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WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY/CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE MFA ACTING PROGRAM CASTING

LOCAL ACTORS FOR <i>TWELFTH NIGHT</i></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Gotham Book";color:black"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Cleveland Play House (CPH)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> is

casting local actors for the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program’s 2021 production of Twelfth Night, directed by Sam White.

Both positions are non-union contracts, each with a stipend of $250.00. Auditions

are by video submission only.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;border:none;padding:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Rehearsals begin <b>Tuesday,

September 14, and will be held in-person during the day and on weekends,

though we will do our best to schedule required rehearsals for these roles

around actor work schedules. Rehearsals will take place in CPH’s rehearsal

spaces, located on the fifth floors of the Middough building, at 1901 East 13<sup>th</sup>

Street in downtown Cleveland. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;border:none;padding:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Performances are 5 shows a week from <b>Wednesday, October 13 - Saturday, October 23</b>. Performances will

take place in-person at the Helen Theatre, located in the Playhouse Square

complex.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;border:none;padding:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">CPH is developing a health and safety plan that will be shared

with all cast prior to the first rehearsal.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Characters</span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">SEBASTIAN/VALENTINE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> – (20’s, Latino, male, ideally between 5'2" and 5'7") Sebastian

(Viola's twin brother) and Valentine (one of Orsino's attendants). Please

submit two monologues. One should be Sebastian's monologue from Act IV, scene 3

("This is the air, that is the glorious sun..."). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p>

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Please submit one Shakespearean verse monologue of your choice, no longer than

3 minutes. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">To

audition, please submit your resume, headshot, and video audition (unlisted

Youtube or Vimeo link in a separate document) to </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/MFA12" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://tinyurl.com/MFA12</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> . Please format your file names as “LAST NAME_FIRST NAME –

Resume”, “LAST NAME_FIRST NAME – Headshot” and “LAST NAME_FIRST NAME – Audition.”

<b>Audition materials should be submitted

no later than Monday, August 9</b>. </span></p></div>