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330-836-2626<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>THE NERD<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Comedy by Larry<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Shue<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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& Monday, February 20 and 21, 2011<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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Appointment between 7 - 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>(Callbacks are tentatively set for Wed.
2/23)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Rehearsals begin Sunday, March 13<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Run Dates: April 28 – May 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>12 performances<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Thursdays, April 28, May 5 and 12 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Fridays, April 29, May 6 and 13 <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Saturdays, April 30, May 7 and 14 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Sundays, May 1, 8 and 15 at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">PREPARATION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Please prepare a one- to two-minute
comedic monologue.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Please
bring your calendar with you to the auditions in order to declare 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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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; 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="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; 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="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Casting Requirements:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA" lang=EN-CA>5
Men<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA" lang=EN-CA>2
Women<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Trio</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> (think “Will and Grace”):<BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: teal">Willum
Cubbert</SPAN></B>: 34. Architect. Long suffering, feels
indebted to Rick who saved his life in Viet Nam. Straight man and good
guy.<BR><BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: teal">Tansy McGinnis</SPAN></B>: Late 20’s – early 30’s.
Friend and possibility for Willum. <BR>A weather reporter on her way out of
Indiana and on to Washington.<BR><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: teal">Axel
Hammond</SPAN></B>: 25 – 35. Friend of Tansy and Willum. Never misses
a punch line. A drama critic.<BR><BR><BR><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">The
Wildgraves</SPAN>:<BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: teal">Warnock</SPAN></B>: 45 – 65. Consummate
grouch. Tense. Willum is designing a hotel for him.<BR><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: teal">Clelia</SPAN></B>: 40 - 65. Warnock’s
wife. The “ picture of tasteful, studied patience.” Relieves
anxiety by breaking china.<BR><BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: teal">Thor/Theda</SPAN></B>: 8. Warnock and Clelia’s
son/daughter or grandchild. A “monster.” Hellion is
another apt description.<BR><BR><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">And “the
Nerd</SPAN>.”<BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: teal">Rick Steadman</SPAN></B>: 30 – 35. Your ultimate
uninvited, nightmare house guest. Not aggressively obnoxious, but densely
obnoxious enough to cause the contemplation of murder -- by anyone except
Willum.</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; 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="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rohn Thomas</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> (Director) is an actor for stage and
film, director and teacher. For Weathervane, he directed <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Perfect Wedding, The Lion in Winter, The
Cocktail Hour, Translations, Master Harold…and the boys</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Medea.</I> His screen credits include roles
in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Welcome to Collinwood, The Mothman
Prophesies, The West Wing, The Shawshank Redemption, Sudden Death, Telling Lies
in America</I> and many others. Rohn produces and directs short films for Kent
State University, where he teaches Acting for the Camera.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Weathervane Playhouse
is committed to non-traditional</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
casting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Except in cases where race, gender,
age or disability is essential to the play,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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>