<div dir="ltr"><h1 dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:small;text-align:left;line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)">AUDITION NOTICE: Dobama Theatre's 40th Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Seeking adult and youth actors of all ages and ethnicities for Dobama's 40th Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:normal">Perform in one or more short plays written by youth grades 1-12, to be directed by professional local directors for a one-weekend-only festival on the Dobama stage.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal">For more information, visit<span> </span><a href="http://www.dobama.org/marilyn-bianchi-kids-playwriting-festival/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">http://www.dobama.org/<wbr>marilyn-bianchi-kids-<wbr>playwriting-festival/</a><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-weight:normal">The Festival takes place<span> </span></span>June 1-3, 2018 at Dobama<span style="font-weight:normal">. This year’s auditions will be held at two Cleveland Heights Library branches.<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Saturday, April 7^th<span> </span>: 12pm-3pm</span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">University H</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">eights Branch, Meeting Room 1<span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:normal">13866 Cedar Road, University Heights, OH 44118<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-weight:normal"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Tuesday, April 10^th<span> </span>: 4pm-7pm<span style="font-weight:normal"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:normal">Lee Road Branch, Boardroom<span></span></span></p><p class=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