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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:16pt">Press Release</span></b><span><font size="3"> </font></span></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Contact:</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Linda Murawski </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">(</font></font><a href="mailto:Lindam4GPH@gmail.com"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="3">Lindam4GPH@gmail.com</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">)
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:14pt">Date:</span><span><font size="3"> </font></span></font><font color="#000000" size="3">March 7, 2016</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">The
Ghent Playhouse</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">518 392-6264</font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">12075</font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span> </span><span> </span></font><b><u><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:16pt">FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE</span></u></b></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">The Ghent Playhouse announces auditions for its final
production of the 2015-2016 theater season, Moliere’s THE IMAGINARY INVALID,
newly adapted and directed by Barbara Leavell Smith.<span> </span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Auditions</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">:<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Sunday and Monday, March 20 and 21, 2016</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"><span> </span><span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Sign-in at 7:00 p.m. – Auditions will begin
at 7:30 p.m.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"><span> </span><span> </span></font><font color="#000000">THE GHENT PLAYHOUSE</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">6 Townhall Place (off of
Route 66)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Ghent, New York</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Rehearsals</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">:<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">The rehearsal schedule will be put together
based on the availability of</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">those
chosen for the production.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">We request
that those interested in auditioning be as specific as possible in listing any
conflicts.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Production
Dates</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">:<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">May 20 – June 5, 2016</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"><span> </span><span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Fridays and Saturdays – 8:00 p.m.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Sundays – 2:00
p.m.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Casting
Information</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">:<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">A cast of 8 men and 4 women are needed for
this production.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Those auditioning will
be asked to read specific scenes.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Please
see the story and character descriptions below for more information about the
production.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">The
Story</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">:<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">In this satirical French farce, a rich man
and severe hypochondriac named Argan, intends to marry his eldest daughter,
Angelique, off to a young physician in hopes that he may continue to be treated
for his maladies at no cost</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Angelique,
however is in love with another man and refuses to follow her father’s
orders.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Offering another alternative,
Argan then gives his daughter four days to consent to becoming a nun.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">As things continue, Cleante, Angelique’s true
love, along with Argan’s housekeeper and brother, Berald, all set out to change
Argan’s mind.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Eventually, Argan is pursuaded,
after discovering the meaning of true love, when he learns that his wife has
only married him for his money,</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">and that
it Angelique who loves him honestly and unconditionally.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">The
Characters</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">:</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Argan
-<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">(male, 45–70) A self-centered
monomaniac, obsessed with his maladies and his doctors, genuinely loving of his
two daughters and duped by his gold-digging second wife.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">A loveable, gullible, headstrong old fool.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Toinette
(female, 35-65)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Argan’s servant,
devoted, witty, sassy, spirited, and imaginative, who sees through him, but has
his best interests at heart.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Physically agile.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Angelique
– (female, 16-35)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Argan’s eldest
daughter; devoted to her father, but madly in love with Cleante.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Sweet, but very smart and assertive; quite a
feminist for her day.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Beralde<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">- (male, 45-70)</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Argan’s brother.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">The ideal Frenchman; witty, wordly, courteous
and wise.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Not at all dull.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">A loving brother and uncle who tries, always
with a </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">delightfully
light touch, to bring reason to bear.<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">At
times, the voice of Moliere.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Beline
– (female, 45-65)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Argan’s second
wife.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Very attractive and
well-dressed.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">A gold-digger, clever and
deceitful, and a wicked stepmother to Argan’s two daughters.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Thomas
Diafoirus – (male, 18-40)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">A medical
student to whom Argan has given the hand of his daughter, Angelique.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Not too bright, pretty slow, but full of big
words and extravagant ideas.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Monsieur/Madame
Diafoirus – (male or female, 45-65)<span>
</span></font><font color="#000000">Pretentious parent of Thomas.</font><span><font color="#000000">
</font></span><font color="#000000">Focused on putting Thomas in good light.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Cleante
– (male, 18-40)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Madly in love with
Angelique.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">A handsome, passionate, well-mannered
young hero.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Monsieur
Purgon – (male 40-70)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Argan’s
doctor.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">An enormous, more than
self-confident priest of the medical profession. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Additional
Smaller Roles</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">:</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">The
Notary – (male, 45-65)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">A weird
character, full of himself and his profession.</font><span><font color="#000000">
</font></span><font color="#000000">“Intimate friend” of Argan’s wife, Beline.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Monsieur
Fleurant – (male, 35-65)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Argan’s
apothecary, who arrives determined to give him a “lavage” (enema) prescribed by
Monsieur Purgon.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Louison
– (female, 8-20)<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Argan’s youngest
daughter.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Bright, imaginative, loving,
clever and mischievious.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION, you may contact the director at (518) 283-4970.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="4">Linda Murawski, <font size="2">Office Manager & Publicity person</font></font> for The Ghent Playhouse </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY 12075 (518) 392-6264</font></div></div></div></div>
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