<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good afternoon! Please post the following auditions announcement. Thank you so much. <div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_5902884706860037778WordSection1"><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.55pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>YOURS FOR THE OPPRESSED’</i> AUDITIONS<u></u></span></font></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_5902884706860037778WordSection1"><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.55pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.55pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK, in collaboration with the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD HISTORY PROJECT and SIENA COLLEGE CREATIVE ARTS DEPARTMENT, announces AUDITIONS for a Summer/Fall production of <i>Yours for the Oppressed: </i>an original play based on an episode in the lives of local Black abolitionists, Harriet and Stephen Myers, and the struggles faced by Black Americans involved in the Underground Railroad. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.55pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Harriet and Stephen Myers were middle class, Black abolitionists that lived in Arbor Hill during the mid 1800s. Through their work, with the Albany Vigilance Committee, they opened the path of freedom for numerous freedoms seekers. This story of perseverance, brotherhood, and friendship illuminates a past history once forgotten. Director Jean-Remy Monnay is seeking actors able to perform the following roles:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.55pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stephen Myers: black abolitionist,50s <br>Harriet Myers: black abolitionist, late 40s<br>Abraham: their son, 15 or 16 <br>Katherine: their daughter, 10<br>Charles Tory: radical white abolitionist, early 20s<br>William Henry Johnson: black vigilance committee member, early 20s<br>Anna Proffitt: the Myers’ neighbor, 60s+<br>Abel Brown: white radical abolitionist, late 20s<br>Dr. Elkins: pharmacist and neighbor, 30s <br>William Topp: vigilance committee member, 40s <br>Eliza Topp: his wife, mid 30s <br>Lydia Mott: Quaker, 40s, only white female member of vigilance committee <br>Henry Highland Garnett: vigilance committee member, late 30s <br>John Weston: freedom seeker, 16 <br><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.55pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You will be asked to read sides from the play. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.55pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Please contact Jean-Remy Monnay </span></font></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote> <a href="mailto:Info@blacktheatretroupeupstateny.org">Info@blacktheatretroupeupstateny.org</a></div><div> 518-833-2662<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_5902884706860037778WordSection1"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.55pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">for more information. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; 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