<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><h2 style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><strong style="font-size:12.727272033691406px"><em>Ensemble Theatre and Cleveland Shakespeare Festival hold auditions for collaborative production of “Voodoo Macbeth”</em></strong><br>
</h2><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Shakespeare’s tragedy </span><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><em>Macbeth</em></strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> dramatizes the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when evil is chosen as the way to fulfill the ambition for power. In 1936, Orson Welles created a historic production of this play, casting a company of African-Americans and moving the setting from Scotland to one that evoked Haiti in the 19</span><sup style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> Century, under the reign of the slave-turned-emporer Henri Christophe.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Ensemble Theatre</strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">, in partnership with the </span><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Cleveland Shakespeare Festival</strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">, is recreating and reimagining this landmark production using a multicultural cast, and working from the Federal Theater Project’s script. </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">We are seeking actors of all races, ages and gender. Actors will receive a stipend. AEA contracts will be considered for this production.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><em>Auditions:</em></strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Saturday, March 8 from 1:00 – 4:00pm</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Monday, March 10 from 6:00-9:00pm</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">. </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><em>Callbacks:</em></strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Tuesday, March 11 6:00pm – 9:00pm</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><em>Location:</em></strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> Ensemble Theatre, 2843 Washington Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">No appointment necessary. Auditionees will be seen in the order of arrival.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Please bring a headshot and resume. Actors may choose to present a Shakespearean monologue not exceeding two minutes, or be provided a scene from the play to read.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Initial table readings will be held </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">March 23-24</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">, and full rehearsals begin Saturday, April 26</span><sup style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The production opens </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">May 23</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> and runs </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Thursday</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(100,100,100)">Friday</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> and </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Saturday at 8pm</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Sunday at 2pm</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> through June 8</span><sup style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">The production is co-directed by Celeste Cosentino, Artistic Director of Ensemble Theatre and Tyson Douglas Rand, Artistic Director of Cleveland Shakespeare Festival.</span><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap">
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'times new roman',times,serif">For more information email <a href="mailto:auditions@cleveshakes.org" target="_blank">auditions@cleveshakes.org</a> </span></span></pre>
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