<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Date: August
25, 2018</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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">From: Grace
Z. Alberti, Executive Director Ad Astra Theatre Troupe</span></b></p>
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– 518-423-9177<br>
Email –
<a href="mailto:AdAstraTroupe@gmail.com">AdAstraTroupe@gmail.com</a></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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Subject: Warsaw
Uprising Original Project Audition Notice</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Warsaw Uprising Original
Play Audition Notice</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHAT</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Ad Astra Theatre Troupe,
LTD.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> is taking its original play, Uprising, written
by SUNY Adirondack professor <b>Lâle
Davidson</b>, and local teens, <b>Catie
LeCours</b> and <b>Grace Alberti, on the
Road to Buffalo NY and Glens Falls, NY</b>. 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.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></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"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Most of the original cast will remain with the
production. We are seeking three teenage actors and one adult woman actor. </span></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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHAT TO EXPECT<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Please indicate your interest to audition ASAP. You
will be sent sides to read for your video audition. Please email your audition
video, resume, head shot and conflicts to <b><a href="mailto:AdAstraTroupe@gmail.com">AdAstraTroupe@gmail.com</a></b>
by September 1, 2018. We will hold callbacks September 2 and a decision will be
made that day.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ROLES AVAILABLE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">PIOTR KOSTKA – 15. A
lead role. Piotr is the local saucy rogue. A brave, self-assured and somewhat
flirtatious young man. A longtime friend of the Dobosz girls. Eager to
distinguish himself in the fighting.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">RUTA SŁOBODA – 35-45.
A grown woman afflicted with polio who has lost much during the occupation of
Warsaw. Dedicated, despite her disability, to be useful – even if it is only by
feeding the Polish rebels.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><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. </span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">IRENA LISIEWICZ – 25,
can be played by a teen. A young mother of three, characterized by stark defiance
to injustice. She would defend her family to the grave, and that she does.</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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHEN AND WHERE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Rehearsals will take place most Saturdays and
Sundays from 2pm to 5pm starting September 9 at the Bloom Movement Studio Suite
1000, 153 Regent Street, Saratoga Springs, NY. Actors will be called to most
rehearsals, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Buffalo Show: </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dress Rehearsal 10/5 and Show 10/6 at the Marie Mayday Little
Theatre, Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. Transportation, accommodations, and
chaperones will be provided by Ad Astra Theatre Troupe.</span></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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Glens Falls Shows</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">: Shows 11/3 and 11/4 at the Park Theater in Glens Falls, NY</span></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-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">WHO WE ARE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><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></p>
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