<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 class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Avenue Arts Marketplace & Theatre announces auditions for FOR COLORED GIRLS </font></b></p><p class="" 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;"><b class="">Located at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW Canton, Ohio 44702</b></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">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 class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">For Colored Girls...</em> offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music and poetry. </p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Directed by: Maya Nicholson</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Auditions will be held July 17th and 18th from 7-9pm.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">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 class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">All Avenue Arts Actors are considered volunteers and will be unpaid.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Rehearsals will begin July 22nd and will generally run Sun-Thursday evenings.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Show dates are September 14th, 15th, 21st, and 22nd at 8pm and September 16th at 2pm.</p><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">CHARACTERS: </p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Lady in Red </strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Lady in Blue</strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Lady in Purple</strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Lady in Yellow</strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Lady in Rose</strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Lady in Green </strong></p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Lady in Orange</strong></p><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem;"><font size="5" class=""><b class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">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 class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></font><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Please direct all questions to <a href="mailto:avenueartstheatre@gmail.com" class="">avenueartstheatre@gmail.com</a></p></body></html>