<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Curtain Call Theatre (Latham, NY) will be holding auditions for</span></div><div><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </i></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="misc" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST</a>”<o:p></o:p></b></p><p style="text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 1in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Oscar Wilde</span><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Auditions:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">Sunday – November 19 – 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><b>Location:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Curtain Call Theatre – <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://11" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">1 Jeanne Jugan Lane, Latham, NY 12110</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><b>Rehearsals:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Begin January 2018<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">Sunday – Wednesday</a> evenings<o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><b>Performances:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://13" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">February 23 – March 24, 2018</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://14" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">Thursday at 7:30 PM</a>, Friday and <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://15" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">Saturday at 8:00 PM</a>, & <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://16" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="16" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">Sunday at 3:00 PM</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One Saturday matinee <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://18" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="18" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">at 3:00 PM on March 3</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://18" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="18" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">rd</a></sup> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><b>Show Description:<br></b><br>The exhilarating masterpiece about two bachelor friends and the double lives they lead. It features some of the most brilliant dialogue and witticisms ever created. <br><br><b>Available Roles:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>John “Jack” Worthing</b>, J.P., aka Ernest, early 30’s, is a wealthy young gentleman who takes life seriously. He’s a friend of Algernon whose behavior he sometimes deplores. John is Cecily’s guardian and is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Algernon Moncrieff</b>, early 30’s, is the brilliantly witty and blithely selfish nephew of Lady Bracknell and cousin to Gwendolen Fairfax. He’s Ernest’s (John/Jack’s) best friend. He’s in love with Cecily Cardew.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax</b> , 20’s, is Algernon’s young, aristocratic and charmingly superficial cousin and Lady Bracknell’s daughter. She’s in love with John/Jack/Ernest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Lady Bracknell</b> , 55 +, is domineering, cunning, mercenary and snobbish. She’s Gwendolen’s mother, and she means to see her daughter well-married. A formidable woman, Lady Bracknell is used to having her own way in all ways.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Cecily Cardew</b>, 20’s, is a young woman given to romantic fantasies and intrigued by the wickedness of Jack’s brother. She is the simpler, more innocent country girl to Gwendolyn’s sophisticated city girl.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Rev. Canon Chasuble</b>, D.D. (Doctor of Divinity), 55 +, is the pleasant rector on John/Jack’s estate and has a crush on Miss Prism. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Miss Prism</b>, 50 +, is Cecily’s pedantic governess. She’s somewhat puritanical, but her softer side leans toward Dr. Chasuble. She once wrote an important novel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Merriman</b>, 30 – 50’s, is the butler at Jack’s country estate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Lane</b>, 30 – 40’s, is Algernon’s manservant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>We strive for inclusive casting and encourage artists from diverse backgrounds (on the basis of gender, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation) as they will be considered seriously for any role - and not confined solely to those written with their own personal characteristics in mind.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>For more information about the theatre and the rest of our season please visit our website at<a href="http://www.curtaincalltheatre.com/">www.curtaincalltheatre.com</a>.<br><br>Thank you.</span></p><br></div></div><div></div></body></html>