<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Workshop Players Theatre</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">July 2024</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">This is a reminder that applications to direct at Workshop Players in our 77th season in 2025-2026 is due in less than two months.    <span style="color:rgb(144,0,6)"><b>The deadline for applying is September 1, 2024.  </b></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">  </span>Our faithful audiences love to be entertained.  Comedies are a favorite with them, but certainly dramas, musicals and children’s shows are also welcome as  submissions.  We strive to put together a balanced season based on choices sent to us by directors. We do it this way because we feel that it is important that directors have a vision for and passion about productions that they tackle.   If in case you need a gentle nudge, we have provided a list of plays that the play reading committee has liked, but passed on, previously.  YOU NEED NOT CHOOSE FROM THIS LIST, but perhaps it will spark ideas for you. </b><span style="color:rgb(144,0,6)"><b> Do your best to submit in a variety of genres,.  </b></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)">For instance, 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.</p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font size="4"><b style="">Please submit to Play Reading Committee Chair Pat Price at</b><span style="color:rgb(144,0,6)"><b style=""> </b><a href="mailto:pprice203@gmail.com" target="_blank" style=""><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"><b style="">pprice203@gmail.com</b></span></a></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-collapse: preserve;"> </span></b></span>Workshop Players Theater is a non-profit, <b>fully volunteer</b> theater. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">  </span>Submitting directors <b>may </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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates: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-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Play Reading Committee Chair </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><a href="mailto:pprice203@gmail.com" target="_blank">pprice203@gmail.com</a></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Workshop Players Theatre</span><br style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div><font style="font-family:georgia,serif">44820 Middle Ridge Road</font></div><div><font style="font-family:georgia,serif">P.O. Box 1193, Amherst, OH 44001</font></div><font style="font-family:georgia,serif">Box Office: 440-634-0472</font><font style="font-weight:700"> <br>Find us on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram!</font><br></div></div></div>