<div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-2158357042761360239m_-1475430591775316856gmail-docs-internal-guid-05c48666-7fff-5e29-55ce-88d94aac7cbb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(103,78,167);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:528px;height:159px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pfh_PUBzJPscsrP1cy56M_h3acb3ScKBOg1cKKpKzr_bCW6PM0a6CLTQwJi4rjKXy5PISPmxUjHd3lRmLaRmmhINC8aqoB4CBZQAFqjFTD9zYMI6C9-w8ABZYLAoSrtlfMNpWbniNo2UPtnYjKGLwkTYPiUd1g7yJWCrKYSb8YxJjUUL3Fnl1Rm7" width="398" height="131" style="outline:0px;margin-right:0px"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Open Call Auditions for the </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theatre Institute’s 2022-2023 Season!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:rgb(255,217,102);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When:</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  Tuesday, September 27th from 6-8pm </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(by appointment)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:rgb(255,217,102);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where:</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  Schacht Fine Arts Center Theater (Troy, NY)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Theatre Institute is looking for actors and singers (adult performers age 18 and up and youth performers ages 10-15) for the following productions this season: </span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.24286;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"> </h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.24286;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-size:21pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,144,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Benjamin Franklinstein the Musical!</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Adapted from the books by Matt McElligott and Larry Tuxbury</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Music and lyrics by Michael Musial, Book by Matthew McElligott and Larry Tuxbury</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(130,117,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rehearsals start mid-October</span></h4><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(130,117,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performance Dates:  November 30 – December 11, 2022</span></h4><br><br><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.24286;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-size:21pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,144,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Jersey Lily</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by Katie Forgette</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Eileen Schuyler</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(130,117,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rehearsals start in January</span></h4><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(130,117,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Performance Dates:  February 9 – February 19, 2023</span></h4><br><br><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.24286;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-size:21pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,144,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ladies, How Dare You (Suffragette Musical)</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Written by Liv Cummins and Rob Hartmann</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Michael Musial</span></p><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </h4><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(130,117,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rehearsals start end of February</span></h4><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(130,117,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performance Dates:  March 31 – April 2, 2023</span></h4><br><br><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.24286;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-size:21pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(191,144,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Junie B. Jones, The Musical</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Book and Lyrics by Marcy Heisler, Music by Zina Goldrich</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directed by Michael Musial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(130,117,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rehearsals start mid-April </span></h4><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(130,117,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performance Dates:  May 17 – 26, 2023</span></h4><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:rgb(241,194,50);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Visit <a href="http://theatre.sage.edu/" target="_blank">theatre.sage.edu</a> for performance times and show descriptions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:rgb(241,194,50);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(access by either by url or scanning the QR code below)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:140px;height:140px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oJcxMYGoCjK0dIFCXYU8RCPRTvB5fAJ2kq7wz4Oc3OxqHyNDbMsFTluiXwxqlZfvO4AXs9mm93YxEUhuQXGS6R_8m7LYnNikBb2NDmt2Nipt8eB6vkdC3A-Kv9lobdH9h3jC1Jj4bWP73QS-h3EX6w4bQ6lzkL5XThvRXlSJPFp3XUECibNqPB-ww" width="140" height="140" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For the auditions, please prepare </span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a monologue</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and/or </span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a song</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to be sung either acapella or with a track (a bluetooth speaker will be provided).  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Please Note:  For those who would like to be considered for the Sherlock production, please prepare a monologue that uses heightened language.  </i></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For any questions or to schedule a 10 minute appointment slot, please contact</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:creativeperformingarts@sage.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">creativeperformingarts@sage.edu</span></a>  <span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">or </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:15pt;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(93,27,143);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:17pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(93,27,143);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">518-244-2248</span></p></span><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="text-align:center">--</div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:123px;height:88px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/3ZAUlLPumLN6EDFVnKCz5V3bfVnPmC1emUEffkNn2jLu1zQtMP_6SHL3IFyExwXFbvHYEU52fClgq8DHi1aOD52Mdj1r8xJhVwr9G7KOGuyrlRznhuFSA-wVESy6FM3XSV1QalS3" width="123" height="88" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:large">Theatre Institute at Sage</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><a href="mailto:theatreinstitute@sage.edu" target="_blank">theatreinstitute@sage.edu</a></b></div></div><div style="text-align:center">518-244-4504<div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>