<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #366388; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Cleveland Shakespeare Festival</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Announces AUDITIONS for the 15th Season of FREE Shakespearean Theater </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland’s only source for FREE, outdoor Shakespearean theater, proudly announces <B>auditions for its 15<SUP>th </SUP>Season to open in June 2012.</B> This season, CSF will be presenting William Shakespeare’s <U>As You Like It,</U> directed by Dana Hart and <U>King Henry the Eighth or All is True by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher</U>, directed by David Hanson.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Due to unforeseen circumstances, CSF has postponed our originally scheduled production of <U>The Merchant of Venice</U> to have been directed by Brian Zoldessy.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Open Auditions will be held at CSF headquarters (within the Ensemble Theater complex):</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2843 Washington Blvd.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Cleveland Heights, OH 44118</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sat. April 28 </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">from <B>11:00 am to 4:00 pm </B>and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mon., April 30 </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">from <B>7:00 to 10:00 pm<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Callbacks will be arranged with each director and will take place the first week of May.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Auditions will be "open call" so no appointment will be necessary. Auditioners will be seen in the order recorded at sign in.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Please bring two (2) copies of your head shot and resume'. Prepare two contrasting monologues - at least one should be from the works of William Shakespeare - keeping the combined total performance time under five minutes.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">For more information about The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival or to get involved, contact us at </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">440.794.1CSF</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">, email </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><A href="mailto:info@cleveshakes.org" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">info@cleveshakes.org</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival receives public support with local tax dollars from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, to preserve and enrich our region's artistic and cultural heritage.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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