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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U> Civic Players Announce Auditions for <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">LITTLE
WOMEN<o:p></o:p></I></U></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Auditions for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Little Women</I>
(the musical) will take place on Tuesday, September 15, and Thursday, September
17, at 7:30 P.M. at the Schenectady Civic Playhouse, <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">12 S. Church St.</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Schenectady</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">12305</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sign-up is at 7:15 P.M.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please prepare 16 bars of a Broadway
show tune.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No pop or rock.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An accompanist will be provided.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The production will be directed by
Duncan Morrison with music direction by Val Lord.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Little Women</I>
is a musical with a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by
Jason Howard.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic 1869 semi-autobiographical novel, it
focuses on the four March sisters - feisty, tomboyish, aspiring author Jo,
romantic Meg, pretentious Amy, and kind-hearted Beth - and their beloved Marmee,
at home in Concord, Massachusetts while the family patriarch is away serving as
a Union Army Chaplain during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which
their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo
writes in her attic studio.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A
recent Broadway musical, this transformative take on the classic novel received
a Tony Award and three Drama Desk Awards. </FONT></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Character
Descriptions<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Jo March</B> – A
passionate young woman, age 19. This is her story and her journey. The story
centers around her life, from the Christmas that it all started, to the
publishing of “Little Women” and her engagement to Professor
Bhaer.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Laurie</B>
(Theodore Laurence III) – A young, and often hopeless, boy-next-door, age 16. He
loves Jo dearly during Act One, but quickly is rejected when he proposes. He
later travels to <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> and meets, Amy, who he
falls in love with.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Meg</B> – The
oldest sister. Yearns for a great life. She has twins during the course of the
Musical, and marries John Brooke.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Amy</B> – The
youngest sister and rather whiney individual, she has a rather pompous manner,
and by that, she rides into society. She marries Laurie.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Beth</B> – The
second youngest sister. Dies of Scarlet Fever. She is a peace-maker, and always
sees the good in everyone.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Marmee </B>– The
strong mother. She is the backbone of the family. Her songs show how truly
trying this is, however.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Mr. John
Brooke</B> – Laurie's Tutor, a rather stiff man, late 20s, but capable of
showing emotion. Marries Meg.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Mr. Laurence</B>
- Laurie's grandfather, age 60-70. He is a stiff elderly man, but he eventually
shows his softer side.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Professor
Bhaer</B> – A German man, 35-40, who falls in love with Jo.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Mrs. Kirk</B> –
The middle-aged Irish owner of the Boarding House at which Jo
stays.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Aunt March</B> –
An older woman who is the Matriarch of the March Clan. She is very rich, but
apparently close to death, revising her will toward the end of the
play.</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>Production dates are December 4 - 6 and December 9 - 13.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information please contact
the director, Duncan Morrison, at </FONT><A
title=mailto:morrisonduncan@yahoo.com
href="mailto:morrisonduncan@yahoo.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff size=3>morrisonduncan@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> or check out www.civicplayers.org.</FONT></P>
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