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<P align=center><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><B>“Arcadia” Auditions at RPI </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR> <BR>Troy, NY – May
26, 2009 — The Delta Xi Cast of Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theatre Honor
Society at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will hold auditions for Tom
Stoppard’s “Arcadia” in the RPI Playhouse, 15th Street, just south of Sage
Avenue, in Troy, New York. Audition dates are June 17 and 18 from 7-10:00
P.M. Monologues are not necessary, those auditioning will read directly
from the script. Auditions are open to all. For additional
information, please contact the director, Peter Kantor, directly at at
518-334-3690 or email him at <FONT color=#0000ff><U><A
title=http://business@daaq.net
href="mip://04d1e7e0/business@daaq.net">business@daaq.net</A></U></FONT>.<BR> <BR>Arcadia
is set in Sidley Park, an English country house, in the beginning of the 19th
century and in the present day, juxtaposing the activities of two modern
scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived
there two centuries earlier.<BR> <BR>In 1809, Thomasina Coverly, the
daughter of the house, is a precocious teenager with ideas about mathematics
well ahead of her time. She studies with her tutor, Septimus Hodge, a friend of
Lord Byron, , who is an unseen guest in the house. In 1989, a writer and an
academic converge on the house: Hannah Jarvis, the writer, is investigating a
hermit who once lived on the grounds; Bernard Nightingale, a professor of
literature, is investigating a mysterious chapter in the life of Byron. As their
investigations unfold, helped by Valentine Coverly, a post-graduate student in
mathematical biology, the truth about what happened in 1809 is gradually
revealed.<BR> <BR>The show is a comedy of words dancing around serious
themes. As with much Stoppard, it is not so much a play as a dance that
has words for music, and emotions for dance steps. Also, almost all the adult
roles need to be masters of the pro forma backstab, since they move in circles
where such things are required but not to be taken offence at. You do not need
to prepare anything for this audition. Just bring yourselves, your voices, and
your manners of presentation.</SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">English accents will be
needed by almost all characters, though in a pinch some of the modern day cast
members can be most anything. Accents will not be required for auditions, but
will be appreciated if well done. <BR></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><B>Available Roles<BR></B></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Characters of 1809</B> <BR></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Thomasina Coverly</B>, age 13-16: The daughter
of Lord and Lady Croom, Thomasina is a precocious young genius. She proposes
mathematical models that echo modern day chaos theory well before its time,
performing math no one thought to attempt before computers made it “possible”.
She has a sharp wit thinly hidden behind the veneer of youthful innocence that
is expected of her. She has a crush on Septimus which grows into a more mature
love by the end of the show.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Septimus Hodge</B>, early 20’s: Thomasina's tutor and
the academic colleague and friend of Lord Byron (an unseen but important
character in the play). While teaching Thomasina he works on his own research.
Educated, civil, and a hallmark of propriety, he has an ongoing affair with Mrs.
Chater. At the end of the show, he acknowledges his love for Thomasina and ends
up devoting the rest of his life to her, even though she will no longer be there
to share that devotion.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Jellaby</B>, middle-aged: The Crooms' butler at
Sidley Park. His chief functions are to spread gossip and deliver
letters.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Ezra Chater</B>, early 30’s: An amateur poet and
marginal botanist staying at Sidley Park. His wife's affairs lead him to
challenge Septimus to a series of duels, each avoided by Septimus’ quick wit.
Ezra, thought certainly well educated, is not exactly the sharpest knife in the
drawer.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Richard Noakes</B>, middle-aged: Mr. Noakes is Lady
Croom's gardener. Throughout the play he is working on transforming the
romantic, Arcadia-like landscape of Sidley Park into the Gothic style popular at
the time (an idea that Lady Croom begrudgingly agrees to).
<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Lady Croom</B>, late 30’s: Thomasina's mother, who
rules the Coverly estate with an iron fist. There is a good deal of flirtation
between her and Septimus (as well as other gentlemen) through the play. She may
come off a tad flighty, but it is clear that Thomasina got her sharp wit from
somewhere.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Captain Brice</B>, mid-30’s: The brother of Lady
Croom is a sea captain. He does not think much of Mr. Noakes and his Gothic
style, but is very much in love with Mrs. Chater, whom he marries after the
unfortunate death of Ezra in a botany accident.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Augustus Coverly</B>, age 15:
Thomasina’s brother and one year younger than she. He only appears and the end
of the show. He is arrogant in that teenager trying to prove they are a man sort
of way. He is the antithesis of Gus (see below), who is played by the same
person.<BR> <BR><B>Characters of the present <BR></B></SPAN><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Hannah Jarvis</B>, late 30’s: An
author of historical treatises on gardening, Hanna is researching the elusive
hermit of Sidley Park, who lived in the hermitage there in the early
1800s.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Very practical and pragmatic, a jeans and t-shirt sort
of scholar not afraid to tromp about in the mud, she has intentionally forgotten
how to even spell the word frivolity.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Chloe Coverly</B>, age 18: Chloe is the modern
day Thomasina, the daughter of the modern day Lady Croom. Like Thomasina, Chloe
is very perceptive and intelligent. She may not be a precocious genius, but she
also doesn’t hide herself behind social custom. Chloe tries to play matchmaker
to Hanna and Bernard, but ends up with him herself.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Bernard Nightingale</B>, late 30’s:
A don at a modern university, Bernard comes to Sidley Park hoping to work
with Hannah on his theory about Lord Byron staying at the estate. He tends to
forget everyone and everything else when caught up in an idea, which proves his
moral downfall when the resulting paper is quickly proven to be in error based
on evidence that had been right in front of him. He is a very flamboyant dresser
with a penchant for bright colors.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Symbol><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Valentine Coverly</B>, late 20’s: A graduate
student of mathematics, where he is trying to mathematically model grouse.
Valentine is Chloe's older brother. A foppish eccentric in that subtle
born-to-wealth sort of way. After poring over several old documents he finds on
the estate, he reluctantly comes to acknowledge Thomasina's genius. He abandons
his own research to finish proving her theories.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><B>Gus Coverly</B>, age 15:
Pathologically shy, he never speaks during the show, and has not spoken
since the age of five. Has a crush on Hannah. He is the antithesis of Augustus.
Both are played by the same person. Gus/Agustus helps to pass several important
props from past to present, and helps connect key moments in the
play.<BR> <BR>Chartered at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1937,
The Delta Xi cast of Alpha Psi Omega was formed to honor outstanding work in
theater on the RPI campus. To date, over 300 members have been inducted into our
cast. Although most members of the Delta Xi cast are RPI students, the
cast unhesitatingly accept alumni and community members who demonstrate
excellence in any field of performing arts.</SPAN></FONT>
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