<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"; color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Marker Felt'" size="7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px;">Theater Voices Auditions - The Cocktail Hour</span></font></font></span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"; color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">Theater Voices will hold auditions for a staged reading of <b>“The Cocktail Hour”</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> by <b>A.R. Gurney</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">, directed by Judy Spevack.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West Lawrence Street.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">Times<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Sunday</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">, April 20, 3:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Monday</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">, April 21, 7:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">Contact <a href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org">info@theatervoices.org</a> with questions<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">Set in Upstate New York in the mid ‘70s, John, a playwright, returns to his family’s home bringing with him a new play, in which he has written about them. His purpose is to obtain permission to proceed with production, but his wealthy, and very proper parents are cautious from the outset. For them the theatre is personified by the gracious, comforting era of the Lunts and Ina Claire, and they are disturbed by the bluntness of modern plays. As John begins to describe his play, what starts out as a pleasant family gathering, appropriately at cocktail hour, quickly begins to come unglued. But<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>warmth and humor surmount the disputes and cautious but hopeful anticipation prevails.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">Actors needed for the following roles:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>John</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">. Age range early 40s. The middle child of three offspring is seeking to discover why he’s always been an outsider in the family, seemingly unloved by his rigid, know-it-all father and overlooked by his good-natured mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Ann</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">. Age range-65-70.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Relaxed and somewhat aloof in manner, Ann is a woman of moneyed background, accustomed to being served, who rules the roost and seeks to maintain balance and order in her life and in the lives of those around her.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><b>Nina. </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Age range mid-40s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John’s older married sister who fills her compulsively disciplined days with various interests, including a dedicated desire to move to Cleveland and train Seeing Eye Dogs. Her role in John’s play is a minor role, which doesn’t sit well with her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">The role of Bradley, the father, has been cast.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; ">Production Dates<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>May 30, 31 & June 1, 2008 (Fri.-Sun.) at Steamer No. 10 Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande'"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande'">www.theatervoices.org</font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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