<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </div><div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Karamu Performing Arts Theatre is holding Auditions</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">for the production of</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">DELIVERANCE</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Incidents in the Life of Henry “box” Brown</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">By Michael Oatman</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">PERFORMANCE DATE S : February 8 - 23,
2014</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Directed by: Dominique Paramore</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">AUDITION DATES</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Saturday January 25, 2014 1:00 a.m.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">AUDITION PREPARATION</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Please prepare 2 contrasting monologues no more than 2 minutes each. All will be asked to do a cold</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">reading from the script.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">LOCATION 2355 east 89th Street, Cleveland Ohio</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">ABOUT THE PLAY</span></div><div><span
style="font-size: 19px;">Aft er his wife and children were sold to a diff erent slave owner, Henry Brown claimed to</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">have received a “heavenly vision” to “mail [himself] to a place where there are no slaves.”</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">With the help of James C. A. Smith and a sympathetic white storekeeper named Samuel</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Smith (no relation), Brown devised a plan to have himself shipped to a free state by Adams</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Express Co. Th is piece represents a fresh perspective of the horrors of slavery and the politics</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">of the abolitionists movement.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">CAST OF CHARACTERS</span></div><div><span
style="font-size: 19px;">Henry “Box” Brown - African American Male, 30s/50s</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Arron - African American Male, 30s</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Westchester - African American Male, 20s</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Mr. Sills/Samuel Smith - White Male, 40s/50s</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Mr. McKim - White Male, 40s/50s</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Ms. Dalloway - White Female, 40s/50s</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Fredrick Douglas/Jonse - African American Male, 30s/50s</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">REHEARSALS</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">Consists of a 3 week rehearsal schedule, 3-6 time per week. Th e cast will receive a Rehearsal schedule</span></div><div><span
style="font-size: 19px;">by the fi rst cast meeting or first rehearsal.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 19px;">If you have any Questions feel free to contact Richard H. Morris at 216.795.7070 ext.236.</span></div></div></div></body></html>