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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">REMINDER!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">THEATER VOICES will hold <u>early</u>

auditions for a staged reading of Romulus Linney’s A LESSON BEFORE DYING,

directed by Carol Charniga.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Location</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500

Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West Lawrence Street. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Times</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"><span>    </span>Sunday January 5 at 7-9pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"><span>    </span>Monday January 6 at 7-pm</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri"><span> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Actors

will be asked to read scenes from the play.<span> 

</span>Please arrive at the start and be prepared to stay.<span>  </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"><span><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">

<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"><u>Rehearsals

will begin in early April.   </u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'"><u>Performance dates May 16-18<b>.</b></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">

<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">All

characters are African American except Sherriff Guidry</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">

<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Seeking</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Jefferson</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> – the

prisoner, 20’s-30's</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Grant

Wiggins</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> – a schoolteacher and friend, 20’s to 30’s</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Miss Emma</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> -

Jefferson's Godmother, 60’s to 70’s</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Vivian</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> - Grant's

girlfriend and fellow teacher, 20’s to 30’s</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Reverend

Ambrose<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> – a minister, 50’s to 60’s<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Guidry<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> – The Sheriff,

40’s to 60’s</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">All characters have Southern or Louisiana accents</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">Synopsis</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande'">:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">

<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Set in the Louisiana backwoods in 1948<b><i>, A

Lesson Before Dying is the story of 2 young black men. Jefferson,

innocent and awaiting execution, insists that he will be dragged to the

electric chair like the hog he was compared to at his trial. Grant, a

schoolteacher anxious to leave the South, has a debt of honor to try to help

Jefferson approach his death with dignity. Together both men learn the power of

love and compassion, individual heroism and freedom as a state of mind.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">

<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Written by playwright, Romulus Linney, the play is

based on Ernest J. Gaines' celebrated novel about life and justice in pre-civil

rights Louisiana.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">contact <a href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org" target="_blank">info@theatervoices.org</a>

with questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> <a href="http://www.theatervoices.org" target="_blank">www.theatervoices.org</a> for more information about Theater Voices.</span></p>

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