<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Palatino;">Albany Civic Theater announces AUDITIONS for the first show of its 60th Anniversary Season, “Man From Nebraska” by Tracy Letts, directed by John Birchler.</span><br></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6502920159"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<div style="MARGIN:0px;"><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino"><br></font><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino">Audition Dates: Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0px;"><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino">Time: Sign-ins both nights begin at 7 PM, auditions begin at 7:30 PM</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0px;"><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino">Place: Albany Civic Theater, 235 Second Ave., Albany NY</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0px;"><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino"><br></font><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino">Show dates: August 29-31, September 5-7 and 12-14.</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0px;"><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino">Pay-what-you-will preview Thursday, August 28</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN:0px;"><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino"><br></font><font style="FONT-SIZE:14px;" face="Palatino">There is no need to prepare a monologue; auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">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. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">To be considered for a role, an actor must be able to play in the age range indicated. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">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</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">Nancy Carpenter—mid 50s; Ken’s wife; blindsided by her husband’s attempts to find himself</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">Cammie Carpenter—late 70s to early 80s; Ken’s mother; addled by dementia, she is spending her final years in a nursing home</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">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</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">Reverend Todd—mid 40s; thoughtful minister who tries to help Ken discover ways of figuring out what has happened to himself</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">Pat Monday (female)—late 40s to early 50s; divorced; Ken’s first temptress; role might require partial nudity</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">Tamyra (woman of color)—late 20s to early 30s, British dialect required; an artist; another temptress for Ken; role might require partial nudity</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">Bud Todd—70s; Reverend Todd’s father; rather a dirty old man</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">Harry Brown—early to mid 30s; working class British dialect required; an artist friend of Tamyra; a practicing hedonist</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">If you have any questions about characters or the show itself, contact director John Birchler at <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:311jab@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:311jab@gmail.com"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;COLOR:rgb(4,51,255);">311jab@gmail.com</span></a>. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Palatino;"><span style="LETTER-SPACING:0px;FONT-SIZE:14px;">Albany Civic Theater website: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.albanycivictheater.org/"><font color="#196ad4">www.albanycivictheater.org</font></a></span></div>
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