<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><i>Could you please post this notice and/or disseminate it to any potentially interested parties? Thank you!</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Seeking AEA and non-union talent for: </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt">BETTER</b><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>World Premiere Production of a play by Michelle Carter</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Theatre: Bridge Street Theatre, 44 W. Bridge Street,
Catskill, NY 12414 (<a href="http://bridgest.org" target="_blank">bridgest.org</a>)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Director: Sara Lampert Hoover</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Artistic Director and Production Designer: John Sowle</p>

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rehearsal: August 27. Rehearsals Tuesdays through Sundays.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Opening/Closing: September 12-22, Thursdays-Saturdays @
7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">An open call will be held at the theater in Catskill on Monday evening  June 17 from 7:00-9:00pm. Please bring a headshot and resume to the audition with you. A copy of the entire script and sides can be found at <a href="http://bridgest.org/better-auditions/" target="_blank">http://bridgest.org/better-auditions/</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Character Breakdown for Available Roles:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">EMILY: (This role has been cast) 20-year-old college student. Brilliant science major.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>BEN: Emily's father. 40s. A stay-at-home dad. Former scientist now an inventor. Bit of a dreamer with a dark past.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">MICHAEL: (This role has been cast) Emily's friend and lab partner. A science nerd. Socially naïve.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>LUISA: 35-45. Chicana. Hard-working manager of The Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant. A single mom who is ambivalent about motherhood. Emily's boss. A seeker but down to earth. Good sense of humor and irony.</b><br><br><b>MEDIUM MOLLY: 40-60. A spiritualist with an endearing sense of humor. Practical, direct, and honest. Not a quack. A true professional offering access to the beyond in the way a psychotherapist does.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Bridge Street Theatre is located about one hour south of Albany. All rehearsals and
performances will take place in Catskill. Union actors will appear under a
Special Appearance contract at $254 per week. Non-union performers will receive
a stipend of $200 per week. No work weeks will accrue for either EMC points or
health insurance. Housing and one-time round-trip transportation are available
to actors living outside a 50-mile radius of Catskill.</span></p>

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