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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Auditions for the Coach House Theatre 2016-2017 Subscription Season<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Coach House Theatre<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b>732 W. Exchange St., Akron, OH 44302<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.coachousetheatre.com"><b>www.coachousetheatre.com</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Saturday, May 14</b>, starting at 11am, and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Monday, May 16</b>, starting at 7pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Callbacks</b> (by invitation) <b>Saturday, May 21</b>, starting at 11am<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>To make an audition appointment, please send an email, with date and time window preference, to <a href="mailto:directors@coachhousetheatre.com">directors@coachhousetheatre.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>For your audition:</b> Please prepare two contrasting monologues, no more than three minutes in total length, OR, read a scene (or monologue) of your choosing from one of the shows in the season. (Reader provided, if needed.) (Please note: <i>you pick</i> the scene/monologue.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>The Plays, Dates, and Roles:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><i>A Thousand Clowns</i></b>, by Herb Gardner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>September 22 – October 16<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Directed by Terry Burgler<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Free-spirit Murray is an unconventional, unemployed television comedy writer who is raising his precocious nephew, Nick. When social workers come to check their situation, Murray unwittingly stumbles upon love, and a new course in life.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>(4) men, 30’s to 50’s, (1) woman, 20’s, (1) 13-year-old boy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>(<b><i>Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks</i></b>, playing in November/December, was postponed from a previous season, and is already cast.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><i>The Mousetrap</i></b>, by Agatha Christie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>January 26 – February 19<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Directed by Tess Burgler<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, and one of them (of course) is a murderer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>(5) men, (3) women, 20’s-60’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><i>Of Mice and Men</i></b>, by John Steinbeck<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>March 16 – April 9<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Directed by Fred Sternfeld<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>This outstanding classic drama is a tremendously moving character study of two roving farmhands, one of whom — "with the strength of a gorilla and the mind of an untutored child" — unwittingly murders a woman, and is killed by his friend to prevent his falling into the hands of the law.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>(8) men, 20’s to 70’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><i>The Game’s Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays</i></b>, by Ken Ludwig* (*pending rights)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>May 11 – June 4<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Directed by Nancy Cates<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>When someone tries to murder an actor currently playing Sherlock Holmes, the whole theatrical company assembles at his unusual estate to try to solve the crime. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>(3) men, 20’s – 50’s, (5) women, 20’s – 70’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Alternate:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><i>Moon Over Buffalo</i></b>, by Ken Ludwig<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>An eccentric theatrical family tours the not-so-big-time with their bedraggled versions of <i>Private Lives</i> and <i>Cyrano de Bergerac</i>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>(4) men, 20’s to 50’s, (4) women, 20’s to 70’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Rehearsal Dates and Times:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Coach House’s plays generally rehearse for five weeks prior to the opening date, Sunday through Thursday evenings, from 7 to 10pm. Some flexibility is available, but significant numbers of rehearsal conflicts may affect casting options.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>