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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for
<br>
the world premiere of</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt">BREAKOUT SESSON (OR FROGORSE)</span></b><span style="font-size:22.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">By Nikkole Salter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Directed by Beth Wood, CPT’s Associate Artistic Director and Director of Production
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Looking to cast the following roles…
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sara Benton: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">30’s, white, female. A group facilitator. Passionate. Assertive. Self-congratulatory. Savior complex.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sergeant Karen Spencer:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">early 50’s, black, female. A 20+ year sergeant with the Cleveland Division of Police. Cynical. Strategic. Ball-busting. Loyal. Sensitive. Thick-skinned.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Officer Ricardo “Ricky” Perez:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">20’s, Latino, male. A one-month rookie patrolman with the Cleveland Division of Police. Enthusiastic. Open. Charming. Naïve. All-or-nothing. Absorbent.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mantis Shrimp: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">late 30’s – 50’s, any ethnicity, male. A corporate, self-help, motivational speaker. Wild. Intentionally weird. Committed. Nurturing. Brilliant.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Equity agreements may be considered for this production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><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: Some roles in the production have been cast. The current cast includes Nicole Sumlin* and Jimmie Woody.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">About The Play… </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Can a society legislate a change of heart? A corporate training company is vying for the contract for anti-bias training with Cleveland’s Police Department.
When the white facilitator tosses the approved curriculum out the window, the session spirals. Can a mantis shrimp and a crocodile teach us about building trust and the strength of vulnerability? Commissioned by CPT with funding from the National New Play
Network (NNPN). <b>World Premiere.</b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">About The Process… </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This rehearsal process will be conventional in nature and based in script analysis, character analysis, and emotional arch. Actors will be asked 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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rehearsals will begin on or around January 13, 2020. 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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Performances begin with previews February 22 and 27, with additional rehearsals between previews. The production opens on February 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BREAKOUT SESSION runs February 22 – March 14, Thu/Fri/Sat/Mon at 7:00pm in the James Levin Theatre
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Important Information about The Play…
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BREAKOUT SESSION is a play about bias and racism. This play contains blunt conversations about racism and its repercussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Auditions… <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Sunday, December 15, 4:00pm – 8:00pm</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Callbacks, if needed, will be on Tuesday, December 17 at 7:00pm.
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Auditions are by appointment only and will be scheduled in 10 minute increments.
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Prepared auditions will be individual, but you may be asked to stay and read with a fellow actor. Actors should plan to stay at the audition for up to 75 minutes, though you may be released sooner. The director,
Beth Wood, and possibly the assistant director, Sheffia Randall Dooley, will be watching the auditions.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">What to prepare… </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">§ </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Prepare one monologue from BREAKOUT SESSION provided by CPT. Memorization is NOT required.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">§ </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">One minute of prepared and memorized monologue of your choosing. NOTE: This material may or may not be viewed as part of the audition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">§
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Some actors may be asked to do cold readings from sides provided by CPT at the audition.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">§ </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Headshot and R</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">é</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">sum</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">é
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To schedule an audition appointment, please email
</span><a href="mailto:auditions@cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">auditions@cptonline.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.
<b>Be sure to include your name, email address, phone number, and preferred audition date and time in your email. Please include [Breakout Session Auditions] in your subject line.
</b>No phone calls please. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">See full audition announcement
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-breakout-session-or-frogorse/">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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