<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A Light in the Night (Dec 2-10</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Directed by Margi Zitelli</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A World Premiere by Les and Elana Hunter</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Rehearsals begin by end of October</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Judith is frustrated because her family has moved to a new house. And what’s worse? They forgot the box with the family menorah and can’t even make latkes. When her parents go out to get oil and potatoes, she takes off on her bike to go to the old house and get the menorah herself. When she gets there, she finds that it has magically come to life, and that her help is needed to save Hanukkah, now, and in the time of the Maccabees. Will she have the courage to take on this quest? </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The play focuses on being brave and standing up for what is right.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Judy – a young girl who misses her old house </font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lior – her older brother </font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Mom </font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dad </font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Antiochus (can be double-cast with Dad) </font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Shammes (can be double-cast with Lior) </font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Simeon and Jonathan (can be double-cast with Mom and Dad) </font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Seleucid Warrior (can be double-cast with Mom)</font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Rehearsals will be held at TCT (78th</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Street Studio) and Performances will be at the Mandel Jewish Community Center (JCC).</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This show is roughly 45 minutes long. Tech Week begins on November 25th</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, 2023. Performances will be Saturdays at 1pm and 4pm, Sundays at 3pm, December 2nd through 10th.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(65,65,66);margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Compensation: $400<br></font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center">To audition please submit a video that includes you retelling your favorite children’s story (under 5 minutes) and playing with an object outside of the object’s original state/purposes. Videos, resumes and headshots can be sent to <a href="mailto:rtwardzik@talespinnercle.org">rtwardzik@talespinnercle.org</a>.</span><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:1.2"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center">Auditions are due by October 25th at 5:00 pm</span></font></p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Heather Utsler-Smith<div><i>She/Her/Hers</i></div><div>Executive Artistic Director</div><div>Talespinner Children's Theatre</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">78th St. Studios | 1305 W 80th St., Ste 214, Cleveland, OH 44102 | <a href="http://talespinnercle.org/" target="_blank">talespinnercle.org</a></span></div></div></div></div>