<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">THEATER 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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Location</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">    Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West Lawrence Street.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Times</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">    Sunday February 21 7:00pm-9:30pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">    Monday February 22 7:00pm-9:30pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Please arrive either night by 7pm  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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">               2 men 20’s     </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Contact <a href="mailto:info@theatervoices.org" target="_blank">info@theatervoices.org</a> with questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Production Dates</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;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><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><a href="http://www.theatervoices.org/" target="_blank">www.theatervoices.org</a></span></p></div>