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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://metroparks.cc/theatre.php"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">French Creek Theatre</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">
announces auditions for…</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">CHILDREN OF EDEN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Book by John Caird<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Based on a concept by Charles Lisanby<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and Martin Erskine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Directed by Nate Sayatovich<br>
Musical Direction by Anthony Trifiletti<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">In the beginning, Adam and Eve live in a state of perfection with their Father. But when they eat from the Tree of Knowledge,
their disobedience sets off a powerful chain of events spanning generations, and leaves the far reaches of their bloodline searching for the way back to Eden. Forbidden fruit, floods, and forgiveness come together for this sweeping musical saga based on the
book of Genesis.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">PERFORMANCES</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext"><br>
March 9-25, 2018<br>
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30PM<br>
Sundays at 3:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Saturday, December 2, 11:00AM-3:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Sunday, December 3, 6:30PM-8:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Call (440) 949-5200 to schedule a 5-minute slot.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Actors should prepare one 32 bar selection in the style of the show. Accompanist provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">This production is committed to a multigenerational and multicultural cast. Children and persons of color are encouraged
to audition. All actors cast receive a stipend. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Questions, for more info or to schedule an audition call (440) 949-5200.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Children of Eden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><a href="http://www.MTIShows.com"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">www.MTIShows.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Father<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Protective, loving, and reminiscent of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: A5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: G3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Adam / Noah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Adam: Eve's bright and childlike partner. He is initially devout to Father and loving to his wife & children. Later plagued by guilt. Hard-working and reserved. Noah:
rough but simple. He is unsophisticated and shrewd, but also warm and loyal. He builds the ark to save his family and honor Father.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: A5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: A3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Eve / Mama<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Eve: curious and questioning, smart and excited. Chose an imperfect life of knowledge over a perfect life of innocence. Mama: Noah's wife and inherently motherly.
She possesses a gentle strength, is reassuring, and serves as the mediator of the family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: A5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: G3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Cain / Japheth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Cain: Abel's older, adventurous brother. Follows in his mother's footsteps and longs for the companionship of other humans. He is strong, stubborn, and independent.
Japeth: in love with Yonah and is willing to sacrifice his life to be with her. He is Noah's youngest son. Clever, rebellious, stubborn.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: A5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: B3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Abel / Ham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Abel: Cain's younger and more conservative brother who follows the "rules". He chooses his parents over Cain. Ham: Japeth's middle brother and Aphra's husband. He
is not as docile as Japheth, nor as hot headed as Shem. Looks up to and follows Shem's lead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: G5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: B3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Seth / Shem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Seth: Adam and Eve's third son and their family's second chance at life. He is innocently adventurous. Shem: the oldest of Noah's three sons. Married to Aysha, he
is impulsive, strong, and hot-tempered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: E5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: B3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Aphra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Ham's pregnant wife. Longs for the flood to be over and is constantly worrying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: E5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: B3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Aysha<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Shem's wife. Cynically bitter and constantly accusing those aboard the ark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: E5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: B3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Yonah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Noah's servant who falls in love with Japheth and becomes his wife. A descendent of Cain. She is strong, yet humble, kind, and smart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: G5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: G3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Young Cain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">The older of the two brothers. Is curious and questioning like his mother. Intense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: D5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: B3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Young Abel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">The younger of the two brothers. Favors his father in personality. Obedient and devout.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Age: 8 to 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range top: D5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Vocal range bottom: B3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext">Ensemble<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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