<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6798"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6799"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_51923">Karamu
Auditions for <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6800"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6801">Rasheeda Speaking</i></b><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6802"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6803"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6804"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6805"><font size="5"> </font></span></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6806"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6807"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_58631">Karamu
Theatre announces auditions for the Ohio premiere of RASHEEDA SPEAKING by Joel
Drake Johnson, directed by Sarah May. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6808"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6809"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6810"><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6811"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_58632"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6812">Auditions
will take place at Karamu House, 2355 E. 89 Street, on</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_38463"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_38462"> </font></span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6811"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_38478"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_38477"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_41832">Sunday June 26 at 2:00
PM and Monday, June 27 at 6:30 PM.</b></font></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_37102"> </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6811"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_43890"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_45207"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_43889"></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6811"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_41835"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_45210"> Actors will be asked to read from the script. Those whose work is not known to director
Sarah May are asked to prepare a short monologue as well. Equity and non-Equity
performers are welcome to attend. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6813"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6814"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6815"><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6816"><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6817"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6818"><font size="5">The
Roles<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6819"></o:p></font></span></u></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6820"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6821"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_45209">Dr.
David Williams: white male, 30-45<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6822"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6823"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6824"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_45206">Ileen
Van Meter: white female, 40-60, lead
role<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6825"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6826"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6827"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_45205">Jaclyn
Spaulding: African American female,
40-60, lead role<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6828"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6829"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6830"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_45215">Rose
Saunders: white female, elderly.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6831"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6832"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6833"><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6834"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6835"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_45204">The
production will run November 3 through 20 in Karamu's Arena Theatre. <o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6836"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6837"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6838"><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6839"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6840"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_45216">Rehearsals
will begin September 28, with one or two pre-rehearsal sessions to be held in
late summer, at the cast's convenience.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6841"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6842"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6843"><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6844"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6845"><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6846"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6847"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_48549">Karamu
Theatre is proud to open its Arena Theatre season with the exciting new
"comedy-drama" <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6848"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6849">Rasheeda
Speaking</i></b> by Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson. Last season the play won rave reviews Off-Broadway
starring Tonya Pinkins and Diane Wiest as two women who are forced to navigate
the politics of race and friendship in the workplace. Pitted against each other by their boss,
their relationship spins wildly out of control in this timely dark comedy. <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6850"><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6851">The New York </u></b><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6852">Times</u> called
it <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6853">"an exquisitely tense and often
cringingly funny portrait of racial paranoia." </i>This play promises to
be a "wild ride" and will leave audiences with lots to talk about!<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6854"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6855"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6856"><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6857"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6858"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_48570">Area
director Sarah May returns to Karamu, where she began her
directing career <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6859">many</i> years ago.
Recent area productions include <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6860"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6861">Caroline, or Change </i></b>at Karamu<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6862"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6863">, Mothers and Sons, Race, Ma Rainey's Black
Bottom, </i></b>and <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6864"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6865">The Pitman Painters </i></b>for The Beck Center<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6866"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6867">, </i></b>and <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6868"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6869">Thurgood,
</i></b>and<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6870"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6871"> The Normal Heart </i></b>at Ensemble.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6872"></o:p></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6873"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6874"><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6875">
</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6876"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_28338" size="5">If you have any questions, please call: Richard Morris Jr. (Production Manager) at 216.795.7070 ext 236</font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6876"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6876"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6876"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6879"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6880"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466572107354_6881"><br></div></div></body></html>