<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Please note: the contact email should be <b><a href="mailto:skyvogel@aol.com">skyvogel@aol.com</a></b>, <u>not</u> <a href="http://ail.com">ail.com</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">—-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Casting for <b><i>“Shoes”</i></b> - a serio-comic story of two people on opposite ends of commitment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jackie, a vibrant and dedicated high school drama teacher, is out for a day of power shopping, hoping to get her mind off her troubled marriage. While unsuccessfully looking for a pair of shoes that fit, she encounters Dave, a somewhat reserved businessman, suffering from a case of “nice-guyness.” Emotionally stuck, Dave has found himself visiting the place where he first connected with a woman from not long prior – someone who broke things off due to his reluctance to commit. Jackie and Dave’s chance meeting, along with the intervention of a couple sock puppets, helps them to clarify their shared struggle: the difference between “I do” and “I will.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Named “Best New Play, 1999” by the Playwright’s Theatre of Denton, Texas,<b><i>“Shoes”</i></b> is part of <b>“<i>And…begin</i> – the One-act Plays of Sky Vogel.” </b>On stage at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, rehearsals will take place off site over three to four sessions during December, leading to dress rehearsal <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">January 3</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">rd</a></sup> and performances the 4<sup>th</sup>-6<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeking: DAVE (25-35) – Genial, smart, a good man. A romantic who finds he must set aside his fears and take a step towards the pragmatic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The roles of JACKIE and the CLERK (as well as the sockpuppets) have been cast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To be considered, please send a headshot (or suitable photo) and resume to <a href="mailto:skyvogel@ail.com">skyvogel@ail.com</a>. </span></p></div></body></html>