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<div style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="5">The Classic Theatre Guild, Inc will be holding </font></span><b><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="5">AUDITIONS</font></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="5"> for</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="7">Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</font></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="5"><span style="font-family:Garamond">By Tennessee Williams</span></font></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="5">Directed by Rachael Sheffer</font></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><br></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="7"><font size="6"><font size="7"><span style="font-family:Garamond">December 7th</span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">At Zuzu's Wonderful Life Cafe</font></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">299 Hamilton St</font></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">Albany, NY 12210</font></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Beginning at 4 p.m</font></b><font size="3">.</font></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><br></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><i><font size="3">and</font></i></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="7"><font size="6"><font size="7"><span style="font-family:Garamond">December 10th</span></font></font></font></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">At the Albany Jewish Community Center</font></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">340 Whitehall Rd</font></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">Albany, NY 12208</font></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Beginning at 7 p.m.</font></b></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><br></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="5"><span style="font-family:Garamond">All roles are available.</span></font></p>
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<span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof </i><font size="3">tells the story of a </font></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">Southern family in crisis, focusing on the turbulent relationship of a wife and husband, Maggie "The Cat" and Brick P</font></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">ollitt, and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of one evening at </font></span><span name="IL_SPAN"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">the family</font></span></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3"> estate in Mississippi</font></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">, ostensibly to celebrate the birthday o</font></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">f patriarch and tycoon "Big Daddy" </font></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">Pollitt. Maggie, through wit and beauty, has escaped a childhood of desperate poverty to marry into the wealthy Pollitt family, but finds herself suffering in an unfulfilling marriage. </font></span><span name="IL_SPAN"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">Brick</font></span></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">, an aging football hero, has neglected his wife and further infuriates her by ignoring his brother's attempts to gain control of the family f</font></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">ortune. Brick's indifference and his near-continuous drinking date back to the recent suicide of his friend Skipper. </font></span><span name="IL_SPAN"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">Big Daddy</font></span></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3"> is unaware that he has cancer and will not live to see another birthday; his doctors and his family have conspired to keep this information </font></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">from him and his wife. His relatives are in attendance and attempt to present themselves in the best possible light, hoping to receive the definitive share of Big Daddy's enormous wealth.</font></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Margaret "Maggie" </font></b><font size="3">(F, mid 20-mid 30s)</font></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Brick</font></b><font size="3"> (M, mid 20-mid 30s) married to Maggie.</font></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Mae "Sister Woman" </font></b><font size="3">(M, mid 30s-mid 40s) married to Gooper.</font></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><font size="3">Gooper "Brother Man"</font></b><font size="3"> (M, mid 30s-mid 40s) </font></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Big Mama</font></b><font size="3"> (F, 60s) the family matriarch.</font></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><font size="3">Big Daddy </font></b><font size="3">(M, 60s) the family patriarch.</font></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Dixie</font></b><font size="3"> (F, 10-15) Mae and Gooper's daughter.</font></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Reverend Tooker</font></b><font size="3"> (M, 30s-60s) a pastor.</font></span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Doctor Baugh </font></b><font size="3">(M, 45-60s) the family doctor.</font></span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Lacey</font></b><font size="3"> (20s-50s) a servant, African-American.</font></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Sookey </font></b><font size="3">(20s-50s) a servant, African-American.</font></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><b><font size="3">Three additional children </font></b></span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="3">(various ages) Mae and Gooper's children</font><font size="3">.</font></span></p>
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<font size="5"><span style="font-family:Garamond">Be prepared for accent-work (Mississippi) and cold-readings.</span></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><br></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="5"><span style="font-family:Garamond">Rehearsals will begin in mid-to-late January</span></font></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="5"><span style="font-family:Garamond">Performance Dates- March 19, 21-22, 26, 28-29</span></font></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="5">Performances will be at the Albany Jewish Community Center</font></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span style="font-family:Garamond"><br></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="5">For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.classictheatreguild.org" target="_blank">www.classictheatreguild.org</a> </font></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="5">or</font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="5"> contact <a href="mailto:rachael.sheffer@gmail.com" target="_blank">rachael.sheffer@gmail.com</a></font></span></span></span></p>
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