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<span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Our Own ProductionS Inc will be having auditions for </font></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br>
</font></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="6"><b><u>Pokegama Hotel</u></b></font></span></div></span><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center">
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Co-Directed by Leslie Eliashuk & Gail Sparlin</span></div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">An original musical written and composed by local educator and singer/songwriter Gail Sparlin. This project is funded in part by the New York State Council of the Arts through the Arts Center of the Capital Region.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Auditions are Monday June 9 and Wednesday June 11 </font></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">at Quest (the former SLOC building)</font></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Sign in starts at 7:00PM and Auditions start at 7:15PM</font></span></div>
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><font size="4">Synopsis: </font><br>Pokegama Hotel, an original musical about the extraordinary in the ordinary.<br><br>It is early March on the upper Mississippi River, the year is 1973. The snow is reluctant in its retreat and the eyes of the residents have gone beyond the annual anticipation of spring and into an intense longing for green or the sight of the geese returning. Local gathering places are filled with speculations about the first thaw, the last frost, and who remains in Vietnam. These are the people of the Pokegama Hotel, a municipal bar in the small town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and this is an afternoon of their thoughts, desires, heartaches, smart banters, and conversations with Fay, the bartender and central character. Pokegama Hotel is about the people of all towns, and the quest for the extraordinary in the ordinary. The constant vigil for the dozens of fleeting daily joys and small victories we need as fuel for our internal fires and immunities. This is the restless moment, the lifetime in a glance, the short sentence that speaks volumes, the small gesture that opens the heart. This is Pokegama Hotel.<br>
<br><font size="4">Characters <b>(Note that some characters have been precast)</b></font><b> </b><br>Fay: Bartender, female, alto, 40-50, central character, young at heart, practical, intelligent- Precast.<br><br>Jen: Female, alto or mezzo, 40-50, friend of Fay, divorced and a bit lonely, not sure of her place in the world.<br>
<br>Don: Male, baritone or tenor, 50's or older, a regular, cynical, witty, resigned without being bitter, philosophical.<br><br>Linda: Female, mezzo, 20's, intelligent, observant, a little trashy, irreverent, in love with Mike, lonely and missing the pre war Mike. Precast<br>
<br>Jesse: Male, baritone or tenor, 50's, WWII Vet, thoughtful, kind, focused on helping his son to heal.<br><br>Mike: Male, baritone or tenor, late 20's to 30's, Vietnam Vet, Jesse's son, very angry, hurt, almost PTSD, Linda's love interest, trying to recover from Vietnam.<br>
<br>Randy: Male, baritone or tenor, late 20's, married to Cathy regular small town guy, likes to fish and hunt, a little clueless, tries hard but frequently says the wrong thing.<br><br>Cathy: Female, alto or mezzo, late 20's, married to Randy, smart, struggling with what Randy is settling into as they grow older- Precast<br>
<br>Tom: Male, baritone or tenor, late 40's to early 50's, former Lutheran minister, content on one hand, doubting on the other, close friends with Don.<br><br>Stonewall: Male, late 40's to 50's, married to Fay, WWII vet, woodsman, handsome, non-singing role<br>
<br>Mary: Female, late 30's to 40's, mezzo or alto, sister to Fay, attractive, caring, light hearted.</span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">For more information on auditions, visit <a href="http://www.ourownproductions.com" target="_blank">www.ourownproductions.com</a> </font></span></div>
</span><div><br></div>-- <br>Leslie Eliashuk <br><a href="tel:%28518%29%20466-7160" value="+15184667160" target="_blank">(518) 466-7160</a><br>Our Own ProductionS Inc.
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