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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Tues and Thurs, June 5th & 7th</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">for . .</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> .</span></b></font><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-transform:uppercase">THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT</span></b><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">by
Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Directed by Chris Howard<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:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At Schenectady Civic Playhouse<br>
12 South Church Street, Schenectady NY 12305</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt"><span></span></span></p>
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7:00PM<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:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">TUESDAY, JUNE 5 & THURSDAY JUNE
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<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"">(Performance dates: October 12
through 21, 2018)<span></span></span></b></p>
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<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"">(Exact rehearsal dates determined at
auditions) </span></b><span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The story takes place in Paris</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, "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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director’s Note</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">: 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CAST will be racially and
ethnically diverse-5 women, 1 little girl or boy, and 8 men.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b>SINGLE ROLES FOR WOMEN:</b><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Irma</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b>Countess Aurelia- The Madwoman
of Chaillot</b></span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">. 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deaf child, previously ‘Deaf-Mute’</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">SINGLE ROLES FOR MEN:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u>The President</u></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Age 40-70. Crooked, greedy, wealthy, powerful, untrusting,
self-centered, bigoted.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ragpicker</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Age 40-70. Observant, kind, eloquent, well-read.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Broker</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Age 30-40. Wall-street, financial wizard. Overly
confident. Minimal social skills. Smartly dressed. Constantly looking at his
cell-phone.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Prospector</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Age 40-70. Weathered, meticulous, cuts to the chase.
Engineer, explorer and entrepreneur. Connoisseur of ‘mineral water’ as it were!<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Pierre</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">MULTIPLE ROLES FOR WOMEN:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Therese the Blonde, Countess
Gabrielle, 1st Lady</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Flower-seller, Dr. Jadin, Countess
Constance, 2nd Lady</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Shoelace-seller, Countess Josephine,
3rd Lady</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">MULTIPLE ROLES FOR MEN:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b>Baron, Sewer-man 2nd President,
Press Agent #1, Adolphe Bertaut (bearTOE) #1</b></span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">: 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Juggler, Singer, 3rd President,
Press Agent # 2, Adolphe Bertaut #2</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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. <b>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</b>. <u>PLEASE REFER TO THE DESCRIPTIONS
ABOVE OF THE PRESIDENTS, PRESS AGENTS AND ADOLPHE BERTAUTS</u>.<span></span></span></p>
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Press Agent #3, Adolphe Bertaut #3</b></span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">PLEASE <u>REFER TO THE DESCRIPTIONS
ABOVE OF THE PRESIDENTS, PRESS AGENTS AND ADOLPHE BERTAUTS</u><span></span></span></p>
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