<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">Blank Canvas Theatre is seeking a Music Director </span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">for <br><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><i><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">The Cleveland Premiere</span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><i><span mce_style="font-size: 24pt;" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">of</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><span mce_style="font-size: 36pt;" style="font-size: 36pt;">SILENCE!</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><span mce_style="font-size: 36pt;" style="font-size: 36pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 18pt;" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" mce_style="font-size: 24pt;">The Musical</span></span></span></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><div class="item-list" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div class="item-list"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">Music and Lyrics by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan</span></span></div><div class="item-list"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Book by Hunter Bell</span></span></span></div></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 Jonathan Kronenberger</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong>Choreography by Katie Zarecki</strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;">Blank Canvas Theatre is dedicated to creating a new love for theatre in the Cleveland community while providing another venue for those who already love the arts. It is our goal to provide a positive, fun, and professional environment to work in as an artist. Blank Canvas Theatre is honored to provide another place for actors, musicians and designers to create and for audiences to enjoy. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><br></strong></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><div><strong><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 150%;">If Interested</span><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 150%;">:</span></strong><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"> Email </span><a mce_style="font-size: 150%;" 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><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"> and include a resume as well as any references.</span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br></span></div><div><strong><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 150%;">Audition Dates</span><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 150%;">:</span><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 150%;"> </span></strong><span mce_style="font-size: 18px;">Tuesday August 23rd and Wednesday August 24th from 7pm-10pm</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><strong><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">Performance Dates</span><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">:</span></strong> October 21st - November 5th. Shows will be Thursday-Sunday. Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8pm. Sunday performances will be at 7pm. <em>(Show will open on a Friday night and close on a Saturday night)</em></span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br></span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><strong><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">Rehearsals</span><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">:</span></strong> Begin September 18th, with potential music rehearsals the week prior. Rehearsals will be Sunday-Thursdays. Typically 7pm-10pm, though Sundays may be a longer day based on conflicts. </span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">Pay</span><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">:</span><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></strong></span>Blank Canvas Theatre offers a competitive stipend for this position.</span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;"><br><strong><span mce_style="text-decoration: underline;">Location</span>:</strong> </span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">Blank Canvas Theatre </span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">1305 78<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 211 (at 78th Street Studios) </span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">Cleveland, OH 44102 </span></div><div><br></div><h2><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;">The Story</span></h2><div><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;">The Unauthorized Parody of <em>The Silence of the Lambs!</em></span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;"><em><br></em></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;" style="">In the Academy Award-winning film <em>The Silence of the Lambs</em>, rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling matches wits with the brilliant but insane cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to catch the serial killer known only as Buffalo Bill. Clarice must face her own demons and race the clock to unlock Lecter’s clues before another innocent girl is killed and skinned by Bill. It’s a hair-raising thriller that’s kept countless millions on the edges of their seats and permeated the pop lexicon with delightfully creepy quotes like “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti” and of course “It places the lotion in the basket.” And now, at last, this delicate symphony of suspense has been turned on its ear and retold in the only way it can be – as a musical. A singing chorus of floppy eared lambs narrates the action; Buffalo Bill gleefully dances a hoedown while kidnapping hapless Catherine Martin; and even Dr. Lecter, scary as ever, sings about the life he’d like to lead someday outside the prison walls.</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;" style=""><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;" style=""><b><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Blank Canvas Theatre provides professional quality productions, placing emphasis on entertainment at affordable prices.</font></font></b></span></div></div> </span></body></html>