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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Troy, NY 12180</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Phone: </span><a href="tel:518-276-6503" value="+15182766503" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">518-276-6503</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">RPI Players Call for Directors for their 84th Season!</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Troy, NY - March 12th, 2013 - The RPI Players are looking for directors</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">for their mainstage production of The Importance of Being Earnest by</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Oscar Wilde to be performed November 15th, 16th, 17th, 22nd and</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">23rd of 2013 and our Spring Musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Music </span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Leo Robin, Book by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields, </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">and Adapted from the Novel by Anita Loos to be performed<div>
April 18th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, and 26th of 2014. Performances will be </div><div>in the RPI Playhouse on 15th Street in Troy, NY.<br><br>The Importance of Being Earnest:</div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px">One of Oscar Wilde's most famous plays, The Importance of Being Earnest is </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px">subtitled <i>A Trivial Comedy for Serious People</i></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px">.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px"> It is a farcical comedy in which </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px">the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ in order to escape burdensome </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px">social obligations. Set in late Victorian London, the play utilizes witty dialogue </span></div>
<div><font face="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19.1875px">and an ingenious case of manufactured mistaken identity to create a humorous </span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px">social satire. </span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:</div><div>Based on the original book by Anita Loos, the musical follows Lorelei Lee,</div><div>a blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas who knows how to get her way. She </div><div>
embarks on a voyage to Europe with her friend Dorothy, encountering an Olympic </div><div>diving team, a slew of admirers, a misplaced tiara, and French detectives along the way. </div><div> </div><div><br>Any persons interested in directing these shows, or who would like more<br>
information, should contact the RPI Players Executive Committee via<br>email at <a href="mailto:players@union.rpi.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">players@union.rpi.edu</a> or via phone at <a href="tel:518-276-6503" value="+15182766503" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">518-276-6503</a> <b>no later</b></div>
<div><b>than April 12th</b>. Please submit a theater resume, three references,</div><div>and availability for an interview. The RPI Players </div><div>Executive Committee will contact you about an interview time and date. At the</div>
<div>interview, please come prepared to discuss your vision for the show.<br><br>The RPI Players is a student run community theatre on the campus of<br>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. While RPI students are the primary<br>
participants in the organization, auditions and production roles are<br>open to all community members.<br><br>For more information visit <a href="http://players.union.rpi.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://players.union.rpi.edu</a><br>
Phone: <a href="tel:518-276-6503" value="+15182766503" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">518-276-6503</a><br>Contact: <a href="mailto:players@union.rpi.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">players@union.rpi.edu</a></div>
<div style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><br></div><span><font color="#888888">-- <br>Linda Quartner<br></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#888888">Business Manager: RPI Players 83rd season<br>
President-Elect: RPI Players 84th season</font></span></div><br><div><br></div>