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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Confetti Stage announces auditions for its Winter production of Paul Rudnick’s comedy, I HATE HAMLET<FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, directed by Neil Jones</FONT>.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">AUDITIONS will be held on <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Tuesday, NOVEMBER 17, 2009</STRONG></FONT> at <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Confetti Stage @ The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Albany</st1:City></st1:place> Masonic Hall</STRONG></FONT>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">67 Corning Place</st1:address></st1:Street>, Downtown Albany, NY.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(directly behind City Hall and across the street from The Crowne Plaza)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Registration will begin at 6:30 with AUDITIONS beginning at 7:00pm.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">If you are NOT able to attend this audition date, please contact <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Neil Jones</st1:PersonName> @ 518-253-1253 before Tuesday, November 17 to schedule an audition by appointment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Those auditioning by appointment will be asked to prepare a 1-minute comic monologue.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Those auditioning on Tuesday, November 17 are asked to bring only themselves and their talented imagination.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You do not need to prepare anything for this audition date.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Be prepared to have FUNN while auditioning.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A brief rehearsal period will begin in early January.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I HATE HAMLET is scheduled for production January 29 – February 7 at The Albany Masonic Hall in Downtown Albany.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">THE STORY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a hit television series; a rich beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous, devoted agent; the perfect <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State> apartment; and the chance to play Hamlet in <st1:place w:st="on">Central Park</st1:place>. There are, however, a couple of glitches in paradise. Andrew's series has been canceled; his girlfriend is clinging to her virginity with unyielding conviction; and he has no desire to play Hamlet. When Andrew's agent visits him, she reminisces about her brief romance with John Barrymore many years ago, in what is now Andrew's apartment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The laughs are nonstop as Andrew wrestles with his conscience, the ghost of John Barrymore, and his sword. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">"...<I>unapologetically silly and at times hilarious... affectionately amusing about the theatre..."</I> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<B>The New York Times</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">"... <I>fast-mouthed and funny...It has the old-fashioned Broadway virtues of brightness without pretensions and sentimentality without morals."</I> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-The Village Voice</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Andrew Rally: 20s – 30s -<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>handsome and charming television actor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Felicia Dante: 40s – 50s –<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>a tall and imposing real estate agent with a strong passion<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">for <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:City> apartments.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Deirdre McDavey: late 20s -<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Andrew’s girlfriend. always on the verge of a swoon, a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">romantic, irresistibly appealing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Lillian Troy: 70s -<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Andrew’s agent. Striking, German, no-nonsense<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">John Barrymore: late 30s–50s-phenomenally sexual and dashing; he is the very image of a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">sly romantic hero<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Gary Peter Lefkowitz: 30s -<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>personifies LA shaggy-chic. an extremely happy overgrown<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">For more information please call Neil at 518-253-1253 or email at stageboynewyork@aol.com.Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on The Stage</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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