<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">Blank Canvas Theatre </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Auditions for</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style=""><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 200%;" style=""><strong style=""><span style="font-size: 36pt;" mce_style="font-size: 36pt;">LOBBY HERO</span></strong></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><em style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;">by Kenneth Lonergan</span></span></span></span></em></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><em style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" mce_style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></span></em></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;">Directed by ANNE McEVOY </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style=""><br></strong></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Sign Up:</strong> Email <a href="mailto:Patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com" mce_onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=Patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=Patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}; return false;" target="_blank" style="">Patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com</a> to sign up for one of the below dates and include your ideal date for auditioning.</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Audition Date:</strong> Tuesday June 18th or Wednesday June 19th</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Time:</strong> 7:00pm- 9:00pm</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style="">(ALL ACTORS are asked to arrive by 7pm. If you can not make it at 7pm, please inform us in your email) </span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">What to prepare:</strong> Readings will be from the script. No monologues required. A general familiarity with the play will be beneficial to your audition. A headshot and resume is appreciated. </span></div><div style=""><em style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""></span></em></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Performance Dates:</strong> August 23 -September 7th. Shows will be Thursday-Saturday. Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8pm. (Show will close on a Saturday night)</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Rehearsals:</strong> Will begin July 29th and will be Sunday-Thursdays. Typically 7pm-10pm, though Sundays will be 6pm-10pm. <strong style="">This is only a FOUR week rehearsal period. </strong></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style=""><br style=""></strong></span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Pay:</strong> Blank Canvas Theatre dedicates 20% of the net profit to the cast of each show. The cast splits this evenly.<br style=""><br style=""><em style="">*At this time, there are no Equity contracts available for this show.</em> </span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""><strong style="">Audition Location:</strong> </span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style="">Blank Canvas Theatre </span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style="">1305 78<sup style="">th</sup> Street, Suite 211 (at 78th Street Studios) </span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style="">Cleveland, OH 44102 </span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style="">(Click <a href="http://blankcanvastheatre/directions" mce_href="http://blankcanvastheatre/directions" target="_blank" style="">here</a> for directions or visit our website at <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" mce_href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/" target="_blank" style="">www.blankcanvastheatre.com</a>)</span></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""> </span></div><h2 style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style="">The Story</span></h2><div class="product-overview-section" style=""><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="">What happens when emotions come in conflict with principles, and how do choices under pressure define who we really are? The lobby of a Manhattan apartment building is much more than a waiting area for four New Yorkers involved in a murder investigation. It’s a testing ground for what happens when personal and professional personas find themselves at odds. A young security guard with big ambitions clashes with his stern boss, an intense rookie cop and her unpredictable partner in a play from the 2017 Oscar-winning writer of Manchester by the Sea.</span><strong style=""> </strong></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 18px;" style=""><br style=""></span></div></div><h2 style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style="">Character Breakdown </span></h2><h2 style="">* The age range for each character is flexible and all ethnicities and body types will be considered. </h2> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">William:</strong> <em style="">(African American Male, late 20s-40’s)</em> Jeff's uniformed supervisor; a hard-working, ambitious, upstanding man with a strong moral code, he values discipline and self-improvement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Dawn:</strong> <em style="">(Female, 20s-30's)</em> Bill's working-class, impressionable, rookie partner trying to navigate her way on a male-dominated force.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Jeff:</strong> <em style="">(Male, late 20s-40's)</em> A uniformed security guard; a glib, talkative, wisecracking slacker hoping to get his life together despite his history of underachievement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><br style=""></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""><strong style="">Bill:</strong> <em style="">(Male, 30’s-40's)</em> A uniformed policeman; a self-assured and smoothly superior veteran, he makes his own rules.</span></div><div id="_mcePaste" style=""><div id="_mcePaste" style=""></div></div><div style=""><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 150%;" style=""> If you have any questions feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com" mce_onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}; return false;" target="_blank" style="">patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com</a>. We look forward to seeing you at auditions!</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva;"><em style=""><br></em></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva; text-align: center;"><span mce_style="font-size: 130%;" style=""> <strong style="">If you have any questions feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com" mce_onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=patrick%40blankcanvastheatre.com');}; return false;" target="_blank" style="">patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com</a>. We look forward to seeing you at auditions!</strong></span></div></div></div></div> </span></body></html>