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</SPAN>12 South Church Street, Schenectady, NY 12305</SPAN><B
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face="Times New Roman">Open auditions for . .
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jeffrey
Hatcher’s<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</SPAN>“MRS. MANNERLY”</SPAN></I></B><I><SPAN
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size=4><I>Directed by Mark Stephens</I> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">-- Tuesday, September 18, and Thursday, September 20
–<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black">The Schenectady Civic Players</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">, proudly announces the auditions for Jeffrey Hatcher’s
smart, funny, and subversive play about manners and etiquette - MRS.
MANNERLY.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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style="COLOR: black">Inspired by his memories of a childhood etiquette class,
playwright Jeffrey Hatcher conjures up the world of a ten-year old studying
manners from the title character.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Mrs. Mannerly is a demanding teacher and no student in her 36 years of
etiquette classes has achieved a perfect score.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But young Jeffrey, when he discovers her
secret past, is determined to be the first.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A unique comic tale about the face we
present and our inside selves.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Director Mark Stephens has outlined the following cast
requirements</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <B>for this two
character play</B></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Female</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">, ‘of a certain
age’ to play Mrs. Mannerly – a crusty manners teacher in 1967 Ohio, a former
actress with a mysterious past.</SPAN><SPAN
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Male</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">, 25-50 to play
Jeffrey, a 10 year old boy with an adult sensibility, and 5 of his classmates,
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">both male and
female</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">)</SPAN><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">, and other
characters of both sexes – a strong actor with good comic timing is needed with
ability to create multiple characters in rapid succession.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="COLOR: black">The script contains some strong language. </SPAN><SPAN
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Try-outs will take place at The Playhouse on Tuesday,
September 18 and Thursday, September 20. Sign up starts at 7pm, readings
commence at 7:30pm. </SPAN></B><B><SPAN
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style="COLOR: black">Performance dates are: November 30, December 1, 2 and
December 5 – 9, 2012 at The Playhouse in Schenectady</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: auto 0in" class=msonospacing><B><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">For more information contact Director Mark Stephens at:
</FONT><A href="mailto:mstep518@nycap.rr.com"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">mstep518@nycap.rr.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></B><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">or
call <B>(518) 372-7639.</B></FONT></FONT></P>
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