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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">The Loush Sisters Get Hard for the Holidays: Yippie-kai-yay Mother-Loushers<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Created by Liz Conway, Michael Seevers, Jr. & Beth Wood</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Directed by Beth Wood<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:maroon"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Looking to cast…<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4 – 6 funny people (over the age of 18) who can sing/carry a tune, move/shake your maracas, and don’t take themselves too seriously, to join the dysfunctional Loush Sisters.
Specific characters will be created based on the actors cast. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">About the play…</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">This holiday season, the infamous sisters are BACK! This time, taking matters into their own hands…<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">wink
wink</span></em>. Join Holly and Jolly Loush (aka The Loush Sisters) for their deeply anticipated return to the stage in a bawdy, boozy, over-the-top holiday cabaret. Fueled by song, sidekicks and a hefty dose of “holiday cheer,” the Loush Sisters battle villains
and attempt to avert disaster in this radical satirization of America’s favorite holiday classic…<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Die Hard</span></em>.</span><span style="color:#222222;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">About The Loush Sisters…</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Originally created in 2003 for a Cleveland Public Theatre special event, The Loush Sisters have become a favorite of CPT audiences, performing in 2011 at Playhouse Square’s 14<sup>th</sup> Street
Theatre and in 2013 and 2015 at CPT with <i>The Loush Sisters DO the Nutcracker </i>
and <i>The Loush Sisters Love Dickn’s </i>to critical acclaim. The brain children of Liz Conway, Michael Seevers, Jr. and Beth Wood, The Sisters are an unapologetically raunchy, lounge-singing duo. (Imagine Saturday Night Live’s Sweeney Sisters (1980’s) but
raunchier & more inappropriate.) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">About the process…</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There may be a workshop period to develop material from September 16<sup>th</sup> – October 21<sup>st</sup>. There may be 1 – 2 rehearsals a week during
this period for some cast members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Full rehearsals will begin on October 16<sup>th</sup> with 5 – 6 rehearsals a week. Performances are November 24<sup>th</sup> through December 17<sup>th</sup>;
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in CPT’s Gordon Square Theatre. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:orange"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Auditions…</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sunday July 9<sup>th</sup>: 1p-3:30p<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Auditions are by appointment only and will be conducted in a group setting.
</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Auditioners must attend the full session.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What to prepare…</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">16 bars of a
<b>POP</b> song; bring sheet music in your key (a cappella and MP3 accompaniment are acceptable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Be ready to improvise as a member of the Loush Family<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dress appropriately for shimming-ing and movement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bring your sense of humor and be prepared to play and have fun!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:orange"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To schedule an audition appointment, please email CPT’s Artistic Intern, Marissa Green at
</span><a href="mailto:mgreen@cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mgreen@cptonline.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
<b>Be sure to include your name, email address and phone number in your email.</b> No phone calls please.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:orange"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F3864">Beth Wood<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Associate Artistic Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">216-631-2727 ext. 206<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="mailto:bwood@cptonline.org">bwood@cptonline.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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