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Auditions
The Cleveland Play House and Great Lakes Theatre Festival will hold their annual open auditions, scheduled for Sunday May 11 and Monday May 12 from 10AM to 6PM at the Cleveland Play House, 8500 Euclid Avenue.
The following auditors will attend:.
Seth Gordon, Cleveland Play House
Andrew May, Great Lakes Theater Festival
Fred Sternfeld, Multiple affiliations
Joyce Casey, Dobama
Scott Spence, Beck Center
Terrence Spivey, Karamu House
Neil Thackaberry, Actors Summit
Greg Cesear, Cesears Forum
Sean Derry, Sean McConaha, Alanna Romansky Bang and Clatter (2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday)
Jacqi Loewy. Charenton
Pierre-Jacques Brault and Brian Marshal, Mercury Summer Stock May 12 only
Martin Costentino, Ensemble
Beth Wood (Sunday) and Raymond Bobgan (Monday), Cleveland Public Theatre
Holly Barkdoll and Dennis O'Connell, Magical Theatre (May 11 only)
Dobama Theatre and Karamu Performing Arts Theatre will hold auditions for Equity and non-Equity performers for their co-production of the musical Caroline, Or Change at Karamu House on Tuesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 15 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.
Sarah May will direct this exciting show that will open the 2008-2009 season for both theatres on September 19.
Don't miss the chance to be involved with this amazing show, written by Pulitzer Award winning playwright Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori!
Caroline, or Change revisits the early 1960’s, a period of sweeping change in race relations as it affected two families: a Southern Jewish family, and the family of their strong and proud African-American maid, Caroline. The Gellman’s little boy Noah tries to cope with the recent death of his mother. He rejects the overtures of his new step-mother Rose and worships Caroline as a surrogate mother figure. Caroline, a single mother, struggles to care for her three children at home, while her older son is off fighting in “some place they call Vietnam.” Noah and Caroline’s tentative and touching relationship is at the heart of this timely show about race, hope and love.
This musical is actually sung-through, like a chamber opera, but features a vibrant and clever score that blends blues, gospel, 60’s R&B, and Jewish melodies. The show’s Musical Director, Ed Ridley (Cleveland Play House, Playhouse Square, Karamu, and Dobama) will be looking for 16 strong singer/actors to fill the exciting cast. The complexities of the score require singers who can read and sight-sing music, as well as hear and sing harmony for most of the roles!
Auditions for Equity and non-Equity performers will be held on Tuesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 15, from 6:00 to 9:00PM at Karamu Theatre, 2355 E. 89th St. Please come prepared to sing a short vocal selection (Broadway, Standards, Blues, Gospel or Motown) and bring your sheet music. Performers whose work may not be known to the director are encouraged to prepare a short (1 minute) monologue. Actors may be asked to read from the script.
Please call 216-410-1781 or 216-231-8488 to make an appointment.
Production Dates: September 19 through October 12.
Rehearsals will begin around August 10.
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