<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span>Confetti Stage
seeks actors and crew for our 11th annual short play festival! This
year we have selected 6 original works by local playwrights to showcase
in our 11th season opening show. For years, Confetti Stage has been
devoted to developing new works and local talent, and Confetti Fest 11
is the hallmark of our collaborative and creative process.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span>AUDITIONS</span>:<br>Monday, June 15th & Tuesday, June 16th </div><div style="font-size:12.8px">6:30pm sign-in; 7:00pm audition start</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Albany Masonic Hall, 67 Corning Place, downtown Albany<br><br>Actors
should prepare a 1-2 minute monologue. It does not have to be
memorized. Actors may also be asked to read selected sides from the
plays. Actors may be asked to improvise or demonstrate movement
capabilities for certain roles.<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">This
year, in the spirit of the collaborative process, we have added a
script development period to the festival for playwrights, directors,
and actors. After casting, actors may be called upon in June and July
for readings and to be part of workshopping plays. Rehearsals will
begin in earnest in August.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> </div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Performance dates:<br>Performances will be held in early to mid-October. Exact dates to be finalized.<br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please come prepared with your scheduling conflicts up to October 18th.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please contact us at <a href="mailto:confettistageinc@gmail.com" target="_blank">confettistageinc@gmail.com</a> with any questions.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">We are seeking actors to fill the following 20+ roles for our 6 shows:</div></div><div><br></div>NAILING IT<div>by Mark Dalton</div><div>directed by Jason LaSusa</div><div><br></div><div>Monica
Phips-Grawtowski, a former Olympic gymnast, is filming a television
commercial years after her gold medal success. Unhappily married, the
glare of the studio lights causes her to both verbally and physically
ruminate on growing out of gymnastics and into life as a shill for
dietary supplements. The action splits between Monica’s professional
pitchwoman persona and her wild and ironic repressed teenage persona,
which longs to turn back the clock or to rebel against the life she’s
blundered into.</div><div><br></div><div>Characters (1M, 1F)<br></div><div><div>MONICA - late 20s (must move well, dance/gymnastics training a plus)</div><div>VOICE - unseen actor off-stage</div></div><div><br></div><div>THE SEVEN DEADLIES</div><div>by Amy LaMena</div><div>directed by Matthew Teichner</div><div><br></div><div><div>The
Seven Deadly Sins are having their regular progress meeting. They are
attempting to audition new members in accordance with their bylaws. It
does not go well.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Major Characters (3F, 3M)</div><div>PRIDE
- She leads the meeting and has the honor of being the oldest and most
severe of the sins. She is a perfectionist, and can get very irritated
at her fellow sins.</div><div>GREED - He is the picture of a powerful businessman. At times he wrests control of the meeting from Pride.</div><div>WRATH
- He is a large, well-muscled man in a tight shirt, jeans, and aviator
sunglasses. He is has a short attention span and shorter temper.</div><div>LUST
- She is a very flashy, well-dressed woman with a obvious sex appeal.
She is kind and understanding toward her fellow sins, especially Envy.</div><div>ENVY
- She is frumpy, and constantly comparing herself negatively to the
others. She is clearly the “little sister” to the others, and looks up
to Lust.</div><div>GLUTTONY - He is blunt, loud, and spends the majority
of his time between lines gorging on a bucket of chicken and several
bottles of beer.</div><div><br></div><div>Minor Characters (Requires a minimum of 2 actors)</div><div>*POOR PERSONAL HYGIENE: He is disheveled and disgustingly filthy, but surprisingly professional.</div><div>*SELF-ABSORPTION: He is very neatly and fashionably dressed, and of course, incredibly self-absorbed.</div><div>*SLOTH: He appears only momentarily and is dressed pajama bottoms, slippers, a t-shirt, and a robe.</div><div>*The same actor may play Poor Personal Hygiene, Self-Absorption, and Sloth.<br></div><div><br></div><div>**PASSIVE AGGRESSION: She is dressed like an average PTA mom and speaks like an angry, but vague Facebook status.</div></div><div><br></div><div>STRING GAME</div><div>by Katherine Ambrosio</div><div>directed by John A. Nickles</div><div><br></div><div><div>Durwood,
a former physics professor, has become mentally ill from his efforts to
decipher String Theory. He spends his days in a psychiatric hospital in
England, making figures with a piece of string. Durwood has
personified his String, and through the course of the play engages in
ongoing dialogue with it. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Characters (2M)</div><div><div>DURWOOD (50’s-70's) - British, former Physics professor, mentally ill. Also does the voice</div><div>of STRING<br></div><div>STANLEY (40’s-50’s) - Attendant in the psychiatric hospital, British working class accent</div></div><div><br></div><div>GOODNIGHT LIZZIE</div><div>by Celina Pulenskey</div><div>directed by Nick Himmelwright</div><div><br></div><div>Lizzie
is facing death and unwilling to let go. The only way for her to face
her fear of dying is through reliving moments with her late husband at
different stages of their relationship.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Characters (2F, 3M)</div><div>LIZZIE - Woman who looks in her 70's, dying of cancer and scared about it<br></div><div>PATTI - Woman in her 50's, Lizzie's daughter, not ready to lose her mother<br></div><div>TEEN MICHAEL - Boy in his teens determined to love Lizzie<br></div><div>YOUNG MICHAEL - Man in his 20's or 30's, happy to be a new father<br></div><div>ADULT MICHAEL - Man in his 50's or 60's, dying and clinging to life<br></div></div><div><br></div><div>STARS</div><div>by Lydia Nightingale</div><div>directed by Patricia Keister</div><div><br></div><div>Bridget
has used every method available to a woman to survive in 1945 Berlin,
where the foreign "liberators" often exploit and abuse. Her husband,
Wilhelm, recently returned from battle, is disturbed by the new order of
survival. When family friend Tanja comes to ask them for help, the
spouses clash and finally recognize in each other the devastating
effects of war.</div><div><br></div><div>Characters (2F, 1M)</div><div>Bridget - A German housewife, late 20s-early 30s</div><div>Wilhelm - Bridget's husband and a former German soldier/member of the Nazi Party, late 20s-early 30s</div><div>Tanja - A family friend of the couple, early 20s</div><div><br></div><div>THE PLAY ABOUT YOUR SHOULDER</div><div>by Alex Hovet</div><div>directed by Kat Fronheiser</div><div><br></div><div>Two
women navigate falling in love and their past relationships through the
seemingly-oppositional methods of expression of writing and speaking.</div><div><br></div><div>Characters (2F)</div><div>I - Female, any race, older than 21. Newly in love with YOU, a writer who longs to express more through speaking</div><div>YOU
- Female, any race, older than 21. Has had many past relationships and
speaks freely, and is just beginning to realize what she deserves</div><div><br></div><div>CREW: If you are interested in participating behind-the-scenes at Confetti Fest 11, we need you! Please contact us at <a href="mailto:confettistageinc@gmail.com" target="_blank">confettistageinc@gmail.com</a> for more information.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Confetti Stage, Inc<br></div><div><a href="http://www.confettistage.org" target="_blank">www.confettistage.org</a></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ConfettiStageInc" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ConfettiStageInc</a><br></div><div>Please join us for our next production, in collaboration with Ten Broeck Mansion - the world premiere of <span style="color:rgb(0,255,0)"><font size="4"><b>Robin Hood and the King's Ransom</b></font></span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#0b5394" size="4"><b> </b><font color="#000000" size="2">by</font><b> <font color="#38761d" size="2">Marty Egan and Stephen Henel</font></b></font>, August 7-16, 2015. </div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Confetti Stage, Inc<br></div><div><a href="http://www.confettistage.org" target="_blank">www.confettistage.org</a></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ConfettiStageInc" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ConfettiStageInc</a><br></div><div>Please join us for our next production, in collaboration with Ten Broeck Mansion - the world premiere of <span style="color:rgb(0,255,0)"><font size="4"><b>Robin Hood and the King's Ransom</b></font></span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#0b5394" size="4"><b> </b><font color="#000000" size="2">by</font><b> <font color="#38761d" size="2">Marty Egan and Stephen Henel</font></b></font>, August 7-16, 2015. </div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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