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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext">Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for
</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext">The Loush Sisters Love Dickn’s: Oops!... They Did It Again</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Created by Liz Conway, Michael Seevers Jr., and Beth Wood<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Directed by Beth Wood, CPT’s Associate Artistic Director & Director of Production
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Looking to cast…
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">3 – 5 funny people (over the age of 21) who can sing/carry a tune, move/shake your maracas, and don’t take themselves too seriously, to join the dysfunctional Loush Sisters.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Specific Characters</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Ghost of Christmas Present</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">: 30s-50s, any gender & ethnicity<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Ensemble/Siblings</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">: 20s-early 30s, 2-3 males & 1-2 females, any ethnicity<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Equity agreements may be considered for this production
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cleveland Public Theatre is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive
model of inclusion. As such, CPT encourages performers of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Disclosure: Many roles in the production have already been cast. The current cast includes Liz Conway, Beth Wood, Sheffia Randall Dooley*, Kevin Kelly, Caitlin Lewins, and Colleen McCaughey.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">About the play…
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">This holiday season, join Holly and Jolly Loush (aka The Loush Sisters) for their <i>deeply</i> anticipated return to the stage in a bawdy, boozy, over-the-top holiday cabaret.
Fueled by song, sidekicks, and a hefty dose of “holiday cheer,” The Loush Sisters reimagine their 2015/2016 World Premiere production based on <i>A Christmas Carol</i> as you’ve never, ever seen it before.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">About The Loush Sisters…</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Originally created in 2003 for a Cleveland Public Theatre special event, The Loush Sisters have become a favorite of CPT audiences, performing in 2011 at Playhouse Square’s 14<sup>th</sup> Street
Theatre and in 2013, 2015, & 2017 at CPT to critical acclaim. The brain children of Liz Conway, Michael Seevers Jr., and Beth Wood, The Sisters are an unapologetically raunchy, lounge-singing duo. (Imagine
<i>Saturday Night Live</i>’s Sweeney Sisters (1980’s) but raunchier & more inappropriate.)</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">About The Process…
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">This rehearsal process will be conventional in nature and based in character development, song, and basic dance. There may be some scene creation during the rehearsal process. Actors will be
expected to make strong proposals, be generous, and meet deadlines given.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Rehearsals will begin on or around October 14<sup>th</sup>. Rehearsals are 5-6 times a week, with evening weekday rehearsals and some daytime weekend rehearsals.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Performances begin with a preview on November 21<sup>st</sup> and opening on November 22<sup>nd</sup>. The production runs November 21 – December 21, Thurs/Fri/Sat at 7:30pm in the Gordon Square
Theatre. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Important Information about The Play…
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">The Loush Sisters is bawdy, irreverent, and sometimes raunchy. This is a highly topical production with poor taste jokes inspired by the headlines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Auditions… <o:p>
</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Sunday, August 11<sup>th</sup> 1-5pm
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Auditions are by appointment only and will take place in a group setting.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Auditioners must attend the full audition session.
</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">The auditions will be run by the director Beth Wood, with co-creators Liz Conway and Michael Seevers Jr.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What to prepare…</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">16 bars of a
<b>POP</b> song; bring sheet music in your key (a cappella and CD accompaniment are acceptable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read from the script (sides provided at audition)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Be ready to improvise as a member of the Loush Family<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dress appropriately for shimmey-ing and movement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bring your sense of humor and be prepared to play and have fun!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">To schedule an audition appointment, please email CPT’s NNPN Producer-in-Residence India Burton at
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:iburton@cptonline.org">iburton@cptonline.org</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">.
<b>Be sure to include your name, email address, and phone number in your email. Please include [Loush Sisters Auditions] in your subject line.
</b>No phone calls please. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Algerian;color:#7030A0">India Nicole Burton<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">19/20 NNPN Producer in Residence <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6515 Detriot Ave, Cleveland OH, 44102 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:iburton@cptonline.org">iburton@cptonline.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">216.631.2727 ext.201<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She/her/hers <o:p></o:p></p>
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