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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Birch Std";color:#C00000">The Mystery of Edwin Drood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Birch Std";color:#C00000">A Musical By Rupert Holmes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default">Winter Youth Production, ages 9 – 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default">Show Run: Feb 21 – Mar 8 (Feb 21, 22, 28, 29, Mar 1, 5, 6, 7, 8)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default"><b>Auditions: Nov 25, 26, 27, 6:30 – 9:30pm at Near West Theatre<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="Default">Website: <a href="http://nearwesttheatre.org/pages/audition">http://nearwesttheatre.org/pages/audition</a>
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<p class="Default"><b>ABOUT THE SHOW<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Inspired by the great British Music Hall and Melodrama traditions of the Victorian Era,
<i>The Mystery of Edwin Drood </i>promises an evening of thrills and chills, hilarity and hijinks! Based on Charles Dickens’ final, unfinished novel, this unsolved musical murder mystery follows the delightfully zany players of the Music Hall Royale as they
embody the stories over the top characters and turn to the audience to solve the mystery. With an energetic score by Rupert Holmes, this hilarious Tony Award winning show-within-a-show is unlike anything before seen on the Near West Theatre stage. Nine performances.
Nine different endings. Who killed Edwin Drood? You decide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b>ABOUT THE AUDITION<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please arrive 15 minutes early to register. Auditions begin promptly at the designated time. Anyone arriving after the starting time will be asked to audition at the next scheduled day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Near West Theatre holds group auditions in a relaxed and friendly environment. No preparation or preregistration is required. Actors of all experience levels are led through multiple improvisational exercises
providing every participant equal opportunity to create through word, movement, and song. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes for dancing so you can move easily. Auditions focus on the creative process, not the product; on working as an ensemble, not
solo. After this first level audition, callbacks will focus on individual roles/songs and working from the script.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Interested in CREW? </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email
<a href="mailto:stagemanager@nearwesttheatre.org">stagemanager@nearwesttheatre.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Birch Std";color:#C00000">Near West Theatre</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Birch Std";color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">O: 216.961.9750<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#7030A0"><a href="http://www.nearwesttheatre.org/"><span style="color:#7030A0">www.nearwesttheatre.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#666666">Near West Theatre builds loving relationships and engages diverse people in strengthening their sense of identity, passion, and purpose, individually and in community, through accessible, affordable, and transformational
theatre arts experiences. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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