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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Announcing auditions for:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#E6251E">HELL AND HIGHWATER</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">, </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:#E6251E">Or Lessons For When the Sky Falls</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">by Jamuna
Yvette Sirker</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">directed by Leigh
Strimbeck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Audition dates: </span></u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Friday
September 2, 6-9PM </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Callbacks:</span></u><span style="font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> Saturday
September 3, 10:30-12:30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Place:</span></u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>James L. Meader Little Theater, Russell Sage Campus, Troy NY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Please come with a
prepared monologue, contemporary<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">CHARACTERS</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TEACHER ALICE Mixed-race
Latina-American. Public school teacher from New Orleans. Speaks
with an uptown New Orleans accent. As is customary with the uptown New
Orleans dialect, the accent thickens with emotion, alcohol or as the occasion
dictates. </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">BAG L. African-American woman over 40 years
of age. A goddess, prophetess and spirit who comes to Teacher Alice in
the form of a Bag Lady. At times she is brassy and streetwise. At times
she is filled with wonder and appreciation for life and nature with poetry and
music in her voice. </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> KATRINA-HIROSHIMA Male or
female. Any age. The physical embodiment of the destructive forces
confronting Karina refugees. Filled with genuine rage and a wild sense of
fun. She takes various forms: 1) A flamboyant and angry drag
queen of sorts. 2) Crazy, heartless, Texas bureaucrat/relief aid worker, 3) The
echo of death.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">RESTAURANT BEAUX - Anglo-American/New
Orleans Yat. A chef/restaurant owner who is passionate about food,
women, and smoking pot. Innocent, sensual, and visceral. Sometimes
a bit witless but he is, ultimately, loveable. </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">RESTAURANT DAVE Well-educated African
-American PhD. Candidate in Eastern Studies. A novelist, poet,
philosopher, intellectual. Housemate to Restaurant Beaux.
Manager of Beaux restaurant. </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">ACTOR EDDIE Anglo-American male.
Speaks with strong New Orleans or any southern accent. Quiet,
charming, a bit of a loner. An actor who works many odd jobs while caring
for his ailing mother. Attracted to Teacher Alice. </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">LADY MISSISSIPPI Any race. Tough and
rough around the edges. <u>Jazz and blues singer.</u></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PHOTOGRAPHER PHIL College student working
on an MFA in photography. Infatuated with Lady Mississippi.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">NATIONAL GUARD Any race, sex, or age.
[Double cast with Photographer Phil.]</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">NURSE CLAIRE Anglo-American female.
Neighbor and friend to Teacher Alice. Sweet, delicate, and gentle
nature. A bit eccentric. Born in to a strict Catholic family
but now attends African-American Baptist church. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Performances:</span></u><span style="font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">at the James L. Meader Little Theater, Russell Sage Campus, Troy,
NY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>October 27, 28, 29, 30</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
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Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Questions? Contact Leigh
Strimbeck</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">;
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><a href="mailto:striml@sage.edu">striml@sage.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
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