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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter"">AUDITION NOTICE</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1">Parallax Ensemble</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:red"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">Sweet
Confinement</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">By Anna Carini</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: red;">Regional Premiere</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">(winner of After Dark Award (Chicago) for best new play)<br></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Sweet Confinement</span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> is an award-winning play that finds five people who grew up
together meeting in a familiar bathroom to deal with a gut-wrenching crisis.
They must now confront the actions of the person who has brought them here as
well as the tangled history they all share. Can they handle it? And how will
they ever move on from here?</span></i></div>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">What critics have said about <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Sweet Confinement:</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“It’s a condensed, grotesque
variation on Chekhov…Theatre doesn’t get much better than this.”</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Justin Hayford – Chicago Reader</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“…</span></i><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">bold
and provocative, glaringly intimate and urgently powerful theater.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Venus Zarus – Gay Chicago Magazine</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> </span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><u><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Performance dates</span></u><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">: Sept. 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><u><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Audition date</span></u><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">: July 16; 7:00pm</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter"">Everyone will
audition by reading sides with a partner. The earlier you're there, the more people you'll get to read with. Sides will be provided.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter"">Auditions will take place
at Parallax Studio</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter"">534 Cleveland Ave.
NW, Canton, OH 44702</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><br></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><u><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Actors will be paid</span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Casting all roles; Men and Women (mid
20’s – mid 30’s)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Character breakdowns:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Amy:</span></b><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> The central figure in the group, she
is the grounded, stable one who all the friendships/relationships revolve
around. She is the peacekeeper of the group and William’s wife. She is a yoga
teacher and has that quiet, Zen thing about her yet she’s also assertive and
strong and has the ability to be hear-wrenchingly vulnerable.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Amelia:</span></b><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> Brash and at times abrasive, she is
the most insecure of the crew but hides it with a powerful and aggressive
personality. She is a fierce and loyal friend and would do anything for Amy.
Josh is her Achilles Heel.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Ginger:</span></b><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> Sees things through rose-colored
glasses at times. She is the helpful one. She wears her heart on her sleeve and
is completely unnerved about the course of the day. She loves her friends and
tries hard to be the one taking care of things whether she succeeds at this or
not.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Josh:</span></b><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> Amy’s brother and William’s best
friend. He lives in Washington DC now but grew up with the crew. Now a lawyer,
he has successfully been able to navigate his professional life. His personal
life gives him more trouble as he is plagued by the events of this adolescence.
He loves his sister and only wants the best for his friends and family.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Caleb:</span></b><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> A member of the crew who has also
grown up with everyone and has been in love with Amy since he can remember. A
close friend to all the girls, he has been Amy’s confidant for years, waiting
in the wings for his chance to be her main guy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Please contact Johnny Russell
(Director) at <a href="mailto:parallaxensemble@gmail.com">parallaxensemble@gmail.com</a>
if you have any questions or to reserve your audition spot.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></i></div>
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