<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B>Theater Voices</B> will hold auditions for a staged reading of <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">The Retreat From Moscow</SPAN>, by William Nicholson, directed by Marna Lawrence.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">Auditions will be based on readings from scripts.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B>Location</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West Lawrence Street.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B>Times</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">Sunday, April 23<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.4444px;">rd</SPAN></FONT> – 3-5 p.m.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">Thursday, April 27<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14.4444px;">th</SPAN></FONT> – 7-9 p.m.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B>Cast Breakdown</B> – Three roles; casting two.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">Ed – High school teacher, late 50’s. Intellectual, private, detached.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">Jamie – the son, early 30’s. Observant, vulnerable, compassionate.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B>Synopsis:</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">Alice is editing an anthology of poetry, while her husband, Edward, a history teacher, has become obsessed with a book about Napoleon’s disastrous retreat from Moscow in 1812. After 33 years of marriage, they are breaking up. They have a grown son who lives in London; non-judgmental, intelligent and articulate, he finds himself in the painful position of go-between and confidante to both parents. </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B>Production Dates</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;">June 2, 3,4, 2006 (Fri.-Sun.) at Steamer No. 10 Theatre</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><B>Contact</B>: 456-4964 or <A href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org">info@theatervoices.org</A> with questions</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV></BODY></HTML>