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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For the past 20 years, the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award recipient, Cleveland Play House (CPH), has partnered with Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) to offer an MFA
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Exceptional training is paired with a strong financial package that includes a three-year
<u>tuition-free education</u>, a generous living stipend, healthcare and membership in Actors Equity Association upon successful completion of the program. This is followed by a highly regarded New York City Showcase attended by Industry professionals.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The third year of training allows students to appear in at least one Cleveland Play House production as well as experience understudy and workshop opportunities.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">As we only take eight students every other year, the program is ideal for those who want the kind of personal attention that is impossible to get at schools with larger numbers.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">What are we looking for? We want talented, passionate, curious young artists who have a strong work ethic and the capacity for change and growth. We do NOT have a teaching component
so this is not the right program for those who are coming back to graduate school to get a degree so that they can teach.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">We charge
<u>no audition fees</u>, which is unique among graduate acting programs.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For more information or to book an audition appointment either here in Cleveland or elsewhere, please visit <a href="http://clevelandplayhouse.com/mfa" target="_blank">clevelandplayhouse.com/mfa</a> under
AUDITIONS. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">We will be auditioning candidates in Cleveland,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222">Jan 14-15</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">; New York City,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222">Jan 19-24</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> and Chicago </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222">Jan
29 - Feb 2, 2017</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For further information, contact Donald Carrier, Associate Director of the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program at
<a href="mailto:donald.carrier@case.edu">donald.carrier@case.edu</a> or 216-400-7019.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">We look forward to a great turnout at the auditions in Cleveland.
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