<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 12px"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Audition Notice</span></u></b><div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 12px"><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The NYS Defenders Association seeks actors to play witnesses in its Basic Trial Skills Program June 10-16<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This is a role-play based educational work designed to teach public defense attorneys.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Required:</span></u></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--Ability to retain a large set of circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--Excellen trole-play improvisational skills.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--Commitment to program’s educational goals. </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Casting:</span></u></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Client:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></u></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">African-American and Latino males actors especially sought, age 25-20.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Has a deep backstory full of psychological distress.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Construction Workers, late 20’s mid 30’s:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></u><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Union iron workers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Hard workers, hard partiers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Need actors adept at naturalistically playing blue-collar workers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Paidwork; Equity, SAG and AFRTRA members eligible as well as non-union actors.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submit a head shot and resume via e-mail to Mark Dalton at </span><a class="parsedEmail" href="mailto:markdaltondefenders@verizon.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">markdaltondefenders@verizon.net</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, subject line:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>BTSP Actor Submission. Audition times will be by appointment.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p></div><br /></div>