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<div class="MsoNormal">THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">6 TOWN HALL PLACE, OFF ROUTE 66</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">GHENT, NY</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">November 7, 2014</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">The Ghent Playhouse will be holding auditions for <u>Heroes</u>,
a bittersweet comedy based on the play, “Le Vent des Peupliers” by Gerald
Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard, and directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Roles for three men, 50’s – early 70’s.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>AUDITIONS:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Monday, December 1 and Tuesday, December 2, 2014 – </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Sign-in at 7:00 p.m. at
The Playhouse off Route 66 in Ghent, NY Columbia County</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>PERFORMANCES:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></b><span style="font-weight:normal">January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31,
February 1, 6, 7, and 8, 2015 – Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>THE STORY: </b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Three World War I veterans pass their
monotony-filled days in a French retirement home for soldiers, by engaging in
verbal battles of long-forgotten military campaigns, grumblings about the staff
and reflections on their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Looking over the cemetery to the poplars beyond, they dream of
freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Their cantankerous
camaraderie becomes strained when Gustave conjures up a plan to escape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b><u>HEROES</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The action takes place in August of 1959 on the terrace <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:
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</span>of a retirement home for soldiers in France<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b><u>Characters</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:
Arial">All are veterans of WWI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>HENRI:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Has been a resident of the
home for 25 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He is the
jovial<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>optimist,
a “glass half full” type of guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>He has a bad leg and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>hobbles
with a cane.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>GUSTAVE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:
Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Has
been a resident of the home for 6 months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A cranky, shell-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>shocked,
decorated vet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A boastful bully
and bitter cynic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Has a<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>know-it-all
façade that conceals his terror of the outside world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>PHILIPPE:<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Has been a resident of the home for 10 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A mildly paranoid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>womanizer,
who faints periodically because of shrapnel in his brain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>He
is the amiable peacemaker of the group.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>NOTE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b><span style="font-weight:normal">The actors will use British accents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Accents are not required for auditions,
although experience with accents will be helpful.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">PLEASE NO CALLS TO THE THEATRE.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE PLAYHOUSE AND OTHER DETAILS, VISIT OUR
WEBSITE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="http://www.ghentplayhouse.org">www.ghentplayhouse.org</a> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT THE DIRECTOR BY EMAIL:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="mailto:visschc@Amtrak.com">visschc@Amtrak.com</a></div>
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