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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px">CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE EDUCATION CASTING LOCAL CHILD UNDERSTUDIES FOR WORLD PREMIER PRODUCTION OF </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> </span><i class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0">WATCHING BUTTERFLIES<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i> </span></p>
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<b><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">Cleveland Play House (CPH)</span></b><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>is
seeking to cast two local child actors as understudies for the Family Theatre Program’s 2023 production of<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><i class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0">Watching Butterflies,<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i>by</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">Eric
Schmiedl, directed by<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; background: white; color: black;">Liesbeth<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; background: white;">Coltof</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px">.<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px; color: black;">This
is a paid role ($200.00 per week for rehearsals and performance weeks). In order to be paid for this production, actors must be eligible to work in the United States. </span></span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">Understudy roles available: </span></p>
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<li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">1 boy, age approximately 7-9 </span></li><li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">1 boy, age approximately 11-13</span></li></ul>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">Auditions are by appointment only. Interested parties should email casting@clevelandplayhouse.com to request an audition. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">Rehearsals begin May 24, 2023, and will be Wednesdays through Sundays (after school hours during the school year. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">Technical rehearsals are June 13 – 16. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;">Performances run June 17 – 24. </span></p>
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<b><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px">Synopsis: </span></b></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px">Five children find themselves in a room. Why are they there? How did they get there? Can anyone get out? Who is a helper? Who is not? The children must rely
upon their collective skills, talents, and experiences to find a way to health, safety and understanding. Inspired by and created in partnership with families in Cleveland along with internationally recognized director, Liesbeth Coltof, and Cleveland Play
House; this play celebrates ingenuity, humor, determination, and resilience as it shines a light upon the critical needs experienced by people living in Cleveland’s under-resourced communities. "Watching Butterflies" is part of 10CHILDREN CLEVELAND, a collaboration
between Cleveland Play House, The School of Film & Media Arts, LAND Studio, and MetroHealth Hospital (Institute of Hope) to create a theatrical play, a documentary, visual arts and an educational project. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px">Please note that Cleveland Play House will be preparing to record this production for educational use for Cleveland Play House’s CARE curriculum. </span></p>
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