<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><div class=""><font face="Cochin" size="7" class="">Don’t Wait For College</font></div><div class=""><font face="Cochin" size="7" class="">to start your TRAINING</font><font color="#b51a00" style="font-size: 36px; font-family: "Charlemagne Std"; font-weight: bold;" class=""> </font></div></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="5" color="#b51a00" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="5" color="#b51a00" class=""><b class="">Private Auditions Available</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="5" color="#b51a00" class=""><b class="">Through August 31 each year</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="5" color="#006d8f" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Call 440-247-2072 x4393 for assistance!</i></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="5" color="#b51a00" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class=""><font color="#008cb4" class="">Study at the </font><i class=""><font color="#b51a00" class="">Academy for the Performing Arts</font></i><font color="#008cb4" class=""> in your</font></b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">junior and senior years. Study with the top professional actors</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">and directors in Northeast Ohio. Learn the joy of </b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">approaching theatre as an ART. </b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div class=""><font size="5" color="#b51a00" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">Earn up to ELEVEN College Credits</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">Professional training in:</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">Musical Theatre & Performance</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">Classical Acting & Performance</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">Technical Theatre & Design</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#008cb4" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 140, 180);" class=""><b class="">Film Production and Performance</b></span></font></div></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Each year, over 60 young artists, juniors and </font><span style="font-size: large;" class="">seniors from 11 area schools, come to the </span></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Academy to experience contemporary, cutting edge educational and cultural opportunities. Acting </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">students study musical, classical, modern, and </font><span style="font-size: large;" class="">contemporary theatre in addition to Shakespeare. Our approach is self-discovery through a powerful acting system utilized by theatre schools around the world. Students in the technical track receive a solid foundation in all areas of design, specifying and honing their skills over the course of the two year program.</span></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">The Academy for the Performing Arts was founded in 2008 and is located in beautiful Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Our teaching staff consists of working theatre </font><span style="font-size: large;" class="">artists. Each is a professional and expert in his or her various teaching subjects</span></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">The Academy hosts two fully equipped theaters: a beautiful new cutting edge proscenium stage</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""> and a 125 seat black-box studio theater. <a href="http://www.chagrinacademy.org" class="">www.chagrinacademy.org</a></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" color="#006d8f" class=""><i class="">STAFF</i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" color="#006d8f" class=""><i class="">Tom Fulton, Director, Acting & Shakespeare </i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" color="#006d8f" class=""><i class="">Ben Needham, Director of Design and Theatre Management</i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" color="#006d8f" class=""><i class="">Dusten Welch, Administrative Director; Stage Combat</i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" color="#006d8f" class=""><i class="">Mitchell Fields, Associate Instructor</i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" color="#006d8f" class=""><i class="">Sara Bogomolny, Choreography & Acting; </i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" color="#006d8f" class=""><i class="">Cody Swanson, Production Stage Manager</i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="4" color="#006d8f" class=""><i class="">Nora Dlugo, Technical Director</i></font></div></body></html>