<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"><font size="4">AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"><font size="4">Cleveland Shakespeare Festival</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">25^th Season (2022 Summer)</span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"><b>HAMLET</b></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">By William Shakespeare</span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="color:black">Directed by Dusten A. Welch</span></i></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in;color:black">THE LEARNED LADIES</b></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in;color:black">By Moli</span><span style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">è</span><span style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in;color:black">re</span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:48px;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#000000">Adapted by Timothy Mooney</font></p><p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i style="color:black;font-size:12pt">Directed by Keira McDonald</i></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt"><u>PRODUCTION DATES</u>: </span></p></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">HAMLET</span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">Rehearses: May - June </span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">Performs: June 24 - July 10 (Fri-Sun) </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify">THE LEARNED LADIES <br></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span style="color:black;text-align:justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size:12pt">Rehearses: June - July</font><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span> <br><font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size:12pt">Performs: July 22 - August 7<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span></font><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="times new roman, serif" style=""></font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">(Fri-Sun) </span><span style="color:black;text-align:justify"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">Each production will tour across northeast Ohi<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>o</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">, performing outside and at a different location for each performance.</span></i></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br><br><br></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u style="color:black;font-size:12pt">AUDITIONS</u><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">: Video Submission </span></p></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b style="color:black;font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in"><u><br></u></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b style="color:black;font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in"><u>AUDTIONS DUE</u>: Monday, March 14 by 5:00pm EST</b></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.cleveshakes.org/auditions" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in;color:blue">www.cleveshakes.org/auditions</a></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br></span></p></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-indent:48px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Cleveland Shakespeare Festival </b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-indent:48px">practices color and gender blind casting for all. </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt">Video auditions are accepted as an (UNLISTED) YouTube link.</span></p></div></div><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify">Upload a video of two* contrasting monologues. (At least one must be Shakespearean) </span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in;color:black">*If auditioning for a single production, only one monologue is needed.</i></p></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;color:black"><br>All actors and crew are paid a stipend per production.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in"></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#000000">**CSF will only consider actors/crew who are fully vaccinated upon time of audition.**</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="color:black"><br></span></u></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="color:black"><br></span></u></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><u style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="color:black">CALLBACKS</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;color:black">: In-Person</span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in">(</span><i style="color:black;font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in">By Invitation Only</i><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;text-indent:0.5in">)</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">           </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Tuesday, March 22               </span></b><span style="color:black">6:30 – 9:30 pm<b></b></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Wednesday, March 23          </span></b><span style="color:black">6:30 – 9:30 pm<b></b></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Thursday, March 24 </span></b><span style="color:black">            6:30 – 9:30 pm</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br></i></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Actors will only be called to one or possibly two days of callbacks. </i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">                       </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u><span style="color:black">LOCATION</span></u><span style="color:black">:</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Wizbang Theatre</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">2134 Lee Rd.</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">Cleveland Hts., OH 44118 </span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><span style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="color:black"><br></span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="color:black"><br></span></span></p></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"></div></div></div>