<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="cursor: pointer;"></span></div><div style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="cursor: pointer;"></span></div><div style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="cursor: pointer;"></span></div><div style="cursor: pointer;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aa126808-2bc9-ea11-794f-84a68d84b3d2" style="cursor: pointer; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: start; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Karamu Theatre</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: start; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Terrence Spivey, Artistic Director</span></p><br style="cursor: pointer;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: start; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">AUDITION INFORMATION</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Julius Caesar: Set in Africa</span></div><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: start;">by William Shakespeare</div></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: start;">adapted by Rome Neal</div></span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: start;"><b><br></b></div></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: start; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Directed by Fred Sternfeld</span></p><br style="cursor: pointer;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">“NO FEAR” SHAKESPEARE: </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are unfamiliar with Shakespeare’s use of language, we will have workshops when rehearsals start to teach you some important approaches. Also, you can view a complete version of Shakespeare’s text along with a side-by-side modern language adaptation </span><a href="http://nfs.sparknotes.com/juliuscaesar/" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">here</span></a><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">AUDITION DATES, LOCATION & APPOINTMENTS:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">OPEN CALL:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"> Monday or <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="cursor: pointer;">Wednesday, </a></span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="cursor: pointer;">February 16</a> or 18, <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" style="cursor: pointer;">6:00 - 9:00pm</a>. Please plan on being at Karamu for 15-30 minutes during one of those days. </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">To make an audition appointment, please send an email with date and time preference to </span><a href="mailto:fsternfeld@gmail.com" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">fsternfeld@gmail.com</span></a><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">. Karamu Theatre is located at <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" style="cursor: pointer;">2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland, Ohio 44106</a></span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">CALLBACKS: </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday and/or <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="cursor: pointer;">Tuesday, February 23</a> and/or 24, <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" style="cursor: pointer;">6:00 - 9:00pm</a>.</span></p><br style="cursor: pointer;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">AUDITION APPOINTMENTS:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><br style="cursor: pointer;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">AUDITION PREPARATION:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"> Please prepare a 1-2 minute memorized Shakespeare monologue OR you can read a monologue from the script that will be provided to you when you arrive for your appointment. You can also select a monologue from the original Julius Caesar text </span><a href="http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=juliuscaesar" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">at this link</span></a><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">. Please arrive to your appointment 15-20 minutes early to fill out an audition form.</span></p><br style="cursor: pointer;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">PERFORMANCE DATES:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7" style="cursor: pointer;">August 1 - 16, 2015</a>, tentatively scheduled for Saturdays <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8" style="cursor: pointer;">at 2:00pm</a> and <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9" style="cursor: pointer;">6:30pm</a> and Sundays <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10" style="cursor: pointer;">at 6:30pm</a>. There may be additional Saturday or Sunday performances added within the production dates.</span></p><br style="cursor: pointer;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">ABOUT THE PLAY:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"> Actor / playwright Rome Neal sets the Bard’s classic tale in 13th century Mali. This multiple AUDELCO award-winning adaptation first premiered at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City. Naomi Conn Liebler of The Shakespeare Bulletin called the production “...a theatrical miracle…”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">PLOT: </span><a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/juliuscaesar/summary.html" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Check out this link to a “sparknotes” summary of the entire plot.</span></a></p><br style="cursor: pointer;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">ROLES AVAILABLE: </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">All roles are open. We are looking for actors that will be believable as natives to Mali in the 13th century, however non-traditional, color-blind casting will be considered. Non-AEA actors will receive a stipend for their participation. There are no AEA contracts available for this production. </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="cursor: pointer; border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 624px;"><colgroup style="cursor: pointer;"><col width="*" style="cursor: pointer;"><col width="*" style="cursor: pointer;"></colgroup><tbody style="cursor: pointer;"><tr style="cursor: pointer; height: 0px;"><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Julius Caesar</span></p></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Marcus Brutus</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">, a noble Malian, opposed to Caesar</span></p></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; height: 0px;"><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Calpurnia</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">, his wife</span></p></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Portia</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">, his wife</span></p></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; height: 0px;"><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Flavius & Marullus</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">, tribunes of the people</span></p></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Lucius</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">, his servant (young teen; plays a musical instrument)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; height: 0px;"><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Caius Cassius, Casca, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, Cinna, </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">opposed to Caesar</span></p></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Octavius Caesar, Marcus Antonius, Marcus Lepidus</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">, rulers of Mali after Caesar’s death</span></p></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; height: 0px;"><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Cicero, Popilius Laena</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;">, senators</span></p></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">A Soothsayer</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"> (female)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; height: 0px;"><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Antony’s Army, Brutus Army</span></p></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">A Carpenter, A Cobbler</span></p></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; height: 29px;"><td colspan="2" style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Other Commoners, Senators, Soldiers, Citizens, Guards, Attendants, Dancers, Street People, Musicians, Drummers, Servants</span></p></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; height: 29px;"><td colspan="2" style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="http://nfs.sparknotes.com/juliuscaesar/characters.html" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">more detailed character descriptions are at this link</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br style="cursor: pointer;"><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">REHEARSALS:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"> There will be 2 rehearsals per week in June and then up to 5 rehearsals a week in July. The number of rehearsals per week for each actor will depend upon the amount of scenes in which they appear. Weeknight rehearsals will generally be <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://11" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11" style="cursor: pointer;">from 6:00 - 9:00pm</a> or <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12" style="cursor: pointer;">9:30pm. Saturday</a> rehearsals could be morning or <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://13" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13" style="cursor: pointer;">afternoon. Sunday</a> rehearsals will be in the afternoon. Please mark your conflicts and availability carefully on your audition form: IE - “can arrive on all weeknights by 7pm” “available for rehearsals on weekdays as early as 5pm” “can arrive after church on Sunday by 1pm”.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">For more info Contact Richard H. Morris Jr at 216.795.7070 ext 236</p></span></div></body></html>