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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><B>Auditions at Spotlight Players Community Theater, </B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><STRONG>Call for more information:<SPAN> </SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText3 style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><SPAN><STRONG>Michael Mensching, Director, (518) 810-9534, <A href="mailto:senor65@aol.com">senor65@aol.com</A></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Spotlight Players Community Theater Inc. is pleased to announce auditions for Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” on May 7<SUP>th</SUP> and 8<SUP>th</SUP> at the Columbia High School Auditorium.<SPAN> </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><STRONG>For those who asked, a complete script and score, for free download, can be found at the following link:</STRONG><BR><BR><A href="http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/pirates/web_op/operhome.html"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/pirates/web_op/operhome.html</FONT></A><BR><BR>This will be an extremely fun community event for people ages 16 and older.<SPAN> </SPAN>Much like newer versions of Sweeney Todd and Company, this show will also contain characters that will play instruments on stage.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Although we encourage all people to audition for the show, special consideration will be given to those actors who play a musical instrument, especially piano.<SPAN> </SPAN>Currently we have 4 piano players for the show.<SPAN> </SPAN>Ideally we would like 4 more.<SPAN> </SPAN>There will be circumstances where dueling pianos will be used, so even if you just play a little, that could be great too.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Just because you don’t play an instrument is no reason not to audition; there are roles that we will cast with non-instrumentalists.<SPAN> </SPAN>If you know the show, then you know that there is a lot to sing…even the ensemble sings a great deal in the production.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">We at Spotlight are looking for a production that is as entertaining for the actors as it is for the audience. We are looking to make it a fun-filled yet challenging community theater experience.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><SPAN>v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Show description – In the Pirates of Penzance the young pirate apprentice Frederick is about to be freed from his indentured period.<SPAN> </SPAN>The honorable, Frederick, who was mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates by his partially deaf nursemaid Ruth, has decided to leave the pirate life.<SPAN> </SPAN>Now a free man, Frederick leaves for the shore.<SPAN> </SPAN>Frederick, who has never seen a woman besides Ruth, instantly falls in love with Mabel, one of the daughters of Major General Stanley.<SPAN> </SPAN>Soon though, the pirates arrive, and want to marry the rest of Major General Stanley’s daughters.<SPAN> </SPAN>Major-General Stanley enlists the help of the police
to stop the pirates.<SPAN> </SPAN>Frederick desires to help General Stanley and the police to help protect the ladies, but soon he discovers that due to a technicality, he is still bound by duty to remain an apprentice to the pirates.<SPAN> </SPAN>All is well in the end when it is discovered that the pirates have noble blood and would in fact be suitable husbands for Major General Stanley’s daughters.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><SPAN>v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B>Ruth</B>—Ruth is the half-deaf nursemaid of Frederic, she joined the Pirates after mistakenly apprenticing Frederic.<SPAN> </SPAN>Age:<SPAN> </SPAN>40—70, Voice: Mezzo</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif" align=center>We'll see you at the auditions!<BR></B><B> </B></P>
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