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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Cleveland Public Theatre/</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Teatro Público de Cleveland</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">announces Auditions for </span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt">ALTER</span></b><span style="font-size:22.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">By Tania Benites<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Directed by Kari Barclay<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Looking to cast the following roles…
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="Default" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Narrator:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(any race, female, any age); Narrator for the book “Hypnosis for Self-Confidence”.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Maria:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(Latinx, female, 20s-30s); A customer service representative who struggles with her sense of self. A quiet person in a loud world who feels pressure as only a daughter-of-immigrants could. Devours self-help books as
a hobby.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Trisha:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(any race, female, any age); Maria’s co-worker and top seller at Kapow. The office “mean girl”. She is aggressive and knows how to make friends with the right people.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Craig:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(non-Latinx, male, 30s+); Customer service supervisor at Kapow whose main concern is driving sales numbers and meeting quotas.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Figure:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(Latinx, female, 20s-30s); Maria’s manifestation. She is the change that Maria thinks she needs. She is hungry for what she does not have and feels that she could do things better if given the opportunity.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Steve:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(any race, male, 20s-30s); IT technician at Kapow. Grounded and kind, perhaps a little nerdy. A good friend.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mom:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(Latinx, female, 40s+); Maria’s mom. An immigrant. No stranger to sacrifice and hard work. While she expects a lot from her daughter, she loves just as fiercely.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are open to seeing both AEA and non-AEA actors for these auditions.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">About The Play… </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Maria is a customer service representative, working and failing in a fast-paced, highly competitive, and often ridiculous environment. Feeling the pressures from co-workers and
family to “never stop running” and to “be aggressive”, Maria, a long-time self-help enthusiast discovers that the key to total transformation comes at a cost.
<i>Alter</i> explores the difficulties of being a quiet person in a loud world, toxic self-help culture, and the myth that you must always be leveling up to be successful.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">About The Process… </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This rehearsal process will be conventional in nature and based in script analysis, character analysis, and emotional arc. Actors will be asked to make strong proposals, be generous, and meet deadlines given.
Parts of this script are written in Spanish, and sections of rehearsals will be in Spanish at times. However, you do not need to be fluent to audition for this play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The rehearsal room will be run with attention being placed on trauma-informed practices. This production will adhere to the CLEan House Standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rehearsals will begin on or around January 2, 2024. Rehearsals are 5-6 times a week, with evening weekday rehearsals and some daytime weekend rehearsals. This is a paid opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Important Dates…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1/2/24 – First rehearsal<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2/3/24 – Tech Starts<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2/8/24 – First Preview<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2/10/24 – Opening Night<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2/24/24 – Closing Performance<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ALTER runs February 8 – February 24 Thu/Fri/Sat/Mon at 7:00pm, with 1 Sunday matinee in the James Levin Theatre.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Auditions… <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Friday, November 3<sup>rd</sup>, 7:00pm – 9:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Sunday, November 5<sup>th</sup>, 5:00pm – 7:00pm</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Auditions are by appointment only and will be scheduled in one-hour slots.
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Actors should plan to stay at the audition for up to 75 minutes, though you may be released sooner. The director and playwright will be watching the auditions.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">For the Audition… </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="Default" style="margin-bottom:.25pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There’s no need to prepare anything in advance. Actors will read excerpts from the script which will be sent to you when you email us for an audition slot.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="margin-bottom:.25pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Auditions will be held in groups in one-hour slots.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please send a headshot and resume, if you have one.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To schedule an audition appointment, please email
</span><a href="mailto:auditions@cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">auditions@cptonline.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.
<b>Please include Alter Auditions] in your subject line. Be sure to include your name, email address, phone number, preferred audition time slot, and role you are auditioning for in your email. Send a copy of your headshot and resume as an attachment to your
email. </b>No phone calls please. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">About the Playwright: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tania Benites
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">is a Peruvian-born and Cleveland-raised theatre artist. She received her BA in Theatre from CSU in 2012 with a focus in performance. As an actress, Tania has worked at many theatres in Northeast
Ohio including Cleveland Public Theatre, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Teatro Público de Cleveland, Talespinner Children’s Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, LatinUs, Clague Playhouse, and Rubber City Theatre. As a playwright, Tania’s work has
been featured in <i>¡Obras en Evolución!</i> a festival of new play readings by Teatro Público de Cleveland in 2017 and 2018 where the beginnings of
<i>Alter</i> were formed. She is also a proud member of the Young Playwrights Collective. When she is not creating theatre, Tania serves as the Adult Programming Assistant for the Cuyahoga County Public Library.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;background:white">About the Director:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">Kari Barclay</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt"> (they/them or he/him) is a writer, director, and researcher who serves as Assistant
Professor of Theater at Oberlin College. They have created productions regionally and in New York at venues including Ars Nova, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, MirrorBox Theater, and Cleveland Public Theatre. Their original play <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Can
I Hold You?</span></em> was one of the first full-length pieces about asexual identity performed in the U.S. and enjoyed a sold-out run in San Francisco and workshop in New York. Their play <i>Stonewallin' </i>was winner of the So.Queer Playwriting Festival
and premiered in Richmond, VA in winter 2022. As a scholar and educator, Kari writes about consent-based and trauma-informed approaches to performance, known as intimacy choreography. Their book <i>Directing Desire </i>was published through Palgrave Macmillan
in October 2023<span style="color:#4D4D4D">. </span></span><a href="http://kari-barclay.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">kari-barclay.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D;letter-spacing:.1pt">.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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