<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">AUDITIONS</u></b></span></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class="">FEMALES between the ages of 17 and 30</font></b></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">For: Broken Toys (a tv series-Drama/Dark Comedy)</b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/brokentoysandtheirmisadventures/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/brokentoysandtheirmisadventures/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: small;" class="">Summary: 5 Characters (Tristin, Sonata, Grace, Effie, and Jimmy) meet in a psychiatric facility and become friends. Season 1 will follow their misadventures in getting to know each other and the facility, while dealing with their different past experiences. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">When: 7pm Monday, November 30th, 2015,</b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Each individual auditioning will be asked to provide a headshot and resume. Non-pay.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><strong class="" style="text-align: left;">LEAD CHARACTERS</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class=""><strong class="" style="text-align: left;">TRISTIN </strong><span style="text-align: left;" class="">is a young man in his mid-twenties. He is hospitalized after a suicide attempt triggered by his girlfriend Ani's suicide after miscarrying their daughter during the second trimester. He often writes letters to her-- his way of dealing with the death and his remorse for not succeeding in 'joining her'. He uses writing and music to cope with his losses and inner demons, and struggles to find a reason to continue living, let alone build a new life without Ani.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class=""><span style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><b class="" style="text-align: start;">SONATA </b><span class="" style="text-align: start; font-family: 'Century Gothic';">is a college-age girl hospitalized for self-harm and near suicide. For 6 years, she has struggled with anxiety, depression, ocd, panic disorder, and ptsd. Between the ages of 6 and 10, she was molested by her grandfather’s partner, but has no memory of him whatsoever since he died. Because of this, it is difficult for her to be intimate with anyone. The triggering event that led to her to needing treatment involved a college professor trying to take advantage of her. Throughout this series, Sonata will come to terms with memories of her past and her hopelessness in finding anyone worth trusting or loving. </span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="text-align: start;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="text-align: start;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" class=""><b class="">GRACE </b>is a girl in her early twenties<font size="2" class=""> struggling with an e</font></font></span><span style="text-align: start; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: small;" class="">xtreme anxiety disorder and frequent panic attacks. She is very artistic and uses her art to deal with her stress. She is also e</span><span style="text-align: start; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: small;" class="">xtremely distrustful of people, as she was previously in an extremely abusive relationship . Her suicide attempt resulted from her belief</span><span style="text-align: start; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: small;" class=""> there was no other way to get out of the relationship. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b class="" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic';">EFFIE </b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: small;" class="">is a twenty-year-old who has been dealing with the death of her little brother for a while, convinced that it was her fault. She is sarcastic and struggles to manage her anger. After the love of her life cheated on her, she finds herself sexually compromised in various ways. </span></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: small; text-align: start;" class=""><b class="">JIMMY </b>is a schizophrenic male in his mid-twenties who comically portrays an individual who has difficulty telling fantasy from reality. He is constantly making jokes, </span><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class="">insensitively, and insists that his reality is correct. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class=""><b class="">SHANE </b>is a teen girl who has undiagnosed autism. As a little girl, she was sex-trafficked and since then, has difficulty understanding what happened to her. With limited speech and cognitive processing skills, her only way of expressing her trauma is through her constant obsession with “freeing the slaves”. Suffering from PTSD and frustrated at her inability to communicate her issues, she hangs herself at the end of the season.</font></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class="">SEEKING ACTORS FOR:</font></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class=""><b class="">EFFIE: </b>We are looking for someone who can portray a genuine struggle with grief as well as outbursts of anger. Because Effie has an eating disorder that is often referenced, we are hoping for an actress on the slim side. She is very polish, so we are hoping for caucasian actresses to read for her. She also needs to be comfortable with acting out a very sexual character, but not at every moment. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class=""><b class="">ANI: </b>Tristin’s loving girlfriend who eventually struggles with losing a child, self inflicted harm, and suicide. Blue eyes are preferred or someone who could wear blue contacts.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class="">NURSES and PATIENTS: We are always in need of extras/background characters. Some will be chosen for dialogue or improvisational acting. The two main nurses are Ellen and Anna. </font></b></div><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class=""><b class="">WHERE: Russell Sage College, 65 1st Street, Troy NY</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class=""><b class="">2nd floor of the Student Life Center/McKinstry Hall</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class="">A GPS will take you to Bush Memorial Center (Building 26 on the map, a big white building with pillars)</font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class="">Follow 1st Street down through campus until you get to the big parking lot at the end</font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class="">Enter the campus near building 21 (Theatre Institute at Sage, Schacht Fine Arts Center)</font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class="">Pass McKinstry Courtyard on the left</font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Century Gothic" size="2" class="">Enter building 19 (Student Life Center) and take elevator to 2nd floor (labelled as the 1st floor)</font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="89F7CDFC-B0A8-4A4A-8514-6873ABA7B2C1" height="580" width="516" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:0588751D-E5AE-4332-91FB-7C2C6D5DCEDA@89jeepster" class=""></div></div><br class=""></body></html>