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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"> is holding auditions for <b>DEAD AND BREATHING</b> by </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white">Chisa Hutchinson.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white">Auditions will be at First Congregational Church of Albany, NY located at 405 Quail Street.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white">Monday August 16, 2021 at 6:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white">Vaccination required. Please bring proof of vaccination<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white">Video auditions will be accepted if you cannot make the audition or not yet fully vaccinated<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white">Email videos to</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4472C4;background:white">: BTTUNY518@gmail.com</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white">Rehearsal will start the first week of September 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white">Performances will be:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3C4043;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">October 14, 15, 16 and 17<br>October 21, 22, 23 and 24<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">Performance times are Thursday thru Saturday at 7:30pm and 4pm on Sunday’s<i>.</i></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">Cranky old Carolyn Whitlock has been in hospice for far too long and just wants to die already. But she'll have to work harder than she ever has in her privileged life to convince her oversharing and very Christian nurse to help her end it. Through surprising humor and persistent questioning, Dead and Breathing investigates morality, mortality, and the intense tug-of-war between the right to die with dignity and the idea of life as a gift.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">Characters: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">Veronika, Late 30s, Black, boisterous<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">Carolyn, 68, black, Wealthy, prim but only to a point<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">For more information, Please email us at <a href="mailto:BTTUNY518@gmail.com">BTTUNY518@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">Or call at 518-833-2621<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>