<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Classic Theater Guild will hold auditions for The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">on Sunday, January 2</span></span><sup><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">nd</span></span></sup><span dir="ltr"> at 4pm</span> and <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">Tuesday, January 4</span></span><sup><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">th at 7pm</span>. </span></sup>Auditions will be held at the Congregation Beth Israel, <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectedy NY.</span></span> Performances will be <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">from Thursday March 10</span></span><sup><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">th</span></span></sup><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"> through Sunday, March 20, 2022</span></span>. Tech week will begin <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">Sunday, March 6</span></span><sup><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">th</span></span></sup> and will be mandatory for all cast/crew. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">COVID 19 information. Please note: We follow both the CDC and NYS Health guidelines regarding COVID 19. All those auditioning must provide proof of vaccination (first two shots) prior to auditioning and if cast agree to provide proof of a booster shot prior to beginning of rehearsals. Social distancing and masking will still apply regardless of vaccination status and other policies may be implemented based on updated CDC and NYS health department recommendations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Actors will be asked to read sides from the script. Resumes and headshots are appreciated but not necessary. Please contact Barbara Davis at </span><a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">bdd1101@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;"> with any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Play Description:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: white;">“A powerfully poignant and often hilarious play, The Waverly Gallery is about the final years of a generous, chatty, and feisty grandmother's final battle against Alzheimer's disease. The play explores her fight to retain her independence and the subsequent effect of her decline on her family, especially her grandson.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Character Descriptions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Gladys Green: A former lawyer and Greenwich Village activist, runs a small art gallery, eighties<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Ellen Fine: Her daughter, a psychiatrist, fifties-early sixties<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Daniel Reed: Ellen’s son, a speechwriter, twenties-early thirties<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Howard Fine: Ellen’s husband, Daniel’s stepfather, a psychiatrist, fifties to sixties<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;">Don Bowman: A painter and waiter from Lynn Massachusetts, thirties</span></p></div></body></html>