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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact: Michael Musial –
518.244.4502</span></b></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
August 29th, 2018</span></b></p>

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Institute at Sage announces youth auditions <i>Olive</i>r!</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dates:   Saturday September 14^th,
2019  10:00am-1:00pm</span></p>

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2019  4:00pm-7:00pm</span></p>

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Center, 5 Division Street, Troy, NY, 12180</span></p>

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Theatre Institute at Sage will hold youth auditions for the classic Broadway
musical <i>Oliver! </i>On Saturday September
14^th from 10:00am-1:00pm and Tuesday September 17^th from
4:00pm-7:00pm at the Schacht Fine Arts Center Theatre on the Russell Sage
College campus.  We request that youth
between the ages of 8 and 15 attend the auditions Saturday or Tuesday.  Callbacks will be held by invitation only at
a later date.  </span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Everyone
auditioning must prepare 32 measures of a song from a musical, to be sung a
capella, and a short age-appropriate 1 minute monologue.  Please bring a photo and resume if available.  A scheduled appointment time is necessary to audition.  <b>You
may call Eleah Peal at 518-244-2248, or e-mail at <a href="mailto:artsletterasst@sage.edu" style="color:blue">artsletterasst@sage.edu</a></b>.  You may also request an electronic audition
form by e-mail to be filled out prior to the auditions.  A character breakdown will also be available
upon request.  We encourage performers of
all backgrounds, ethnicities, ability levels, and experience to audition.  <i>Oliver!</i>
features many great roles for boy, girls, and teens.  </span></p>

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Theatre Institute at Sage will present this classic Tony award-winning musical
the following dates:</span></p>

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10am</span></p>

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10am</span></p>

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10am</span></p>

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7:30pm</span></p>

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2pm</span></p>

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10:30am</span></p>

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10am</span></p>

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10am</span></p>

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10am & 7:30pm</span></p>

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7:30pm</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sunday, December 15 at
2pm</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><span style="font-family:monospace"><i>Eleah Jayne Peal</i></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace"><i>Administrative Assistant of Arts and Letters/TIS <br></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace"><i>Russell Sage College<br></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace"><i>CAPA/TIS: (518) 244-2248</i></span></div></div></div></div></div>