<html><body><p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:28.0pt;line-height:115%">OPEN AUDITIONS FOR</span></b><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:28.0pt;line-height:115%"></span></b></p>
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color:windowtext;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> <font color="#ff0000">THIS RANDOM WORLD</font> </span></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
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<h1 style="mso-line-height-alt:15.0pt"><span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN'><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>BY STEVEN DIETZ</span></span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN'> </span></h1>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN" style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>Directed by Cristine M.
Loffredo</span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:18.6pt"><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Auditions: Jan 7 & 9, 2020</b><br>
<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>(Performance dates: Mar
20-22 & 25-29, 2020)</span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:18.6pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"'><font color="#ff0000">Auditions at 7:30 pm at Schenectady Civic Players, 12 S.
Church St., Schenectady. Sign-up beginning
at 7:15 pm. Roles for 2 men and 5 women
(Reading from the script)</font></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Black","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><font color="#ff0000"> </font><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN'></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN'>Synopsis:</span></b></span><span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN'> Following a web of characters whose interwoven lives collide but never
quite connect, This Random World is a charming, intimate meditation on the
power of chance and how we might be closer to each other than we’ll ever
know. </span></span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN'> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN'>We want to believe that serendipity brings us together,
but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, THIS RANDOM
WORLD asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through
the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to
her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey</span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'>Roles</span></b><span lang="EN" style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>:</span></u><span lang="EN" style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>Scottie Ward: Female, 70</span></u></b></span><span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'>+</span></span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span>She is private, quite
withheld, intelligent, dry-witted, formal, but not a classic matriarch; she is
sassy, feisty, enjoys a full, enriched world beyond the knowledge of her
children. </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>Tim Ward: Male, 30+/-</span></u></b></span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span>His girlfriend
has broken up with him, his work is not going well, he is trying to figure
things out. At his sister’s suggestion he puts a fake obituary into the paper
and then can’t seem to take it back. He is sweet, a bit of a loser, still
struggling to find himself, but it’s time he grows up. </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>Beth Ward: Female, 38+/-</span></u></b></span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span>Scottie’s
daughter. Generally obsessed with controlling her life and her death. She is
about to travel to Nepal, to go off the radar and (maybe) to let go of control.
Her defense is her best offense. She is appealing, like able, but a lot to
handle. </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>Bernadette: Female,
30-49</span></u></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN'> </span></u></b><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span>Scottie’s aide. She is competent, reserved, but has energy and
determination. </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>Rhonda: Female,
25-30-ish</span></u></b></span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span>Bernadette’s younger
sister. She has become mystical since her mother’s passing. She wants to
believe in more than just this life. Misses her mother. </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>Claire: Female, 30+/-</span></u></b></span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span>Tim’s
ex-girlfriend. She never quite moved on after they ended their high school
romance (because it was the practical thing to do at the time). She is strong
and confident, not a fragile flower but has a bit of guile, hides the noise
around her. She has a slightly haunting quality. </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>Gary: Male, 35-45</span></u></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span>Claire’s ex-boyfriend</span></span></u></b><span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'>. He breaks up with her because she can not live in the
present. He takes a trip to Nepal in order to find excitement, but it doesn’t
work out well for him. </span></span><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.6pt"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'>All races and
ethnicities encouraged</span></u></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><u><span lang="EN" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'></span></u></b></p></body></html>