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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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<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">Theatre
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<sup>th</sup>,
2019 10:00am-1:00pm</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"> Tuesday September 17<sup>th</sup>,
2019 4:00pm-7:00pm</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">Location: Russell Sage College Schacht Fine Arts
Center, 5 Division Street, Troy, NY, 12180</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">The
Theatre Institute at Sage will hold youth auditions for the classic Broadway
musical <i>Oliver! </i>On Saturday September
14<sup>th</sup> from 10:00am-1:00pm and Tuesday September 17<sup>th</sup> 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:artslettersasst@sage.edu" style="color:blue">artslettersasst@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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<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">The
Theatre Institute at Sage will present this classic Tony award-winning musical
the following dates:</span></p>
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<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">Wednesday, December 4 at
10am</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">Thursday, December 5 at
10am</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">Friday, December 6 at
10am</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 8 at
2pm</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">Tuesday, December 10 at
10:30am</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">Wednesday, December 11
at 10am</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">Thursday, December 12 at
10am</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">Friday, December 13 at
10am & 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">Saturday, December 14 at
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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;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"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Oliver!</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> (Book, Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart) is a</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> classic Charles Dickens’ story comes to life as Oliver, a hungry orphan,
escapes the workhouse and finds himself amongst youthful thieves and
pickpockets, led by the villainous Fagin. When Oliver is wrongly accused of
theft and adopted by kindly Mr. Brownlow, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes
and sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of
discovering the love of a new family. A musical feast for the holidays.</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">Established
in February of 2011, the <strong>Theatre Institute at Sage </strong>is
dedicated to providing quality live theatre and arts-in-education programming
to Capital Region youth, educators and residents. The Institute also provides
opportunities for Russell Sage students as performers, technicians and
teachers. Programs include educational support services for Sage productions
(such as in-class preparations, teacher dress rehearsals and study guides), a
Saturday theatre arts school, camps during school breaks, and several theatre
camps during the summer for children ages 5-18. Programs take place on the
Russell Sage College campus in Troy, NY. For more information, call the Theatre
Institute at Sage box office at (518) 244-2248 or purchase tickets on-line:
Sage.edu/theatre</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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 <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: (518) 244-2248</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace"><i>EML: (518) 244-2237</i></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>