<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Auditions for </span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">Disney's The Little Mermaid</font></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Directed by Kelly Monaghan</span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Music Directed by Stacy Bolt</span><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">on</span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">Stage Managed by Zach Nicol</p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><br></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-inherit-font-size gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">Auditions for all youth in grades 1-12 will be held on:</p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">Monday, August 26 AND Tuesday, August 27, 6:00 – 8:30 PM, at Wiley Middle School, 2181 Miramar Blvd, University Heights, OH 44118</p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:italic">Please enter the school through the main glass doors near the roundabout.  You only need to attend ONE day of Auditions.</span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"> </p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">Callbacks will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 6-9 PM by invitation only at Wiley Middle School.</p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">-If you are not called back, please know that does not mean you are not cast.</p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"> </p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">Please note: If you are not available to audition on these dates:<br class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text">please e-mail <span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text_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;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">We will be looking for the following when you audition:</p><ul class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial;line-height:normal"><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Listening skills and receptivity to feedback</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Positive behavior</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Ability to sing consistently on pitch and with expression</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">A solid sense of beat and rhythm</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Overall preparation (knowledge of song and self-presentation)<br class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text"> </p></li></ul><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, September 3, at 6:00 PM and will be scheduled Monday through Friday between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. You will not be called every day, only when you are needed to work. Please note that<span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline"> there may be some weekend rehearsals scheduled</span>.</p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">Attendance at ALL tech week rehearsals, sitzprobe on October 10 (where the orchestra and cast will play and sing through the show), and all performances are mandatory. Tech rehearsals begin on Thursday, October 10, 2024, and run through Thursday, October 17, 2024.</p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><br></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px">Production Dates:</p><ul class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size:14px;background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial;line-height:normal"><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Friday, October 18, 2024, 7 PM</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Saturday, October 19, 2024, 7 PM</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Sunday, October 20, 2024, 2 PM</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Thursday, October 24, 2024, 7 PM</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Saturday, October 26, 2024, 7 PM</p></li><li class="gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p class="gmail-font_8 gmail-wixui-rich-text__text" style="background:transparent;border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:0em;margin:0px">Sunday, October 27, 2024, 2 PM</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"></div></div></div>
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