<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-21444fbb-7fff-53bc-e850-9bd8abb0e306"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’m writing on this chilly day to ask if you’d kindly post and share the call for auditions pasted below (and/or flyers attached) for Miscast Cabaret Schenectady. In this cabaret, First Reformed Church of Schenectady is partnering with Room for All to support performers as they step into roles that the strictures of age, shape, gender, orientation, or ethnicity have never allowed them to play in the past.The deadline for submitting auditions is May 15th and the in-person show is June 25th. Thank you in advance for supporting and promoting this important event! If you have any questions or would like to be involved in bringing this affirming event to life, please reach out to me at </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:MiscastSchenectady@gmail.com">MiscastSchenectady@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, (518)901-6428. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Peace,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lisa</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Auditions Open for Miscast Cabaret Schenectady</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Save the Date: First Reformed Church of Schenectady and Room for All are partnering to host an in-person Miscast Cabaret to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month on Saturday, June 25, 2022. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">They are calling for volunteer performers, who will be supported as they step into roles that the strictures of age, shape, gender, orientation, or ethnicity have not allowed them to play in the past. Interested performers who are age 17 or older can submit video recordings of up to one and a half minutes of their proposed number, either as an attachment or a link to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:miscastschenectady@gmail.com">miscastschenectady@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Please include ‘Miscast Audition’ in the subject line, and share your name, pronouns if you are comfortable sharing them, and a little bit about why you chose this particular piece or what this role means to you. Auditions must be received by May 15 for consideration!</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Lisa Ettkin (she/her)<div>Miscast Cabaret Schenectady</div><div><a href="mailto:MiscastSchenectady@gmail.com" target="_blank">MiscastSchenectady@gmail.com</a></div><div>(518)901-6428</div></div></div></div>