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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Big Maggie </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">runs August 30-September 15, 2013. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Please note: this play opens on Labor Day weekend.<o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sign-ins begin at 7pm both evenings and auditions begin at 7:30pm; there is no need to make an appointment. Auditions will be cold reads from the script; there is no need to prepare a monologue. Please attempt an Irish dialect.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Direct any questions to the director, Chris Foster, by emailing <A href="mailto:2cfoster2@gmail.com">2cfoster2@gmail.com</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Big Maggie</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> revolves around the domineering mother of four grown children who are determined to go their own ways and likely headed in the wrong directions. Maggie's often-drunk, womanizing husband has died so she is now free to exercise some control over her life and her children, much to the consternation of the young people.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We are looking for 6 women, able to play ages 22-99, and 5 men, able to play ages 23-99.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Available roles:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Maggie Polpin</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (45-55) a widowed mother of four – living in rural Ireland, now sole owner of the family shop and farm. She a complex figure, far from the cliché’s of Irish femininity which preceded her. This is a hard-bitten, uncompromising woman who puts her personal security above all other concerns. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Old Woman</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (oldish) an old gossip and busybody<B> <o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Mrs. Madden</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (40-50) The mother of Maggie’s son’s potential suitor. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Katie</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (24) Maggie’s eldest self-indulgent daughter whom Maggie forces into prosperous, respectable marriage, and whose sexual history comes back to haunt her.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Gert </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">(22) Maggie’s youngest child and her Father’s favorite whom Maggie brutally disillusions when the girl falls for a glib traveling salesman.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Mary Madden</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (22)The unsuitable girl Maurice wants to marry<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Byrne</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (50-65) A stonemason – the one character whose caustic wit is a match for Maggie’s own.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Teddy Heelin</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (30-40) A lusty travelling salesman<B> <o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Mick</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (25) Maggie’s eldest son, who has run the farm and who was promised a share of the business by his late father and eager to take what he feels he’s owed. He realizes his options are limited and he must either leave home or live under his mother’s control. He chooses the former.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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