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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">CRAZY MAN<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">A drama by Michael
Oatman</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:red">OPEN CALL AUDITION
DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:red">Sunday, November 9<sup>th</sup>
at 7:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:red">Monday, November
10<sup>th</sup> at 7:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:red">Tuesday, November
11<sup>th</sup> at 7:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Location: <br>
Weathervane Playhouse <br>
1301 Weathervane Lane<br>
Akron, Ohio 44313-5186</span><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The auditions for <i>Crazy
Man </i>will be an open call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Actors please signed in by 7:00 PM. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">, by Michael Oatman, is a play commissioned by Weathervane Playhouse
specifically for our John L. Dietz Black Box Theater. The performances will be
a world premiere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:red">CASTING REQUIREMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">John – African American Male, 40s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Akil/Skills – African American Male, 20s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Twon – African American Male, 20s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
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American Male, 50s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Guard/White Business Man – White Male, 50s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Spencer – White Male, 20s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Synopsis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">A man traces back the incidents that lead him to
committing a horrible crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:red">WHAT TO PREPARE FOR THESE AUDITIONS</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Auditions
will consist of readings from the script. A script is available at the
Weathervane Box Office for perusal at the Playhouse. Box Office hours are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mondays
from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Tuesdays
– Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:red">REHEARSALS</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Rehearsals
begin Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Rehearsals
continue Sundays through Thursdays at 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">There
will be no rehearsal on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years
Eve or New Years Day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:red">ABOUT THE DIRECTOR</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer Kay Jeter</p><p class="MsoNormal">Trained as a performance artist, Jeter often collaborates
with traditional artists or with non traditional partners including social
service organizations to create curriculum, programming and theatrical works in
order to spotlight societal concerns such as homelessness, substance abuse and
sexual abuse. Ms. Jeter previously directed for Weathervane Playhouse
productions of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Race, Flyin’ West</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Yellowman.</i></p><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: red; ">AMY HERZOG'S "4000 MILES" OPENS WEDNESDAY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="color: red; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoBodyText2" align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; ">Play About Two
Outsiders Finding Their Way in a Complicated World Is Staged in Weathervane’s Intimate
Dietz Theater</p></span><p class="MsoBodyText2" align="center" style="text-align: center; ">
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Miles </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">plays for 10 performances in Weathervane Playhouse’s John L. Dietz
Theater between Nov. 5 and 15, 2014. (The Dietz Theater is Weathervane
Playhouse’s intimate, 48-seat “second stage” within its Weathervane Lane
facility.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Performance days and times are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.,
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2:30 p.m. Additionally,
there will be one Saturday matinee on Nov. 15 at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Tickets for all
performances of the play are $18 each. Tickets for college students are $5
each. The 48-seat Dietz Theater features general-admission seating only. Due to adult language and
situations, the play is not recommended for children<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff0000">.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
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online to <a href="http://www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com">www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com</a>.</span></p><div><br></div><div>
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mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> is a member
of the theater faculty at Baldwin Wallace University and Tri-C West. A graduate
of Kent State University, Fred’s directing credits include Cleveland Public
Theatre, Dobama, TitleWave, Charenton, Second City Cleveland, CVLT, and Tri-C
West. As an actor, he has performed at Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes
Theater, Dobama Theatre, Beck Center, Cain Park, Second City Cleveland,
Ensemble Theatre, and as a cast member of Something Dada. A member of AEA and
SAG-AFTRA, he has appeared in numerous commercials and such films as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Dream Catcher</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Pirates</i> with Leslie Nielsen, Eric Idle,
and Rodney Dangerfield.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Janis Harcar</div><div>Interim Executive Director</div><div>(Director of Advancement)</div><div>Weathervane Playhouse</div><div>330-836-2626 X16</div><div><a href="mailto:jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com">jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com</a></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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