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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><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB Demi",sans-serif;color:#E0AB00;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:65.0pt;font-family:Algerian;color:#9954CC;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">SPRING AWAKENING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Summer Teen & Young Adult Cast
<span style="color:black">(Ages 16</span>-25<span style="color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#843C0C;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">May 14, 15 & 16, 2018</span></b><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#C55A11;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Come
<b><u>one</u></b> of these evenings. Plan to stay for the entire time specified. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">See list of roles below!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">Spring Awakening
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">July 27, 28 & August 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">Rehearsals begin</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B0F0">
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sunday, June 3, 2018</span><span style="color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1305CB">AUDITION SITE:
</span><span style="color:#1305CB"><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;color:#1305CB">Near West Theatre<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;color:#1305CB">(6702 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102)<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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;color:#1305CB">info@nearwesttheatre.org</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0"><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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Growing up is a BITCH. For teenage students in 19th century Germany, it’s a fight just to be heard, let alone get any answers!
Parents and teachers alike dismiss their questions, fears and anxieties. With only the guidance of their peers, teens Moritz, Wendla, Melchior and Ilsa struggle to navigate religion, morality, sexuality, and coming-of-age angst with heart wrenching – and sometimes
deadly – results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Over 100 years later, young people still fight for reliable mentors to hear and support them, and without that guidance, teens,
young adults, and even children can enter dark worlds of depression, sexual recklessness, and suicide. Spring Awakening highlights the agelessness of this experience and demands
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">REAL ANSWERS and REAL ACTION.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">This is head banging, book slamming, body stopping theatre... shockingly honest and alarmingly fresh. Steven Sater and Duncan
Sheik’s brilliant rock score and searingly emotional book bring this story to vibrant life with illuminating poignancy and passion. Based on Frank Wedekind’s groundbreaking and controversial 1890’s play (once banned in Germany), the evocative Spring Awakening
boasts eight Tony Awards including Best Musical.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Book & L<span style="color:black">yrics by
</span></span></b><span style="mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Steven Sater<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span>
<b><span style="color:black">Music By </span></b>Duncan Sheik<span style="color:#1F497D">,
</span><b>Based on the play by</b> Frank Wedekind<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p> </o:p></span></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"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Wendla<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A sweet, but naive young girl who is trapped in her family’s unwillingness to teach her about the adult world, but with every passing day, she grows bolder and more curious about
the her body. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Melchior<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A smart, headstrong boy who refuses to bow down to society's rules. An atheist and radical student. Struggles with his intense feelings for Wendla and his awakening sexual urges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Moritz<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Melchior’s intense and nervous best friend. He has an overwhelming confusion relating to sexual feelings, which seems comedic at first, but quickly develops into a serious issue
for him. The system has failed him. Highly sensitive and aware of his inability to fit into the system. Feels like a failure. One of the childhood four: Wendla, Melchior, Moritz and Ilse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Ilse<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A misguided young girl who runs away from an abusive home to live in an artists’ colony. Kind and resilient while also broken and stuck in a cycle of abuse. There is a strong
emotional connection between Ilse and Moritz; perhaps in another life they could have been happy together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Martha
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A schoolgirl who faces constant physical abuse from her father. She harbors a secret crush towards Moritz.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Hanschen<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A rather narcissistic schoolmate of Melchior's. He is comfortable with his own sexuality and uses his looks and intelligence to captivate Ernst. Like Melchior, he also appears
to be very intelligent, but uses his knowledge in favor of the system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Ernst<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A schoolmate of Melchior's. Naive and easily manipulated, which allows him to fall in love with Hanschen.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Thea<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A confrontational school girl and Wendla’s best friend. Outwardly believes the adults but secretly questions the blind faith demanded of her. Does not want to rock the boat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Anna<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A kind school girl and Martha’s best friend. She is more aware of injustice than the other girls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Georg<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A clumsy schoolmate of Melchoir's. He is overcome with his feelings for his piano teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Otto<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">A classmate of Melchior's. He struggles with feelings he considers inappropriate.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">The Ensemble<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Seeking a larger than normal cast for this musical. The full company will remain on the stage the majority of the show.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Adult Woman
</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">(Audition by invitation only<span style="color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Plays a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include: FRAU BERGMAN, Wendla's mother; FRAULEIN KNUPPELDICK; FRAULEIN GROSSEBUSTENHALTER; FRAU GABOR, Melchior's
mother; and FRAU BESSELL, Martha's mother.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Adult Man
</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">(Audition by invitation only)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-contextual-alternates:yes">Plays a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include: HERR SONNENSTITCH, the boys' teacher; HEADMASTER KNOCHENBRUCH; HERR NEUMANN, Ilse's father; HERR RILOW, Hanschen's
father; HERR STEIFEL, Moritz's father; FATHER KAULBACH; DOCTOR VON BRAUSEPULVER; HERR GABOR, Melchior's father; and SCHMIDT.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-contextual-alternates:yes"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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