<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;">Albany Civc Theater announces AUDITIONS for the first show of its 60th Anniversary Season, “Man From Nebraska” by Tracy Letts, directed by Joh Birchler.</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;">Audition Dates: Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;">Time: Sign-ins both nights begin at 7 PM, auditions begin at 7:30 PM</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;">Place: Albany Civic Theater, 235 Second Ave., Albany NY</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;">Show dates: August 29-31, September 5-7 and 12-14.</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;">Pay-what-you-will preview Thursday, August 28</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><font face="Palatino" style="font-size: 14px;">There is no need to prepare a monolog; auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>The nine characters in “Man from Nebraska” are listed below. The story’s focus is the spiritual crisis facing 57-year-old Ken Carpenter, a life-long believer in God who suddenly realizes that his faith has abandoned him. All other roles are supporting roles, but each is important in our understanding of Ken. </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>To be considered for a role, an actor must be able to play in the age range indicated. </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Ken Carpenter—late 50s; on stage much of the play; has lost his faith in God and left his wife to find himself; spends most of the play trying things he would never have considered before</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Nancy Carpenter—mid 50s; Ken’s wife; blindsided by her husband’s attempts to find himself</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Cammie Carpenter—late 70s to early 80s; Ken’s mother; addled by dementia, she is spending her final years in a nursing home</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Ashley Kohl—late 20s to early 30s; Ken and Nancy’s daughter; very angry with Ken for leaving her mother; tries to take the role of his moral compass</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Reverend Todd—mid 40s; thoughtful minister who tries to help Ken discover ways of figuring out what has happened to himself</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Pat Monday (female)—late 40s to early 50s; divorced; Ken’s first temptress; role might require partial nudity</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Tamyra (woman of color)—late 20s to early 30s, British dialect required; an artist; another temptress for Ken; role might require partial nudity</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Bud Todd—70s; Reverend Todd’s father; rather a dirty old man</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Harry Brown—early to mid 30s; working class British dialect required; an artist friend of Tamyra; a practicing hedonist</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>If you have any questions about characters or the show itself, contact director John Birchler at </b><a href="mailto:311jab@gmail.com"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(4, 51, 255);"><b>311jab@gmail.com</b></span></a><b>. </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b><br></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b>Albany Civic Theater website: <a href="http://www.albanycivictheater.org">www.albanycivictheater.org</a></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><b><br></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; 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