<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">East
Cleveland Theater is hosting auditions for August Wilson's Radio Golf. <span> </span>Part of Wilson's, The Century Cycle, it is the
last play in his 10-play series. Radio Golf takes place in Pittsburgh, PA, in
the 1990s. <span> </span>We are looking for 5 African-American
actors, 4 male and 1 female.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif">Synopsis:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">What
price would you pay in order to stay true to yourself and beliefs? <span> </span>This is the dilemma we confront in Radio Golf.
<span> </span>Surrounded by a backdrop of politics,
ambitions, traditions and friendships, all involved must answer this question
for themselves.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif">The Roles:</span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Harmond
Wilks</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">:
African American (male, mid 30’s – to late 40’s)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">A
real-estate developer, Ivy League-educated, well-spoken and ambitious. He
inherited the business from his father but he has big dreams of a very
prominent future in politics as well. While in the midst of a big housing
development project potentially worth millions, he is running to be the first
African-American Mayor of Pittsburgh. Harmond is honest to a fault and
committed to his beliefs.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Mame
Wilks:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">
African American (female, mid 30’s – to late 40’s)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Harmond’s
wife of many years, she is a well-educated, successful and ambitious public
relations executive. <span> </span>Though she is
rising within her own career, Mame wants Harmond to rise with her, so she is
helping him with his mayoral run. <span> </span>Mame
is smart and manipulative but caring. She will go to bat for what she believes
in but there are limits, even for her.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Roosevelt
Hicks: </span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">African
American (male, late 30’s – 40’s) </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Recently
promoted to a vice-presidential position at Mellon Bank, Roosevelt is clever
and a bit of a hustler. <span> </span>His education is
average but he has worked hard to get what he has. <span> </span>He is determined to overcome what he perceives
as the limitations placed on him by society and is willing to risk almost
anything to do it. <span> </span>A long-time friend of
Harmond, he is involved in the real-estate deal and mayoral campaign.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Sterling
Johnson:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">
African American (male, mid to late 40’s)<br>
A neighborhood handyman/contractor, poorly educated and an old time friend of
Harmond. <span> </span>Life has not been kind to
Sterling so he is very rough around the edges but deceptively street smart. <span> </span>He robbed a bank many years ago and paid the
price.<span>  </span>Sterling has learned to be a
hustler through experience but wants what everyone wants, a good life.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Elder
Joseph Barlow:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">
African American (male, late 60’s – 70’s)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">He
seems like the nicest man you could ever meet but Elder Joseph hides a dark
past. <span> </span>He presents an addled and feeble
demeanor with a wink and a smile but he has a criminal record that stretches
back many, many years. <span> </span>He is very clever
and sly in the way he hooks his victims. <span> </span>That is how he has gotten through life.
Harmond is his latest.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif">Director: Jim Weaver, SDC</span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif">Audition Dates:</span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Thursday,
October 13, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:30pm</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Saturday,
October 15, 2016 from 11:00 to 3:00pm</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif">Show Dates:</span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Shows
on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 11 shows total</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Opening:
Friday, February 03, 2017</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Closing:
Sunday, February 26, 2017</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Friday
and Saturday shows start at 8pm</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Sunday
shows start at 3pm</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">EXCEPTION:
There be no show on Sunday, February 05, 2017 … Super Bowl Sunday.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif">Rehearsals:</span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">This
will be a split rehearsal schedule, meaning that we will have 2 weeks of
rehearsals in December, 2016 (before Christmas), and then pick up with
rehearsals starting the week of January 08, 2017.<span>  </span>Exact dates for both the December and January
time frames have not been determined.<span>  </span>If
you are concerned, please show up at auditions and tell us your limitations.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">East
Cleveland Theater is a community theater celebrating its 48^th
Season.<span>  </span>Our actors, like most of our
personnel, are unpaid volunteers.<span>  </span>We hope
you will join us as we entertain and challenge our audiences.<span>  </span>If you have questions, please call James
Charpie at <a href="tel:330-416-1311" value="+13304161311" target="_blank">330-416-1311</a>, or email me at <a href="mailto:jcharpie@eastclevelandtheater.org" target="_blank">jcharpie@eastclevelandtheater.<wbr>org</a>.<span>   </span></span></p>

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Cleveland Theater</span></p>

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Euclid Avenue</span></p>

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Cleveland, OH 44112</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Thank
You,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">James
Charpie</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"bookman old style",serif">Stage
Manager</span></p>

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Cleveland Theater</span></p>

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