<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_-8391668283063632430gmail-docs-internal-guid-4f02c6e3-7fff-75e1-4c23-64d24bec0860"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute is thrilled to announce its summer 2022 production of:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="6">JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">July 14-July 24, 2022</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Lyrics by Tim Rice</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Auditions for 2022 season:  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">March 31st & April 1st (4-6, 6:30-8:30pm) Saturday April 2nd (5:30-8:30 pm)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Call- backs Sunday April 3 (3-7 pm)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">colloquially </span><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">known as </span><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joseph</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is a sung-through musical by Tim Rice (lyrics) and Andrew Lloyd Webber (music). </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"Sha la la, Joseph, you’re doing fine! You and your dreamcoat, ahead of your time!” One of the most enduring shows of all time, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is a reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph, his father Jacob, eleven brothers and the coat of many colors.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Told entirely through song with the help of a main character, the Narrator, the musical follows preferred son Joseph. After he is sold into slavery by his brothers, he ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar, but ends up in jail after refusing the amorous advances of Potiphar’s wife. While imprisoned, Joseph discovers his ability to interpret dreams, and he soon finds himself in front of the mighty, but troubled, Elvis-inspired, Pharaoh. Joseph’s solution to Egypt’s famine elevates him to Pharaoh’s right-hand man and reunites him with his family. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It was the first Lloyd Webber/Rice musical to be publicly performed and their first ever collaboration. <b><i>Joseph</i></b> started out as a 15 minute vocal cantata in the early 1970’s and became a full length musical in early 1980’s. It has received 6 Tony Award nominations including Best musical and Best original score. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">This magical musical is full of catchy songs in a variety of styles, from a parody of French ballads (“Those Canaan Days”), to country-western (“One More Angel in Heaven”) and calypso (“Benjamin Calypso”), along with the unforgettable classics “Any Dream Will Do” and “Close Every Door.”   </span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Hathaway Brown Theatre Institutes production will be directed and choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz, with musical Direction by John Krol.</b> </span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Verdana;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:center;font-varia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-space:pre-wrap">or more information and/or to request an audition appointment  email  HBTI Director, Bebe Weinberg Katz  at  </span><a href="mailto:hbti_auditions@hb.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">hbti_auditions@hb.edu</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> . </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Check out the entire HBTI summer program at  </span><a href="http://www.hb.edu/hbti" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.hb.edu/hbti</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1okI_3rq00Ll5PA4oYZMnFBYoKWra5fHoHJzlQ5Y2sDg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">hbti 2022</span></a></p></span></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail-adL" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail-adL" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail-adL" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span></div>