<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">3 Dollar Bill Productions is casting three staged readings on <span style="font-weight: bold;">SATURDAY, JANUARY 23rd</span>, from <span style="font-weight: bold;">1PM - 4PM</span>. <br>
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Auditions will be held on the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_6">SUNY Albany campus</span>, in the Arena Theater in the PAC</span> (<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_7">Performing Arts Center</span>). Signs will be posted to help you find the space.<br>
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Two of the three plays are written by SUNY Albany alum Tim O'Leary,
currently an actor/writer/director living in NYC. The third is by local
playwright Michael Meade.<br>
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The first reading will be performed on Feburary 20th, the second on
March 20th, and the third on April 24th. All plays have the possibility
of an additional reading on the SUNY campus around the same time.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Seeking:</span><br>
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MEN AND WOMEN for a variety of roles. Age range: late teens to 50's.<br>
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Sides will be presented at the auditions, and you will be given time to
rehearse. It is not necessary to have anything prepared. Please bring
a <span style="font-weight: bold;">photo of yourself</span> with you. It doesn't have to be anything fancy -- just so we'll remember you!<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE:</span> The previous collaboration between playwright Tim O'Leary and 3 Dollar Bill Productions resulted in his play, <span style="font-style: italic;">Pieces on the Board</span>, being performed in a professional Equity production in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_8">New York</span> as part of the NY International Fringe Festival, and starring <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_9">Josh Berresford</span> of <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_10">Dante's Cove</span></span>. (In other words, getting cast in the readings could open doors to a part in the future.)<br>
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Any questions, feel free to email Tim at:<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a rel="nofollow">tim@timolearyonline.com</a></span><br>
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About the plays:<br>
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Play #1:<br>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Nightmare World: A Sci-fi Action-Adventure <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_11">Romantic Comedy</span></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">by Tim O'Leary<br>
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">In <i>Nightmare World</i>,
we're taken into an alternate United States where the government, led
by a shadowy figure named Cleopatra, has clamped down on <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_1"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_12">civil rights</span></span>
and criminalized homosexuality. Amidst the totalitarian regime, a
ragtag band of freedom fighters has gone underground and begun fighting
back. Brought into this fold is a young man who has the potential to
change the world. But can he do it before the government destroys
everything (and everyone) he loves? Warriors, prophecies, and magical
quests abound in this piece of speculative fiction that examines very
real problems through a fantastical lens.</div>
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Play #2:<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Shadows of Springfield</span><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">by Michael Meade</span><br>
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<font size="+0"><font size="2" color="black" face="arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">A look at the early years of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263141010_2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_13">Abraham Lincoln</span></span> in
rural Illinois and his relationship with his close friend Joshua Speed.
In Joshua's company, the painfully shy Young Abraham finds
acceptance and understanding, as well as a release for his pent-up
romantic longings. But the freedom they experience in a rough frontier
society is threatened as the constraints of civilization and adult
responsibilities close in around them. The play examines not only the
controversial relationship between Lincoln and Speed, but the inner
struggles and external pressures that sent a young man on the path to
greatness. </span></font></font><br>
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Play #3:<br>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>The Redemption of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_2"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_14">Aphrodite</span></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_2">by Tim O'Leary<br>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_3" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; cursor: pointer;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_15">Ancient Greece</span></span>: 3,000 BC. A young woman wanders to Thebes and stumbles upon a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_4">royal family</span> in turmoil as two brothers vie for the throne of the kingdom. She is taken in and soon falls in love with the princess <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_5" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; cursor: pointer;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;"
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_16">Antigone</span></span>, who is worried for the future of her family. All of this is observed by the gods Apollo and Aphrodite, who have
their own stakes in the goings-on in the kingdom. Can <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263075094_6">true love</span> be enough to conquer the greed and thirst for power that affects not only mortals, but gods, as well?</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Redemption of Aphrodite</span> is part of a trilogy of plays, the first of which, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Wrath of Aphrodite</span>, had its premiere at GayFest NYC in May of 2008, with an Equity cast that included <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_17">Ryan Serhant</span> of <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263153707_18">Guiding Light</span></span>.</span></div></td></tr></table><br>