<html><body><div><div><div><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">The School of Creative Arts at Cuyahoga Community College announces auditions for, "Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea," by Julia Izumi. Auditions will take place from 6:00pm - 9:00pm on November 17th & 18th in the Murphy Theatre on the Tri-C Metro Campus.</span></span></span></b></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">All Tri-C students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to audition. You do not have to be a currently enrolled student to participate! All roles are unpaid. </span></span></span></b></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">The Tri-C School of Creative Arts is committed to promoting diversity in the casting of roles where race, ethnicity, gender, age and the presence or absence of a disability is not absolutely essential to the development of the play or character. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="size">How to Audition:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></p><ul style="margin-block-start: 0px; padding-inline-start: 40px; margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 40px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="size">Cold Read from the Script</span></span></b></li><ul style="margin-block-start: 0px; padding-inline-start: 40px; margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 40px;" type="circle"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Excerpts from the script are available via email.</span></span></li></ul><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="size">Share a Story!</span></span></b></li><ul style="margin-block-start: 0px; padding-inline-start: 40px; margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 40px;" type="circle"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Tell us briefly about one of your favorite fairytales</span></span></li></ul><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="size">Optional: Showcase a Special Skill!</span></span></b></li><ul style="margin-block-start: 0px; padding-inline-start: 40px; margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 40px;" type="circle"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Play an instrument? Sing? Tumble? Whistle? Share it with us!</span></span></li></ul></ul><ul style="margin-block-start: 0px; padding-inline-start: 40px; margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 40px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="size">Sign up on the “SignUp Genius,” website for a 5-minute audition slot. Some actors may be asked to stay.</span></span></b></li><ul style="margin-block-start: 0px; padding-inline-start: 40px; margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 40px;" type="circle"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Link Here:<span> </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 154, 255);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tinyurl.com/322e67ky"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">https://tinyurl.com/322e67ky</span></span></a></span></li></ul><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal">If you are unavailable to attend in-person auditions, please contact the email below for self-tape submission instructions! </li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Sometime the Rain, Sometimes the Sea</span></span></span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Written by Julia Izumi</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Directed by Ricky Quintana</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></p><div><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Performances:</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"><span> </span>February 27, 28, March 5, 6, 7, 2026 at 7:30pm; March 1 @ 2:00pm. March 4 @ 10:00am</span></span></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Rehearsals start on:</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"><span> </span>January 12th, 2026. Rehearsals will be Monday – Thursday evenings, weekend afternoons depending on cast availability.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Synopsis: The Little Mermaid is Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved and well-known fairy tale, which is why it’s not the story our friend, Dolan, is going to tell you today. No, he’s going to tell you the story about a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human. They are not the same story at all, he swears. This playful, quirky, loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid, about a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human, unpacks some personal history about Hans Christian Andersen.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> ROLES AVAILABLE:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">RAIN CLOUD (pronounced like<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">🌧🌧</span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">)</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">No age / A rain cloud, then a female human</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">BESSIE (pronounced like<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">🐄🐄</span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">?)</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Age unknown / A cow? A sea witch? A human? A dream?</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">RALMOND (pronounced like “almond” with an R in front)</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">28, then no age/ A male human, then a rain cloud</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">MIDI (pronounced like “mini” but with a D in the middle)</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">29 / A female human</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">EDVARD (pronounced like “Edward” with a V in the middle)</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Just Old Enough to Marry / A royal male human</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">INA (pronounced like “I? Nah.”)</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Old Enough to Marry / A secretly royal female human</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">DOLAN (pronounced like “Dole Whip” except instead of “whip” you say “an”)</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Timeless / Hans Christian Andersen</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">LITTLE ONE (NOT pronounced like “mermaid”)</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size">Little / A female hero and storyteller</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="size"> </span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="size">QUESTIONS?</span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;" class="font"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="size"><span> </span>Contact Director, Ricky Quintana:<span> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 154, 255);" href="mailto:ricky.quintana@tri-c.edu">ricky.quintana@tri-c.edu</a><span> </span>or (216) 987- 4535</span></span></span></p><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>