<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hello!<div>Please post the following Announcement! Thank you so much. </div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">
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<span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">The Black Theatre Troupe Of Upstate New York is holding auditions for
their production of SKELETON CREW by Dominique Morisseau. Directed by Hettie Barnhill. Performances: October 19-29, 2023. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Location: First Congregational Church of Albany </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">405 Quail Street Albany NY 12208</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">What To Bring / Prepare / Expect:</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">If possible, please bring a picture and resume stapled together. (Not required.)</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Prepared monologues are encouraged and appreciated, but not required. If you are doing a monologue, monologues should be in the style of the play. Monologues can
be from the play itself, but do not have to be. Monologues should not exceed one minute in length.</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Everyone will be provided with sides from the play to read during the audition. </span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Please be prepared to share your availability for rehearsals (August 19th-October 18th: evenings, weekends).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">VIDEO SUBMISSION:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">For
actors who are unable to come to the open call, please email the following by </span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Wednesday, August 2nd at 9 pm
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">A picture and resume (if possible) and video with an introduction and an audition monologue.</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">All introductions should include your name, union status, location and the role you are auditioning for. Please also let us know if you have any experience with
movement/singing. (For example: </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Hello, my name is Jane Brown, I am Non-Union and located in Clifton Park, and I am auditioning for
the role of Faye. I am comfortable singing and dancing, but I don’t have any formal training.)</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Please follow the introduction with a
</span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">monologue
</span><span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">of your choice.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Monologues should be in the style of the play. Monologues can be from the play itself, but do not have to be. Monologues should not exceed one minute in length. </span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Please be sure we can see and hear you clearly in the video.</span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Please submit audition to BTTUNY E-mail: BTTUNY518@gmail.com</span><span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">CALL BACKS (IN-PERSON ONLY) </span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Actors will be provided with sides from the play by the creative team to read during the audition. </span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Callbacks will be held in person only.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">ROLE DESCRIPTIONS</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">FAYE -
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">black, mid to late fifties, working-class woman. Tough, a lifetime
of dirt beneath her nails. Somewhere, deep compassion. Female-presenting.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">DEZ -
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">black, mid to late twenties, working-class man. Young hustler,
playful, street-savvy, flirtatious. Somewhere, deeply sensitive. Male-presenting.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">SHANITA -</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"> black,
mid to late twenties, working-class young woman. Pretty but not ruled by it. Hardworking, by-the-book. Believes in the work she does. Also, pregnant. Somewhere, a beautiful dreamer. Female-presenting.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">REGGIE -</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"> black,
late thirties, white-collar man. The foreman. Studious, dedicated, compassionate. Somewhere, a fire brims. Male-presenting.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">PERFORMER -</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0"> BIPOC,
dance experience a plus! All ages, any gender. This role/s embodies the space, emotions and machinery that centers in the world of this work.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">Understudy roles available. </span></p>
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