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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif">Seeking 3 men and 3 women for ˇ§Shakesplainingˇ¨, a new play by Jonathan Riven</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif">ˇ§Shakesplainingˇ¨ presents popular pieces from Shakespeareˇ¦s works which are then explained by William Shakespeare and Queen of England in modern terms.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Characters:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">William Shakespeare ˇV The Bard</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Queen Elizabeth ˇV Less stuffy than William but still the queen</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Kingˇ¦s Men ˇV
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<li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Men: Demetrius, Lysander, Macbeth (as Cliff from ˇ§Sons of Anarchyˇ¨), Mark Twain, Orlando (as Ricky from ˇ§I Love Lucyˇ¨)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Women: Helena, Hermia, Lady Macbeth (as Jenna from ˇ§Sons of Anarchyˇ¨), Rosalind (as Lucy from ˇ§I Love Lucyˇ¨), Celia (as Ethel from ˇ§I Love Lucyˇ¨)</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif">Directed by Christine Vermilyea</span></p>
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<b><u><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Audition Dates and Times</span></u></b><span style="color:#201F1E"></span></p>
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<span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6 at 7 PM</span><span style="color:#201F1E"></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Call Backs (if needed and by invitation only) ˇV </span><span style="color:#201F1E">Sunday, June 9 at 2 PM</span></p>
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<b><u><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Location</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Congregation Beth Israel</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"></span></p>
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<span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectady</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"></span></p>
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<li><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Parking lot is on Union Street across from St Kateri (1801 Union Street)</span><br>
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<b><u><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Performance Dates and Times</span></u></b><br>
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<span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">August 1, 3, 4, 8, and 10
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<span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">(August 1 and 8 at 7 PM, August 3 and 4 at 2 PM, August 10 TBD)</span><br>
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<span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Performances will be at Congregation Beth Israel, The Schenectady Public Library, and Proctorˇ¦s Fennimore Gallery</span><br>
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<b><u><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Rehearsals</span></u></b><br>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Tentatively </span><span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings
based on cast availability</span><br>
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<b><u><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Audition Requirements</span></u></b><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">ˇ´</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Performers
of all ethnicities and ages are encouraged to audition</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">ˇ´</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Resume
and head shot are welcome but not required</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">ˇ´</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Bring
all potential conflicts from</span><span style="color:#201F1E;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> June through August</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">ˇ´</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Be
prepared to read from the script. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">ˇ´</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Please
be familiar with the attached monologue section from Hamlet (ˇ§To be or not to beˇ¨) It does NOT need to be memorized but we will be playing with it at the audition</span><br>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Please contact Christine Vermilyea at ChristineV.home@gmail.com or 518-232-4078 (call or text) with questions.</span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">ˇĄTo Be Or Not To Beˇ¦, Spoken by Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1</span></b></p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">To
be, or not to be: that is the question:<br>
Whether ˇ¦tis nobler in the mind to suffer<br>
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,<br>
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,<br>
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;<br>
No more; and by a sleep to say we end<br>
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks<br>
That flesh is heir to, ˇ¦tis a consummation<br>
Devoutly to be wishˇ¦d. To die, to sleep;<br>
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, thereˇ¦s the rub;<br>
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come<br>
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,<br>
Must give us pause: thereˇ¦s the respect<br>
That makes calamity of so long life.<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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