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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>AUDITION NOTICE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Writer of the award-winning comedy, Jake’s Dilemma, is holding auditions for a new dramatic comedy, <b>Home for the Holidays</b>, which will run the 2</span><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>nd</span></sup><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>, 3</span><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>rd</span></sup><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> and 4</span><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>th</span></sup><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> weeks of November in North Olmsted. Needed are actors and actresses of any age, race, gender or experience level.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Audition Dates: August 7</span><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>th</span></sup><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> and 8</span><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>th</span></sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Time: 7:00 pm </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Place: North Olmsted United Methodist <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> 4600 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> OR BY APPOINTMENT</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Auditions <u>for Home for the Holidays</u></span></b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></u><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>CAST OF CHARACTERS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>JIM Caucasian, male 25 (lead)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>MOM Caucasian female, 60 (supporting)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>VESEY Caucasian male, 65 (lead)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>BOB Male 20’s (supporting)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>CHERYL Female, late 20’s (supporting)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>JERRY Male (minor)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>ANDREW Any age, gender, race (minor)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>NURSE/MAN Any age, gender, race (minor)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Auditions also for<u> The High Road </u>to be performed in February 2019<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><br>CAST OF CHARACTERS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>PRE-AUDITIONS WILL ALSO BE HELD FOR A DRAMA TO BE PRODUCED IN</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><u><span style='color:black'>FEBRUARY</span></u><span style='color:black'> AT THE SAME VENUE. THE OPEN ROLES ARE LISTED BELOW</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Benjamin, African-American male, 30’s to 50’s LEAD </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Mr. Forsythe, Caucasian male, 60’s MINOR </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Hattie, African- American female, 30’s to 70’s MAJOR </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Rev. Fetters, Caucasian male, 40’s to 70’s SUPPORTING </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>James Forsythe, Caucasian male, late 20’s LEAD </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Aunt Emily, Caucasian female, 60’s MAJOR </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Doctor Fontenot, Caucasian male, 40’s to 60’s SUPPORTING </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Clare Forsythe, Caucasian female, 17 SUPPORTING </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Eve Dupre, Caucasian female, 20’s, attractive MAJOR </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Davis, Caucasian male, 40’s MINOR </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Farley, Caucasian Male, late 20’s SUPPORTING </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Jake, Caucasian male, 30’s MINOR </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Slave 1, African American male, 40’s MINOR </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Slave 2, African-American male, 20’s or early 30’s MINOR </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Wesley, African-American male child, 9 MINOR</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='color:black'>THE HIGH ROAD</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'> The play is set in the parlor of a mansion on a cotton plantation in Alabama in February of 1860, the year before the start of the Civil War. James Forsythe, age twenty-five, has just returned from studying in the North after the sudden death of his mother. When informed that his father is dying and that he must take over the plantation, he forces a moral dilemma. He has come to believe that slavery is wrong and determines to free his slaves. When Benjamin, his chief slave, makes him realize that the slaves are bound more by their lack of education than their chains, James determines to bring in a teacher to educate the slaves before they are freed. He recruits a teacher, Eve, with whom he falls in love. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:black'>James faces challenges by the other plantation owners who employ various economic measures and finally resort to threats of violence to attempt to ensure that James is not successful. With the common sense, savvy and help of Benjamin and the surprising wisdom of his “simple” Aunt Emily he is able to sell his crop and free the slaves.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'> The play contains much historically accurate information about the Underground Railroad and pioneer African-Americans in the fields of law, religion, medicine and politics before the Civil War. The play also provides insights into the economics of slavery and the interrelationships of plantation owners, slaves and sharecroppers. The play makes the point that only through education can a person really be free to pursue his dreams. Any number of African-Americans can be utilized to sing spirituals at the close of the first act and at intermission. Any number of African-Americans can participate in the slave house scene and any number of African-American children can participate in the school scene. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> For information and/or sides or to send headshots and resumes, email </span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:lavellearb@aim.com">lavellearb@aim.com</a></span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. To schedule an audition at other than the times above, call Gregory J. Lavelle at (440) 724-4538.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>