<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:24px"><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">AUDITION INFORMATION</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight:
bold;" class="">Julius Caesar: Set in Africa</span></div><div class="" style=""><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">by William Shakespeare </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">adapted by Rome Neal</span></div><div class="" style=""><b class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Directed by Fred Sternfeld</span></div><div class="" style=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida
Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">“NO FEAR” SHAKESPEARE: </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nfs.sparknotes.com/juliuscaesar/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">here</span></a><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">.</span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">AUDITION DATES, LOCATION & APPOINTMENTS:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span><span style="cursor:
pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">OPEN CALL:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> Monday or <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">Wednesday, </a></span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">February 16</a> or 18, <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">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;" class="">To make an audition appointment, please send an email with date and time preference to </span><a rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:fsternfeld@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fsternfeld@gmail.com" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">fsternfeld@gmail.com</span></a><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">. Karamu Theatre is located at <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland, Ohio 44106</a></span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">CALLBACKS: </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Monday and/or <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106,
212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">Tuesday, February 23</a> and/or 24, <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">6:00 - 9:00pm</a>.</span></div><div class="" style=""><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">AUDITION APPOINTMENTS:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div class="" style=""><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""></div><div dir="ltr"
style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">AUDITION PREPARATION:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> 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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=juliuscaesar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">at this link</span></a><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align:
baseline;" class="">. Please arrive to your appointment 15-20 minutes early to fill out an audition form.</span></div><div class="" style=""><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">PERFORMANCE DATES:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">August 1 - 16, 2015</a>, tentatively scheduled for Saturdays <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">at 2:00pm</a> and <a rel="nofollow" style="color:
rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">6:30pm</a>and Sundays <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">at 6:30pm</a>. There may be additional Saturday or Sunday performances added within the production dates.</span></div><div class="" style=""><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">ABOUT THE PLAY:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> 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></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">PLOT: </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/juliuscaesar/summary.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Check out this link to a “sparknotes” summary of the entire plot.</span></a></div><div class="" style=""><br style="font-family:
'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">ROLES AVAILABLE: </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">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;" class=""><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"><br class="" style="cursor: pointer;"></span></div><div
dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer; margin-left: 0pt;" class=""><table style="border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; cursor: pointer; border: none; width: 624px;" class=""><colgroup style="cursor: pointer;" class=""><col style="cursor: pointer;" class=""><col style="cursor: pointer;" class=""></colgroup><tbody style="width: 623px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><tr style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 0px;" class=""><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Julius Caesar</span></div></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr"
style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Marcus Brutus</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, a noble Malian, opposed to Caesar</span></div></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 0px;" class=""><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Calpurnia</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, his wife</span></div></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer;
font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Portia</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, his wife</span></div></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 0px;" class=""><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Flavius & Marullus</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, tribunes of the people</span></div></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Lucius</span><span style="cursor: pointer;
vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, his servant (young teen; plays a musical instrument)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 0px;" class=""><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Caius Cassius, Casca, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, Cinna, </span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">opposed to Caesar</span></div></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Octavius Caesar, Marcus Antonius, Marcus Lepidus</span><span
style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, rulers of Mali after Caesar’s death</span></div></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 0px;" class=""><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Cicero, Popilius Laena</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, senators</span></div></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">A Soothsayer</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;"
class=""> (female)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 0px;" class=""><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Antony’s Army, Brutus Army</span></div></td><td style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">A Carpenter, A Cobbler</span></div></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 29px;" class=""><td colspan="2" style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Other Commoners, Senators, Soldiers, Citizens, Guards, Attendants, Dancers, Street People, Musicians, Drummers, Servants</span></div></td></tr><tr style="cursor: pointer; min-height: 29px;" class=""><td colspan="2" style="cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nfs.sparknotes.com/juliuscaesar/characters.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">more detailed character descriptions
are at this link</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="" style=""><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">REHEARSALS:</span><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> 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 rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">from 6:00 -
9:00pm</a> or <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">9:30pm. Saturday</a> rehearsals could be morning or <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); cursor: pointer;" class="" href="">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></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span style="cursor: pointer; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI',
Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer;" class="">For more info Contact Richard H. Morris Jr at 216.795.7070 ext 236</div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""><br></div></div></body></html>