<div dir="ltr"><table class="" id=":1ig" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class=""><span class="im"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><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><br></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 style="font-size:15px" color="#000000">Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute (HBTI) Summer Productions</font></span></p><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:36.8px;background-color:transparent"><font color="#0000ff" size="6">RENT</font></span><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,255);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">
<span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal">Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and multiple Tony & Drama Desk Awards, including BEST </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal">MUSICAL</span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Directed by Fred Sternfeld</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Music Directed by Mario Clopton</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Costume Design by Jackie Guerra </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Set Design by Ron Newell</font></span></p></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Lighting Design by Scott Chapman<br></font></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Properties by Lydia Chenenka<br><br></font></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">
<b><font color="#ff0000">P</font></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15;background-color:transparent">RODUCTION DATES</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:17.6333px"><font size="4"><span><span>July 3 - 12</span></span> (6 performances) </font></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px"><font color="#000000"><span><span>Friday, July 3 at 7:30 pm</span></span>, <span><span>Sunday, July 5 at 2:00 pm</span></span>, <span><span>Thursday, July 9 at 7:30 pm</span></span>, <span><span>Friday July 10 at 7:30 pm</span></span>, <span><span>Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 pm</span></span> and <span><span>Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 pm</span></span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:17.25px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">Presented on Hathaway Brown School’s main stage</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent"></span></font></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">ABOUT THE PLAY</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Set
in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love,
finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the TONY Award for
Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop
cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with
audiences of all ages.</span><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;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Based
loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's Rent follows a year
in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians
struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under
the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the
disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel. Maureen deals
with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner,
Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has
sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on
the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels
like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate
their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread to
this groundbreaking musical.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">This is theatre at its best -- exuberant, passionate, and joyous.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal"> </span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b><font color="#ff0000">AUDITIONS</font></b></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000">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.</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">DATES & TIMES</font><font color="#000000"> - <span><span>Saturday, February 7</span></span> OR <span><span>Sunday</span></span>, <span><span>February 8 between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm</span></span>.
</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">WHERE </font><font color="#000000">- Hathaway Brown School, 19600 North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122.
</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">CALLBACKS </font><font color="#000000">- Tuesday, February 17 in the late afternoon/ early evening (read and sing). </font></span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">APPOINTMENTS </font><font color="#000000">- To make an audition appointment, write to </font></span><a href="mailto:hbti_auditions@hb.edu" style="line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">hbti_auditions@hb.edu</a><span style="line-height:1.15;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000"> </font></span><span style="line-height:1.15;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000">stating
what play(s) you want to audition for and the preferred dates(s) and
hours you are available to audition. You can audition for multiple
productions. If you are unable to make these dates, an alternate
appointment is possible either in person or through Skype.</font></span></p></li></ul><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent"></span><div class=""><div class="im"><ul style="font-size:13px;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">PREPARATION </font><font color="#000000">-
Please prepare a one minute memorized musical selection that is
objective driven (pursuing a goal through a song) and a one minute
memorized monologue from a play. Bring sheet music - an accompanist will
be provided. When you get your audition appointment, we will email you
back an audition form. </font></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Please fill out this form and bring it with you. Please mark ALL conflicts carefully on your audition form.</font></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">
</span></p></li></ul><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">REHEARSALS</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:normal">• </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:normal"><span><span>May 26 – June 26</span></span>; Weekdays, <span><span>4:00 - 8:00 pm</span></span>. During these weeks there may also be <span><span>Saturday</span></span> and/or <span><span>Sunday </span></span>rehearsals </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">(<span><span>Saturday</span></span>: morning or afternoon, <span><span>Sunday</span></span>: afternoon or evening). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">• <span><span>June 27 - July 2</span></span>. Tech week and dress rehearsals weekdays <span><span>5:00 - 10:00 pm</span></span> and weekend days <span><span>Noon - 9:00 pm</span></span>. A dinner break will be built into the weekend rehearsals.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">•</span><span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:10.7333px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Depending
upon the size of your role and onstage time, you will be called to
between 2-6 rehearsals per week during the development phase and then
all the rehearsals the last two weeks.<br><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15;background-color:transparent">ROLES</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Roles are available for teens and young adults from 9th grade – college. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To view character descriptions of <b><i>Rent</i>, </b>go to this link: <b><a href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000281" target="_blank">http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000281</a></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">
</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b><font color="#ff0000">ELIGIBILITY</font></b></span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15.2px;line-height:13.6px;white-space:pre-wrap">Participation
in at least one 2 or 3 week session of “Performing Arts Training” is
required for eligibility to be in a production. There is a tuition.</span><br></p><div style="font-size:13px"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div></div><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br clear="all"><br> <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"> <div> </div><div> </div><div><br></div> </div></div></div>