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THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE
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<div class="MsoNormal">6 Town Hall Place (Off Route 66)<span
style="mso-spacerun:
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>GHENT PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR
FINAL PRODUCITON
OF THE 2013-14 SEASON<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“JOHN
STEINBECK’S
THE GRAPES OF WRATH”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Ghent
Playhouse
will hold open auditions for “John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of
Wrath”,
a classic saga of displaced heartland Americans during the
Dust Bowl
Depression. The novel was adapted for the stage by Frank
Galati and the
Steppenwolff Theater Coompany<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Performances dates are May 23-25, May 30-June 1 and
June 6-8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Directed by
Joe Phillips. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Auditions
will
take place Sunday and Monday, March 2 & 3, with additional
auditions and
callbacks on Monday, March 10 -- sign-ins at 7, auditions at
7:30 p.m. on
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Sunday,
March 2, at the Ghent Playhouse, Route 66 and Town Hall Place
across
from the Ghent Fire House, in Ghent, Columbia County.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook"><b>PLEASE
NOTE
THIS CHANGE OF VENUE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 3 (and March 10).<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">On
Monday,
March 3 and for callbacks on March 10, Auditions will be held
at the Ghent VFW
hall, across Route 66 from the Playhouse and Firehouse, and
just behind the
office of The Columbia Paper.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">***<br>
<span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Seeking
up to
30 performers of all ages: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Adult
cast
includes eleven members of the extended Joad family,
including, Tom Joad,
not-quite-30, rugged and hard-edged; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Rev.
Jim Casy,
a former preacher; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Ma
and Pa
Joad; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Grandma,
Grandpa
and Uncle John Joad; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Tom’s
older
and younger brothers Noah and Al. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Tom’s
sister
Rosasharn and her husband Connie. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">Also
seeking
an ensemble of perhaps 12 to 16 male and female actors of a
variety of ages,
all playing multiple speaking roles; and five or more children
under 12, at
least three of whom will have speaking roles (two as the
youngest Joad
children).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Readings will
be from the script; some performers may also be asked to sing
a capella.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No need to
prepare; special abilities
to play rural-Americana-style instruments from guitar and
banjo to fiddle to
harmonica and jaw-harp also sought. Occasional rehearsals
begin in mid-to-late
March and then at least four nights a week from April 13 until
performances begin.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CenturySchoolbook">If
interested
but unable to attend auditions on the specified nights, or for
further
information, contact director Joe Phillips at 518-464-2698.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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