<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></b></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:12pt"><font color="#000000">The Ghent Playhouse announces auditions for GREATER TUNA, written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, and directed by Brian Wagner.</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:12pt"><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"><u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Auditions</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">:<span>  </span><span>    </span><span>   </span></font><font color="#000000">Monday, June 5 and Tuesday, June 6, 2017</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:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>            </span><span>              </span></font><font color="#000000">Sign-in at 7:00 p.m. – Auditions will begin at 7:15 p.m.</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:12pt"><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:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>                        </span><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:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>                        </span><span> </span><span>    </span></font><font color="#000000">6 Town Hall Place (Adjacent to the Ghent Firehouse off 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:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>                      </span><span>    </span></font><font color="#000000">Ghent, New York</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:12pt"><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:12pt"><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"><u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Rehearsals</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">: <span></span><span>    </span></font><font color="#000000">The rehearsal schedule will be based on the availability of those </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:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>                      </span><span>    </span></font><font color="#000000">chosen for the production.</font><span><font color="#000000">  </font></span><font color="#000000">Those interested in auditioning are asked </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span><font color="#000000">     </font></span><font color="#000000">to be as specific as possible in listing any and all conflicts.</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:12pt"><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:12pt"><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"><u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Performances:</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span><font color="#000000">   </font></span><font color="#000000">October 6 – 22, 2017</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:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>            </span><span>        </span><span> </span><span>   </span><span>     </span></font><font color="#000000">Fridays and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m.</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:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>                        </span><span>     </span></font><font color="#000000">Sunday Matinees at 2:00 p.m.</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:12pt"><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:12pt"><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"><u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Casting Info</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">:<span>      </span></font><font color="#000000">Two skillful, transformative male actors (aged 20-60) to portray 20 </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:12pt"><span><font color="#000000">                          </font></span><font color="#000000">characters – men, women, children and pets - in this fast-paced, very </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:12pt"><span><font color="#000000">                          </font></span><font color="#000000">funny show.</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:12pt"><span><font color="#000000">                          </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span><font color="#000000">    </font></span><font color="#000000">The production requires stamina, along with the ability to change roles </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span><font color="#000000">    </font></span><font color="#000000">at breakneck speed and create inventive voices for the characters.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>   </span><span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Those auditioning will be asked to read specific scenes from the</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:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>                        </span><span>     </span></font><font color="#000000">script.</font><span><font color="#000000">  </font></span><font color="#000000">Please see the story and character descriptions below </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span> </span><span>    </span></font><font color="#000000">for more information about the play.</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:12pt"><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:12pt"><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"><u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">The Story</font></span></u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">:<span>  </span></font><font color="#000000">A day in the life of the wacky inhabitants of Tuna, Texas, as they parade across the stage in all their outrageous and irreverent glory, spouting on life, politics and what makes them (and sometimes us) tick.</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:12pt"><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:12pt"><font color="#000000">This popular show has become one of the most produced plays in American theatre history.</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:12pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></u></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">The Characters</span></u><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">:<span>  </span></span></font></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:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">THURSTON WHEELIS and ARLEN STRUVIE</span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> - two morning radio DJ’s</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">HAROLD DEAN LATTIMER - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">the radio station’s weatherman</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">ELMER WATKINS - </font></span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">a hunting enthusiast</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">PETEY FISK - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">a member of the Greater Tuna Humane Society</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">REV. SPIKES - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">President of the Smut Snatchers of the New Order </span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">VERA CARP –</span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> Vice President of the Smut Snatchers of the New Order</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">BERTHA BUMILLER - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">a member of the Smut Snatcher of the New Order</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">HANK BULMILLER - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Bertha’s husband</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">JODY, STANLEY AND CHARLENE BULMILLER - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Bertha’s 3 children</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">CHAD HARTFORD - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">a press reporter</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">YIPPY - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">a charming little dog, part rat-terrier, part Chihuahua </span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">LEONARD CHILDERS - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">host of radio’s “On the Line with Leonard.”</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">DIDI SNAVELY - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">a radio show caller; owns Didi’s Used Guns</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">R.R. SNAVELY - </span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Didi’s husband; a fiddler</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">PHINAS BLYE - </font></span></b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">another radio caller; <span> </span></font><font color="#000000">running for City Council</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">PEARL BURRAS - </span></b><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">owns a chicken farm and is suspected of poisoning dogs in the</span></font></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:12pt"><span><font color="#000000">                              <wbr>  </font></span><font color="#000000">neighborhood</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">SHERIFF GIVENS</font></span></b></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:12pt"><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:12pt"><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:12pt"><font color="#000000">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, YOU MAY CONTACT THE DIRECTOR AT </font></span><a href="mailto:Briandwagner65@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff">Briandwagner65@gmail.com</font></span></a><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">. </font></span><br>-- <br></p><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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