<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal">May 2023</p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span>The purpose of this letter is to recruit directors for Workshop Players’ 2024-2025 season.   Following the pandemic shut down we were able to resume our normal play reading committee procedure and have put together an exciting, balanced season for 2023-24 with the help of five wonderful directors, including:</p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span><i>Death Trap</i> by Ira Levin, directed by Barry Saxon </p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span><i>Arsenic and Old</i>  Lace, by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Kevin Cline </p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span><i>The Dining Room</i>, by A.R. Gurney, directed by David  Stacko </p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><i>12 Angry Jurors,</i> by Reginald Rose, directed by Dave MacKeigan </p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span><i>Rip Cord</i>, by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Judy MacKeigan </p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span>We are hoping that you may be interested in submitting an application along with a list of plays you may be interested in directing.  <span style="color:rgb(163,0,3)"><b>The deadline for applying is August 1, 2023.   </b></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><b>We welcome new comedies as well as the tried and true; compelling dramas, small scale musicals, Christmas shows, and even children’s shows —- It is our focus to entertain!!!  We hope you will want to be part of it all. </b></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><b>Please submit to Play Reading Committee Chair Pat Price at</b><span style="color:rgb(163,0,3)"><b> </b><a href="mailto:joeandpatprice@centurytel.net" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">joeandpatprice@centurytel.net</span></a><b>  </b></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3);min-height:13px"><b></b><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3)"><b>*if you have not directed with us before, please include a theatrical resume </b></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3);min-height:13px"><b></b><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3)"><b>*Submit 4-5 plays that you would be interested in directing at Workshop, along with synopsis of the play (</b>may be copied and pasted from licensing agent)<b>.  </b></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3)"><b>*</b></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3)"><b>*Give a brief summary of why you believe the play would be effective in our unique  theater-in-the-round space.   </b></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3);min-height:13px"><b></b><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3)"><b>*Please be prepared to have at least one copy of each script available for the play reading committee should you be selected as one of the directors. </b></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(163,0,3);min-height:13px"><b></b><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="color:rgb(163,0,3)"><b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></b></span>Workshop Players Theater is a non profit, <b>fully volunteer</b> theater.  It is the longest running theater-in-the-round in Ohio (minus the pandemic break).  We have a strong following in the surrounding community and hope that you would like to be part of our theatre family.  </p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Submitting directors may be interviewed by the Board of Trustees in August. </p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:13px"><b></b><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvet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