<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">GREAT NEWS! - <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class="">Do you want to spend half a day, every day (five days a week) for two years - studying theatre - during school hours? </b></span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">YOU CAN STILL JOIN: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There are still 4 slots open at the Academy for the Performing Arts for any student who will be a Junior in the fall of 2017. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sorry, no first year Senior slots are available.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>If you attend any of the following schools, you are eligible to attend free of charge. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>West Geauga, Aurora, Solon, Chagrin Falls, Orange, Beachwood, Mayfield</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>South Euclid/Lyndhurst, Richmond Heights, Willoughby/Eastlake.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">WHAT IS THE ACADEMY? <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif;" class="">The Academy for the Performing Arts is a </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" class="">college preparatory program </span><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif;" class="">of Excel Technical Education </span></span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"> </span><font color="#544943" face="Play, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Career Consortium, currently in it’s tenth season, serving the ten school districts in the Mayfield Consortium. All classes and performances</span></font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>take place at Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center. To learn all about the </span><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">Program, the instructors, the curriculum, </span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the performance season go to </span><a href="http://www.chagrinacademy.org" style="font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">www.chagrinacademy.org</a><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">. The Academy is run by Tom Fulton. It is a program of </span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Career Tecc and is hosted by Chagrin Falls High School.</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">2017-18 SEASON<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>October 27<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class="">RAGTIME</b>, The Musical</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dec 8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class="">STEEL MAGNOLIAS</b></span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"> </span><font color="#544943" face="Play, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dec 15</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"> </span><font color="#544943" face="Play, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The Senior <b class="">IMPROV SHOW</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#544943" face="Play, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Feb 9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class="">DNA </b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#544943" face="Play, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Feb 15<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class="">Radium Girls, Chamber Music</b> and <b class="">OH Freedom </b>(One Act Festival)</span></font></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>March 2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> William Shakespeare’s <b class="">HAMLET</b></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>May 4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <b class="">PETER AND THE STARCATCHER</b></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i style="font-size: 9px;" class="">(plays subject to change)</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>All Performances are completely rehearsed and staged. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CURRICULUM`<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Academy offers two tracks; <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>An artistic track - Acting, Improvisation, Voice, Movement, Stage Combat, Shakespeare & Audition</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A Technical Track - Technical Theatre, Stage Management, Design, Construction</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">If you are interested, please contact DUSTEN WELCH at 440-247-2072 x4393 or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:dusten.a.welch@gmail.com" class="">dusten.a.welch@gmail.com</a> to arrange an audition.</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(84, 73, 67); font-family: Play, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">Auditions should consist of two memorized 1 minute </span><font color="#544943" face="Play, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">monologues - OR 1 monologue and one song.</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#544943" face="Play, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#544943" face="Play, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div></body></html>