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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Weathervane Playhouse in Akron will hold
additional AUDITIONS on SUNDAY, AUG. 12 for its October production of the
musical "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Several roles have already been cast from the first
round of auditions in June -- but the show's director (Jim Weaver) is still
seeking to cast four adult men and three adult women (ages 18 to 65 roughly) --
plus several adult males and females to complete the ensemble.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Auditions will be scheduled by appointment only in
advance. Starting at 6 p.m. on Aug. 12, each audition appointment will be
scheduled in a 10-minute block.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>(The auditions will be at the Playhouse: 1301 Weathervane
Lane, Akron, 44313.)</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=3>To make an audition appointment, please call the Weathervane Box
Office at 330-836-2626 during regular Box Office hours only — Mondays
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>If you are interested in participating in the production but
cannot attend the auditions, please submit materials to director Jim Weaver via
e-mail at </FONT><A href="mailto:weaver42c@gmail.com"><FONT
size=3>weaver42c@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" plays at Weathervane Playhouse from
Oct. 4 to 21, 2012 (Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and
Sundays at 2:30 p.m.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>Rehearsals will begin Aug. 26.</FONT></P><FONT
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>>>> AUDITION PREPARATION</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3>Please prepare TWO contrasting
musical-theater songs in the style of the show.</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=3>Songs from this show are fine but are not required.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>Bring sheet music with you in the correct key; an accompanist
will be provided.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>If you are interested in a particular character, it is fine to
sing 32 bars of that particular character’s song. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>All actors need to be comfortable with
movement/dance.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>Various English accents are sought as the show's characters span
all socio-economic classes of the Victorian era (from lower-class
gravedigger to educated clergyman). Please note that the characters Helena and
Neville Landless are East Indian immigrants from Ceylon.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>The director may also ask those auditioning to do a cold reading
from the script. (Copies of the script are <U>NOT</U> available for borrowing
from the Playhouse.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>>>> ABOUT THE SHOW</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>When he died in 1870, Charles Dickens left behind an unfinished
novel, upon which this playful show-within-a-show musical comedy is based. John
Jasper is a choirmaster in love with his young pupil, Miss Rosa Budd. However,
she’s engaged to someone else – Mr. Jasper’s own nephew, Edwin Drood. On a
stormy Christmas Eve, Edwin Drood vanishes. Has he merely disappeared – or might
he have been murdered? If it’s murder, then next question is, “Whodunit?” Only
the audience knows for sure, because – at each performance of "The Mystery
of Edwin Drood" – the audience gets to vote on the solution that will determine
the show’s conclusion.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>>>> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>Click on this link -- </FONT><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/audition"><FONT
size=3>http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/audition</FONT></A><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/audition#Characters"></A><FONT
size=3> -- to read a complete description of all of the show's
characters yet to be cast and to learn more about this show and its
director.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Weathervane Playhouse * 1301 Weathervane
Lane * Akron, Ohio 44313 * Box Office telephone number: 330-836-2626 * Web site:
</FONT><A href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com</FONT></A></P></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>