<p class="s3" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2;text-align:center"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">GHENT PLAYHOUSE TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2;text-align:center"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">REGIONAL PREMIERE OF FLORIAN ZELLER’S “THE FATHER”</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2;text-align:center"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2;text-align:center"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">The Ghent Playhouse announces open auditions for THE FATHER – Written by Florian Zeller, translated by </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Christopher </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Hampton </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">and directed by Brian Wagner.</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;padding-left:36px">​</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Sunday, August 12, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">2018  –</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">7:30 pm  and Monday, August 13, 2018 – 7:30 pm</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Possible callbacks on Thursday, August 16, 2018 – 7:30 pm</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">6 Town Hall Place (off Route 66) in Ghent, NY</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">SYNOPSIS:  Set in </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">a</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> Paris flat</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> in present day, t</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">his is a story of an elderly man’s descent into dementia and the efforts of his daughter to balance her love for her father and the need to care for him, with the demands of her own life and relationship with her husband.  Laced with humor, The Father </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">works almost like a thriller as we see things through the confused eyes of Andre, as he struggles to make sense of a progressively befuddling world and the complete strangers </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">who </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">enter his </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">flat.  </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">CHARACTERS:</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Andre – THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST THROUGH EARLIER AUDITIONS.</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Anne – 45-55 </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">yo</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> - Andre’s daughter and caretaker.  </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Married to Pierre.</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">  </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Fati</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">g</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">ued but concerned, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">responsible, controlled, heartsick.</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Pierre – 45-60 </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">yo</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> – Anne’s husband.  Cool, annoyed, menacing, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">impatient, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">resentful, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">unsympathetic. </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Laura – 25-30 </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">yo</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> – Andre’s nurse, hired by his daughter Anne.  </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Young, pretty, cheerful, patient, caring, and compassionate</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">, but a bit patronizing at times</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">.</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Man – 40-50 </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">yo</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> – Cool, calm and collected stranger/husband.  </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Mysterious, menacing and suspicious.</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Woman – 40-50 </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">yo</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> – Stranger/daughter/caretaker.  </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Worried, compassionate, practical.</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">NOTE:  If you are younger than the ranges listed, but feel that you can portray older than you are, please don’t hesitate to audition.  Please be prompt for auditions and ready with your list of conflicts.  </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Auditioners</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> will be asked to read sides from the script.</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Performance dates are October 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 2018 with a preview on October 4.  Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> pm; </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">Sunday performances are at 2:00</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial"> pm</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">.</span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></p><p class="s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">If you have any questions or are not able to make the initial audition dates, please contact the director, Brian Wagner by email at </span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">briandwagner</span><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">65</span><a name="_GoBack"></a><span class="s2" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial">@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a></span></p>