<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)">April 28, 2026</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)">Good Afternoon,  </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)">We at Workshop Players Theater in Amherst, OH are happy to invite you to apply to direct during our 2027-2028 season.  It may seem early, but our process takes some time. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)">Last November, we chose our season for 2026-2027, blurbs and logos have been created, and licenses applied for and granted.  We are currently primed to print our brochure for next season ….  SO, it’s time to start again.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)">It is our belief that directors need to have an investment in whatever is chosen to produce.  </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(230,0,14)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Therefore, instead of choosing a season randomly and then searching for directors, we like to do it the opposite way.  </span><b>We ask that you, as a potential director, submit no fewer than 4 and no more than 5 shows that you would like to direct.   Include a description <span aria-invalid="grammar" class="Lm ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">of, each</span> play (that could be copied from the licensing site), why you believe those particular pieces would be effective in our theater, and, if you have not directed with us before, also include a theatrical resume. </b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b> </b></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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:13px"><b></b><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(230,0,14)"><b>The deadline to apply is JULY 31, 2026. </b></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)">The Board of Trustees may choose to interview some of the candidates. They will select our five directors and after they are chosen, the play reading committee will read the 25-30 submitted plays and work to establish a balanced season, which will be approved by the Board in November.  </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(230,0,14);min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)"><span style="color:rgb(230,0,14)"><b>We are especially interested in CHRISTMAS PLAYS, and CHESTNUTS </b></span>(both <i>Arsenic and Old Lace </i>and <i>Harvey </i>sold particularly well).  Our audiences like to be entertained, and that is our focus.  Please do not submit absurdist or highly controversial pieces. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)">Workshop Players Theater is proud to be the longest-running theater-in-the-round in the state of Ohio.  Housed in a former one-room schoolhouse, the magic of theater is inches away from our audience members.  Naturally, that means we do have some limitations to be kept in mind when applying.  We have very limited backstage space, so we cannot store a lot of scenery.  Having very large casts with 20+ cast members would be difficult to accommodate.   </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)">We also do no more than one musical a year, and some seasons do not include a musical at all.  If you are interested in submitting a musical, please also suggest straight plays to enhance your chances of being selected.  </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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)"><span style="color:rgb(230,0,14)"><b>Everyone at Workshop Players is a volunteer. </b></span> We do it for the love of theatre, and each year we have been delighted to receive more applications from potential directors than we have slots— reaffirming to us that the love of theatre is alive and well!  Thank you for being among that number. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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>Submit applications </b>

<b>by July 31, 2026</b>  <b> to: </b></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;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>Pat Price, Chair of the Play Reading Committee .  </b><a href="mailto:pprice203@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b>pprice203@gmail.com</b></a><b> </b></p></div><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>