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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Event: Auditions for The RPI Players present An
Evening of Performance</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Time/Date: </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sunday,
November 19, 2006</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> from </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2:00pm</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> to </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5:00pm</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Monday,
November 20, 2006</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, from </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8:00 pm</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> to </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11:00pm</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>and (by appointment) </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thursday, November
16, 2006</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>, from </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8:00pm</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> to </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10:00pm</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Location: Ricketts 203, RPI Campus, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sage
Avenue</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Troy</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Telephone: (518) 276-6503</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>AN EVENING OF PERFORMANCE</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Produced by Jacob Brode</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This is the RPI Players’
annual night of one-act plays. This year will feature:</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>THE LINE THAT’S PICKED UP 1000
BABES (AND HOW IT CAN WORK FOR YOU!) (Cast: 3m, 3f) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Written by Eric Berlin</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Directed by Alexander Nelson</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Berlin takes six very different
young men and women plunks them down in an 80s singles bar and then turns up
the heat: Benny, who uses a guidebook to pick up women; Alan, who thinks he's
too sincere to be in a singles bar; Charlie, who is looking to get over a bad
relationship; Ellen, a regular on the club scene, who is trying to convince her
friend, Fran, that bars are an acceptable place to meet men; and Diane, who
clearly has her own agenda. Through their longing and hilarious, though
sometimes painful, attempts to connect with one another, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Berlin</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> manages to
remind us of how difficult it can be find a mate.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE UNIVERSE (Cast: 9m, 2f)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Written by Christopher Durang</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Directed by Bob Fishel</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Eleanor Mann is a miserably unhappy
housewife in </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>New Jersey</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. Her three sons are
disgraces, her religious fanatic husband beats her, and her vacuum cleaner
doesn’t work. In a dark comedy homage to the Book of Job in the
Bible, Ronald and Elaine are two angels sent down by God to push the poor woman
over the edge. Surrounded by tormentors, and caught up in a harebrained
scheme to assassinate the Pope, will Eleanor ever find salvation?</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>THE MYSTERY AT TWICKNAM VICARAGE
(Cast: 3m, 2f)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Written by David Ives</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Directed by Samantha Malanche</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A body on the carpet, three ridiculous Masterpiece
Theatre-style suspects and a bumbling Scotland Yard detective solve philosophical
quandaries as they investigate who killed Jeremy Thumpington-Fffienes
(pronounced "Fuh-Fuh-Fines")? The author, David Ives, mercilessly
spoofs upper-class British twits and mystery conventions. Everyone onstage has
slept with everyone else, man or woman. The corpse turns out to have been not
only bisexual, but trisexual, eagerly copulating with sofa and rug when there's
nothing more animate handy.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The RPI Players is a student run community theatre.
While RPI students are the primary participants in the organization, auditions
and production roles are open to all community members.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For more information visit www.players.rpi.edu or</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Phone: 518-276-6503</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Contact: players@union.rpi.edu</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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