<html><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-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b class="">Avenue Arts Marketplace & Theatre announces auditions for </b></p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b class=""><font size="5" class="">BENT</font></b></p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b class="">Located at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW Canton, Ohio 44702</b></p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">SYNOPSIS: In 1934 Berlin on the eve of the Nazi incursion, Max, a grifter and his lover Rudy are recovering from a night of debauchery with a SA trooper. Two soldiers burst into the apartment and slit their guest's throat, beginning a nightmare odyssey through Nazi Germany. Ranked lower on the human scale than Jews, the men as awoved homosexuals, flee. Desperate and on the run, Max asks his own "discreetly" homosexual Uncle Freddie for help as the older man offers little more than suggestions on how to live, as he does, practicing homosexuality on the side. Attempting their escape, Rudy is beaten to death as Horst, another homosexual prisoner, warns Max to deny his lover. Taken to a death camp at Dachau, Max and Horst branded with the "pink triangle", hope to survive with each other for comfort and courage but it is not to be.</p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">"Bent" is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.</strong></p><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="" style="text-align: center;">Directed by: Jared Sparks</div><div class="" style="text-align: center;">Stage Manager: Olivia King</div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Auditions will be held on Sunday, October 21st, and Wednesday October 24th from 7-9pm</p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); 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 and resume with you to auditions. </p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Rehearsals will begin on October 28th and will generally take place Sun-Thurs (lighter rehearsals toward the beginning. Heavier in December)</p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Performances: January 4th, 5th, 11th, and 12th at 8pm and January 6th at 2pm. </p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">CHARACTERS:</p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Max (Male, 30s) - </strong>homosexual "wheeler dealer" who leads a dissolute life of drink, drugs, and sporadic sex until the horros of Nazi Germany intervene and effectively put an end to his hedonistic alcoholic life style; a tormented individual, tortured by the memory of his reprehensible actions, but never loses his basic humanity; not at all a coward, but rather a pragmatist. </p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Horst (Male, 20s) - </strong>relatively muscular physique and a kind nature; a "pink triange", incarcerated in the death camps of Dacheu because of his homosexuality; a sensitive man, strongly affected by Max's torment.</p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Rudy (Male, 30s) - </strong>bespectacled, homosexual dancer; rather gushy, effusive, homebody type who has a great love for Max and his precious household plants; tends to become a trifle hysterical at times. </p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Greta (Male, late 30s) - </strong>a man dressed as a woman in a silver dress, top hat and cane; presents an appearance that is at once elegant and bizarre; tough, practical proprietor of a gay nightclub who entertains patrons by singing in a smoky seductive voice; Nazis' rise to power sends him back to his wife and kids. </p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Uncle Freddie (Male, 50s) - </strong>aristocratic, well-dressed; Max's uncle, a "closet fluff"</p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Wolf (Male, 30s) - </strong>gay man picked up by Max one drunken evening. (Possible Nudity)</p><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Ensemble (Male, 20-60) - </strong>Guards, Officers, Prisoners, Captains.</p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 36px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class="">TO SIGN UP, PLEASE VISIT: <a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4bafa82ca3fe3-bent" class="">https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4bafa82ca3fe3-bent</a> </font></b></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(93, 1, 14); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">All questions should be directed to <a href="mailto:avenueartstheatre@gmail.com" class="">avenueartstheatre@gmail.com</a></p></body></html>