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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">AUDITIONS REMINDER!</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">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><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:17pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">Location</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western
Avenue, Albany - corner of West Lawrence Street.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">Times</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)"> Sunday January 5 at
7-9pm</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)"> Monday January 6 at
7-9 pm</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">All characters are African American
except Sherriff Guidry</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Seeking</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> actors for the following roles:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Jefferson</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> – the prisoner, 20’s-30's</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Grant Wiggins</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> – a schoolteacher and friend, 20’s to 30’s</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Miss Emma</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> - Jefferson's Godmother, 60’s to 70’s</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Vivian</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> - Grant's
girlfriend and fellow teacher, 20’s to 30’s</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Reverend Ambrose</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> – a minister, 50’s to 60’s</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Guidry</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> – The Sheriff,
40’s to 60’s</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">All characters have Southern or
Louisiana accents</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">Actors will be asked to read scenes from
the play. Please arrive at the start and be prepared to stay. </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">Rehearsals
will begin in early April. </span></u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">Performance
dates May 16-18</span></u><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">.</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">Synopsis</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)">:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Set in the Louisiana backwoods in 1948<b><i>,
A Lesson Before Dying</i></b> 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">contact </span><span style="font-size:14pt"><a href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)">info@theatervoices.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> with questions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt"><a href="http://www.theatervoices.org/"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)">www.theatervoices.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> for more information about Theater Voices.</span></p>
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