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<strong style="font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">“Misery”<br class="ContentPasted0">
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:center"><strong style="font-weight:bold"><em class="ContentPasted0">Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes
up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel, and he quickly
realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and it does.</em></strong></p>
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September 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, & 24, 2023<br class="ContentPasted0">
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Sunday performances @ 2:00 PM</p>
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Saturday, June 3, 2023 - 10 am to 12 pm<br class="ContentPasted0">
Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 10 am to 12 pm</p>
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French Creek Theatre, Ewing Hall<br class="ContentPasted0">
4530 Colorado Ave., Sheffield Village, OH 44054</p>
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*AUDITIONS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY* </p>
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A list of your August 2023-September 2023 conflicts</p>
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June 11th from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, if needed. </p>
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Sundays through Thursdays, July 31st through September 14th, 2023 - 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm*<br class="ContentPasted0">
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Annie Wilkes: (F, can play 30s - 60s) A former nurse, suffering from a severe form of Bipolar Disorder. Annie is a dangerously unstable person with a personality that can radically shift from saccharine sweet to deadly serious. She is Paul Sheldon’s self-proclaimed
“number-one fan.” While nursing Paul back to health after a near-fatal car accident, she discovers that Paul has killed her favorite character “Misery Chastain” in his latest novel. Desperate to bring her back, Annie uses her considerable power over Paul’s
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Paul Sheldon: (M, can play 40s - 50s) A best-selling author made famous by the “Misery Chastain” novels, a series Victorian romance books. He has recently completed a manuscript for a new novel that he considers a more artistically fulfilling work than his
bread and butter “Misery” novels. On the same day, he experiences a severe car accident that leaves him immobile and near death due to catastrophic leg injuries. When he meets his “dangerously crazy” number-one fan Anne Wilkes, Paul must use every tool in
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Buster: (M or F, can play 20s – 60s). The “Barney Fife-ish” town sheriff investigating Paul Sheldon’s disappearance. <br class="ContentPasted0">
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If you have any questions or cannot attend auditions, but would still like to set up a time to audition, please feel free to contact the director at <font style="color: rgba(64, 64, 64, 0.85);"><span style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(64, 64, 64, 0.255);margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.05em"><br class="ContentPasted0">
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If you are unable to make the currently scheduled audition times on June 3rd, or 10th we encourage you to submit a video audition. </p>
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Please prepare a monologue from a contemporary theatre piece 1-2 minutes in length. </p>
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Record your audition and upload it to an unlisted Youtube video.</p>
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Send the unlisted YouTube Video link as well a headshot, resume, and completed audition forms (supplied by the director via email) to <font style="color: rgba(64, 64, 64, 0.85);"><span style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(64, 64, 64, 0.255);margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.05em"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="cmb164@1870.uakron.edu" data-loopstyle="link" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">cmb164@1870.uakron.edu</a></span></font>. </p>
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