<div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica Neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:0.916669rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)">Welcome to Will Kempe's Players Cooperative's 7th season on the boards producing Shakespeare and more for regional audiences throughout Upstate New York's Capital Region!  We are so glad to have you. </span><br></div><br style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:14.6667px"><span style="font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:0.916669rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)">This year's production will</span><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="font-size:0.916669rem;font-family:georgia,serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:georgia,serif"> </span>be </span><i style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:1rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)">Pericles, Prince of Tyre</i></font><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)"><i style="font-family:-apple-system,"Helvetica Neue";background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)"> </font></i><font face="docs-Roboto" style="font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:0.916669rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)">directed by Shane Sczepankowski.  Rehearsals will begin in April with performances opening weekends in early July and continuing through to the end of August.  All roles are available. Please share any and all scheduling conflicts.</font></span><br style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:14.6667px"><br style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:14.6667px"><span style="font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:0.916669rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)"><span class="term-highlighted" style="background-color:rgb(253,226,147);color:rgb(32,33,36)">Auditions</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:docs-Roboto"> </span>will take place in the Fellowship Hall of Christ Church Troy United Methodist at 35 State St. in Downtown Troy from 6-9 PM on Monday, Tuesday — February 19th, 20th. Please prepare one piece of memorized text from the sides provided. Familiarity with Early Modern verse and prose is encouraged. If you play an instrument, dance, sing, or have another special skill, please be prepared to share up to one minute of that as well.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:docs-Roboto"> </span><span class="term-highlighted" style="background-color:rgb(253,226,147);color:rgb(32,33,36)">Auditions</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:docs-Roboto"> </span>are open format; You will be performing in front of your peers as well as the directors and production staff. </span><div style="font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)"><br></div><div style="font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:0.916669rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(32,33,36);color:rgb(32,33,36)">Saturday, February 24th from 1-4 PM may be reserved for overflow and/or callbacks. Please hold this date. You will be contacted by the director via email by Wednesday, February 21st if this is the case.<br><br>Virtual<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:docs-Roboto"> </span><span class="term-highlighted" style="background-color:rgb(253,226,147);color:rgb(32,33,36)">auditions</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:docs-Roboto"> </span>will be accepted through end of day Friday, February 16th by emailing a file or link to <a href="mailto:willkempesplayers@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:docs-Roboto;font-size:0.916669rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(66,133,244);color:rgb(66,133,244)">willkempesplayers@gmail.com</a>. Please keep virtual<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:docs-Roboto"> </span><span class="term-highlighted" style="background-color:rgb(253,226,147);color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