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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>The Ghent Playhouse announces AUDITIONS for</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>The 25<sup>th</sup> Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</b> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Music and Lyrics by William Finn </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Book by Rachel Sheinkin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial">Directed by Rachael Sheffer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial">TUESDAY, MARCH 19 AND THURSDAY, MARCH 21<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial">Sign-in at 6:30 pm </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Auditions Begin at 7 pm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial">at The Ghent Playhouse, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">6 Town Hall Place, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Ghent, NY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>12075</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Six young people in the
throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood
themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and losing doesn’t necessarily
make you a loser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The 25<sup>th</sup>
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is an hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst
chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling
championship of a lifetime.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Roles for 5 males and 4 females aged 18-50*</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>*The roles of the six spellers will be cast by
actors between the ages of 18 and 30 </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><b>who can convincingly “be” a 12-13 year old</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Characters:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Spellers – Chip Tolentino (male)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span>Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere
(female)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Leaf
Coneybear (male) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span>William Barfee (male)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span>Marcy Park (female)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span>Olive Ostrovsky (female)<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Adults -<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rona Lisa Perretti </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="mso-tab-count:
4"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span>Douglas Panch <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Mitch Mahoney</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Performance dates are May 17-19, 24-26 and May
31-June 2</b></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Please prepare one song,
demonstrating range, from a comedic musical.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Readings will be from the script.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">For more information, please
visit <a href="http://ghentplayhouse.org">ghentplayhouse.org</a> or contact the director at<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><a href="mailto:rachael.sheffer@gmail.com">rachael.sheffer@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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