<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div><b>A NEW MUSICAL IS COMING TO SCHENECTADY!</b></div><div><br></div><div>Composer Alex Torres and author David Kalish have teamed up to create a new Hispanics centric take on the classic Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This NEW musical THE GRINGO WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS, produced by Dkat Productions, Inc. will receive it’s WORLD PREMIERE with a full theatrical production in the G.E. Theater at PROCTORS on December 12th-14 and 19th-21st.</div><div><br></div><div>Music & Lyrics by Alex Torres</div><div>Book by David Kalish</div><div>Directed by Matthew T. Teichner</div><div>Scenic & Lighting Design by Matthew T. Teichner</div><div><br></div><div>PLEASE NOTE: As this is a new musical there will be an extended rehearsal period, however we will only be meeting once or possibly twice a week for the period of March thru September. Final rehearsals will begin in October and will only then be meeting on a full rehearsal schedule. This will be a LIGHT and FLEXIBLE schedule.</div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><b>AUDITION DETAILS + CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS!!!</b></font></div><div>Roles available for 10 Men, 7 Women, and 4 Children... Casting both Hispanic and non-Hispanic actors...</div><div><br></div><div>Auditions will be held February 26th and 27th at 7:00 PM in the downstairs education space at PROCTORS Theater in Schenectady, New York. (The stairs are directly in front of the box office)...</div><div><br></div><div>We ask that you prepare 16 to 32 bars of a song (standards, Broadway, Pop/Rock, etc.)...</div><div>Please come prepared to dance as some people will be asked to participate in a dance audition...</div><div>Please come prepared to read a monologue...</div><div><br></div><div>Character Descriptions:</div><div><br></div><div>KEVIN MARTIN/DIEGO MARTINEZ (Hispanic Male 30's to 40's) - A miserly Hispanic who rejects his culture and starts a company called "English Without Accents," a language school to rid immigrants of their accents and cultural identity. He changed his name to Kevin Martin from Diego Martinez to "fit in"...</div><div><br></div><div>CARLOS MANUEL GARCIA (Hispanic Male 40's to 50's) - Kevin's dead business partner who was killed by a political extremist, while recruiting newly naturalized immigrants to sign up for English Without Accents...</div><div><br></div><div>FERNANDO (Hispanic Male 20's to 50's) - Kevin's Mexican office assistant who gets paid little and is exploited by Kevin, but manages to send money each week to his family in Mexico...</div><div><br></div><div>MARIA CONSUELO (Hispanic Female 20's to 40's) - Kevin's former love interest, a nurturing mother and talented dancer; kind hearted but bitter with a secret she keeps from Kevin...</div><div><br></div><div>GABRIEL (Hispanic Male Child 5-12 Years Old) - Consuelo's sickly son...</div><div><br></div><div>GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST (Hispanic Male)</div><div>GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT (Hispanic Male)</div><div>GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE (Hispanic Male or Female)</div><div><br></div><div>There is a 10 member ensemble for which we are seeking BOTH Hispanic and non-Hispanic Actors...</div><div>Additionally there are roles available for 4 addition child actors in the range of 5 to 12 years of age…</div><div><br></div><div>If you are unable to make either of the audition dates please contact us to make other arrangements...</div><div><br></div><div>For Questions & Additional Information Please Contact The Director:</div><div>Matthew T. Teichner</div><div>(518) 669-9965</div><div><a href="mailto:mschner1@mac.com">mschner1@mac.com</a></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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