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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;"><a href="https://www.gcarts.org/" target="_blank" id="OWAaf1dffd3-6349-955d-94b9-8324c4771752" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.gcarts.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">Geauga
Center for the Arts</a> announces auditions for…</span></p>
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JULIET</span></div>
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Shakespeare</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Directed
by Chris Bizub</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">A young
woman is betrothed by her parents against her will. A young man’s honor is bound to hate the household of his love. As their families war, together they will bear their devotion beyond the boundaries of death. One of the greatest tragedies of all time, Shakespeare’s
tale of passion and calamity is performed outdoors as Big Creek Park is transformed into “fair Verona, where we lay our scene…”</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">PERFORMANCES</span></div>
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20th, 21st 26th, 27th, 28th</span></div>
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- Sundays at 6:30pm</span></div>
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at </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org/park/big-creek-park/" target="_blank" id="OWA86a09b69-978c-33a9-15af-986e0c261e68" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org/park/big-creek-park/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="1" style="margin: 0px;">Big
Creek Park</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Frances
Hall Amphitheater<br>
9160 Robinson Rd<br>
Chardon, OH 44024</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">AUDITIONS<br>
Monday, February 12th, 2024</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Monday,
February 19th, 2024<br>
7:00PM-10:00PM</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Looking
for actors ages 16 and up</span></div>
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not a youth production)</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">AUDITION
APPOINTMENTS</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">*Auditions
are by appointment only*</span></div>
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for a 5-minute slot at the link below:</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;"><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0548ADAF2BA6F94-46940821-auditions" target="_blank" id="OWA94b3c68a-7d10-b9ab-f369-b550484792e0" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin: 0px;">https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0548ADAF2BA6F94-46940821-auditions</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">WHAT TO
PREPARE</span></div>
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should bring a headshot or recent picture, and resume (if you have one)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">*a list
of conflicts from June 10<sup>th</sup> to July 28<sup>th</sup></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">*prepare
a one-minute Shakespearean monologue/sonnet</span></div>
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may be asked to read from the script.</span></div>
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LOCATION</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<br>
12455 Merritt Rd</span></div>
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OH 44024</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">CALLBACKS</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Saturday,
February 24<sup>th</sup> from 10am-12pm [if Needed]</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">VIDEO AUDITIONS</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Actors unable
to attend in-person auditions are welcome to submit a video audition to the director! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;"><br>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">If you are
planning to send in a video audition, please send an email to director Chris Bizub at <a href="mailto:cmb164@1870.uakron.edu" id="OWAadc8c7d2-ec35-26f0-bf3d-48fa16567b63" class="OWAAutoLink" title="cmb164@1870.uakron.edu" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="3" style="margin: 0px;">cmb164@1870.uakron.edu</a> by
Monday, February 19<sup>th</sup>, 2024 at 9:00pm.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Please include
the following information:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">*an unlisted
Youtube link to your audition video.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">*a current
headshot/resume</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">*which characters
you are interested in portraying</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">*a list
of your conflicts from </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">June 10</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;"> to
July 28</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;"><sup>th</sup></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Romeo - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Male,
Late teens - 20s) - the son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive. Though impulsive and immature, his idealism and passion make him an extremely likable character. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Juliet - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Female,
Late teens - 20s) - the daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl, Juliet begins the play as a naďve child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo.</span></div>
</li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Lord Montague - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Male,
30s - 50s) - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">The father of Romeo. He has the same social status as Lord
Capulet, with whom he is in feud, and is also extremely wealthy. Loves his son Romeo deeply and is far more empathic than Capulet.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Lady Montague - (Female, 30s - 50s) -
The matriarch of the house of Montague, and the mother of Romeo and aunt of Benvolio. She is fiercely protective of her son Romeo.</span></div>
</li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Lord Capulet - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Male,
40s - 50s)</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;"> - The patriarch of the Capulet family, the father of Juliet,
and uncle of Tybalt. He is a very wealthy and controlling businessman.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Lady Capulet - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Female,
30s) - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">The matriarch of the house of Capulet and Juliet's mother. She's
determined to see Juliet married off to someone of good standing...like Paris.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Tybalt - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Male/Female,
Late teens - 20s) - a Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. Vain, fashionable, supremely aware of courtesy and the lack of it, he/she becomes aggressive, violent, and quick to draw his/her sword. Loathes Montagues. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Mercutio - (Male/Female, Late teens -20s) </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">kin
to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. Mercutio overflows with imagination, wit, and, at times, a strange, biting satire and brooding fervor. Mercutio loves wordplay, especially sexual double entendres. He/she can be quite hotheaded, and hates people who
are affected, pretentious, or obsessed with the latest fashions. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Benvolio - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Male/Female,
Late teens - 20s) - Montague’s niece/nephew, Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend. Makes a genuine effort to defuse violent scenes in public, though Mercutio accuses him of having a nasty temper in private. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Paris - (Male, 20s-30s) - a kinsman of
Prince Escalus and seeks to marry Juliet. Handsome, somewhat self-absorbed, and very wealthy.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">The Nurse - (Male/Female, 30+) - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">Juliet’s
nurse and closest friend. A vulgar, long-winded, and sentimental character, the Nurse provides comic relief with her frequently inappropriate remarks and speeches. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Prince Escalus - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Male/Female,
30s - 50s) - The Prince of Verona. A kinsman of Mercutio and Paris. As the seat of political power in Verona, he is concerned about maintaining the public peace at all costs.</span></div>
</li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Balthasar - (Male/Female, Any Age) - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">Romeo’s
dedicated servant, who brings Romeo the news of Juliet’s death, unaware that her death is a ruse. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Abram - (Male, Late Teens - 30s) - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">Montague’s
servant, who fights with Sampson and Gregory in the first scene of the play. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Apothecary - (Male/Female, 30+) - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">An
apothecary in Mantua. Had he been wealthier, he might have been able to afford to value his morals more than money, and refused to sell poison to Romeo. </span></div>
</li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Peter - (Male, Late Teens - 30s) - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">A
Capulet servant who invites guests to Capulet’s feast and escorts the Nurse to meet with Romeo. He is illiterate, and a bad singer.</span></div>
</li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Sampson - (Male/Female - Late Teens -
30s) - S</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">ervant of the house of Capulet, who,
like their master, hate the Montagues.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Gregory - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Male/Female
- Late Teens - 30s) - S</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">ervant of the house of
Capulet, who, like their master, hate the Montagues.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Friar Laurence (Male, 30+) -</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;"> a
Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet. Kind, civicminded, a proponent of moderation, and always ready with a plan, Friar Lawrence is also an expert in the use of seemingly mystical potions and herbs. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Rosaline, Valetine, Petruchio, Anthony,
Potpan, Friar John, Chorus, Old Capulet, Servant - </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">(Any
age, 20s+) - Various servants/citizens who appear throughout the play </span></div>
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for the Arts is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization. All actors cast are strictly volunteers. No AEA Contract(s) available. </span></div>
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are unable to attend regular auditions, please contact the director at <a href="mailto:cmb164@1870.uakron.edu" id="OWA19daa787-84cc-12dc-0c2b-5305ed9fd9a8" class="OWAAutoLink" data-linkindex="4" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin: 0px;">cmb164@1870.uakron.edu</a>.
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