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</SPAN>12 South Church Street, Schenectady, NY 12305</SPAN><B
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Open auditions for the first show of our 84th
season . . . </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Ken Ludwig’s </SPAN></I><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">LEADING
LADIES</SPAN></I></B><I><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><I><FONT size=3>Directed by Melissa Putterman
Hoffmann.</FONT></I> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT size=5><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>At Schenectady Civic Playhouse</FONT>, <FONT
size=4>12 So. Church St., Schenectady. Tuesday and Thursday, June 7 & 9, at
7:30 p.m.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sign-ups begin at 7:15.
(Performance dates Oct. 14 - 23.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Roles for 5 men, 3 women, age ranges 20s to 70s. More information <A
href="mailto:ghoffma1@nycap.rr.com">ghoffma1@nycap.rr.com</A> or telephone
374-0224.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Ken Ludwig’s</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">LEADING
LADIES</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> (his
other hits include “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Moon Over Buffalo) takes place in the
spring of 1958 in and around York, Pennsylvania.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two English actors, Jack and Leo, are
down on their luck and find themselves touring the Elks and Moose Lodge circuit
performing “Scenes from Shakespeare.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>They read in the newspaper that an elderly lady, a millionairess, is
searching for her long lost relatives, Steve and Max, last seen when they were
leaving for England with their mother. As luck would have it, the millionaires
is elderly and frail and hoping to leave Steve and Max her fortune.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jack and Leo resolve to pass themselves
off as her beloved nephews, until they discover that Max amd Steve are Maxine
and Stephanie, long lost nieces!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Meg Snider</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – (20s-30s) vibrant, warm,
beautiful in every way.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She has
convinced herself she is happy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She
is engaged to Reverend Wooley, but she possesses a thirst for life that won’t be
satisfied by remaining in York, PA for the rest of her
life.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Leo Clark</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – (40s) English actor, down
to his last $1.50, but determined to survive.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He is the quintessential leading man and
later a flamboyant and sophisticated lady.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>He is the more alpha of the Leo/Jack friendship. (English
accent.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jack Gable</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – (40s) English actor, but
the less confident and bold of the pair.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>He spots the bad ideas as they become plans, but is unable to stop the
tide of Leo’s determination.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He is
the voice of reason. (English accent.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Audrey</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – (20s-30s).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The comic love interest.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The role requires some roller
skating.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She is a knockout, warm
and good-natured.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Reverend Duncan
Wooley</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> –
the local pastor, engaged to Meg, but noticeably older than she is.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He is set in his ways, more a fussbudget
than a villain, has no sense of humor, no poetry in his soul, and no
appreciation for what the world holds.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>An ideal foil. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Florence
Snider</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> –
(“mature female role”)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>York,
Pennsylvania millionairess-about-to-die.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Sometimes crusty, sometimes frail.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Doc Meyers</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – (50-60s)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Warm, affable.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He is a country doctor who (of
course)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>makes house calls, and a
friend of the family.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Butch Meyers</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – (20s)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Doc’s son and Audrey’s fiancé, not the
sharpest knife in the drawer, but sincere and good-hearted.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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