<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Audition Notice</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Cleveland
Play House Theatre Academy is holding auditions for a production of <b><i>Getting
Near to Baby</i></b> by Y York. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Synopsis:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> <span style="color:black">Twelve-year-old
Willa Jo Dean and 7-year-old Little Sister Dean are reeling from the death of
their baby sister, Baby. Little Sister's torment is so profound that she has
stopped talking. The girls have come to stay with Aunt Patty so that their mom
can recover, but Aunt Patty is unused to the messy human ways of little girls
and finds Little Sister's silence intolerable. Aunt Patty's rules and
regulations finally drive the sisters to the roof, where they hope to escape
her laws while at the same time getting nearer to their departed baby sister.</span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Auditions
will be held at our Education & Administrative Offices at 1901 East 13th
St., Cleveland, OH. Please take the elevator to the 5th floor and follow the
signs. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Auditions:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Sunday, October 20 at 1:00 PM. <i>No preparation necessary. Actors will read
sides from the play for the audition. Register and participate in a fall
or spring Academy course and audition for our fully-produced intergenerational
CPH Theatre Academy production in the Helen Theatre. </i>Please RSVP here: <a href="https://forms.gle/7KQGM5QUGrUdsu9e7" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://forms.gle/7KQGM5QUGrUdsu9e7</a>
</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Rehearsals:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> (select days, based on cast availability)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">January
6 – February 1</span></p>
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Rehearsals:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
February 2–6<br>
<i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Additional rehearsals may be scheduled for cast/potential
understudies.</span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Performances:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
February 7 & 14 / 7:30pm<br>
February 8 & 14 / 2:30 & 7:30pm<br>
February 9 / 2:30pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">All
performances will take place in the Helen Lab Theatre at Cleveland Play House.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please note, this is an educational production through CPH Theatre
Academy; we cannot offer any Equity contracts for this production. </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Character Descriptions: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Willa Jo (Female, any ethnicity; early teens, approx. 13 years
old)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Temporarily separated from her mother after the death of her
youngest sister, Willa Jo takes it upon herself to take care of Little Sister.
Although she does not always see eye-to-eye with her Aunt Patty, she always
puts the needs of her family above her own. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Aunt Patty (Female, any ethnicity; adult)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Takes in her nieces while her sister is grieving the loss of a
child. Very particular, she gets frustrated when things aren’t just so, but
ultimately wants what she thinks is best for her nieces. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Little Sister (Female, any ethnicity; approximately 7)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Willa Jo’s younger sister. She stops
speaking after the death of her younger sister, Baby. Although she does not
speak, she listens and reacts. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Uncle Hob (Male, any ethnicity; adult)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Aunt Patty’s husband. While he sees the good in his wife’s
intentions, he understands what his nieces are going through and puts their
needs above all else. Warm and easy-going. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Liz Fingers (Female, any ethnicity; early teens)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">She is the oldest child of a family which lives across the street.
Aware of how her family is perceived in the neighborhood, she excited at the
prospect of making friends with Willa Jo and Little Sister. Has aspirations to
become a model. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Isaac Fingers
(Male, any ethnicity; approximately 7)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The younger brother of Liz. Candid, imaginative, likes to explore
the cave in his backyard. Excited to play with Little Sister and Willa Jo. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Lucy
Wainwright (Female, any ethnicity; adult)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The owner of a charm school and a socialite, Lucy has sway over the
women in town. Keeping up appearances and her status in town is important, even
though her family is struggling financially. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Cynthia
Wainwright (Female, any ethnicity; early teens)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Used to having her own way, she uses her mother’s influence for
her own benefit. Keeps up appearances even though her family is struggling
financially. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Uncle Larry
Fingers (Male, any ethnicity; late teens)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Uncle to Liz and Isaac. Vietnam War veteran recently returned
home. Despite how others perceive him and his PTSD, he does what he can to
contribute to the community. Non-speaking role. </span></p>
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