<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Auditions at </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:27px">Ensemble Theatre!</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b>KNOCK ME A KISS</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)">
<b style="line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">THE CHAIRS</font></b></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b style="line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">EXIT THE KING</font></b></div>
<div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>November 10th</b> </span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px"><font color="#cc0000">(1-4)</font></span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>November 11th</b> </span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px"><font color="#cc0000">(6-9)</font></span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif">Callbacks (TBA if necessary)</font></span></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)">
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif">Directors: </font></span></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><i>Caroline Jackson Smith</i></b> (Knock)</font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><i>Stephen Vasse-Hansell</i></b> (Chairs)</font></span></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)">
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><i>Ian Wolfgang Hinz</i></b> (King)</font></span></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif">2843 Washington Blvd. Cleveland Hts., OH 44118</font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px"><font color="#660000" face="georgia, serif" size="6"><b>KNOCK ME A KISS</b></font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:27px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif">by Charles Smith </font></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><i><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">(Auditions will be held in Mainstage Theatre) </font></i></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><i><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">(All roles in Knock Me A Kiss are African American)</font></i></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:left">
<b style="line-height:18px"><u><font face="georgia, serif">ROLES:</font></u></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="line-height:18px;border-collapse:collapse"><font face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Yolande Du Bois: </b></i> The 26yr old daughter of W. E. B Du Bois and Nina Du Bois. Yolande is a romantic who has lead a very sheltered life. The greatest love in her life is the love she has for her father. </font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:18px"><font color="#000000"><b><i>Jimmy Lunceford: </i></b>28 yr old big band leader. Graduate of Fisk University and former high school teacher, Jimmy decided that the hand-to-mouth existence of touring with his band was more important to him than maintaining a job teaching high school. He is down-to-earth and VERY practical, up on current trends and fashions, and meticulous when it comes to music. He has a good business sense and loves YOLANDE dearly. </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" style="line-height:18px"><b><i>Nina Du Bois: </i></b> Mid 60's, she is the wife of W. E. B. Du Bois. Nina has a very provincial attitude toward sex, which she doesn't enjoy but considers to be </font><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:18px">necessary. She lives in the shadow of her husband, whom she met when she was a student and he was her professor. She never fully recovered form the death of her eighteen month old son Burghardt. His death was fundamental in forming her attitude toward her husband, W. E. B., whom she considered responsible for Burghardt's death. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><i style="line-height:18px;font-weight:bold">W. E. B Du Bois:</i><span style="line-height:18px"> Mid 60's, but seems much younger. Active in national and international politics, he has come to recognize that he is a better politician than he is a husband and a father. Even so, he considers his personal sacrifices for the promotion of his personal agenda well worth the trade off. He maintains a very business like relationship with his wife and daughter. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:18px"><i style="font-weight:bold">Countee Cullen: </i>25 yr old young boy poet genius and protege of W. E. B Du Bois, he is clearly s product of the Ivory Tower, Talented Tenth machine. He is VERY warm and charming, and a man who has used words to get in to and out of any situation. Although he's a poet, there is nothing effeminate about him. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:18px"><i style="font-weight:bold">Lenora:</i> Friend and confidant of YOLANDE, she the down-to-earth, no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is type of friend we all would like to have. </span></font></p>
</div></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:18px"><div><b><font color="#ff0000">AUDITIONS FOR KNOCK ME A KISS</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#ff0000">ARE OPEN TO BOTH </font></b><b><font color="#ff0000">AEA an NON-AEA Actors. </font></b><b><font color="#ff0000">Non AEA actors will receieve a stipend. </font></b></div>
</span></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><div><b style="line-height:18px"><font face="georgia, serif"> </font></b></div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt">
<b><font color="#cc0000"><i><span style="line-height:18px">Please come prepared to perform a monologue. </span></i></font></b><b><font color="#cc0000"><i><span style="line-height:18px">Auditions will also be reading from the script.</span></i></font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:18px"><b>Please email an audition request day & time (10 minute slots) to: </b></span><b style="line-height:18px"><font color="#cc0000"><i><a href="mailto:auditions@ensemble-theatre.org" target="_blank">auditions@ensemble-theatre.org</a>.</i></font> </b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:18px"><b>Show Opens on January 31st and runs through February 23rd. </b></span></font><b style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Performances are Fridays & Saturdays @8pm, Sundays at 2pm. There may be 1-3 Student Matinees for this show. Dates TBA. Rehearsals will begin very late December. </b><b style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(Rehearsals will avoid holidays.) </b></p>
</div></span></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:18px"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><font>For questions please call </font><font color="#0000ff"><a href="tel:216-321-2930" value="+12163212930" target="_blank">216-321-2930</a>. </font><font> </font></font></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:18px"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><font>Email </font><font color="#0000ff"><a href="mailto:auditions@ensemble-theatre.org" target="_blank">auditions@ensemble-theatre.org</a></font><font> </font></font></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;line-height:18px"><font style="font-weight:bold" face="georgia, serif">Or email the Director, Caroline Jackson-Smith: </font></span></div><div style="text-align:left">
<font color="#ff0000" face="georgia, serif"><i><span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="mailto:caroline.jackson.smith@oberlin.edu" target="_blank">caroline.jackson.smith@oberlin.edu</a></span><span style="line-height:18px"><font> </font></span></i></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><span style="line-height:18px"><b>Or email the Artistic Director, Celeste Cosentino:</b></span></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><i style="line-height:18px"><font color="#ff0000"><a href="mailto:celeste@ensemble-theatre.org" target="_blank">celeste@ensemble-theatre.org</a></font></i><b style="line-height:18px">. </b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><i style="line-height:18px"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></b></i></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="georgia, serif"><i style="line-height:18px"><b>_____________________________________________________________</b></i><br>
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</font></b></i></span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:18px"><i><b><font color="#000000"><font size="6">SECOND SEASON AUDITIONS!</font> </font></b></i></span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt">
<span style="line-height:18px"><i><b><font color="#cc0000">Same times as abov</font><font color="#ff0000">e.</font></b></i></span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:18px"><i><b>AUDITIONS will be held in the Playground Theatre </b></i></span></font><i style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>for roles in</b></i></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><i style="line-height:18px"><b><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">"</font><font color="#0000ff" size="4">THE CHAIRS</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">" and "</font><font color="#0000ff" size="4">EXIT THE KING</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">" by Eugene Ionesco.</font></b></i></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><i style="line-height:18px"><b><font color="#0000ff" size="4">The Chairs</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> will be directed by Stephen Vasse-Hansell. </font></b></i></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><i style="line-height:18px"><b><font color="#0000ff" size="4">Exit The King</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> will be directed by Ian Wolfgang Hinz.</font></b></i></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><i style="line-height:18px"><b><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Roles: "</font><font color="#0000ff">THE CHAIRS</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">"</font></b></i></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:24px;text-align:-webkit-auto"><i><b><font>Old Man, </font></b></i></span><b style="line-height:24px;text-align:-webkit-auto"><i><font>Old Woman, & Orator</font></i></b></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;text-align:-webkit-auto"><i><b> </b>(no need to be age specific for these roles, but can be.)</i></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">The play concerns two characters, known as Old Man and Old Woman, frantically preparing chairs for a series of invisible guests who are coming to hear an orator reveal the old man's discovery, which is implied as being the meaning of life (it is never actually said). The guests supposedly include "everyone", implying everyone in the world; there are other implications that this is a pos</span><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">t-</span>apocalyptic <span style="line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">w</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">orld. The Old Man, for example, speaks of the destruction of </span>Paris<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">. The invisibility of the guests implies that the Old Man and Old Woman are the last two people on the planet. As the “guests” arrive, the two characters speak to them, and reminisce cryptically about their lives. A high point in the happiness of the couple is reached when the invisible emperor arrives. Finally, the orator arrives to deliver his speech to the assembled crowd. Played by a real actor, the orator's physical presence contradicts the expectations set up by the action earlier in the play.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i>Roles</i></b></font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">: </font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>"</b></font><font color="#0000ff"><b><i>EXIT THE KING</i></b></font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>".</b></font></span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-weight:bold">Juliette </font><font><i>(royal chambermaid)</i></font><font style="font-weight:bold">, Doctor</font> <i><font>(royal "doc")</font></i><font style="font-weight:bold">, & The Guard </font><font><i>(royal guard)</i></font><font style="font-weight:bold">. </font></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-weight:bold">These r</font></span></font><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">oles are not age specific in any way. (Open to all ages).</span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">*Please note: </span><span style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The roles of</span><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> King Berenger, Queen Marguerite, & Queen Marie </span><span style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">will be played by Ensemble members <b>Robert Hawkes</b> </span><span style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font><i>(Berenger)</i></font></span><span style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, <b>Valerie Young</b> <i><font>(Marguerite)</font></i> & <b>Katie Nabors</b> <i><font>(Marie)</font></i>. </span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" style="font-weight:bold">The Chairs</font><b><font color="#000000"> and Exit the King. </font><font color="#000000">Running concurrently, </font><font color="#000000">January 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 18th,19th. </font></b><font color="#000000"> <i><b>The Chairs</b></i> will perform at 6. <b><i>Exit The King</i></b> will perform at 8. </font></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000">Rehearsals for both shows will be in December and January (avoiding Holidays). </font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><b><i>There are NO Equity Contracts available for these productions. Actors will receive a stipend. </i></b></font></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><b><i>Auditions will be reading from the script. Please bring a headshot and resume with you to auditions. </i></b></font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt">
<b><i><font color="#000000">Call or email with any questions.</font> <font color="#0000ff"><a href="tel:216-321-2930" value="+12163212930" target="_blank">216-321-2930</a></font>. - <font color="#0000ff"><a href="mailto:auditions@ensemble-theatre.org" target="_blank">auditions@ensemble-theatre.org</a></font> </i></b></p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0in 0in 10pt"><b><i><u><font color="#0000ff">No appointments necessary, but if you could please call or email us and let us know what day you would like to come!</font></u></i></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000"><i><b>YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THIS LINK ON OUR WEBSITE WITH ALL OF OUR AUDITION INFORMATION LISTED. ALSO A PDF OF GENERAL AUDITION FORM IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD (if you can) WHICH YOU CAN FILL OUT AND BRING WITH YOU IF YOU ARE ABLE. BLANK FORMS WILL BE PROVIDED AT AUDITIONS AS WELL. </b></i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" size="4"><b><i><a href="http://www.ensemble-theatre.com/ensemble-auditions" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO WEBSITE AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT.</a> </i></b></font></p>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b><font face="georgia, serif">2013-2014 SEASON. </font></b></font></div><div><b style="font-size:small;font-family:georgia,serif">"ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE"</b></div><div><b style="font-size:small;font-family:georgia,serif"><br>
</b></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto">ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER</b><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"> </span></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">by Rajiv Joseph</span><br>
</font></div><div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif">Directed by Celeste Cosentino</font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>September 27th through October 20th.</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>PRELUDE TO A KISS </b></font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif">by Craig Lucas</font></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif">Directed by Martin Friedman</font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>November 21st through December 15th</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000">KNOCK ME A KISS </font></b><br></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto">
<font face="georgia, serif">By Charles Smith</font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif">Directed by Carolyn Jackson Smith </font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>January 31 through Febraury 23rd. </b></span><br>
</div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Winner of 9 2011 AUDELCO awards. </span><br></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif"> <br></font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto">
<font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>COLOMBI NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL</b> </font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif">This will be the month of March. Specific Dates and shows TBA. </font></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>BEYOND THE HORIZON</b></font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto">
<font face="georgia, serif">by Eugene O'Neil</font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif">Directed by Celeste Cosentino</font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>April 18th through May 11th</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="georgia, serif">O'Neill's 1st Pulitzer Prize Winner-1920.</font></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></div></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><b>We look forward to seeing you in our audience!</b></font></div>
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