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<span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#292929;text-transform:uppercase">CPT ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR THE STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222;background:white">CPT’s STEP is a summer arts-based job training program that engages Cleveland teens from families defined as low-income in a powerful 8-week intensive that focuses on excellence in performance,
play creation, physical theatre, writing, production, and set design/construction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="background:white"><strong><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:normal">2020 STEP AUDITIONS</span></u></strong><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Students are selected to be a part of STEP through an audition process. There are three opportunities to audition (dates below):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:normal">MARCH 7, SATURDAY, 1 – 4PM</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">MARCH 14, SATURDAY, 1 – 4PM</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">MARCH 15, SUNDAY, 1 – 4PM</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Auditions are onsite at CPT (6415 Detroit Avenue) and facilitated by CPT and STEP staff members.</span></em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Must be 14 – 19 yrs. old </span></strong><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(Cuyahoga County residents)</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cast Audition – Perform a 1-minute piece (dance, monologue, or song)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tech Audition – Prepare to work creatively to design and create structures</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Must RSVP by contacting Molly Andrews-Hinders, STEP Program Director (info below)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Leave name, phone number, & preferred audition</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">STEP runs June 15 – August 7 including a two week Cleveland Tour!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Molly Andrews-Hinders<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">STEP Program Director</span></em><br>
216-631-2727 ext. 236<br>
<a href="mailto:mollyah@cptonline.org"><span style="color:#777777">mollyah@cptonline.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="background:white"><strong><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:normal">YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED (YOU)</span></u></strong><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Youth interested in auditioning for the STEP cast are highly encouraged to register with Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) job registry. CPT is a YOU community
partner and summer work site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">To register, visit <a href="http://www.youthopportunities.org/"><span style="color:#777777">www.youthopportunities.org</span></a>.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">
(Once the home page loads, a button reading “Apply Today” will appear. Follow that link to register. The link is also at the very top of the home page). CPT’s deadline for YOU is March 18<sup>th</sup>; so, <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">for
STEP you need to register by Monday, March 16.</span></strong></span><strong><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<h2 style="background:white"><strong><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:normal">MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STEP</span></u></strong><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:105%;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">This program is the longest-running arts-based, workplace development program in Cleveland and is an international model for engaging youth. Since its beginning in 1994, <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">STEP</span></strong> has
received multiple awards and recognitions including those from the City of Cleveland, The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Through <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">STEP</span></strong>,
teens see themselves as a positive and inspirational force, and watch as their work has an impact on the larger Cleveland community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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