<span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Worried you missed your chance to audition for Confetti Fest XIX? Guess again! Confetti Stage is offering one more chance to audition on Monday, August 28 at 6:30 PM.</span><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Confetti Fest XIX, the nineteenth iteration of the Capital Region’s longest running festival of locally written one-act plays, consists of...</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">“The Irish Play” by William Daisak<br>Directed by Criss Macaione-Bilodeau</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Brendan, an Irish playwright, is excited that his play will be opening in New York, and meets up with the director. But he soon finds that the director’s vision of the play is very different than Brendan’s sophisticated modern Irish drama. Instead, it is slated for step dancing, heavy drinking, brawls, and maybe even an appearance by<br>Celtic Women. Plus, it might be set in Scotland, but at this point, who cares?<br>Director: Male, any age and appearance to suggest a successful NY theater director<br>Brendan: Male, 20s to 30s, a playwright from Ireland, Irish accent<br>Adelheid: Female, 40s to 60s, German accent<br>Pierre: Male, same age approximately as Adelheid, French accent</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">“The Other Paris” by Matt Reichel<br>Directed by Rachel Bratager</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">When their sister unexpectedly dies, Audrey and Sophie are tasked with fulfilling her dying wish to be thrown from the top of the Eiffel Tower. The only problem: their sister never specified which one.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Audrey: a woman in her 30s, the younger sibling, but not by much.<br>Sophie: a woman in her 30s, the eldest.<br>Concierge: a hotel employee, played by anyone.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">“Christmas Newsletter” by Peter Marino<br>Directed by Tara McCormick Hostash</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">RALPH SMITH is assigned the task of writing the family holiday newsletter this year. The temptation to spill his many secrets in an authentic but brutal Christmas message may overpower him.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">RALPH SMITH: 50 years old; conservatively dressed; he is played by 3 different actors. There are no restrictions on casting as far as actors' gender identification or ethnic origin as long as each actor inhabits the spirit of the character.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">“Last Stop” by Vincent Lounello and Sean T. Baldwin<br>Directed by Marissa Lounello</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Three newly departed souls arrive in Heaven where they meet Lilith, Lucifer, and God. All of them learn the divine are not quite what they expected, and that death was not the end of their journey.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">David: A man in his 30s. New arrival in Heaven.<br>Aleah: A woman 20s to 40s. New arrival in Heaven.<br>Chardonnay: Any identity 20s to 40s. New arrival in Heaven.<br>God: A man, any age.<br>Lilith: A woman, any age. God’s “secretary” and first woman of Eden.<br>Lucifer: Any identity and any age. The devil.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Auditions will be held on August 28 at the Albany Masonic Temple, 67 Corning Place, Albany, NY 12207. Sign-ins begin at 6:30 with a 7:00 start. Actors are asked to bring a one minute monologue and prepare to read from sides. Please contact the email below if you want to audition but are unable to attend for instructions on video auditions.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Performances will be October 6-8 and 12-15 at the Albany Masonic Temple. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances are at 7:30 PM, with 2:00 PM Sunday matinees. Tech begins on September 30. Attendance is mandatory for all tech rehearsals and performances.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:confettistageinc@gmail.com" target="_blank">confettistageinc@gmail.com</a>. 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