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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Near West Theatre announces
<b>AUDITIONS</b> for</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:72.0pt;font-family:"Engravers MT",serif;color:#FF0066">XANADU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;background:white">Youth Cast (Ages 9 to 15)<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span></span><span style="color:#1F497D;background:white">*Corrected*</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#FFC000;background:white"><br>
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#FFC000;background:white">June 27, 28 & 29, 2017</span><span style="color:#1F497D;background:white">*Corrected*</span></b><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#FFC000;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#7030A0;background:white">Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;background:white">7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
</span></b><b><span style="color:#1F497D">*Corrected*</span></b><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Come
<b><u>one</u></b> of these evenings. Plan to stay for the entire time specified. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">See list of roles below!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050">Xanadu</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050"> runs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050">September 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 & October 1 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050">Rehearsals begin</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050"> Sunday, July 30, 2017</span><span style="color:#00B050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#FFC000">AUDITION SITE:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span></b><b><span style="color:#1F497D">*Corrected*</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#FFC000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">St. Luke's Episcopal Church<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">(1349 West 78th St. Cleveland, OH 44102)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:2.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">If you are unable to audition on the dates listed above, or you have questions,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">call our office at 216-961-9750, Mon.-Fri. 11am-4pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">or EMAIL
</span><a href="mailto:info@nearwesttheatre.org"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">info@nearwesttheatre.org</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">ABOUT THE AUDITION:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#AC007F"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This is a group audition in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. No experience or preparation required. Dress for movement. Please plan to stay for the entire time specified, and arrive 15 minutes before audition time to
register. Anyone arriving after the starting time will not audition that day.<b><br>
</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">At Near West Theatre we encourage everyone to audition.
<u>People of all experience levels, races, ethnicities, neighborhoods, sizes, gender identities and backgrounds are needed.</u> We use theater to build community and relationships. We’re a great place to express yourself and make friends.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Come try us! Bring a friend!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">ABOUT THE SHOW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jelly shoes, acid wash jeans, and roller disco dancing! Outrageous '80s flair sparkles under the mirror ball in
<i>Xanadu</i>, a laugh-out-loud musical based on the cult-classic film starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly. Greek muse Kira descends from Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California to inspire Sonny, a struggling artist, to achieve the greatest artistic
creation of all time: the first ROLLER DISCO! But when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, two of her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:5.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Xanadu</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> has something for everyone: ridiculous fun on wheels, and an inspirational story at its big, mythological heart
reminding us to explore our human experience through art and to persist in following our dreams... despite perceived limitations from others or from within ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:5.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">So pop open a Tab, lay back in your stretchy stirrup pants, and watch as your '80s radio mixtape magically rolls to life on stage! Nominated for two Tony awards including
Best Musical and Best Book, <i>Xanadu's</i> legendary, chart-topping score regales with memorable tunes such as
<i>Magic</i>, <i>Evil Woman</i>, <i>Have You Ever Been Mellow</i>, and <i>Strange Magic</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Book by Douglas Carter Beane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Music & Lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt">CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Clio/Kira (pronounced CLY-oh/KEE-rah)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Muse of History, and leader of the muses. She comes to Earth to help the mortal Sonny Malone in hopes of fulfilling Zeus’ prophecy: “that one
day soon she will inspire a creation so wondrous that she will be granted the gift of Xanadu.” She ends up falling in love with Sonny, an act forbidden by the gods, and in turn must endure the wrath of her father Zeus. The actor playing Clio/Kira spends almost
the entire duration of the musical in roller skates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Sonny Malone<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Handsome and “very 1980’s.” He is a struggling artist who, when we first meet him, is working on a mural of the Nine Muses. But what he really
wants is to open “an apex of all the arts” - a roller disco. He falls in love with Clio, disguised as Kira, as she attempts to help inspire him in his art. The actor playing Sonny Malone must be able to move well in roller skates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Danny Maguire<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A very professional, very successful businessman who used to be a clarinet player but gave up on his dreams to become a real estate mogul.
He was once in love with a Southern belle named “Kitty” (actually Clio in disguise) who left him because he refused to open the “Xanadu,” a theater he built especially for her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Melpomene (pronounced melp-OH-muh-nay)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Muse of Tragedy. As the eldest of the Muses, she resents that Zeus made Clio - and not her - leader of the Muses. She plots revenge against
Clio in the form of a curse to make her fall in love with the mortal Sonny Malone, and as a result be condemned to eternal damnation in the netherworld.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Calliope (pronounced cal-ee-OH-pay)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Muse of Epics. Quirky sidekick to Melpomene. She is equally devious and listens closely to her sister's direction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Erato (pronounced AIR-ah-toh)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Muse of Lyrics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Euterpe (pronounced you-TER-pay)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Muse of Music<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Thalia (pronounced TAHL-ee-ah)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Muse of Comedy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Terpsichore (pronounced terp-SIH-ker-ee)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Muse of Dance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Danny’s Younger Self<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Featured dancer in “Whenever You’re Away From Me”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">The Ensemble<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">The Greek Chorus, Sirens, Tap Dancers, Andrews Sisters, Swing Dancing Crowd, The Tubes Band, Rock and Roll Crowd, and various characters in
Greek Mythology<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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