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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;">Near West Theatre announces <b>AUDITIONS</b> for</div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font face="Castellar" size="7" color="#A40000"><span style="font-size:120pt;"><b>Aida</b></span></font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><b>Youth Cast (Ages 9 to 15)</b><font color="#1F497D"><b> </b></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="6"><span style="font-size:26pt;"><b>November 20, 21 & 22, 2017</b></span></font></span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="6" color="#2E75B6"><span style="font-size:26pt;"><b>Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday</b></span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="6" color="#00B050"><span style="font-size:26pt;"><b>7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.</b><font color="#0070C0"><b> </b></font></span></font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"> Come </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b><u>one</u></b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;">
of these evenings. Plan to stay for the entire time specified. </span></font></span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman">See list of roles below!</font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font color="#7030A0"><b><i>Aida </i></b><b>runs</b></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font color="#7030A0">February 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24 & 25 2018</font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font color="#7030A0"><b>Rehearsals begin</b> Monday, December 11, 2017 (Will break for holidays!)</font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font color="#0070C0"><b>AUDITION SITE: </b></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font face="Franklin Gothic Book" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Near West Theatre</b></span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font face="Franklin Gothic Book" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>(6702 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102)</b></span></font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;">If you are unable to audition on the dates listed above, or you have questions, </span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;">call our office at 216-961-9750, Mon.-Fri. 11am-4pm</span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;">or EMAIL <a href="mailto:info@nearwesttheatre.org"><font color="#0563C1"><u>info@nearwesttheatre.org</u></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><b>ABOUT THE AUDITION:<br>
</b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">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.<br>
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</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">At Near West Theatre we encourage everyone to audition. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>People of all experience levels, races, ethnicities, neighborhoods, sizes, gender
identities and backgrounds are needed.</u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> We use theater to build community and relationships. We’re a great place to express yourself and make friends. </span></font></span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Come try us! Bring a friend!</span></font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><b>ABOUT THE SHOW</b></span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Original Score, Elton John’s Aida tells of Egypt and Nubia, two Nile jewels rich with culture, wisdom, and wealth which are
tarnished by the ugliness of war when the Egyptians conquer Nubia and take its citizens as slaves. Nubian princess Aida, stolen from her country, is torn between her love of her people, and a new love within arms that once were threatening. Is there a greater
power than fear, hate, greed and war – something to unite these nations and preserve the unique beauty of both, and heal the hearts and minds that live in them? </span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Today in 2017, our streets are still battlegrounds for diverse groups of people, struggling to be heard, to know justice and equality, to be recognized as fully American…
to matter. Aida reminds us of the timeless nature of this struggle, and points to the heart as the place where all healing begins.</span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">With an unforgettable score featuring soaring ballads and rousing choral numbers by Elton John and Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat), Aida is a modern crowd-pleaser – an epic tale of loyalty, pride, betrayal, and the love that transcends them all.</span></font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls & David Henry Hwang</span></font></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Music by Elton John & Lyrics by Tim Rice</span></font></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:20pt;"><b><u>CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS</u></b></span></font></div>
<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Aida- </b>A beautiful, brave Nubian Princess who is loyal to her people but is torn between her heritage and love for the Egyptian Captain, Radames. Daughter of King Amonasro. <br>
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<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Radames- </b>An Egyptian Captain and the son of Zoser. A strong, handsome, adventurous soldier who falls in love with Aida. <br>
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<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Amneris- </b>A beautiful and materialistic Egyptian Princess who is the betrothed of Captain Radames. Daughter of the Pharaoh. <br>
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<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Mereb- </b>A young Nubian slave and servant to Radames. He is faithful to his Nubian heritage and befriends Aida upon her arrival to Egypt. </span></font></div>
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<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Zoser- </b>The manipulative and evil Chief Minister hungry for power. He attempts to poison the Pharaoh. He is the father of Radames. </span></font></div>
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<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Nehebka- </b>A Nubian slave who is friendly with Aida. She creates a robe for the Nubian Princess.</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Pharaoh- </b>The Leader of Egypt and father to Amneris. An older, distinguished soul.</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Amonasro- </b>An honorable and peaceful man who is imprisoned by Egypt. The King of Nubia and father to Aida.</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Ensemble- </b>Ministers, Soldiers, Egyptians, Palace Women, Nubians, Guards, Dancers</span></font></div>
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