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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><BR>Will be holding auditions for:<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Production dates:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>November 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20 at the Capital Region Arts Center in Troy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This play is the recipient of a Pepsi<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Refresh grant and is based on the novel of the same name by F. Marion Crawford.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Those wishing to audition are advised to look through the website: witchofprague.com to read the synopsis of the play and a description of the characters.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At the auditions, excerpts of the script will be read; candidates will be at an advantage if they know a bit about the story and the characters.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates also should be aware that the play will be held at a location where they will be rather intimate with the audiences; therefore, nuance and subtlety will matter, while overacting is discouraged.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Character breakdown:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Urnorna</SPAN></B>: (f).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>19-30.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A self confident witch , used to having her way with men.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She goes through an emotional roller coaster upon meeting the Wanderer, a man who does not give in to her.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Throughout the play, she will exhibit a range of emotions, including anger, love, despair and frustration.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a sensual role, a character who will at times be physical with the actors.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The actress should be advised to make her character likeable, even if not all of her behaviors are likeable.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She is a complex,
multi-dimensional character.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Should look healthy, vibrant and feminine.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The Wanderer</SPAN></B>: (m). 24-30.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He enters Prague in search of his long-lost love Beatrice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He is a very understated character, detached at times.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Athletic build preferred.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Keyork Arabian</SPAN></B>: (m).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cynical, philosophical, at times arrogant.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And yet, oddly likeable.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Has the most wordy lines in the play.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At times Keyork will profess his love for Unorna, so should also have<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>a romantic side. The book says he is elderly, short and Arab, but we are open to people who are not those things trying out.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s more about conveying the character than about the physical role.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Sletchnia Axenia</SPAN></B>: (f). 18-25.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A reserved and understated character.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She is Unorna’s assistant.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At times, she conveys her own philosophical messages.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Preferably somebody who resembles Beatrice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Should look healthy and feminine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Israel Kafta</SPAN></B>: (m) 18-24.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A brash young man.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He loves Unorna, despite her indifference towards him.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Must display the kinds of emotions one goes through when in such a situation, including frustration, desperation and despair.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Should also be able to display nervousness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Beatrice</SPAN></B>: (f).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>18-25.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>High maintenance young woman, who is trying to elude the Wanderer at all costs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bitchy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Preferably somebody who resembles Sletchnia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Should look healthy and feminine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The Sleeper</SPAN></B>: (m).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Will spend most of the play lying down, only to sit up on two occasions, one to talk, the other to choke out Beatrice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Should be tall.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The book says 100 years old, but we will work with somebody younger if we cannot find anyone who fits that. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Sister Paul</SPAN></B>: (f).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No particular age.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A mild-mannered nun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Please feel free to e-mail any questions to jlasusa@yahoo.com<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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