<p><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font size="6">Reminder - Theater Voices Auditions</font></font> <font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font size="6"><br>
</font></font></p><p><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font size="6">Aug. 30 & 31st</font></font></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><br>
</p><p><font size="4">Theater Voices</font> will hold auditions for a staged reading of <a href="http://theatervoices.org/season/play01.html">Wit</a>, by Margaret Edson, directed by Carol King.</p>
<dl><dt>Location</dt><dd>Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West
Lawrence Street.</dd><dt>Times</dt><dd> Sunday August 30th: 5:00pm - 7:00pm<br>
Monday August, 31st: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
</dd><dd><em>(Please arrive as close to start time as
possible and be prepared to stay until the end. Actors will be asked to
read scenes from the play)</em></dd><dt>Character Breakdown:</dt><dd><strong>Harvey Kelekian M.D. </strong>: 50s – 70s Chief of Medical Oncology, University Hospital</dd><dd><strong>Jason Posner, M.D. </strong>:late 20s Clinical Fellow, Medical Oncology Branch
</dd><dd><strong>Susie Monahan, R.N., B.S.N.</strong> : late 20s Primary Nurse, Cancer Inpatient Unit
</dd><dd><strong>E.M. Ashford, D. Phil. </strong>: 70s-80s Professor Emerita of English Literature
</dd><dd><strong>Mr. Bearing </strong>: Vivian’s father
</dd><dd>Lab technicians, Students, Residents etc. may be played by 2-3 actors.
</dd><dd><em>(The role of Vivian Bearing, Ph.D. has been cast.</em>)</dd><dt>Synopsis</dt><dd>The
play is structured as the last hours of Dr Vivian Bearing, a university
professor of English, who is dying of ovarian cancer. She recalls the
initial diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer from her
oncologist, Dr Harvey Kelekian. Dr Kelekian then proposes an
experimental chemotherapeutic treatment regimen consisting of eight
rounds at full dosage. Vivian agrees to the treatment.
Over the course of the play, Bearing assesses her own life through the
intricacies of the English language, especially the use of wit and the
metaphysical poetry of John Donne.
</dd><dt><br></dt><dd><br></dd><dt>Production Dates</dt><dd>October 23, 24, 25, 2009 (Fri.-Sun.) at Steamer No. 10 Theatre</dd><dd><a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a></dd></dl>
<p>Announcements will also be listed in the local newspaper and media calendar listings. Contact <a href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org">info@theatervoices.org</a>
with questions </p>