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Cultural Arts</a></font><font size="5"><br>
<font size="3">Richard A. Fortney, Artistic Director</font></font></strong></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="5"><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">presents</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
"The Miracle Worker"</font></strong></font></p><p align="center"><font size="5"><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4">by William Gibson</font><br>
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<td><p align="center"><font size="5"><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="7"><font size="5"><font size="4">directed by Fred Sternfeld<br>
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<em>other staff to be announced soon</em></font></font></font></font><em><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">
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<strong>Performances:<br>
January 18 - February 3, 2013</strong></font><font size="4"><strong><font size="5"><br>
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<font size="3">Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm<br>
Sundays at 3:00pm<br>
There will also be Friday school matinees during the day</font><br>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="5"><font size="3"><font size="4"><strong><font size="5"><font size="6">AUDITIONS</font>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="5"><font size="3"><font size="4"><strong><font size="5"><font size="4">DATES
& APPOINTMENTS: </font></font></strong><font size="5"><font size="4"><br>
Saturday, August 4 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm OR Monday, August 6 from 7:00pm
- 10:00pm in five minute appointments at TrueNorth Cultural Arts. TrueNorth
is at French Creek Nature & Arts Center, 4530 Colorado Avenue, Sheffield Village,
Ohio. <br>
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Please call 440-949-5200 Ext. 221 to make an appointment. If you can’t
make one of these dates, please contact director Fred Sternfeld at <a href="mailto:fsternfeld@gmail.com">fsternfeld@gmail.com</a>
to set up an alternate time.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Callbacks
will be held on Saturday and / or Monday, August 11 & 13, 2012.</font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><strong><br>
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PREPARATION: </strong><br>
Please prepare a 1-2 min</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="5"><font size="3"><font size="4"><font size="5"><font size="4">ute
memorized monologue OR you can read a monologue from the script that
will be provided to you when you arrive for your audition appointment.<br>
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<strong>ABOUT THE PLAY:</strong> <br>
This classic tony award winning play tells the story of Annie Sullivan
and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes
the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge.
Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent,
spoiled, almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie
realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from
the dark, tortured silence. With scenes of intense physical and emotional
dynamism, Annie's success with Helen finally comes with the utterance
of a single, glorious word: "water."</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><em>"...absorbing
and moving" - The New York Post</em></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><br>
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<strong>THE PLOT:</strong> <br>
In Tuscumbia, Alabama, an illness renders infant Helen Keller blind,
deaf, and consequently mute. Pitied and badly spoiled by her parents,
she learns no discipline and grows into a wild, raging creature by the
age of six. Desperate, the Kellers hire Anne Sullivan to serve as a
governess and teacher for their young daughter. After several fierce
battles with Helen, Anne convinces her parents she needs two weeks alone
with her if she is to achieve any progress in her education. In that
time, she teaches her discipline and language through the use of her
fingers, a breakthrough that has a direct effect on everyone's life
and the way they live it.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><strong>ROLES
AVAILABLE</strong><strong>:</strong>
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Non-AEA actors shall receive a stipend. There are no AEA contracts available
for this production.<br>
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</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">Blind,
deaf and mute, HELEN KELLER is a little girl with limited outlets for
communication with the outside world. Cute as a button and clever like
a fox, she’s got her entire family wrapped around her spoiled
little finger.<br>
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Though a concerned and caring mother, KATE KELLER is near the end of
her rope in caring for Helen. Often more concerned with appeasing Helen
than attempting to teach her, Kate only reinforces a foul temperament
in her daughter.<br>
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CAPTAIN ARTHUR KELLER, a savvy military mind and father to both Helen
and James Keller, is more sure on the battlefield than in matters of
the heart. <br>
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While no one can fully identify with Helen’s unique set of limitations,
ANNIE SULLIVAN may come the closest having once been blind herself.
She has led a difficult life and she knows what could be in store for
Helen if she cannot learn to behave and to communicate with those around
her.<br>
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Son to the Captain and stepson to Kate, JAMES KELLER just can’t
seem to fit in with the Keller household. Ridiculed by his father and
often subjugated by the rest of the family, James is on his own quest
to find how he can break through and reach his family.<br>
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A true Southern matron, AUNT EV seems to have an opinion on just about
everything.<br>
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PERCY and MARTHA are both playmates for Helen and servants for the Keller
family.<br>
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A mentor for Annie, ANAGNOS serves as the warm, reassuring voice for
her when she feels backed into a corner.<br>
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A concerned member of the Keller clan, servant VINEY is close to the
action as the primary house servant and cook.<br>
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The DOCTOR helps infant Helen survive the scarlet fever that we discover
has made her blind, deaf and mute in the next scene.<br>
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There are BLIND GIRLS of various ages who help establish the wonderful
relationships Annie has before she leaves for the Keller's home. <br>
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</strong> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><strong>REHEARSALS:</strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><br>
There will be 5.5 weeks of rehearsal over a 6-7 week period (some days
off for Christmas and New Years holidays) from December 2, 2012 –
January 17, 2013. Rehearsal dates and times will consist of weekday
evenings and/or weekends 4 - 6 times per week. </font></p><p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TrueNorth is located in the French Creek Nature & Arts Center, 4530 Colorado Ave in Sheffield Village, just 10 minutes west of Crocker Park and 25 minutes from downtown Cleveland.</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="5"><font size="3"><font size="4"><font size="5"><font size="4"><strong><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_Worker_%28play%29"></a>
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<div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><b>Brian Bowers</b></div><div><i>TrueNorth Cultural Arts</i></div></div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>(440) 949-5200</i></div>
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