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<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Town Players of Pittsfield announces auditions for their upcoming April staged reading of</span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Martin McDonagh’s "The Cripple of Inishmaan". </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Auditions will be held at the Whitney Center for the Arts, 42 Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield on </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Monday, February 22 and Tuesday, February 23. Sign in both nights will begin at 7:00 pm with </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">auditions starting at 7:30 pm. If necessary, callbacks will be held at a later date and will be by invitation. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Actors should be prepared to present a short monologue (drama or comedy). If needed, monologues will </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">be available at the audition. Actors may also be called upon to read sides from the script, both singularly </span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">and in combination with others. No memorization or preparation of sides is required. An Irish dialect </span></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland in 1934, "The Cripple of Inishmaan" is a </span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">strange comic tale in the great tradition of Irish storytelling. As word arrives on Inishmaan that the </span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighboring island of Inishmore to film "Man of Aran"</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">, the one person who wants to be in the film more than anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to </span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">break away from the bitter tedium of his daily life. </span></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Rehearsals will be held 1-3 times per week and those auditioning are asked to come prepared to list all conflicts </span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">between the date of auditions and date of performance. Due to the limited time for rehearsal, we ask that </span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">auditioners please be honest with their availability. The rehearsal schedule will be created based on those </span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">selected for the cast and the conflicts listed on their audition forms. </span></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: (more info on web site www.townplayers.org)</span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Billy Claven (Cripple Billy) -</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Mild mannered, capable of </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">showing intelligence, evoking empathy and delivering humor. This actor must be able to sustain a </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">believable cripple arm and leg affliction throughout the performance. Age range: 16 - 20</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Kate Osbourne - (Billy's adoptive aunt) </span></font><span style="font-size: 16px;">Capable of delivering lines of deadpan humor. Age range: 40 </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">- 70</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Eileen Osbourne - (Billy's other adoptive aunt) </span></font><span style="font-size: 16px;">Capable of delivering lines of deadpan </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">humor. Age range: 40 - 70</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Johnny Pateen-Mike - (the town gossip)</span></font><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Age range: 30 – 70 </span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Helen McCormick - (a tough gir) She is a foul mouthed spitfire.</span></font><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Age range: 16 - 20</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Bartley McCormick - (Helen's little brother) </span></font><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Age range: 15 - 19</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Babbybobby Bennett -( a boatman) A </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">bit rough around the edges. Age range: 30 - 60</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Doctor McSharry - (the town doctor) Age range: 30 - 60</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Mammy O'Dougal - (Johnny Pateen-Mike's alcoholic 90 year-old mother) </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Age range: 60+</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Please note: This play contains strong language. For questions, please email the director, Becky Straight, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">at <a href="mailto:beckystraight@gmail.com" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer;">beckystraight@gmail.com</a>.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">"The Cripple of Inishmaan" will be performed on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the Whitney Center for the Arts, 42 Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield.</span></font></div>
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