<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=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 57, 118); text-transform: uppercase;">KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT STARK OPEN THEATRE AUDITIONS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 23.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 57, 118); text-transform: uppercase;">2021-2022 AUDITIONS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 18.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> <br class="">ONCE<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.25pt;"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Book by Enda Walsh<br class="">Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová</span></i><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.25pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.25pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story, underscored by emotionally charged music.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.25pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Featuring all the magical songs from the critically acclaimed film, including the Oscar-winning "Falling Slowly," this achingly beautiful, joyously uplifting show strikes an unforgettable chord in audiences and speaks to the power of music to connect us all. A show like that only comes around Once.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.25pt;"><span class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><i class="">Produced by Kent State University at Stark Theatre Department</i><br class=""><i class="">Directed by TC Mavis Jennings</i>; </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.25pt;"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="mailto:tjennin7@kent.edu" class="">tjennin7@kent.edu</a></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.25pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">2022 Performances</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br class="">April 8, 9, 15 & 16 at 8 p.m.<br class="">April 10 & 17 at 2 p.m.</span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Link here for details: <a href="https://www.kent.edu/stark/theatre-auditions" class="">https://www.kent.edu/stark/theatre-auditions</a></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div></body></html>