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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Swis721 BT">Auditions for Albany Civic Theater's final show of the 2009-2010 season, <I><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1266253248_0 class=yshortcuts>Our Town</SPAN></I>, by <SPAN id=lw_1266253248_1 class=yshortcuts>Thornton Wilder</SPAN>, directed by Carol King, will be held Monday, <SPAN id=lw_1266253248_2 class=yshortcuts>February 15</SPAN> and Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Albany Civic Theater, 235 <SPAN id=lw_1266253248_3 class=yshortcuts>Second Avenue</SPAN> , <SPAN id=lw_1266253248_4 class=yshortcuts>Albany , NY</SPAN> 12209 . 462-1297, <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1266253248_5 class=yshortcuts>info@albanycivictheater.org</SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I>Our Town</I> runs May 7-23, 2010.</FONT> </FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Swis721 BT">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 cold readings 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><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><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_1266253248_6 class=yshortcuts>Pulitzer Prize</SPAN> for Literature in 1938.</FONT> </FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT size=2 face="Swis721 BT">Please note: </FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><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></FONT>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Wally Webb</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(12) Little brother of Emily. He dies after his appendix ruptures.</SPAN> </FONT></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><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></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Joe Crowell</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(15) </SPAN><SPAN>Newspaper boy who became an outstanding student in high school and later at MIT but died in World War I.</SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><BR></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1266253248_7 class=yshortcuts>George Gibbs</SPAN></SPAN> </I><SPAN>(18-24) Upright son of Frank and Julia Gibbs. He is a star baseball player who has always loved Emily Webb. When she dies, he is broken-hearted.</SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><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></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Simon Stimson</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(20-49) </SPAN><SPAN>He is the choirmaster at the Congregationalist church and the town alcoholic. He commits suicide.</SPAN> <SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1266253248_8 class=yshortcuts>Charles Webb</SPAN></SPAN> </I><SPAN>(30-59) </SPAN><SPAN>Editor of the Grover's Corners <I>Sentinel</I> and father of two children, Emily and Wally. </SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><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></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Howie Newsome</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(30-69) </SPAN><SPAN>Milkman who makes deliveries from a cart drawn by his old horse Bessie.</SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Joe Stoddard</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(30-69) </SPAN><SPAN>Undertaker in charge of Emily Webb's funeral.</SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN><SPAN id=lw_1266253248_9 class=yshortcuts>Bill Warren</SPAN></SPAN> </I><SPAN>(30-69) </SPAN><SPAN>Constable who keeps law and order and once rescued a man from a snowdrift.</SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Professor Willard</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(30-69) </SPAN><SPAN>Expert on the geological and anthropological background of Grover's Corners. In a boring speech, he helps the <SPAN id=lw_1266253248_10 class=yshortcuts>stage manager</SPAN> describe the town and its history to the audience. </SPAN> <SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>The Stage Manager</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(40-69) </SPAN><SPAN>He 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_1266253248_11 class=yshortcuts>Greek</SPAN> play or the omniscient narrator of a novel.</SPAN> </FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Rebecca Gibbs</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(12) Little sister of George.</SPAN> </FONT></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Emily Webb</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(18-24) Intelligent, pretty, engaging daughter of Charles and Myrtle Webb. She marries a next-door neighbor, George Gibbs, but dies nine years into her marriage while giving birth to her second child.</SPAN> </FONT></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Myrtle Webb</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(30-49) </SPAN><SPAN>Devoted wife of Charles Webb.</SPAN> </FONT></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Julia Gibbs</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(30-49) Devoted wife of Dr. Gibbs. She dreams of visiting Paris with her husband but never gets the chance.</SPAN> </FONT></FONT><SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Swis721 BT"><I><SPAN>Louella Soames</SPAN> </I><SPAN>(30-60) </SPAN><SPAN>Choir member and friend of Myrtle Webb and Julia Gibbs. She criticizes Simon Stimson for his drinking.</SPAN> </FONT></FONT><SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></td></tr></table><br>