<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">AFTER
YESTERDAY by Friedrich Gorenstein</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> (English version): </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Several Major Roles Still Available for Men and Women</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The New Russia Cultural Center is still auditioning for their
exciting new production of the American
premiere of F. Gorenstein's play "<i>After Yesterday</i>"
(original title “Berdichev”). Two
performances, one in Russian, one in English, are planned. Some roles are still open for the English language production.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Gorenstein, best known for scripting the 1972 film
"Solaris", portrays the everyday life of a Jewish family after the
Holocaust in Central Ukraine. It is an unsentimental story about post-Holocaust
Jews, separated from their culture, history and people, who nonetheless survive
through laughter and tears. It was
the surprise hit of the season at its world premiere at the Mayakovsky Theater
in Moscow in 2014.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">DIRECTOR:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> <b>OLEG GOLUB </b>-- </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:maroon;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Director,
actor (Russian Academy of Theater Arts, Moscow), TV host, screenwriter, and
theater jurist. (More information at </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(0,112,192);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="http://newrussiacenter.org">newrussiacenter.org</a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:maroon;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> web site.)</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">RAKHIL</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
War-widow with 2 daughters and strong personality -- can be warm and humorous,
or profane and argumentative. (Mid-40’s)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">ZLOTA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Rakhil’s older sister, a dressmaker, long-suffering but looks for the good in
others. (50+)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">RUZYA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Rakhil’s daughter, can’t live up to her mother’s expectations, so retreats into
a loveless marriage. (20’s)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">LYUSYA</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">
– Rakhil’s younger daughter, doted on by her mother, cheerful, outgoing. (Teen)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">VILYA</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">
– Rakhil’s nephew, a keen observer, smart, wry, little tolerance for hypocrisy
and injustice. (Teen, then adult)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">SUMER </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Rakhil’s brother. Dotes on his sisters, but
can’t tolerate Rakhil’s uproars. Always
ready with a homily. (50+)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">MILYA </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Ruzya’s husband, struggles for status and acceptance, stigmatized by his Jewish
heritage never succeeds. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">(30’s)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">BRONFENMACHER</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Headstrong and belligerent neighbor. A member of the City Committee, he bullies
others for his own end, but becomes compliant when he needs their support. (50+) </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">MARIK </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">and <b>GARIK</b> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">– Ruzya and
Milya’s sons, rowdy squabblers with uncouth friends. (7-12 yrs)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">GARIK (adult)</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Ruzya and Milya’s younger son, lovelorn, rebels from his parents. (Late teen,
20s) </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">TOLYA</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Milya’s co-worker, aging athlete, tough guy, often drunk. (30’s+)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">BYLYA SCHNEUR</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Cousin, financially better off, sympathetic to the sisters, but reserved. (40+)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">FANYA</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">
– Neighbor, saved from Holocaust by her husband, who later resents having a
Jewish wife. (30+)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">ZOYA</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">
– Fanya’s daughter and Lyusha’s best friend.
Fears her father. (Teen)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">BORIS
MAKZANIK</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Factory poet, populist, object of disdain for Vilya. (30+)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">OVECHKIS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">–
Intellectual Moscow Jew, out of touch with the lives of less urbane Jews. (50+) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Some
parts will be double-cast. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Private auditions can still be
scheduled at your convenience -- please contact </span><a href="mailto:tdeptola@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:blue">tdeptola@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> or
call 518-382-9438</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Rehearsal location: New
Russia Cultural Center, 1550 Broadway, Rensselaer, NY 12144</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:black">Performance
dates: 01/08/22 – 01/15/22</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:1pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Please
visit </span><a href="https://newrussiacenter.org/programs/drama-club" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:blue">https://newrussiacenter.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">
for more information. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><br></p></div>