<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:11px">Workshop Players Theatre</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">44820 Middle Ridge Road </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Amherst, OH 44001</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">June</span><span> </span>2024</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Dear Potential Director,<span> </span> </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-size:11px">By now you have had a little over a month to consider applying to direct at Workshop Players Theater-in-the-Round, which consists solely of volunteers, </span><span style="font-size:11px"> </span><span style="font-size:11px">for our </span><b><font size="4">2025-2026 season</font></b><span style="font-size:11px">. It will be our 77th year of presenting quality entertainment in Northern Ohio.</span><span style="font-size:11px"> </span><span style="font-size:11px"> </span><span style="font-size:11px"> </span><span style="font-size:11px">Please recall that …</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6)"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><b>The deadline for applying is September 1, 2024.. </b></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="color:rgb(144,0,6)"><b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></b></span><b>We welcome new comedies as well as the tried and true; compelling dramas, small scale musicals, Christmas shows, and also children’s shows —- It is our focus to entertain!!! </b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>Please submit to Play Reading Committee Chair Pat Price at</b><span style="color:rgb(144,0,6)"><b><span> </span></b><a href="mailto:pprice203@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"><b>pprice203@gmail.com</b></span></a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6)"><b>*if you have not directed with us before, please include a theatrical resume </b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6)"><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="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6)"><b>*</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6)"><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="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6)"><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="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(144,0,6);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span>Submitting directors<span> </span><b>may<span> </span></b>be interviewed by the Board of Trustees in September. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">After that the play reading committed will read the 25-30 plays submitted by the 5 chosen directors, <span> </span>The slate of shows for our 77th season will be chosen in January and the director will be notified. <span> </span>It is <span> </span>important to submit 4, or even better5 choices, so that we may end up with a balanced, exciting season.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Due to the cost of production Workshop Players would do no more than one musical in a season, therefore if submitting musicals also include some straight plays to increase your chance of being chosen to direct. Be aware that our backstage space is very limited, making massive scene changes difficult.</b></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Attached is a list of “slept” plays that you<span> </span><b>may or may not</b><span> </span>use as choices. Of utmost importance is that you have a desire and a vision to direct the plays you submit. That is why we approach selecting our season in this manner instead of choosing plays, then working to find directors. The list is included incase you need inspiration. <span> </span>Also check out our website at<span> </span><a href="http://workshopplayers.org" target="_blank">workshopplayers.org</a><span> </span>for a list of plays that have been presented for the past 75 years. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Thank you for considering submitting an application. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Pat Price </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Play Reading Committee Chair </p></div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"> <p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something. <br>- <i>Neil Gaiman</i></b></font></span></span></p><p><b style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><font color="#9900ff"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, </font></span></span></span><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">you will.</font></span></span></span></font></b></p><p><b style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><font color="#9900ff"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">- <i>Stephen King</i></font></span></span></span></font></b></p><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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