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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Mike
Skerritt, Managing Director<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">HAPPY ENDING LYRIC PLAYERS<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">First
Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">3630
Fairmount Boulevard (at Eaton Road)<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Shaker Heights, OH 44118<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The Happy Ending Lyric Players announce auditions for a new
play by Max Bush titled <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;">“What Remains.”</span></i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
play will be presented as part of a week-long Arts Festival at the First
Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland at 3630 Fairmount Boulevard in Shaker
Heights.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">AUDITIONS<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2 to 5 PM Saturday, September 12<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">6 to 9 PM Sunday, September 13<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">7 to 9:30 PM Monday, September 14<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Director Mike Skerritt is
seeking <o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">9 women, teenage to early 20’s; <o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2 men, one teenage, one middle to late 20’s<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">One older woman in her 60’s or 70’s, <o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">In Max’ own words, the following is a synopsis of the play.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">“Maggie
is a talented young artist who is just a couple months away from graduating
high school. As the summer swiftly approaches she finds herself agonizing over
serious life decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the
right path for her future?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should she follow
her dreams and become an artist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or
should she do the sensible thing and go to college with her boyfriend
Mike?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Maggie struggles with looking
into her future she meets Cliona, a 69 year old woman who hires Maggie to sort
through the objects of Cliona’s life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As Maggie, and her eccentric friend Sarah, search through Cliona’s
things, the people involved with them come alive and we see the truth about
Cliona’s own artistic past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An unlikely
friendship blossoms between Maggie and Cliona as they each help the other to
discover something about themselves they never would have found on their own.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></i></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">PERFORMANCE DATES:<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">7:30 PM Friday, November 13<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">7:30 PM Saturday, November 14<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2:00 PM Sunday, November 15<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Come prepared to read a few lines from the play, and to demonstrate
some simple movement steps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An
appointment is not required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No singing
is required.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Contact Mike Skerritt at </font><a href="mailto:gmskerritt@aol.com"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">gmskerritt@aol.com</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">
with questions.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div>
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