<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 id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class="" dir="ltr"><font size="6" id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3124" class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_5831" class="">FORCE CONTINUUM</b></font></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class="" dir="ltr">by KIA KORTHRON</div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class="" dir="ltr">PERFORMANCE DATES: October 30th - November 22, 2015</div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class="" dir="ltr">Directed by: Michael Oatman</div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3238" class=""><font id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3237" size="5" class=""><span id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3261" class=""><b>AUDITION DATES</b></span></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Monday Sept 7, 2015 6:00pm - 9:00pm</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Tuesday Sept 8, 2015 6:00pm - 9:00pm</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><b>AUDITION PREPARATION</b></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Karamu is seeking African American and Caucasian Actors.Please prepare 1 monologue no </font></span><span id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3269" class=""><font size="5" id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3268" class="">more than 2 minutes All will be asked to do a cold reading from the script. Please bring </font></span><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Head shot and Resume.</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">This is a non - equity production.</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">LOCATION 2355 east 89th Street, Cleveland Ohio</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8800"><font size="5" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8799"><b>ABOUT THE PLAY</b></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class="" style="text-align: left;"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8653"><font size="5" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8652">Three generations of African-American New York Police Officers: 1)twenty-four year old Dece,disillusioned and confused in a contemporary world of drug violence and brutality, whose</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class="" style="text-align: left;"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8656"><font size="5" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8655">present-day struggles go beyond the routine paradox of being both black and a cop: He and his vaguely racist white partner become indicted in the death of a black female civilian. 2) Dece’s deceased parents- a practical, optimistic mother and a father frustrated by racism within the ranks of the force. 3) And Dece’s grandfather, a man whose experience has instilled within him the awareness that there is a way out of the carnage and distrust between the African-American and police communities. A jagged precarious journey whereby all gradually grasp that understanding comes, not just through seeing other but hearing.</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><b>CAST OF CHARACTERS</b></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Cop1/Flip/Second Cop: A White Man, 20’s, 30’s</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Cop2/Cop on Guard/Hudson/White Cop/Peter/First Cop/Fuller: A White Man, 30’s, 40’s</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Dece: A Black Man</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Homeless/Mother/Tamra Jane: A Black Woman, 30’s</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Man/Father/Marley: A Black Man 30’s</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Dray/Dealer/Bartender/Eric: A Black Man, teens 20’s</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Mrai/Cobbs/Margaret/Tina: A Black Woman 30’s</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Young Dece/Kevin Martell/Quinton: A Black Boy</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8778"><font size="5" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8777"><b>REHEARSALS</b></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">Consists of a 8 week rehearsal schedule, 3-6 time per week. Th e cast will receive</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" class=""></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class="">a Rehearsal schedule by the first cast meeting or first rehearsal.</font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_2843" dir="ltr" class=""><span id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3242" class=""><font id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3241" size="5" class=""><span id="yiv0506208429yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_3264" class="">If you have any questions, please contact Richard Morris Jr. at 216.795.7070 ext 236.</span></font></span></div><div></div><div> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441057041509_8563"><br></div></div></body></html>