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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Weathervane Playhouse in Akron announces AUDITIONS
for Ken Ludwig's comedy, "Shakespeare in Hollywood."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial><U>Audition Dates</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 at 7 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 at 7 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>The auditions will take place at Weathervane
Playhouse: 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron, Ohio, 44313.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial><U>Performance Dates of the Play</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>October 6 to 23, 2011</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial><U>Casting Requirements</U></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=3>-- ONE adult woman in the age range of 40s to 60s</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>-- TWO adult women in the age range of 20s to 30s</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>-- ONE young man in the age range of 18 to late 20s</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>-- EIGHT adult men in the age range of 20s to 60s</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><U>Audition Requirements</U></FONT></P>
<P>Auditions are scheduled by appointment. Please call the Weathervane Playhouse
Box Office to schedule an appointment at 330-836-2626.</P>
<P>Please pick either Aug. 15 or 16 as your preferred date and then call or
visit the Weathervane Box Office to schedule an audition appointment. Please
call 330-836-2626 during regular Box Office hours only (Mondays between 10 a.m.
and 4 p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.). </P>
<P>Audition appointments will begin at 7 p.m. on each audition night, and each
person's audition appointment will be a 10-minute slot. </P>
<P>Please be familiar with the play. Then, please choose a short scene from the
play which features the character(s) for which you would like to be considered.
This will be the scene that you will READ at the audition.</P>
<P>If you wish to audition for the roles of Oberon, Puck, and/or Olivia, you
will be asked to read one of the sections of the play which is in verse — or you
can present a monologue in verse.</P>
<P>Visit the Auditions page on the Weathervane Playhouse Web site -- <A
href="">http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/auditions.asp</A> -- to get
more information about reading and/or borrowing a copy of the script.</P>
<P><U><FONT size=3>About the Play</FONT></U></P>
<P>Lights, cameras, Shakespeare! It’s 1934 and famed movie director Max
Reinhardt is determined to film A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the silver screen.
He soon finds more than he bargained for – thanks to a gaggle of fairies and a
mischievous ass running amok on a Hollywood set. This hilarious comic
romp delights in Tinseltown tomfoolery.</P>
<P><EM>Shakespeare in Hollywood</EM> was commissioned by The Royal Shakespeare
Company and premiered Sept. 5, 2004, at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. The
production was directed by Kyle Donnelly. The production won the Helen Hayes
Award as Best Play of the Year. <BR></P>
<P><U><FONT size=3>About the Director</FONT></U></P>
<P>NANCY CATES has directed a dozen shows for Weathervane Playhouse spanning
genres from comedy (<EM>Over the River and through the Woods</EM>, <EM>Blithe
Spirit</EM>, <EM>Communicating Doors</EM> and <EM>The Last Night of
Ballyhoo</EM>) to drama (<EM>A Man for All Seasons</EM> and <EM>All My
Sons</EM>), from musical (<EM>Gypsy</EM>) to classic (<EM>The Two Gentlemen of
Verona</EM>), and from farce (<EM>Lend Me a Tenor</EM> and <EM>Moon Over
Buffalo</EM>) to thriller (<EM>Bloody Murder</EM>). Locally, Nancy is one of the
two Artistic Directors of both Ohio Shakespeare Festival and Coach House
Theatre, and she has worked as a professional director for 30 years. She has
directed more than 150 plays in LORT, regional, university, community and dinner
theaters in five states and she has won 17 newspaper, in-house and critics'
awards for her shows (including a Best Production Chanticleer Award for her
Weathervane production of <EM>Lend Me a Tenor</EM>). She is an honors graduate
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<DIV></FONT><FONT size=3> -- For more information, please call the
Weathervane Box Office at (330) 836-2626 or connect online to
</FONT></FONT><A href=""><FONT size=3
face=Arial>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT
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<DIV>Weathervane Playhouse</DIV>
<DIV>1301 Weathervane Lane</DIV>
<DIV>Akron, Ohio 44313-5186</DIV>
<DIV>(330) 836-2626 (voice)</DIV>
<DIV>(330) 873-2150 (fax)</DIV>
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href="http://www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com">www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com</A><FONT
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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT face=Arial>Weathervane
Playhouse and its dedicated volunteers offer vital performing arts resources for
the people of Northeastern Ohio. We create exciting and thought-provoking shows
with impressive production values. Through educational programs and volunteer
opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds, Weathervane serves the
theater community, our patrons and our volunteers.</P><I>
<P>The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to
encourage economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for all
Ohioans.</P><U>
<P>Additional 2011-2012 season sponsors</P></U>
<P>89.7 WSKU-FM</P>
<P>OMNOVA Solutions Foundation</P>
<P>Sisler McFawn Foundation</P>
<P>Akron Community Foundation</P>
<P>Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust</P>
<P>The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation</P>
<P>Mary S. and David C. Corbin
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