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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2>Auditions for Albany Civic Theater's final show of the 2009-2010 season, <I>Our Town</I>, by <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1265471091_3 class=yshortcuts>Thornton Wilder</SPAN>, directed by Carol King, will be held Monday, <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_4 class=yshortcuts>February 15</SPAN> and Tuesday, <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_5 class=yshortcuts>February 16</SPAN>, 2010 at Albany Civic Theater, 235 <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1265471091_6 class=yshortcuts>Second Avenue</SPAN> , <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_7 class=yshortcuts>Albany , NY</SPAN> 12209 . 462-1297, <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1265471091_8 class=yshortcuts><A href="http://us.mc567.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=info@albanycivictheater.org" rel=nofollow
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I>Our Town</I> runs May 7-23, 2010.</FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2>Auditions begin at 7pm both evenings; there is no need to make an appointment. There is no need to prepare a monologue; auditions will consist of <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_9 class=yshortcuts>cold readings</SPAN> from the script. We are looking for 5 women, able to play ages 12-60 (approximate), and 13 men, able to play ages 12-69 (approximate).</FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I>Our Town</I> explores the lives of people living in a small, quintessentially American town. Covering a period from 1901 to approximately 1917, the play is set in the New England community of Grover's Corners and is divided into three aspects of the human experience: Daily Life, Love and Marriage, and Death and Loss – each aspect reminding playgoers to notice and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. <I>Our Town</I> was the recipient of the <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_10 class=yshortcuts>Pulitzer Prize</SPAN> for Literature in 1938.</FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT size=2>Please note: </FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN>There may be some doubling.<SPAN> </SPAN>Anyone who can sing will be welcomed for the choir scene.<SPAN> </SPAN>For the most part, the ages are an approximation. <SPAN> </SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Wally Webb</SPAN></I><SPAN> (12), little brother of Emily. He dies after his appendix ruptures.</SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Si Crowell</SPAN></I><SPAN> (12-15), </SPAN><SPAN>Joe Crowell's younger brother. He takes over his brother's paper route.</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Joe Crowell</SPAN></I><SPAN> (15), n</SPAN><SPAN>ewspaper boy who became an outstanding student in high school and later at MIT but died in World War I.</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Sam Craig</SPAN></I><SPAN> (20-39), </SPAN><SPAN>Emily Webb's cousin. He went west to pursue his career but returns for Emily's funeral.</SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Simon Stimson</SPAN></I><SPAN> (20-49), h</SPAN><SPAN>e is the choirmaster at the Congregationalist church and the town alcoholic. He commits suicide.</SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Frank Gibbs</SPAN></I><SPAN> (30-59), hard-working town physician who goes out to tend to his patients at all hours. At the beginning of the play, he arrives home after just delivering the twins of a woman in Polish town, a section of Grover's Corners.</SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Howie Newsome</SPAN></I><SPAN> (30-69), m</SPAN><SPAN>ilkman who makes deliveries from a cart drawn by his old horse Bessie.</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Joe Stoddard</SPAN></I><SPAN> (30-69), un</SPAN><SPAN>dertaker in charge of Emily Webb's funeral.</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN><SPAN id=lw_1265471091_13 class=yshortcuts>Bill Warren</SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN> (30-69), c</SPAN><SPAN>onstable who keeps law and order and once rescued a man from a snowdrift.</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Professor Willard</SPAN></I><SPAN> (30-69), e</SPAN><SPAN>xpert on the geological and anthropological background of Grover's Corners. In a boring speech, he helps the <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_14 class=yshortcuts>stage manager</SPAN> describe the town and its history to the audience. </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>The Stage Manager</SPAN></I><SPAN> (40-69), h</SPAN><SPAN>e sets up the stage, introduces the play, describes the setting, provides background information during the play, and sometimes steps into scenes to talk with the characters. In some ways, he resembles the chorus of an ancient <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_15 class=yshortcuts>Greek</SPAN> play or the omniscient narrator of a novel.</SPAN></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Rebecca Gibbs</SPAN></I><SPAN> (12), little sister of George.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Emily Webb</SPAN></I><SPAN> (18-24), intelligent, pretty, engaging daughter of Charles and Myrtle Webb. She marries a next-door neighbor, <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_16 class=yshortcuts>George Gibbs</SPAN>, but dies nine years into her marriage while giving birth to her second child.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Myrtle Webb</SPAN></I><SPAN> (30-49), d</SPAN><SPAN>evoted wife of <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_17 class=yshortcuts>Charles Webb</SPAN>.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><I><SPAN>Julia Gibbs</SPAN></I><SPAN> (30-49), devoted wife of Dr. Gibbs. She dreams of visiting <SPAN id=lw_1265471091_18 class=yshortcuts>Paris</SPAN> with her husband but never gets the chance.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #4b241a; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">Our Mission</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #4b241a; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"><BR>It is the intent of Albany Civic Theater to provide education and training in acting, directing, writing, speech, staging, producing, reviewing, and other aspects of the dramatic arts. <BR><BR>We aim to encourage and foster community interest and participation in the dramatic arts through the non-profit sponsorship of plays, lectures, publications, workshops, study groups, drama libraries and related activities.</SPAN>
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