<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="">CPT ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR <span style="color: red;" class="">S</span>TUDENT <span style="color: red;" class="">T</span>HEATRE <span style="color: red;" class="">E</span>NRICHMENT <span style="color: red;" class="">P</span>ROGRAM (<span style="color: red;" class="">STEP</span>)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""> </b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">cleveland PUBLIC theatre<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: red;" class="">S</span></b>tudent <b class=""><span style="color: red;" class="">T</span></b>heatre <span style="color: red;" class="">E</span>nrichment <b class=""><span style="color: red;" class="">P</span></b>rogram <b class="">(STEP)</b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""> </b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Youth ages 14-19 work together to create, produce, and perform their own play. 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, STEP 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 STEP, teens see themselves as a positive and inspirational force, and watch as their work has an impact on the larger Cleveland community.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Youth must be 14 – 19 yrs. old </span></strong><em class=""><b class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">(Cuyahoga County residents)</span></b></em><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">The STEP Ensemble is selected by audition:</span></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></strong></li><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Cast Audition – Perform a 1-minute piece (dance, monologue, or song)</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Tech Audition – Prepare to work creatively to design and create structures</span></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></strong></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Youth should expect to remain for the full audition session.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></li></ul><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Must RSVP by contacting Nicole Sumlin, </span></strong><span class="markmnrn37mma"><b class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">CPT Education Director</span></b></span><strong class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""> (info below)</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></li><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">By Email or Phone: share name, confirmation and current phone number</span></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></strong></li></ul><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class="">Must complete STEP Registration: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2F5MqtMuYygUeQgvEW9&data=04%7C01%7Cacorbin%40cptonline.org%7C7584f81a12524e3bdfbb08d8efbbc03f%7C39c50f4a194943ebb7544cf34b359a7e%7C1%7C0%7C637522936955099723%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=fzLZxtOeq381tbTySmS%2FtMyxN5pwv8DS4zhielHwli8%3D&reserved=0" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">https://forms.gle/5MqtMuYygUeQgvEW9</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></strong></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="markf1at07ne9"><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">S</span></b></span><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">TEP runs June 14 – August 7 including a two week Cleveland Tour!</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Auditions will be held<b class=""> <i class="">Thursday, April 8th from 5:00-6:30pm on Zoom</i></b>.<b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: red;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Reach out to Nicole Sumlin, CPT Education Director with questions!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:nsumlin@cptonline.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">nsumlin@cptonline.org</a> or 216.631.2727 ext. 203</div></body></html>