<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "></div><div><br><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: -45pt; margin-left: -0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="'Swis721 BlkEx BT', sans-serif">Karamu Performing Arts Theatre </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: -45pt; margin-left: -0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><font face="'Swis721 BlkEx BT', sans-serif">is holding Auditions for</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: -45pt; margin-left: -0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Swis721 BlkEx BT","sans-serif"">GEM OF THE
OCEAN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">by AUGUST WILSON</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center; "><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; ">Directed by: MICHEAL
OATMAN</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: -63pt; margin-left: -63pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Production
Dates: May 11 – June 3, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <b style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; "><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">AUDITION
DATES</span></u></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; ">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Thursday March 1,
2012 7:00pm
– 9:00pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; ">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Friday March 2, 2012 7:00pm
– 9:00pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> AUDITION
PREPARATION</span></u></strong><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; ">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Karamu House is looking for African American male and female
actors. Please prepare 2 contrasting contemporary monologues. All will be asked to do a cold reading from
the script. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; "> </span><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white; ">Please bring a current, non-returnable
headshot photo.</u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.75in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:-45.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">LOCATION:</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> <b>2355
East 89<sup>th</sup> Cleveland Ohio</b> <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">ABOUT
THE PLAY</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Set in1904 Pittsburgh, Gem of the Ocean is the play that begins August Wilson’s
10 play cycle dramatizing the African American experience during the Twentieth
Century. Aunt Ester, the drama’s 285-year old fiery matriarch, welcomes into
her Hill District home Solly Two Kings, who was born into slavery, and scouted
for the Union Army, and Citizen Barlow a young man from Alabama searching for a
new life.<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; "><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Cast
of Characters</span></u></strong><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; "><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4">Aunt Ester Tyler:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"> (African-American, playable 50+) a former
slave and a "soul-cleanser", who is the head of 1839 Wylie Avenue.
She claims to be 285 years old and acts as the benevolent, if disciplinarian,
ruler of t<span class="textexposedshow">he household. She entertains the romantic
ambitions of Solly. She is a recurring character in several of Wilson's plays
of the Pittsburgh Cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><br>
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4">Citizen Barlow:</span></u></b></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"> (African
American, playable 20s - 30s)</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"> </span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4">A young man from
Alabama who comes to the house to be cleansed by Ester. He is enlisted to help
construct a wall, and eventually journeys to The City of Bones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><br>
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4">Solly Two Kings:</span></u></b></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"> (African
American, playable 50+)</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"> </span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4">A friend of Aunt
Ester. He is a former slave from Alabama who later became a conductor on the Underground
Railroad and a scout for the Union Army. He makes a career of gathering up dog
excrement, which he calls "pure", for manure. He carries a large
walking stick and is in love with Aunt Ester. His real name is Alfred Jackson,
but he calls himself "Two Kings" (referring to King David and King
Solomon), and is nicknamed Solly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><br>
<span class="textexposedshow"><b><u>"Black"
Mary Wilkes:</u></b> (African American, playable 20s - 30s)</span> <span class="textexposedshow">Ester's housekeeper and her protégé in the art of Soul
Cleansing. Caeser's sister. She performs most of the household tasks, but never
to the satisfaction of Ester.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><br>
<span class="textexposedshow"><b><u>Caesar
Wilkes:</u></b> (African American, playable 30+)</span> <span class="textexposedshow">Black Mary's brother, a policeman, baker and land-owner.
He upholds the law at all costs. He practices strict capitalism and has no
qualms with killing a man over a petty crime.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><br>
<span class="textexposedshow"><b><u>Eli:</u></b>
(African American, playable 50+)</span> <span class="textexposedshow">Aunt
Ester's caregiver, he protects the inhabitants and is constructing a wall. He
was Solly's comrade in his efforts on the Underground Railroad and for The
Union Army.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><br>
<span class="textexposedshow"><b><u>Rutherford
Selig:</u></b> (Caucasian, playable 30 - 70)</span> <span class="textexposedshow">A white peddler and friend of Ester's who frequently
visits the house. He sells pots, pans and other crockery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333;background:#EDEFF4"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; "><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">REHEARSALS </span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; ">will begin March 8, this will
consist of</span></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> 8 weeks of
rehearsals, 3 - 6 times per week. The
cast will receive the rehearsal schedule by the first cast meeting or first
rehearsal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">COMPENSATION</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">:</span></u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "> Non-AEA
actors will receive a stipend. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; "><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; "><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBlockText" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b>If you have any further questions,
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