<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><h4><font size="4">Auditions for "HOLMES & WATSON"</font></h4><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">by JEFFREY HATCHER</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px">Director:  Stephen Kay<br>Technical Director: Todd J. Plone</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>WEDNESDAY JULY 21 from 7:30 to 8:30 pm<br>Chagrin Valley Little Theatre Mainstage Building<br>50 River Street<br>Chagrin Falls, OH 44022</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">PERFORMANCES:</strong> <b>September 17, 18, 24, 25, 26 (matinee), October 1 & 2</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>REHEARSALS BEGIN in early August</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">NEEDED:</strong> 6 Men and 1 Woman minimum, parts may be doubled depending on audition turnout.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">ABOUT THE SHOW: </strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">PLOT: </strong>Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or so it is assumed. The world knows the great detective went over the falls at Reichenbach with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. But as Holmes’ body was never retrieved, a number of frauds, fakes and charlatans have come forward since to lay claim to his identity, and it falls to Dr. Watson to disprove them. Then a telegram arrives informing Watson that three men, each claiming to be Holmes, have been committed to a remote asylum off the coast of Scotland. Now Watson must discover if one of the mad men is the real Sherlock Holmes.</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:12.5px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">Three men are masquerading as Sherlock. We’re hoping to find a few men of similar build, tall and thin.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">The script calls for one of the would-be Holmeses to have a shaved head.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">All ethnicities will be considered.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">We will try to keep people socially distanced during auditions. If there are people who prefer to audition via Zoom or some other method, that can be arranged.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">We will have the first table read at 1:30 on Sunday 18 July.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">Rehearsals will begin a few weeks later, at the beginning of August. <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">All rehearsals and performances will be in person.</strong></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">CHARACTERS</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>Dr. Evans</b>: Male, 40-59 clean-shaven; silky, officious; intelligent and is divulged at the end of the play as being the true Dr. Watson; must have expertise in British Dialects.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>Watson</b>: Male, 40-59 Similar to Evans, but with a mustache</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>Holmes 1</b>: Male, 40-59 tall, thin, angular; acerbic and aggressive; quite insistent; he is divulged at the end to be a Captain in the navy, but makes and extremely convincing Holmes; also plays: Signor Fonseca, a masked character; must have expertise in British Dialects as well as Spanish/’European’ accent for Fonseca</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>Holmes 2</b>: Male, 40-59 tall, thin, angular; anxious; vulnerable at times as he believes he has committed a murder; in the end he is divulged to be an actor who is very convincing in playing Holmes; must have expertise in British Dialects.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>Holmes 3</b> : Male, 40-59 tall, thin, angular; cool, impenetrable; apparently suffering from hysterical deafness due to trauma. He is able to speak through hypnosis; later in the story it is revealed that he is only acting under the pretense of being deaf; he is not actually Holmes, but a distant cousin; also plays: The Client, a masked character; does not speak; must have expertise in British Dialects.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>Orderly</b>: Male, 40-59 tall, thin, angular; but with physical power; mustache, sideburns; rough, abrupt; most likely a working class accent as orderly; also plays: Moriarty: 60s; tall, cold, menacing; at end or the story is revealed to be the real Sherlock Holmes; must have expertise in British Dialects.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>Matron</b>: Female, 40-59 prim, chilly and efficient; also plays:<b> The Woman</b>, a beautiful, tortured femme fatale; elevated British accent; at the end of the play is revealed to be Irene Adler, the love of Sherlock’s life; must have expertise in British Dialects.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>The Inspector:</b> Male, 50-59 bulky, menacing; muttonchops; must have expertise in British Dialects.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b><br></b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"PT Serif",serif;font-size:18px"><b>For questions please contact Stephen Kay at<a href="mailto:thekays100@gmail.com"> thekays100@gmail.com</a> or 440-799-2463</b><br></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Arial"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="word-break:normal"><h3 style="margin:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Margaret Reardon</h3><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;line-height:22px">Managing Director</p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;line-height:22px">Chagrin Valley Little Theatre</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="15" style="word-break:normal"><div></div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="1" style="word-break:normal;width:1px;border-bottom:none;border-left:1px solid rgb(242,84,125)"></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="15" style="word-break:normal"><div></div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="word-break:normal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Arial"><tbody><tr height="25" style="vertical-align:middle"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="30" style="word-break:normal;vertical-align:middle"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Arial"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="word-break:normal;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="display:block;background-color:rgb(242,84,125)"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.hubspot.net%2Fhubfs%2F53%2Ftools%2Femail-signature-generator%2Ficons%2Fphone-icon-2x.png&t=1621961688&ymreqid=5ad2fb54-2cae-a5de-1c0f-e00014012900&sig=9emVo4QTGWlc7UFtFX_fiQ--~D" width="13" style="display: block;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="word-break:normal;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="font-size:12px">(440) 247-8955</a></td></tr><tr height="25" style="vertical-align:middle"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="30" style="word-break:normal;vertical-align:middle"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Arial"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="word-break:normal;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="display:block;background-color:rgb(242,84,125)"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.hubspot.net%2Fhubfs%2F53%2Ftools%2Femail-signature-generator%2Ficons%2Femail-icon-2x.png&t=1621961688&ymreqid=5ad2fb54-2cae-a5de-1c0f-e00014012900&sig=4FmEjNRV_3cxR_4flQbEXA--~D" width="13" style="display: block;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="word-break:normal;padding:0px"><a href="mailto:margaret@cvlt.org" target="_blank">margaret@cvlt.org</a></td></tr><tr height="25" style="vertical-align:middle"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="30" style="word-break:normal;vertical-align:middle"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Arial"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="word-break:normal;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="display:block;background-color:rgb(242,84,125)"><img src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn2.hubspot.net%2Fhubfs%2F53%2Ftools%2Femail-signature-generator%2Ficons%2Flink-icon-2x.png&t=1621961688&ymreqid=5ad2fb54-2cae-a5de-1c0f-e00014012900&sig=nK3i3zyWSctaaPZ6LpS5RQ--~D"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