<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 style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Emails regarding callbacks will be sent Wednesday evening and callbacks will be held on July 19th at 7pm. If this date does not work for you, please contact Breanna Morton at <a href="mailto:bmorton2@kent.edu" class="">bmorton2@kent.edu</a> to reschedule a time. </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><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">Please bring clothes for movement. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">All Avenue Arts Actors are considered volunteers and will be unpaid.</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;">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>