<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">Blank Canvas Theatre</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Auditions for</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><i>Alfred Hitchcock's</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">The 39 Steps</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">Adapted by Patrick Barlow</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Directed by Patrick Ciamacco</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><strong>Sign Up:</strong> Email <a href="mailto:Patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com" mce_onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=Patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=Patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}; return false;" target="_blank">Patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com</a> to sign up for one of the below dates.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><strong>Audition Date:</strong> Tuesday January 26th & Wednesday January 27th </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><strong>Time:</strong> 7:00pm </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">(All actors are asked to arrive at 7pm on the date they sign up for. If you can not make it at 7pm, please inform us in your email) </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><strong>What to prepare:</strong> Readings will be from the script. Prior preparation is not required. To view audition sides <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/audition-sides/the-39-steps/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/audition-sides/the-39-steps/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>. A headshot and resume is appreciated.</span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><em>*Audition sides DO NOT need to be memorized. Copies will be provided at auditions. The link is just to help you be more comfortable in your audition. </em></span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><strong>Performance Dates:</strong> March 4 - 19. Shows will be Thursday-Sunday. Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Sunday performances will be at 7pm. (Show will close on a Saturday night)</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><strong>Rehearsals:</strong> Will begin February 8th and will be Sunday-Thursdays. Typically 7pm-10pm, though Sundays will be a longer day based on conflicts. <strong>This is only a four week rehearsal period.</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br><strong>Pay:</strong> Blank Canvas Theatre dedicates 20% of the net profit to the cast of each show. The cast splits this evenly.<br><br><em>*There are no Equity contracts available for this show.</em> </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br><strong>Audition Location:</strong> </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">Blank Canvas Theatre </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">1305 78<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 211 (at 78th Street Studios) </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">Cleveland, OH 44102 </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">(Click <a href="http://blankcanvastheatre/directions" mce_href="http://blankcanvastheatre/directions" target="_blank">here</a> for directions or visit our website at <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" target="_blank">www.blankcanvastheatre.com</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"> </span></div><h2 style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">The Story</span></span></h2><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;">Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have <em>The 39 Steps</em>, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;">In <em>The 39 Steps</em>, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, <em>The 39 Steps</em> amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </div><h2 style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">Character Breakdown</span> </span><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"> </span></h2><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;">All roles require versatility, stamina, physical comedy skills and excellent comic timing.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>RICHARD HANNAY <em>(Male, 30’s to late 40’s)</em>:</strong> “Pencil moustache.” “An attractive man, not too young and not too old…relatively ordinary… thinks of himself as commonplace…is drawn in against his best judgment into a mystery he vaguely understands…” Dialects: A Canadian with precise diction, not necessarily an English accent</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>ANNABELLE, MARGARET, PAMELA <em>(Female, 25 to 40’s)</em>:</strong> All roles played by one woman: a ”beautiful… nervous…seductive” German spy; a Scottish farmer’s wife; and a “beautiful” British woman. Dialects: German, Scottish, cultured British</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>CLOWN 1 & CLOWN 2 <em>(Male or Female, 20-50’s)</em>:</strong> The 2 CLOWNS, in the English Music Hall tradition, play over 30 characters between them; changing characters frequently, sometimes within seconds, using costumes and props from the simple to more detailed. The roles require versatility, stamina to perform fast-paced verbal and physical comedy; excellent comic timing and extreme focus. Dialects: A wide variety of English, German, Scottish</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><a mce_style="font-size: 140%;" href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/audition-sides/the-39-steps/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/audition-sides/the-39-steps/" target="_blank">FOR AUDITION SIDES CLICK HERE</a></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">If you have any questions feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com" mce_onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}; return false;" target="_blank">patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com</a>. We look forward to seeing you at auditions!</span></div> </span></body></html>