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<div dir="ltr"><span class="im" style="font-size:13px"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:xx-large;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15;background-color:transparent">AUDITIONS</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" style="font-size:15px">Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute (HBTI) Summer Productions</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" style="font-size:15px"><br></font></span></p></span><div dir="ltr" style><span class="im" style="font-size:13px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#0000ff" size="6">Oklahoma!</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Music by Ricgard Rogers</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Based on the 1931 play "Green Grows the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Directed and Choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Music Directed by John Krol</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></font></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Fights Choreographed by Ryan Zarecki</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></font></p><span class="im" style="font-size:13px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Set Design by Ron Newell</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></font></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Costumes by Jackie Guerra</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Properties by Lydia Chenenka</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">PRODUCTION DATES</font></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br><b><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">July 31 - August 9</span></span> (6 performances)</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><span class="im" style="font-size:13px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Friday, July 31 at 7:30 pm, <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Saturday, August 1 at 7:30</span></span>, <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Sunday, August 2 at 2:00 pm</span></span>,  Friday August 7 at 7:30 pm,<span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Saturday, August 8 at 7:30 pm</span></span> and <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Sunday</span></span>, 9 at <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">2:00 pm</span></span>.</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>Presented on Hathaway Brown School’s main stage</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><b>ABOUT  THE PLAY</b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration remains in many ways their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theater still being followed today. Set in a western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high spirited rivalry between the local farmers and the cowboys, provides a colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. True love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins. Love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">AUDITIONS</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p></span><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in"><span class="im" style="font-size:13px"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Auditions are being held jointly for Rent and Oklahoma so you may audition for both productions with one appointment on either of these dates; it is possible to be in both productions. Callbacks will be held separately.<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">DATES & TIMES </font><font color="#000000">- Saturday, February 7 OR <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Sunday, February 8 between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm</span></span>.</font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt"><font color="#ff0000">WHERE </font></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;color:black">- Hathaway Brown School, 19600 North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">CALLBACKS</font></span><span style="color:blue;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> - </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">February 18</span></span> in the late afternoon / early evening.</font></span></li></span><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">DANCE CALL-</font><font color="#000000"> <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">February 19</span></span> in the late afternoon / early evening.</font></span></li><span class="im"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">APPOINTMENTS</font><font color="#000000"> - To make an audition appointment, write to </font></span><span style="font-size:13px;color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:hbti_auditions@hb.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">hbti_auditions@hb.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"> </font></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">stating what play(s) you want to audition for and the preferred dates(s) and hours you are available to audition.<span style="color:rgb(34,3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ckground-repeat:initial"><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#ff0000">ELIGIBILITY</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Participation in at least one 2 or 3 week session (or a combination of programming equal to 60 hours) of “Performing Arts Training” is required for eligibility to be in a production. There is a tuition. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:19px"><b> </b></span></font></p></span></div></div></div></div>