<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)"><a href="https://theatre.sage.edu/" target="_blank">https://theatre.sage.edu/</a></span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dates:  </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"> Friday September 27</span><sup style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">, 2019  4:00pm-6:00pm</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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 September 27^th from 4:00pm-6:00pm at the Schacht Fine Arts Center Theater on the Russell Sage College campus.  We request that youth between the ages of 8 and 15 attend the auditions.  </span></p><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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" target="_blank" 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 boys, girls, and teens. </span></p><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><p class="gmail-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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><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><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 7 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 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><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"><br></span></p><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-m_-7701845676437287089gmail-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>