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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">WAM Theatre Announces <i>In Darfur</i> Open Auditions</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><i>August 26 and 28 at Shakespeare & Company</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">LEE, MA (8/11/14) – WAM
(Women’s Action Movement) Theatre announces local auditions for fall
production, <i>In Darfur,</i> by Winter
Miller </span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">on Tuesday, August 26<sup>th</sup> and Thursday, August 28<sup>th</sup>.
Auditions are open to Equity and non-Equity performers and will be held at
Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Actors interested in auditioning can submit
headshot and resumes to Hope Rose Kelly, WAM Company Administrator, at
<a href="mailto:hope@wamtheatre.com">hope@wamtheatre.com</a>. Actors selected to audition will be sent the script and
sides. Additional details about the auditions, the production, and WAM Theatre
can be found at <span class=""><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/in-darfur-auditions/">http://www.wamtheatre.com/in-darfur-auditions/</a></span>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Character
Descriptions</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">HAWA:</span></u></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> a Darfuri
woman, refugee, English teacher, determined and educated, early 20</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">MARYKA</span></u></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">: any race,
New York Times reporter who is experienced in war zones, persistent and smart,
mid 30</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s-or
40</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">CARLOS:</span></u></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> American
doctor of Argentine descent, an aid worker, passionate and disillusioned, mid
30</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">HAMIDA</span></u></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">: Darfuri
woman, aid worker, friendly and caring, 20</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s or early
30</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">JAN</span></u></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">: New York
Times editor, African American, mid 30</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s or 40</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s,
smart and jaded</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">2 MALES</span></u></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> in various key
ensemble roles (Police, Solders, Darfuris), 20</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s-40</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">′</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">s </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">NOTE: In addition to playing the characters,
all actors also contribute to the play as ensemble.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">About
the Play</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">In
Darfur</span></i></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> is the provocative account of three
intertwined lives at a camp for internally displaced persons in Darfur. The
story follows an aid worker’s mission to save and protect lives, a journalist’s
pursuit to deliver a front-page story, and a Darfuri woman’s quest for safety.
It is a searing story of urgency and international significance. WAM Theatre’s
production of <i>In Darfur</i> is scheduled
for October 30-November 16 and will be the play’s New England premiere. It will
be presented at the Berry Studio at the Elayne P. Bernstein Center at
Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. Tickets will go on sale September 1. Rehearsals
will begin October 2. All positions are paid.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span class=""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">About
the Playwright</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Winter Miller is an
award-winning playwright and founding member of the Obie-recognized collective
13 Playwrights. Her drama, <i>In Darfur,</i>
was inspired by what she saw as <i>New York
Times</i> columnist Nicholas Kristof’s researcher at the start of the genocide
in Darfur in 2004. After winning the 2006 "Two-Headed Challenge" Commission
from the Guthrie Theater and the Playwrights’ Center, she traveled with Kristof
to villages and refugee camps along the Chad/Sudan border. <i>In Darfur</i> premiered at The Public Theater for a sold-out run; a
subsequent staged reading in the Public's 1800-seat Delacorte Theater in
Central Park – a first for a play by a woman – drew a standing-room-only crowd.
Miller's plays include <i>The Penetration
Play</i>, <i>The Arrival</i>, <i>Paternity</i>, <i>Amandine</i><a name="_GoBack"></a> and <i>Seed</i>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">About WAM Theatre</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Based in Berkshire County,
Massachusetts, WAM (Women’s Action Movement) Theatre was co-founded in
2010 by Canadian director, actor, educator and producer Kristen van Ginhoven,
who was inspired to take action by the book <i>Half
the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by </i>Nicholas
Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. WAM Theatre’s philanthropic mission is two-fold:
first, to create theatrical events for everyone, with a focus on women theatre
artists and/or stories of women and girls; and second, to donate a portion of
the proceeds from those events to organizations that benefit women and
girls. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Over the past five years,
WAM Theatre has donated more than $10,500 to six nonprofit organizations that
help women and girls, and provided paid work to more than 100 theatre artists.
In its fifth year, artistic director van Ginhoven has expanded WAM Theatre’s
activities to include more performances in various venues, including
educational outreach and the new Fresh Takes Play Reading Series at No. Six
Depot Roastery and Café in West Stockbridge. For more information, visit <u><span style="color:blue">www.WAMTheatre</span></u>.</span></p>
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