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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000">American Falls<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Written by Miki Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Directed by Raymond Bobgan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A">About the play…<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This stunning and brilliant drama follows the story of eight people in a small town- six are living and two are dead.
<i>American Falls</i> exposes the inner life of every-day people desperately seeking meaning and love in a poetic and sensuous interplay of stories, monologues and a horrifying makeover. "Ms. Johnson reminds us what great theatre has always been about is great
storytelling..." -<i>Houston Chronicle</i>. Directed by Raymond Bobgan and starring CPT favorites Chris Seibert and Darius Stubbs.
<b>Second US Production.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Looking to cast the following roles…<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">5-8 year old boy, any ethnicity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">Two men, late twenties/early thirties, any ethnicity</span><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Equity Agreements may be available for this production</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A">About the process…</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">Singing experience<b> is</b>
<b>not required</b>, but actors with singing experience or those that are inspired by music are encouraged to audition.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rehearsals for the men will begin the week of October 13<sup>th</sup> rehearsing three times a week. The week of November 10<sup>th</sup>, full evening
rehearsals will begin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rehearsals for the boy will begin the week of November 17<sup>th</sup>.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Performances will be in the James Levin Theatre on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays at 7pm December 4<sup>th</sup> – December 20<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:orange"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Auditions…</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Friday, 9/19: 5:00, 6:00, or 7:00p<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Saturday, 9/20: 3:00 or 4:00p<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Actors may be asked to stay later than their scheduled audition time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Auditions are by appointment only and will be conducted in groups over a 1 hour period. Auditioners must be prepared to stay for the full hour and may be asked to read sides.</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You will be asked to present a prepared 1 minute monologue from a play of your choosing and sing a short song (a verse and a chorus or 16 bars, a cappella).
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:orange"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To schedule an audition appointment, please email New Play Associate, Caitlin Lewins at
</span><a href="mailto:clewins@cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">clewins@cptonline.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">.
<b>Be sure to include your name, email address, phone number and preferred audition date & time in your email.</b> No phone calls please.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aparajita","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Caitlin Lewins<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aparajita","sans-serif";color:#44546A">New Play Associate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Aparajita","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aparajita","sans-serif";color:#44546A">6415 Detroit Ave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aparajita","sans-serif";color:#44546A">Cleveland OH, 44102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Aparajita","sans-serif";color:#44546A">(216) 631-2727 x211</span><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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