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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px;"><b><u>BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF UPSTATE NY: </u></b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px;"><b><u>AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT</u></b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px;"><b>Announcing Auditions for The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY’s last productions of the 2023-2024 season <br></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;"><b>Auditions for late teen and adult multiple short plays in the</b>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); line-height: 18.3458px;"><b>One-Act Jamboree</b>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">and adult roles in
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); line-height: 18.3458px;"><b>Back to the Past</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">.
No experience necessary! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;"><b>Location</b>: theREP (Capital Repertory Theatre): 251 North Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12207 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;"><b>Performance Dates</b> – June 6-9 and June 13-16, at theREP – Lauren and Harold Iselin Studio. Rehearsals begin mid-April. </span></p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px;"><b>Available roles for adults and older teens:</b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); line-height: 18.3458px;">BACK TO THE PAST</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">
by Britt Miller, Jeffery Bradley </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">Ms. Webster (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.0292px;">Caucasian,
30s and up</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">Seven African American adults to play Historical characters: Mary Bethune, Frederick Douglass, Matthew Henson, Bessie Mae Smith,
Marcus Garvey, Harriet Tubman and Denmark Vesey </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">1 – WILCOX PROM 2K13 by Cris Eli Blak (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.0292px;">1
male 17-18 black; 1 female 16-18 white</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">2 – FAITH by Christine Hsu (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.0292px;">1
male, mid-teens, non-white; 1 female – mid 20s, non-white</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">3 – FRAGILE by Dana Leslie Goldstein (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.0292px;">2
African American females, 20s and 50s) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">4 – NATURAL HAIR HELPLINE
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 15.1083px;">by Kyora Wallace (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.0292px;">4
African American Females, 20s to 50s) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">5 – NO GOD IN THE STREET
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 15.1083px;">by Yetunde Babalola (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.0292px;">2
black women, 20s</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 15.1083px;">) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">6 – NICE DAY
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 15.1083px;">by Mathew Sheridan (1
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.0292px;">African American male, 20s to 40s; 1 White male late 20s to 60s; 1 White female 60+</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 15.1083px;">) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">7 – WOOKIES IN THE WILDERNESS
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.0292px;">by Marcus Scott (2 black men, 17/18) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">If you have questions relating to the auditions and performances, or if you have a conflict with the audition but are still interested
in participating, please email or call: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134); line-height: 18.3458px;"><a href="mailto:BTTUNY518@gmail.com" target="_blank" id="OWAa14d50b5-7fae-86da-9f93-563845ea5a77" class="Hyperlink SCXW27213193 BCX8 OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">BTTUNY518@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;">518-833-2621 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.3458px;"> <b>You do not need to prepare anything. We will have selections from the plays for you to read at auditions. Or feel free to bring
a prepared monologue.</b> </span></p>
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