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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: "Marker Felt"; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">THEATER VOICES will hold auditions for a staged reading of “Lost In Yonkers”, by Neil Simon, directed
by Robert Whiteman</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><b>Location</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><span style=""> </span>Steamer
No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West Lawrence Street. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><b>Times</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><span style=""> </span>Sunday
February 7, 7-10 pm<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><span style=""> </span>Monday
February 8, 7-10 pm </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;">Please arrive as close to start time as possible and be prepared
to stay until the end of auditions.<span style="">
</span>Actors will be asked to read scenes from the play.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><b>Needed:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"> <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";">2
women 40-50</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";">1
woman 65-75</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";">2
young men to play 13-17</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";">2
men 40-50</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><b>CHARACTERS</b></span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;">:</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><b>Jay</b>
(actor appears to be 16-18 years old) is the older brother of Arty and the more
serious of the brothers.<span style=""> </span>He is
harassed by Grandma more than his brother. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><b>Arty</b><span style=""> </span>(actor appears to be 12-15 years old)
is the younger brother of Arty. He is quick-witted and sharp tongued.<span style=""> </span>Grandma thinks he is “the smart one.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><b>Eddie</b>
(40-50 years old)<span style=""> </span>is the father of
Jay and Arty, and older brother to Louie and Gert. He is raising his boys alone
after the death of his wife while paying back debt owed to a loan shark and
pleasing his strict mother. He tries to be an agreeable son despite his
deep-seeded anger towards his mother. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><b>Bella</b>
(35-40 years old) is Grandma Kurnitz's mentally impaired daughter and the aunt
of Jay and Arty.<span style=""> </span>Bella has lived
at home all her life and is now taking care of her aging mother while trying to
seek a romantic relationship. Often confused, overly enthusiastic and tender. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><b>Grandma
Kurnitz</b> (appears 70-odd years old) is the mother of Eddie, Bella, Louie and Gert.<span style=""> </span>A strict, strong and fiercely guarded
woman, Grandma is a woman of few words who speaks in a heavy German
accent.<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><b>Louie</b><span style=""> </span>(36-40 years old) is the brother of
Eddie, Bella and Gert and is the toughest of the Kurnitz children.<span style=""> </span>He is a henchman for the mob. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><b>Gert</b><span style=""> </span>(35-40 years old) is the sister of
Eddie, Bella and Louie.<span style=""> </span>As a
result of her mother’s harsh parenting, she has a breathing problem that causes
her to start each sentence breathing out and to end her sentences breathing in.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;">Contact <a href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org">info@theatervoices.org</a> with
questions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;">Production Dates</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>March 26-28, 2010 (Fri.-Sun.) at Steamer
No. 10 Theatre, <span style=""> </span>Albany.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; color: black;"><a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p>