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VOICES will hold auditions for a staged reading of </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">THE SHAPE OF THINGS by Neil Labute, directed by Patricia Bunce.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Location</span></b></p>
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Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West
Lawrence Street. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Times</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> Sunday
February 21 7:00pm-9:30pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> Monday
February 22 7:00pm-9:30pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Please arrive as close to start time as possible
and be prepared to stay until the end of auditions. Actors will be asked to read scenes from the
play.</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Needed:</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">
2 women 20’s</span></p>
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men 20’s </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Adam: a quiet, insecure, unassuming and
hard working college student in his 20's falls for a worldly graduate
student and is transformed into a confident and courageous new self. Although
willing to go along for the ride, Adam loses himself and is conflicted about
the price of love.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Evelyn: 20's . Outspoken and pretentious
graduate student completing her MFA in Art at a conservative mid- western
college. Fiercely direct and intelligent, Evelyn tells it like it is and
steps over the line to unveil the truth about Art, no matter what the cost.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Phillip: 20's. Adam’s friend and
former roommate, Phillip is opinionated and attention seeking. Suspicious of
Evelyn and loyal to Adam, Phillip challenges Evelyn to expose her
pretentiousness to protect his friend.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Jenny: 20's. Phillip's fiancé and Adam's friend.
Caring and always wishing to avoid conflict, Jenny is supportive of Adam's
transformation and confused by her relationship with Phillip. She reaches out
to Adam for support and discovers she has feelings for him.</span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Synopsis</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">:</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38)"> This contemporary
story of love and art, set in a Midwestern college town, follows the unexpected
romance between Evelyn, an attractive, worldly art major, and Adam, an
unsophisticated young man who has never had much success with women. As their
relationship progresses and Evelyn strengthens her hold on Adam, his emotional
and physical evolution discomforts his closest friends, with unexpected
consequences for all.</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Contact
<a href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org">info@theatervoices.org</a> with questions.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Production Dates</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> Fri.-Sun. (Four performances) April 22-24,
2016 at Steamer No. 10 Theatre, Albany.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a></span></p>
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