<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp9d7d6dedyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: New serif; font-size: 24pt; color: black;">FOLUKE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER</span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: New serif; font-size: 24pt; color: black;">Call for Resumes.</span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: New serif; font-size: 24pt; color: black;">For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">By Ntozake Shange</span></b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"> </font></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">Foluke Cultural Arts Center </span></b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">is accepting photos and resumes for the 2019 Benefit production. </span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">A Series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance movements and music, a form Ntozake Shange coined as the choreopoem.</font></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">Casting for the following roles:</font></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">7 dynamic and diverse women of color with depth and range. Performers with spoken word, movement, and/or singing abilities highly encouraged to audition.</font></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: new times, serif; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">Experienced AEA and non-union performers invited to apply</span></b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">. [Ages 21 + and up] </span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">Auditions TBA (September)</font></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: new times, serif; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">The production will be performed in late October of 2019 </font></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: new times, serif; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">The production will be directed by Dale Ricardo Shields.</font></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">Producer: Dava Cansler</span></b></font><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: new times, serif; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">For best consideration please send a recent 8/10 photo and 1-page acting resume with contact information to</span></b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;">: </span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"> <a href="mailto:ricardo2541@msn.com" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline; margin: 0px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ricardo2541@msn.com</a> by August 30<sup>th</sup>.</font></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: new times, serif; font-size: medium;"> - (Attention FCG) </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: new times, serif; font-size: medium;"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"> </font><b><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3">Production Description</font></b><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">Casting "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow is Enuf," Ntozake Shange's first work and most acclaimed theater piece which captures the brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, For Colored Girls... offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music, and poetry.</font></span></div><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><br>An American classic, this stirring “choreopoem” weaves together 20 separate poems with music, movement and narratives to tell the stories of love, empowerment, and struggle and loss in a complex representation of sisterhood. Mature subjects from rape, abandonment, abortion, and domestic violence are tackled.</font></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">*****</b></span></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="font-size: 16px;"></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp9d7d6dedsignature"><div class="ydp9d7d6dedyiv6199256950ecxMsoNormal" id="ydp9d7d6dedyiv6199256950yui_3_16_0_1_1438790544184_2629"><font id="ydp9d7d6dedyui_3_16_0_1_1439239763353_3864" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span id="ydp9d7d6dedyui_3_16_0_1_1439239763353_3863">Dava. 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