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<font size="4"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15">OPEN AUDITIONS: Tues and Thurs, June 5th & 7th</span>
for . . .</font><br><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_18"><span style="text-transform:uppercase"></span></span></h1><h1 class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_2" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.25em"><font size="6"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_18"><span style="text-transform:uppercase">THE MADW</span></span><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_18"><span style="text-transform:uppercase">OMAN OF CHAILLOT</span></span></font></h1><h1 class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_2" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.25em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_18"><span style="text-transform:uppercase"></span></span></h1><h1 class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_2" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.25em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_18"><span style="text-transform:uppercase"></span></span></h1><h3 class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_8" style="line-height:1.5em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-style:normal"><span><span style="font-size:16px">by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency</span></span></span></span></span></h3><h1 class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_2" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.25em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_18"><span style="text-transform:uppercase"></span></span></h1></div><div style="width:780px" class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-txtNew" id="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-comp-jh52jzlr2"><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><b><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="font-style:normal"><span><span style="font-size:16px">Directed by C</span></span></span></span><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="font-style:normal"><span><span style="font-size:16px">hris Howard</span></span></span></span></b></p><h3 class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_8" style="line-height:1.5em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-style:normal"><span><span style="font-size:16px"></span></span></span></span></span></h3><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="font-style:normal"><span><span style="font-weight:300"><span style="font-size:16px"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At
Schenectady Civic Playhouse<br>
12 South Church Street, Schenectady NY 12305<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>@ 7:30PM, Sign-ups begining 7:00PM<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><b>The
story takes place in Paris</b>, "a little before noon in the Spring of next
year". Act 1 is set in a sidewalk café where the waitress, assorted
customers, a ragman, a street musician, a juggler, a deaf child and
peddlers mingle with a Corporation President, a Baron, a prospector and a
broker. The business people are intent on bombing the office of the
City Planner and drilling for oil throughout Paris. Act 2 takes place
in the ancient cellar of Countess Aurelia-the Madwoman. She gathers her
friends together for tea and a mock trial to save Paris from
destruction. Her first step is to ask the sewer man for the secret of
the moving stone.<span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-wixGuard"></span>.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-wixGuard"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><b>Director’s
Note</b>: Giraudoux’s themes- Love conquers all. Money isn’t everything.
Stand up to bullies. Art and beauty forever!- are crystal clear. An open
stage, minimal props, costumes from at least 5 different eras,
pantomime, whimsical lighting and music will be used to capture the
imagination of the audience. We’ll play with movement, color and visual
effects. The goal is to create a world where fantasy and reality blend
beautifully. The underdog will triumph with grace and wit. We need to
keep it simple. Our quest is to comfort our ‘tribe’ in these troubled
times just as Giraudoux did for theater lovers right after World War II.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-wixGuard"></span>CAST will be racially and ethnically diverse-5 women, 1 little girl or boy, and 8 men.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-wixGuard"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><b><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15">SINGLE ROLES FOR WOMEN:</span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Irma</span></span>,
the waitress will absorb the roles of the Waiter and the Doorman. Age
range is 20-mid 30s. Friend to Countess Aurelia. Attractive.
Trustworthy. Falls in love with Pierre.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Countess Aurelia- The Madwoman of Chaillot</span></span>.
Age 50-70. The Countess is eccentric NOT crazy. She is confident-not
haughty. “Being alive and savouring the beauty of each moment is all the
wealth she wants.” Quote from the Stratford Festival program.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Deaf child, previously ‘Deaf-Mute’</span></span>
Age 6-8. This child will communicate only with sign language. Gypsy
children have always been a part of Paris street life. We have chosen to
give them, and all children, a ‘voice’ in this production.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"> \</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><b>SINGLE ROLES FOR MEN:</b></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><b><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-wixGuard"></span></span></b><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">The President</span></span>, Age 40-70. Crooked, greedy, wealthy, powerful, untrusting, self-centered, bigoted.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">The Ragpicker</span></span>, Age 40-70. Observant, kind, eloquent, well-read.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">The Broker</span></span>,
Age 30-40. Wall-street, financial wizard. Overly confident. Minimal
social skills. Smartly dressed. Constantly looking at his cell-phone.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">The Prospector</span></span>,
Age 40-70. Weathered, meticulous, cuts to the chase. Engineer, explorer
and entrepreneur. Connoisseur of ‘mineral water’ as it were!</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Pierre</span></span>,
Age 20-30. He has been hired to plant a bomb. Instead, he attempts to
commit suicide by jumping into the Seine. This character must enter the
fantasy world of Countess Aurelia and stay connected to real life.
Attractive. Gentlemanly. He falls in love with Irma.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><b><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15">MULTIPLE ROLES FOR WOMEN:</span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Therese the Blonde, Countess Gabrielle, 1st Lady</span></span>,
Age 30-50. Therese is a café customer. Countess Gabrielle is a mature
woman pretending to be sweet and innocent. She must use pantomime during
the tea party scene. 1st Lady is a self-absorbed trend-setter-or as we
say nowadays- an influencer.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Flower-seller, Dr. Jadin, Countess Constance, 2nd Lady</span></span>,
Age 50-70. The Flower-Seller peddles on the sidewalk and to café
customers, Dr. Jadin is a café customer who believes she is a physician.
Her ‘office’ is the table in back corner. Countess Constance has an
imaginary dog-Dickie. She uses pantomime as she interacts with the dog
and at the tea party. 2nd Lady is a self-absorbed trend setter.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Shoelace-seller, Countess Josephine, 3rd Lady</span></span>,
Age 50-70. The Shoelace Peddler sells to passersby and café customers,
Countess Josephine plays the part of The Judge in a mock trial after the
tea party, 3rd Lady, is a self-absorbed trend-setter.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><b><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15">MULTIPLE ROLES FOR MEN:</span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Baron, Sewer-man 2nd President, Press Agent #1, Adolphe Bertaut (bearTOE) #1</span></span>:
Age 50-70. The Baron has squandered the family fortune. Thanks to his
title and some influence, he is a willing pawn in the President’s latest
get-rich scheme. 2nd President is one of The President’s cronies. Press
Agent #1- member of ‘the media’. Adolphe Bertaut #1 is Countess
Aurelia’s would-be fiancé from her youth. He represents well-meaning,
baffled suitors past and present.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Juggler, Singer, 3rd President, Press Agent # 2, Adolphe Bertaut #2</span></span>
Age 20 and up. Ideally, we’d like to cast someone able to juggle three
flashlights or bowling pins. The Street Singer role can be a musician
strolling with a violin, concertina or guitar…or NO instrument if need
be. <span style="font-weight:bold">If we cast a woman as a juggler and singer, she will be a female President and Press Agent and cross dress for Adolphe Bertaut</span>. <span style="text-decoration:underline">PLEASE REFER TO THE DESCRIPTIONS ABOVE OF THE PRESIDENTS, PRESS AGENTS AND ADOLPHE BERTAUTS</span>.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-font_9" style="line-height:1.55em"><span class="gmail-m_-4240921372159560298gmail-color_15"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:bold">Little Man/Investor, Policeman, Press Agent #3, Adolphe Bertaut #3</span></span>
Age 30 and up. The Little Man/Investor is a café customer who overhears
the conversation with the Broker, gets excited about making a killing
in the stock market and hands over his life savings. The Policeman goes
back and forth between professional and clueless. Nice guy. PLEASE <span style="text-decoration:underline">REFER TO THE DESCRIPTIONS ABOVE OF THE PRESIDENTS, PRESS AGENTS AND ADOLPHE BERTAUTS</span></span></p></div></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL">
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