<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Confetti Stage is excited to
announce auditions for the eighteenth iteration of the Capital District's
longest running festival of locally written one act plays.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This year's festival features...</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">"Custody" by Anthony
Pezzula and Prudence Theriault</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Directed by Vincent Lounello</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A recently divorced couple meet to
deal with a custody issue. During the course of the meeting, old grievances and
feelings arise threatening a satisfactory agreement.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">She - Age flexible. Recently
divorced from HE. Strong willed, independent. Can be sarcastic or biting, but
also caring and reasonable.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">He - Age flexible. Recently divorced
from SHE. Easy going, somewhat oblivious to his surroundings. Likes to have a
good time, doesn’t like confrontations, but when pushed, will react.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">"Very Mundane Government
Meeting" by Matt Reichel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Directed by Laura Darling</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The discovery of a massive oil
reserve in a backwater banana republic sends two bureaucrats scrambling to
replace their aging dictator and take power for themselves.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Oslo Kapulkin - man in his
50s, pencil-pushing bureaucrat. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jory Hildenburg - man in his 50s,
another government drone. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Malthus de los Santos - man in his
40s, hopelessly unqualified military leader. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Prime Minister - man in his 70s,
elderly dictator near death. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">"Musical Chairs" by Dan
Smirlock</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Directed by Tony Pallone, assisted
by Dmitriy Kogan</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A widow and widower meet at a
restaurant for a pseudonymous blind date. Both are lonely, and both are hoping
to establish a connection, though they’re not sure they want it to be with each
other. As they exchange their opinions and share their experiences of love and
marriage, they find themselves questioning their own views on these subjects.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Basil - (M, 50s or older): A member of the professional
middle class who prefers working with numbers to working with people. He
considers himself hard-headed, practical, and unsentimental, and understands
that he lacks social intelligence but doesn’t know what to do about it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Maria - (F, 50s or older): Likewise a member of the
professional middle class. Something of a romantic. A compassionate and
empathetic person who is suffering a bit of compassion fatigue. Sneakily witty.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ashley - (F, 20s): An aspiring
actor, now working, she hopes temporarily, as a server in an upscale
restaurant. Tries to do her job well despite wishing she were elsewhere.
Something of a smartass. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“Echo” by Laura Darling</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Directed by Kathryn Capalbo</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Two college students follow a
mysterious map to an old cave where they accidentally discover a crack through
space and time. An ancient guardian affords two young women a chance at
changing their past to erase a traumatic event.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jova - (f) College aged student. Incredibly
smart, fearless, but troubled by past trauma. A loyal friend and knowledge
seeker.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Melanie - (f) College aged student. Witty and
sarcastic, but sharp and wary. She is a steadfast friend and highly
intelligent, but does not easily open up.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Echo - (f/nb)Any age. The bodily apparition of
what magic remains from the Oracle of Delphi. Guardian of the secret and the
last of a dying memory.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Auditions will be held on August 15 and 16 at 7 PM at
the Albany Masonic Temple, 67 Corning Place, Albany, NY 12207.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Those interested in auditioning should prepare a 1 minute
monologue of their choice. Actors will also be asked to read from sides from
the scripts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Any questions may be directed to <a href="mailto:confettistageinc@gmail.com" style="color:blue">confettistageinc@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>
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