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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">THEATER VOICES will hold
auditions for a staged reading of George Bernard Shaw’s <i>Arms and the Man</i>, directed by Eileen Schuyler.</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">Location</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500
Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West Lawrence Street. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">Times</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black"> Sunday December 8 at 7pm-9pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black"> Monday December 9 at 7pm-9pm</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Actors
will be asked to read scenes from the play.
Please arrive at the start and be prepared to stay. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Rehearsals
will begin in January, with performances February 14-16<b>.</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">Synopsis</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Arms and the Man</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"> is a romantic comedy
about the futility of war and the foibles of human nature. </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">George Orwell said of <i>Arms and the Man</i>, "It is probably
the wittiest play [Shaw] ever wrote, the most flawless technically, and in
spite of being a very light comedy, the most telling” because the play’s
moral--that war is not a wonderful, romantic adventure--still needs to be told.</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Please
note: Although British accents will not be used (the play takes place in
Bulgaria), Shaw’s language is elevated—sparkling, literate and witty. The play is available to read online for free
at <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3618">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3618</a>
.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">Seeking:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Sergius Saranoff</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">: Late 20s. A handsome young Bulgarian officer accustomed
to having his own way in everything. His fiancé Raina worships him as a noble
hero, but all in all he finds the demands of the “Higher Love” exhausting.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Captain Bluntschli</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">: Mid 30s. A skilled professional soldier from
Switzerland whose years of service in the Serbian army have swept away all
illusions about military grandeur. He is
completely realistic about the stupidity of war.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Major Petkoff</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">: 50s. Raina’s father, just returned from the
war. While wealthy by Bulgarian
standards, he is unread, uncouth and rather inept as a military leader.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Catherine Petkoff</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">: 40s. Raina’s mother, completely in charge of the
home sphere. Though fundamentally a
peasant, she is enormously proud of her position in society, and to keep it up,
dresses as a fine Viennese lady.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Louka</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">: late 20s. An attractive, fiercely ambitious servant
girl, determined to rise out of her station into the higher standing she knows
she deserves.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Nicola</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">: 40s. A practical, steady
serving man, who believes that to achieve success, one must always know one’s
place. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">The
role of <b>Raina Petkoff</b> has been cast.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">Contact <a href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org">info@theatervoices.org</a> with questions.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">Production Dates</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black">February 14-16 (Fri.-Sun.)
at Steamer No. 10 Theatre, Albany.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:black"><a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a></span></p>
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