<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Date: January
19, 2018<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">From: Grace
Z. Alberti, Executive Director Ad Astra Theatre Troupe<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Contact: Cell
– 518-423-9177<br>
Email –
<a href="mailto:AdAstraTroupe@gmail.com">AdAstraTroupe@gmail.com</a><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Subject: Teen
Male Actors Needed -- Warsaw Uprising Original Project Audition </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<span></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Teen Male Actors Needed
-- Warsaw Uprising Original Play Audition</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHAT</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Coming this May, <b>Ad Astra Theatre Troupe, LTD.</b> will preview its first original play
written by SUNY Adirondack professor <b>Lâle
Davidson</b>, and local teens, <b>Catie
LeCours</b> and <b>Grace Alberti</b>. Alberti
is also directing. Based on the women of the Warsaw Uprising, our story follows
two sisters in the early days of the ill-fated rebellion. “Uprising” examines
childhood intertwined with warfare, culture tangled with causality, and the
uncanny presence of those lost. Although the play celebrates the role of women in
the Uprising, there are 7 strong roles for young men.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Ad Astra Theatre Troupe is seeking a main cast
of thirteen teenage actors and a small teen ensemble. We are accepting registrations from female and male actors, but we have a particular need for additional males. Auditionees should be
versatile and fascinated by character analysis, with a desire to participate in
an authentic workshop experience.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHEN</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Auditions -- 2-5pm, February 3rd</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Callbacks -- 2-5pm, February 10th</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Rehearsals will take place Saturdays and Sundays
from 2pm to 5pm starting March 24th at the Bloom Movement Studio in Saratoga
Springs. Most actors will not be called to every rehearsal, <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Performances will take place in late May in Saratoga Springs, NY. Scenes from the play will be performed at PolishFest in
Latham, NY June 2 and 3, 2018. We have also received inquiries for potential
out of town performances. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHERE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Auditions will take place at Bloom: A Movement
Studio, Suite 1000, 153 Regent Street, Saratoga Springs, NY</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHO WE ARE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,46,46)">Ad Astra Theatre Troupe is a non-profit
teen-run performance company focusing on spreading education, confidence, and a
sense of community through the arts. Founded in 2017, we're unique because we
provide opportunities for local teens to experience leadership in all forms of
theatrical development, with new opportunities in direction, production,
choreography, technical, publicity, and stage management, with little to no
cost to families. For more information please visit <b><a href="http://www.adastratroupe.org">www.adastratroupe.org</a></b>.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHAT TO EXPECT<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Please register by emailing your interest to <b><a href="mailto:AdAstraTroupe@gmail.com">AdAstraTroupe@gmail.com</a></b> by January 31,
2018. You will be sent an audition form to fill out and the audition sides.
Bring the completed form with you to auditions on February 3, 2018.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Familiarize yourself with the character
descriptions, plot summary and your preferred sides. You will be asked to read
in front of the group of auditionees.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Within three days after the audition, a callback
list will be sent out, with additional sides and information. Callbacks will be
February 10, 2018, from 2-5pm. A cast list will be emailed out a week after
callbacks.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ROLES AVAILABLE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">HALINA DOBOSZ – 17.
A skilled combatant caught between the desire to preserve some semblance of a
normal life for her younger sister and the desire to uphold her beliefs by
joining the Uprising. She finds herself strained between realism and impulse.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ELŻBIETA DOBOSZ –
13. Halina’s idealistic younger sister, who wants nothing more than to be
included in her sister’s life, and in the rebellion at large. Stubborn to a
fault, steadfast ‘til the end.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">BEATA KOCHANSKA –
16. Born to a German mother and a Polish father. Through naiveté rather than
callousness, she takes her privileges for granted. An excitable, romantic, and
somewhat oblivious character, she has no trouble finding things to moan about.
Her features tend towards her German lineage.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">JADWIGA MIKITIENSKA
– 18. A courier who is informally Ignacy’s second in command, due to her
rational nature. Despite her seeming sobriety, she can be convinced to dance if
it’s Zofia doing the convincing. </span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ZOFIA ZALENSKA –
17. A passionate combatant with a wit and intelligence that could take down an
army. Thoroughly enjoys messing with her friends, and is quite excellent at it,
too. Appreciates a good flirt with Jadwiga.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">STEFANIA OLBRYS –
19. The daughter of an Underground supplier. Very knowledgeable in the
goings-on of the resistance. As she grew up into it, her resources and
organization remain as a necessity for the group - a fact she relishes in.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">PIOTR KOSTKA – 15.
Your local saucy rogue. A self-assured and somewhat flirtatious young thing. A
longtime friend of the Dobosz girls.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ZYGMUND KOSTKA –
17. Piotr’s brother, composed of a similar merry temperament. He takes every
opportunity he can get to inform Halina of his feelings for her - most often
through swank.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">IGNACY ROSAK – 19.
The leader of Halina’s battalion. A true pragmatist, his cynical sense of humor
does not diminish his ardent belief in the uprising.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">MATEUSZ ŚWITALSKI –
16. Another member of Ignacy’s battalion. He is deeply distrustful of anyone
German, and it has been suggested that he has a more sympathetic view of the
USSR than is healthy.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WITOLD STYS – 18.
Another member of Ignacy’s battalion. He is deeply religious which occasionally
leads to conflict with the communism that fascinates Mateusz.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">OTTO HEIDRICH – 18.
An agent of the Gestapo. An intelligent mind always seeking justification for
the atrocities he participates in, but who is not brave enough to resist the
pressure put on him by his oppressive society. His desire for praise and
conformity ultimately wins out over his sympathy for other humans.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ERHARD TEUFEL – 17.
Another agent of the Gestapo. Angered by the hard times Germany has been
subjected to, he carries out his duties with cruel glee. He is very aware of
his power, and revels in it.</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ENSEMBLE</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p></div>