<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Avenue Arts Marketplace & Theatre announces auditions for FOR COLORED GIRLS </font></b></p><p style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Located at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW Canton, Ohio 44702</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">SYNOPSIS: This groundbreaking "choreopoem" is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. Capturing the brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">For Colored Girls...</em> offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music and poetry. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Directed by: Maya Nicholson</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Auditions will be held July 17th and 18th from 7-9pm.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">All auditioners are asked to come prepared to cold read from the script. We also ask that you bring a current headshot/resume. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">All Avenue Arts Actors are considered volunteers and will be unpaid.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Rehearsals will begin July 22nd and will generally run Sun-Thursday evenings.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Show dates are September 14th, 15th, 21st, and 22nd at 8pm and September 16th at 2pm.</p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">CHARACTERS: </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Lady in Red </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Lady in Blue</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Lady in Purple</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Lady in Yellow</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Lady in Rose</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Lady in Green </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Lady in Orange</strong></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem;" class=""><font size="5" class=""><b style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">SIGN UP FOR AUDITIONS HERE: </b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><b class=""><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4bafa82ca3fe3-forcolored" class="">https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4bafa82ca3fe3-forcolored</a></b></font><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></font><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> </span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Please direct all questions to <a href="mailto:avenueartstheatre@gmail.com" class="">avenueartstheatre@gmail.com</a> </p><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>