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<div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Greetings! I'm the host of <a href="https://www.wbur.org/podcasts/circleround">Circle Round</a>: the kids and family folktales podcast from WBUR, Boston's NPR station!
</font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I'm also a Cleveland native who grew up enjoying theater in wonderful Northeast Ohio.</span></div>
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On Mar. 14, 2026, our NPR podcast is <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circle-round-in-cleveland-oh-tickets-1965604587233?aff=ebdsoporgprofile">recording two live episodes at the Cleveland Museum of Art</a>. </font><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We're
seeking dynamic, diverse Cleveland-area performers to submit remote auditions and I'd love to spread the word to subscribers of NEohioPAL!</b></div>
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With 1.5M monthly downloads in all 50 states and 150+ countries, Circle Round adapts age-old folktales as audio plays for modern audiences. Over the past few years, we've criss-crossed the US, recording live episodes in California, Washington state, Oregon,
Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Maryland and New York. Our Mar. 14 show marks our Ohio debut!</font></div>
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</font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Our folktales feature all sorts of characters, so <b>we're seeking performers ages 25 and up who (a) have a wide range, and (b) aren't shy about letting loose and being bold and playful on stage. Since
the origins of our folktales are so diverse, we're seeking actors with wide-ranging diversity as well.</b></span></div>
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<div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The time commitment on Mar. 14 would be roughly <b>11am-2pm</b>: we'll rehearse around 11am and perform/record at 1pm. </font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We're able to provide
each performer with <b>a stipend of $250</b>, along with meals and a set of comps. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As with a staged reading, actors will be reading from scripts on stage: no blocking, no choreography, no frills!</span></div>
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</font>For the audition, we would provide interested performers with a set of sides, and ask them to record a handful of lines using whatever recording device they have on hand. They would send the audio using whatever method they prefer: email, Google Drive,
Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc.</div>
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<div>We're excited to make our Ohio debut, and I look forward to hearing from you:
<a href="mailto:rebecca@sheirandshim.com">rebecca@sheirandshim.com</a>. Thank you!</div>
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