<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Beck Center will hold auditions for Conor McPherson's SHINING CITY <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">on Monday, Nov. 9th</a> and <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">Tuesday, Nov. 10th.</a> Auditions are by appointment only and slots begin <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">at 7:30PM</a> each evening.<u>Please secure your audition time by calling the Beck Center Box Office at <a href="tel:216-521-2540" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">216-521-2540</a> x10.</u></b></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></b></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Actors have the option of preparing a memorized 60 to 90 second monologue OR they can read a provided cutting from the script.</b></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></b></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Director Bernadette Clemens is looking to fill the following roles.....</b></div><div><b><u style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></u></b></div><div><b><u style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Character descriptions:</u></b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>JOHN</b> - <u>This role is cast</u>.(Robert Hawkes)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>IAN</b> - 40s male, sharp, professional, has waged many battles within, outwardly gentle, searches to know himself better and often falls short of that goal, or thinks he does.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>NEASA</b> - 30s female, smart, confident, abrupt, hard-working, strong, stubborn, no-nonsense, self-righteous and battle-ready when need be.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>LAURENCE</b> - 20s-early 30s, male, professional escort/prostitute, easygoing, curious, fit, hyperactive or nervous, transient.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One to two AEA contracts are available for this production. All non Equity actors receive a stipend for their participation.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>SHINING CITY</i> performs in Beck intimate Studio Theatre. Run dates are Fri/Sat/Sun <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">from April 1st to May 1st.</a> Rehearsals will begin in late Feb., 2016.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">===========================================</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><b>Shining City</b></i> is a play by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_McPherson" title="Conor McPherson" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Conor McPherson</a>, set in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Dublin</a> which was first performed in London's West End at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Court_Theatre" title="Royal Court Theatre" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Royal Court Theatre</a> in June 2004.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is a ghost story recounting the visits of a widower to a therapist, claiming he has seen his dead wife in their house. The therapist has his own problems and the play charts the parallel trajectories of the two men in their struggle to understand what's happening.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It opened on Broadway at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltmore_Theatre" title="Biltmore Theatre" class="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Biltmore Theatre</a> on May 9, 2006, and was nominated for two Tony Awards, including Best Play The New York Times critic Ben Brantley described it as a "Quiet, haunting and absolutely glorious new play... Shining City is as close to perfection as contemporary playwriting gets" </span></p><div><br></div></div><br>Sent from my iPad</div></body></html>