<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CONTACT:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RPI Players</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RPI Union</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">110 8th Street</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Troy, NY 12180</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Phone: <a href="tel:(518)%20276-6503" value="+15182766503" target="_blank">518-276-6503</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fax: <a href="tel:(518)%20276-6920" value="+15182766920" target="_blank">518-276-6920</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:players@union.rpi.edu" target="_blank">players@union.rpi.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://players.union.rpi.edu/" target="_blank">http://players.union.rpi.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The RPI Players Open Calls for <span class="gmail-il">Directors</span> and Musical <span class="gmail-il">Directors</span> for their 88th Season!</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Troy, NY - March 10th, 2017</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The RPI Players is seeking <span class="gmail-il">Directors</span> for their 302nd and 304th shows: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Arcadia</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Little Night Music</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The call for <span class="gmail-il">Directors</span> will close on Friday, March 31st.The RPI Players are also seeking a Musical <span class="gmail-il">Director</span> for </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Little Night Music</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; this call will close Friday, April 14th. The RPI Players are a student run community theatre on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The first mainstage performance is </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Arcadia</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, written by Tom Stoppard, to be performed November 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, and 18th of 2017. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Arcadia</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a hermitage, thirteen year-old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are researching a possible scandal at the estate in 1809 involving Lord Byron.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">                    </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Secondly, our Spring Musical is </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Little Night Music</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with Book by Hugh Wheeler, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. This show will be tentatively performed on Apri</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">l 20th, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">21st, 22nd, 26th, 27th, and 28th of 2018. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Set in 1900 Sweden, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Little Night Music</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrick's wife, Anne; Desirée's current lover, the Count; and the Count's wife, Charlotte. Both men – as well as their jealous wives – agree to join Desirée and her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée's mother's estate. With everyone in one place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises.</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The RPI Players are also opening their call for Musical <span class="gmail-il">Directors</span> for </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Little Night Music</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at this time. The Musical <span class="gmail-il">Director</span> is responsible for teaching all of the music to the cast, working with the <span class="gmail-il">Director</span> and the Choreographer to develop the show, and holding auditions for and conducting the pit orchestra for all six shows.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are interested in directing these shows or want more information, please contact the RPI Players Executive Committee at <a href="mailto:players@union.rpi.edu" target="_blank">players@union.rpi.edu</a>. To apply, please submit a theater resume and a cover letter no later than April 15th for <span class="gmail-il">Directors</span> and April 22nd for Musical <span class="gmail-il">Directors</span>. The RPI Players Executive Committee will contact applicants for an interview date and time. Please come prepared to discuss your vision for the show.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-m_-1943380499587836354gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bryan Johns</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President, RPI Players 88th Season</span></p></div>