Jeremy Paul<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 18, 19, 20<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nicky McManus is a New York firefighter. His brother Sean is a stock broker in Chicago who returns to the Big Apple after the death of their mother. Sean decides to stay in New York and move in with Nicky in an effort to reconnect with his brother – and to pursue his old flame, Janice. When Janice moves into the apartment, however, long-dormant passions are aroused in cold-hearted Nicky, and old rivalries between the brothers come to the surface with consequences that will change them both forever.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Looking to cast the following roles:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1 man, late 20's/mid 30's, earthy, strong, fire fighter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1 man, late 20's/mid 30's, college educated, stock broker, underlying strength<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#943634'>The Pole</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#943634'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By Jennifer A. Willoh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Nina Domingue<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 25, 26, 27<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Pole is a play about a small community of holiday and corporate mascots who share a common bar, called The Pole, and the relationships that exist within. 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You may be asked to read sides that will be provided at the audition.<br><br>Auditions will take place in the James Levin Theatre on the CPT campus, located at 6415 Detroit Ave. For directions and additional information, please visit </span><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.cptonline.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <br><br>Each play will rehearse for 4 weeks and perform for one weekend in March in the James Levin Theatre. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings, with a Sunday matinee. <br><br>To schedule an audition appointment, please email Associate Artistic Director, Beth Wood at </span><a href="mailto:bwood@cptonline.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>bwood@cptonline.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#17365D'>Beth Wood<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>Associate Artistic Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>6415 Detroit Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>Cleveland, OH 44102<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>216-631-2727 ext. 206<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>216-631-2575 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#244061'>bwood@cptonline.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#244061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>