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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AUDITIONS
– Open Call</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Sparks Fly Upward Foundation, in Association with The Temple Tifereth Israel in
Beachwood, Ohio, announces <b>auditions</b>
for <i>The Sparks Fly Upward,</i> a <b>musical drama/opera</b> that follows three
German families in Berlin through the Holocaust, to be staged before an
audience at the <b>Maltz Performing Arts
Center, Cleveland, Ohio</b> from <b>June
9-12, 2022</b>. The production will also
be live-streamed. Cast members will be <b>paid</b>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Open
auditions will be held <b>Saturday, January
29, 2022</b> and <b>Sunday, January 30,
2022</b> from <b>2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.</b>
at The Temple Tifereth Israel, 26000 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood, OH 44122 <span style="color:red">for lead AND
CHORUS </span>roles. Please bring a bio
and come prepared to sing one piece in the style of the show.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:aqua">If you are not able to attend auditions in
person you may submit a video audition to our director, Jeffrey Lesser, along
with a headshot and resume, to </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:lesnix@aol.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="background:aqua">lesnix@aol.com</span></a><span style="background:aqua"> by no later than Thursday, January
27, 2022 at midnight.</span> Please
state in the audition video what role you are interested in and if you are
willing to take any role.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:yellow">ALL AUDITIONERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF FULL
COVID-19 VACCINATION BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO AUDITION.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rehearsals
will begin on May 5, 2022. Rehearsals
will be held in the evenings and on weekends.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A
sample of the music from Sparks can be heard on youtube at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UiV2GtTFtI&t=262s" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UiV2GtTFtI&t=262s</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Lead
roles:</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Julius Rosenbaum</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Tenor
or High Baritone 40s-60s </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt;text-indent:0.5in">Patriarch of one of the Jewish
families who guides his family through the Holocaust years</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Jacob Rosenbaum/God </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Baritone early 20’s</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt">Eldest son of the Rosenbaum family who takes on the role of “God”
in the narration of the Biblical story of Job.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Max Rosenbaum/Satan </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Bass early
20’s </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt">Middle son of the Rosenbaum family who takes on the role of
“Satan” in the narration of the Biblical story of Job.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Karl Rosenbaum/Job</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Tenor late
teens/early 20’s</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt">Youngest and most sensitive son of the Rosenbaum family who takes
on the role of “Job” in the narration of the Biblical story of Job.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Rita Rosenbaum</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Soprano mid to late teens</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt">Youngest sibling of the Rosenbaum family who is most effective by
being separated from her parents.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Hans Weber</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Baritone 40s-60s</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt">Christian neighbor of Jewish families, and work colleague of Julius
Rosenbaum who, along with his wife, Ruth, arranges for the protection of the
two Jewish families.</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Roles played by chorus members:</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Berta Grynszpan</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Soprano 22</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Actual historical figure who was deported to Poland from Germany
in 1938 and contacted her brother, Herschel, by letter with news of the
family’s deportation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Herschel Grynszpan</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Tenor 17</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Actual historical figure who, upon receiving news of his family’s
deportation to Poland in 1938, shot a German official in Paris, which the Germans
used as the pretext for Kristallnacht.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Cantor</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> High
Tenor</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Leader of the Jewish Community and featured in key synagogue
scene.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Rabbi</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Tenor</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Leader of the Jewish Community and featured in key synagogue
scenes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chorus</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
piece features a large chorus, and we welcome all singers who are interested to
audition for the chorus!</span></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Non-singing roles:</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Several
Nazi soldiers and various officials.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">About the Title</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">The title comes from the Book of
Job, from which the families in the opera read while they are in hiding. The logo
artwork combines photos from the Neue Synagogue in Berlin, and Auschwitz, where
scenes in the opera take place.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:center">For further information contact Jeffrey Lesser at </span><a href="mailto:lesnix@aol.com" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:center;color:rgb(5,99,193)">lesnix@aol.com</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:center"> or 813-789-9692.</span></p>
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