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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Ensemble Theatre <ensemble-theatre@sbcglobal.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "post@neohiopal.org" <A href="mailto:post@neohiopal.org">post@neohiopal.org</A>; Curt Arnold <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> amiee collier <amiee.collier@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sun, March 18, 2012 12:49:57 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: Cleveland Auditions </SPAN></B><BR></FONT><BR>
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<TD vAlign=top><B>Generally speaking, MOST theatres, community or professional, are very explicit when it comes to announcing auditions for roles for plays they are producing. If this is not the practice here in Cleveland, then this ruckus over 'audition rudeness' should make it policy once and for all. How could anyone let an audition hopeful sit there and wait, not even giving them a chance to read???? Doesn't sound like REAL theater people to me!!!</B>
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<DIV><B><I>Non-traditional casting</I> is a very important advancement in the American theatre and most 'forward thinking' theatre groups,practice it. For those who have any sense at all, and are not intrinsically still bigoted and racist when it comes to opening theatre to everyone, allowing mixed- race audition hopefuls to sit and wait, when clearly the roles are race-specific is certainly 'ignorance at its finest. . . ..'</B>
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<DIV><B>Posting audition roles<I> with race requirements in LARGE print</I> is the smart thing to do. Theaters that are fortunate enough to practice NON-TRADITIONAL CASTING should also announce this on their audition notices. Not only is it smart, it is the<EM> 'right'</EM> thing to do, and to overtly discriminate toward audition hopefuls because of race speaks volumes about what your group is all about. </B></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Our collective and sincere apologies to Eva Withers Evans and her granddaughter for this unacceptable behavior. Let us all make the best efforts to prevent this hurtful action from occurring again. <BR><BR></B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Martin Cosentino<BR>Managing Director<BR>Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland</B><BR>**************************************<BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV>On Mar 16, 2012, at 2:56 PM, <A href="http://us.mc1813.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=neohiopal-request@lists.neohiopal.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank>neohiopal-request@lists.neohiopal.org</A> wrote:</DIV><BR>
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<DIV class=yiv468842811gmail_quote>On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:33 PM, EVA WITHERS-EVANS<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><<A style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://us.mc1813.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=eweworld1@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>eweworld1@yahoo.com</A>></SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN>I very seldom complain to this list, but I feel that I have to address this concern.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Last night, my granddaughter (an African American) went to an audition at the Mayfield</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>library. When she got there, everyone looked at her as if she were an alien. When</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>she said she was there for the audition, instead of being told they were auditioning only</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Caucasion girls, she was told to fill out an audition sheet and have a seat. When it was</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>asked who in the group was 20 or over, she said she was. Another girl (caucasion) said</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>she was twenty, she was asked to come into the auditioning room; my granddaughter was</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>ignored. She was totally ignored until she finally got up and left. I am not just upset because she</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>is my granddaughter, I am upset because this behavior is unacceptable in the theater.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Common courtesy would have been to tell her what the situation was and there would have</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>been no hurt feelings. It's never right to make someone feel unwanted, especially</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>in the theater; I would hope that this is not the norm for Cleveland theater.</SPAN></DIV>
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