<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div style="font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family: "old times", serif; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><b><font size="5">SOKOL GREATER CLEVELAND</font></b></span></div><p align="center" style="font-family: "old times", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 39.8667px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">VCELKY THEATRE GROUP</span></b></p><p align="center" style="font-family: "old times", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 33.7333px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Announces</span></i></b></p><div style="font-family: "old times", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 12.2667px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></b><div><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="" style="max-width: 800px; width: 800px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(130, 140, 147); border-radius: 2px;"><button title="Download" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande";"><span style="width: 20px;"></span></button></span></div></div><div style="font-family: "old times", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "old times", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><i>Sokol Greater Cleveland’s theatre group Vcelky will be holding auditions</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><i> </i></b><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">for its September 8, 2024 performance of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Karel Čapek’s play <i>Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti</i>, or <i>Rossum’s Universal Robots</i>. The play will be performed in English (phew!) and as a radio play. Additional performance dates may be added.</span></font></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="text-indent: 9pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Auditions will be held on Saturday July 6 at 11 a.m. and Thursday July 11 at 7 pm in the </span></i></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="text-indent: 9pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Bohemian National Hall Ballroom (4939 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland)</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 9pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 9pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Rehearsals will begin shortly after casting, and will likely be held two days per week,<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"> and other </span>days as determined by the directors Georgia Maresh and Rob Samec, and producer Kelli Perk. </span><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; text-indent: 9pt;">The play </span><span style="text-indent: 9pt;">is a 1920’s science fiction play by the Czech writer </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek" title="Karel Čapek" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline; text-indent: 9pt;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karel Čapek</a><span style="text-indent: 9pt;"> which introduced the word "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot" title="Robot" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline; text-indent: 9pt;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">robot</a><span style="text-indent: 9pt;">" to the English language and to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline; text-indent: 9pt;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">science fiction</a><span style="text-indent: 9pt;"> as a whole</span><b style="text-indent: 9pt;">.</b><b style="text-indent: 9pt;"><i> </i></b></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="text-indent: 9pt;"><i><br></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Set in a robot factory on an island at some unspecified time in the future, Helena, a beautiful young woman and daughter of the president of an unnamed world power, visits the island on behalf of the Humanity League. Her mission is to liberate the robots, which are artificial humans that look and act like humans, but are treated as mere machines or property. The robots eventually revolt, wiping out humanity. . .or did they? The play touches on themes such as slavery, what makes humans human, love, compassion, greed and the consequences of runaway technology. Relevant today considering the debates over AI and Super AI . </div></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><br></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="" style="max-width: 155px; width: 155px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><img align="left" hspace="12" style="width: 654px; max-width: 0px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" data-id="1719851413758"><b><i>We are going to be performing the play as a “radio play”</i></b></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;">in the 1940’s. The set will be a radio studio. The actors, dressed in 1940’s garb, will read their parts into microphones on the stage. (Acting required, but very little memorizing) Other members of the cast will be seen on stage doing sound effects such as gunshots, explosions, telephone ringing, door knocking, etc. We will do a few radio commercials between acts.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><p style="margin: 6pt 0in 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><b><i><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Actors are needed to play the following roles:</span></i></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">1.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Radio announcer</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">2.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Narrator</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">3.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Harry Domin, General Manager</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">4.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Fabry, Chief Engineer</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">5.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Dr. Gall, Head of the Psychological Department</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">6.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Dr. Hallemeier, Psychologist-in-Chief</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">7.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Busman, Business Manager</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">8.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Alquist, Chief of Building Operations</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">9.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Helena Glory, President of Humanity League, daughter of President Glory</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">10.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Nana, Helena’s maid</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">11.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Sulla, a robotess</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">12.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Marius, a robot</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">13.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Radius, a robot</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">14.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Helena, a robotess</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">15.<span style="font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Primus, a robot</span></b></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">In addition, we need singers to sing jingles, people to do sound effects, and people to help with props, set, and costumes.</span></i></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">For more information, contact</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">:</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Kelli Perk at 440-668-9553 or </span></b><a href="mailto:kellikayperk@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">kellikayperk@gmail.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"> or</span></p><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Georgia Maresh at 330-861-4434 or </span></b><a href="mailto:gmaresh@sbcglobal.net" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">gmaresh@sbcglobal.net</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: New;">.</span></b></div></div></div></div></div><br style="font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><br></div></div></body></html>