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<DIV>CONFETTI STAGE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR THE REGIONAL PREMIERE OF<BR>MARY
MILLER's AWARD WINNING PLAY <EM>A MATTER OF GRACE</EM><BR><BR>A Matter of Grace
exposes the ugly side of the American economy: the<BR>downsizing, the greed, and
the games we play with other people's lives.<BR><BR>A modern day Faust, the
story hinges on a bet. A deal is made between<BR>Joanne Lugano, the advertising
sales director at a small cable TV<BR>network, who has sacrificed everything for
her career and having hit<BR>the glass ceiling is now driven only by the amount
of pain she can<BR>inflict upon others, and her assistant, Ann McKenzie, a
single woman<BR>in her late thirties struggling to keep a job in a career she
never<BR>wanted in a world she never envisioned. The rippling effects of
this<BR>bet envelop the lives of everyone in the office and beyond,
ultimately<BR>entrapping Joy, a homeless woman on the streets of Manhattan,
who<BR>becomes their unwitting victim in this cat-and-mouse game of life
and<BR>death.<BR><BR>Through the lives of three women we watch as they gradually
switch<BR>places, reversing roles, as their dialogue overlaps and their
lives<BR>mirror one another in ways that blur the line between the rich and
the<BR>poor - "there but for the grace of God go I."<BR><BR>CHARACTERS AVAILABLE
FOR THIS CONFETTI STAGE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION ARE:<BR><BR>ANN MCKENZIE - a
businesswoman (plays in her 30s). A prior victim of<BR>downsizing, she is
single, alone, and frightened of losing the job she<BR>has now.<BR><BR>JACK
CONNER - a sharp young man (plays 20s). He dresses and attempts<BR>to live
above his means. He looks like the cover of GQ and he knows
it.<BR><BR>HUGH WAGNER - an older man (plays 50s - 60s trying to look
younger).<BR>A veteran of the television business who is not ready to quit,
just<BR>yet. He wears heeled boots to add height and a bad
toupee.<BR><BR>JOANNE LUGANO - the boss. (plays late 30s - mid 50s). She
is single,<BR>driven and frustrated with disappointment. Well
dressed. She has<BR>fought her way up the corporate ladder and hit the
glass ceiling.<BR><BR>JOY - a homeless woman. (plays in her 30s) Recently
homeless, through<BR>no fault of her own.<BR><BR><BR>AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD ON
MONDAY, APRIL 7 & TUESDAY, APRIL 8 @ 7:00PM<BR>EACH
EVENING.<BR><BR>AUDITIONS WILL BE AT CONFETTI STAGE @ THE WOMEN'S BUILDING, 79
CENTRAL<BR>AVENUE, ALBANY, NY.<BR><BR>THOSE AUDITIONING WILL BE ASKED TO READ
SELECTIONS FROM THE SCRIPT.<BR><BR>PLEASE CONTACT MANAGING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR,
NEILSON JONES @ <BR><A href="">NEILJONES@CONFETTISTAGE.COM</A> FOR A PDF
COPY OF THE SCRIPT, IF INTERESTED.<BR><BR>REHEARSALS WILL BEGIN MID APRIL, WITH
PERFORMANCES SET FOR THE FIRST <BR>TWO WEEKENDS IN
JUNE.<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>