<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Can you please post this to the group as soon as possible? There are two important things to note.</div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">1) </font><span style="font-size:large">The first audition date will be September 4th, which is this coming Monday, so interested parties need to reply ASAP.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:large">2)This will now be a VIRTUAL staged reading done via Google Chat. Recordings of the performances will be posted on YouTube and shared </span>via<span style="font-size:large"> social media.</span><span style="font-size:large"> </span></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_llxpi4mn0" alt="image.png" width="506" height="200"><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" id="m_1781876126288492669gmail-docs-internal-guid-9782f213-7fff-41b0-5b9b-bc3aba302e82" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">WHEN:</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Sept. 4, 5, 7 (optional), 11, 12, and 14 (optional), 7:00pm</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The auditions will be for scenes that feature more than three characters.<br><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"></span></font></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For any/all “optional” dates, I will let you know in advance if those will be needed, so please keep an eye out for emails about that.</span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">WHERE:</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> GOOGLE CHAT. If we run into issues, there’s always Facebook.</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I’ll send sides, role assignments, and character descriptions once I get your information.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">There is no need to prepare a monologue or anything like that.</span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">CAST SIZE:</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> 10. Here are some more details about what the show needs. </span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Actors MUST be able to take on multiple roles. I need people who can make the audience believe they are playing different characters. If it seems like you are playing the same character multiple times, the whole story falls apart.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The actors who play Kevin and Lucy will play ONLY those parts.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Two actors will read for FIVE parts.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The rest will read for FOUR.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Most roles are small, so there won’t be a lot of memorization.</span></font></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Keep in mind you WILL have the script with you. Of course, you should learn lines well enough to look at each other, but it’s still there as a safety net.</span></font></p></li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">One character is from Pakistan (currently written as male, but this can be changed. All other roles are open to any race or ethnicity.</span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">CALLBACKS:</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Sept. 18, 19, and 21 (optional), 7:00pm</span></font></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For anyone who leaves a deep impression on me, I will have you back to read scenes that involve just two characters.<br></span></font></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I don’t want to overwhelm you with too much information. However, I will provide the following date and time projections. These are all TENTATIVE.</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">There will be 5 WORKSHOPS, all done REMOTELY.</span></font></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sept. 25 and 26, Oct. 2 and 3 at 7:00pm</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">There will be a separate workshop for whoever gets NARRATOR, so we can go over what they will or will not have to read.</span></font></p></li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">There will be 4-6 REMOTE REHEARSALS.</span></font></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Oct. 9, 10, 12 (opt.), 16, 17, and 19 (opt.) at 7:00pm</span></font></p></li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">There will be 4-6 IN-PERSON REHEARSALS.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">There will be 3 PERFORMANCES on Nov, 4, 11, and 18.</span></font></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">NOTE -  The location and start times of the in-person rehearsals and performances are TO BE DETERMINED at the moment. My goal is to hold them in the community room of a local library. Most branches won’t let you book any sooner than 60-90 days in advance, so right now it’s a matter of waiting until they open up those dates for booking.</span></font></p></li></ul></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">CONTACT:</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Email resume, headshot, and any dates with conflicts to Steve Grogan at </span><a href="mailto:stevegroganauthor@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">stevegroganauthor@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> with the subject “HOPE Audition.”</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I’m looking forward to auditioning you!</span></font></p><font color="#888888"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Courier New",monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">~~~Steve Grogan</span></font></p></font></div></div>