<font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Confetti Stage, Inc. is totally psyched to announce auditions for Confetti Fest 7!</span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><br>
<b>Tuesday & Wednesday, August 30 & 31, 2011<br>Doors open at 6:30pm<br></b><span style="display: inline; "><b>Auditions begin at 7:00pm</b><br><br><b>Confetti Stage @ the Albany Masonic Hall<br>
67 Corning Place<br></b></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><b>Albany, NY 12207</b><br>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Confetti Stage continues its tradition of giving Albany area playwrights the opportunity to see their short plays produced as part of Confetti Fest.<br>
</span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">Come audition to be part of this Award Winning Short Play and Film Festival!</span></font></div>
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</font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif">We have 26+ roles available in six different shows.<br>
<br></font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Actors do not need to prepare anything, </b>but should be prepared to have a fun time playing and reading from any of the 6 short plays.<br>
<br>Rehearsals will begin on or after Sept 6.<br><b>Confetti Fest 7 runs October 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, & 15.</b><br><br>If you have questions:</font></span></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline">-check our Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203401876385630">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203401876385630</a></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"> </span></span></font></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif">-call Katelyn (518) 225-2843</font></span></div><div>
<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Shows </b>and <u>Roles</u>:<br>
<br><b>Ace and Eight</b>- They say the deeds of one's past dictates one's destiny but an act of love can abruptly change it.<br></font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u>The</u> <u>Dealer</u>: a mysterious individual who knows a great deal but reveals even less<br>
</font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u>Tess</u> <u>Reilly</u>: A happy and proud woman who hangs onto her old-fashioned ideals<br>
</font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u>Sal</u> <u>Masselli</u>: A good-natured man with a big heart but a tough persona<br>
</font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u>Kerry</u> <u>Bradford</u>: An innocent young man with high ideals and honest love for Alicia<br>
</font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u>Alicia</u> <u>Kovacs</u>: A street-wise calculating woman who never believed in real love<br>
</font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u>Harold</u> <u>Bascomb</u>: An angry and combative man and full of regret<br>
</font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u>Charles</u> <u>Lang</u>: A patient, honest individual always willing to give of himself<br>
</font></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span style="display:inline"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u>Eileen</u>: The establishment's proprietor who is clueless as to the happenings taking place<br>
<br><b>Blue</b>- A profane, chauvenistic comedian experiences a personal tragedy that makes him re-evaluate his career.<br><u>Otto</u> <u>Ontario</u>: the stand-up<br><u>Plants</u>: at least three people in audience who double as Otto's opening act, the MC, and the headlining prop comic<br>
<br><b>Bureau of Investigation</b>- A murder is solved- by the victim's furniture.<br>Narrator: A tough yet suave detective type in a brown suit<br><u>Victoria</u>: A prim, Victorian young woman<br><u>Oliver</u>: Slick haired, gossipy (Can be a woman; Olivia)<br>
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Louisa</u>: Heavily made-up, hair curly and loose<br><u>Edgar</u>: Dapper gentleman, well-fitting suit and top hat<br><i>There may also be non-speaking roles available:</i><br><u>Nitwit</u>: Elderly gentleman<br><u>Lawyer</u>: Boring gentleman<br>
<u>Rosa</u>: Secretary type<br><u>
Drafty</u>: Older man; Nitwit's brother<br><u>Blot</u>: Young man-about-town<br><u>Martha</u>: Elderly housekeeper<br><br><b>He's Not Catholic</b>- A short comedy about an over-the-hill entertainment business that's committed a regrettable mistake by sending a stripper to a Catholic Women's Society meeting.<br>
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Asher</u> <u>Lazar</u> (50s; male): Owner of a small town entertainment business well past it's heyday. Jewish, energetic when necessary, but a tad tired of the whole thing.<br><u>Bela</u> <u>Cusack</u> (60s, male; slightly diminutive): A struggling Jewish entertainer who fled Poland during the German invasion carrying his beloved accordion. Idolizes accordion god, Myron Floren, and can't quite get over the fact that the Lawerence Welk Show is no longer popular. <br>
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Cora</u> <u>Broadwell</u> (40s, female; stripper/dancer physique): A nice enough Scientologist stripper with a sad story. Perhaps a little past her prime. Works for Asher Lazar.<br><u>Monsignor</u> <u>Moran</u> (50s, male; imposing physique): A not-so-nice Catholic priest who has a deal to make with Lazar.<br>
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Bernice</u>: (20-40 female; buxom, shapely): Catholic secretary to Asher Lazar. A sympathetic character who's prone to wardrobe malfunctions.<br><br><b>Home Again</b>- A retiree visits his childhood home in a bad part of town to find it occupied by a black family and spends time with the housewife, during which their likes and differences are revealed.<br>
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Chet</u> <u>Fredericks</u>: 70s, white male<br><u>Yvonne</u> <u>Williams</u>: 30s, black female<br><br><b>Safe Words</b>- A funny sad funny play about two gay men trying out bondage for the first time. One of them gets stuck in a chair- and then everything else starts falling apart.<br>
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Jake</u>- More responsible, nicer; having an affair<br><u>Ethan</u>- Wittier, meaner, more needy; a Sondheim fan</font></span></span><div><div><font color="#333333" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; "><br>
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</span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif">We're looking forward to seeing many shiny-new and/or well-seasoned actors at auditions!</font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif">-- <br>
Katelyn Ouellette<br><a href="tel:%28518%29%20225-2843" value="+15182252843" target="_blank">(518) 225-2843</a><br><a href="mailto:k.ouellette89@gmail.com" target="_blank">k.ouellette89@gmail.com</a></font><br>
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