FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Rabbit Run Theater and Lake Erie College hold auditions for “Proof”

CONTACT:    Karen Ziegler, Director of Marketing, RRCAA
                        440-428-5913

                        Michelle Kolk, Assoc. Dir. of Public Relations/Marketing, LEC
                        440-375-7230

DATE:            Feb. 6, 2017

As part of the 2016 - 2017 collaborative season, The Studio Series: Extraordinary Circumstances, Lake Erie College Department of Theatre and Rabbit Run Theater announce open auditions for the upcoming production of “Proof”.

“Proof” by David Auburn is directed by Dr. Jerry C. Jaffe, Associate Professor of Theatre, Lake Erie College.

Auditions are Tuesday, Feb. 14, and Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 5:00 p.m. both nights at the Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing Arts on the campus of Lake Erie College.  

On the eve of her 25th birthday, Catherine has spent years caring for her brilliant but un-stable father, a famous mathematician. Unforeseen events complicate matters, bringing the arrival of an estranged sister as well as a former student.  

Auditions will consist of readings from the script. No monologue need be prepared.  Available roles include one female in her twenties, one male and one female in their thirties and one male, age 50 or older.

Performance dates are Mar. 31 through Apr. 9.  All performances are at the C.K. Rickel Theatre in the Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing Arts on the campus of Lake Erie College, 391 West Washington St., Painesville, OH.  Access to the theater is off of Gillette St. in Painesville.

For more information visit rabbitrunonline.org or call Rabbit Run Community Arts Association at 440-428-5913.

“Proof” is made possible in part by funding through the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lake County Visitors Bureau Arts and Culture Fund, the Ohio Arts Council and ideastream.

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RRCAA is a comprehensive fine arts association offering year-round instruction in all the major disciplines of the fine and performing arts as well as operating Rabbit Run Theater, one of the few barn theaters still in operation. For more information, call RRCAA at 440-428-5913 or visit rabbitrunonline.org.

Lake Erie College, founded in 1856, provides distinctive undergraduate and graduate programs grounded in the liberal arts. We empower students to deal with the diversity, complexity and change necessary to excel in the 21^st century. We offer 35 undergraduate majors and master’s programs in business administration, education and physician assistant studies. Our students compete in 17 NCAA Division II varsity sports.