<div dir="ltr"><table class="gmail-layout gmail-layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;min-width:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-column gmail-column--1 gmail-scale gmail-stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width:580px"><table class="gmail-text gmail-text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Lucida Grande",Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:14px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:10px 20px"><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:23px;color:rgb(134,43,34);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Be part of the return of Live Locally Sourced Theater at Hubbard Hall</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-image gmail-image--mobile-scale gmail-image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-image_container" align="center" valign="top"><table class="gmail-image_container-caption gmail-text" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-family:"Segoe UI","Lucida Grande",Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:14px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:0px"><a href="https://hubbardhall.org/get-involved/auditon-form/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(35,31,32)"><img class="gmail-image_content" width="580" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/244cd16a001/8c64f600-79ad-4c21-ad63-336588aa1a0f.png" alt="" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-layout gmail-layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;min-width:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-column gmail-column--1 gmail-scale gmail-stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width:580px"><table class="gmail-text gmail-text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-text_content-cell gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Lucida Grande",Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:14px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:10px 20px"><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Announcing Open Auditions</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">for Hubbard Hall Theater Company’s April Production of</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-weight:bold">DANCING AT LUGHNASA</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">By Brian Friel</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Directed by Erin Nicole Harrington</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Choreographed by Darcy May</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><br></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:23px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-weight:bold">Audition Dates and Location</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:23px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-weight:bold">January 28 & 29, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:23px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-weight:bold">Hubbard Hall, 25 E Main St., Cambridge, NY</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:23px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Synopsis</span></p><ul style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">This extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. We meet them at the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken revelry and dancing. Their spare existence is interrupted by brief, colorful bursts of music from the radio, their only link to the romance and hope of the world at large. The action of the play is told through the memory of the illegitimate son of one of the sisters as he remembers the five women who raised him: his mother and four maiden aunts. He is only seven in 1936, the year his elderly uncle, a priest, returns after serving for twenty-five years as a missionary in a Ugandan leper colony. For the young boy, two other disturbances occur that summer. The sisters acquire their first radio, whose music transforms them from correct Catholic women to shrieking, stomping banshees in their own kitchen. And he meets his father for the first time, a charming Welsh drifter who strolls up the lane and sweeps his mother away in an elegant dance across the fields. From these small events spring the cracks that destroy the foundation of the family forever. Widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece, this haunting play is Friel's tribute to the spirit and valor of the past.</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Audition Information</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Preparation:</span></p><ul style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Fill out the audition form at </span><a href="https://hubbardhall.org/get-involved/auditon-form/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(49,95,195);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-weight:bold">HERE</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif"> in advance or bring a photo and résumé to the audition and complete the form on-site.</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Accessibility:</span></p><ul style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Actors with developmental disabilities (including Down syndrome, intellectual disabilities, autism, etc.) are strongly encouraged to audition for the role of Rose. Sides from the script will be sent upon submission of the audition form and will also be available at the audition. Documents can be provided in Word format for easy enlargement, and large-print copies will be available at auditions.</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Video Auditions:</span></p><ul style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">If unable to attend in person, video auditions are welcome. Select the "Video Audition" option when completing the audition form for instructions.</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Accent Guidance:</span></p><ul style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Characters speak with a rural Irish accent, except for Gerry, who has a Welsh accent. A dialogue coach will assist with the production, but if you’re comfortable, please attempt the appropriate accent during your audition.</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Rehearsal Schedule</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Rehearsals begin Monday, February 17, and will be held Monday through Thursday evenings. Tech week starts Monday, March 30.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><br></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Performance Dates</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Performances: April 4–6 and April 11–13</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Showtimes: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:00 PM</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Location: Hubbard Hall, 25 E Main St., Cambridge, NY</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Character Breakdown</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-style:italic">Note: All age ranges are approximate and intended as a general guideline. Roles are open to all ethnicities and gender identities.</span></p><ul style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">MICHAEL (M, 30s–50s): Narrator; plays himself as a seven-year-old boy. Large monologues; unseen by other characters in dialogue as a child.</span></li><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">KATE (F, 40s–50s): Matriarch, stern and devout. The family’s sole wage earner, with a hidden passion.</span></li><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">MAGGIE (F, late 30s–40s): A maternal figure with a sharp sense of humor. Some casual singing.</span></li><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">AGNES (F, mid 30s–40s): Quiet and contemplative, secretly in love with Gerry. Protector of her sister Rose.</span></li><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">ROSE (F, mid 20s–30s): A sister with a developmental disability, vulnerable but determined. Actors with developmental disabilities are encouraged to audition.</span></li><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">CHRISTINA (Chris) (F, 20s–30s): The youngest sister, Michael’s mother. Struggles with life and has periods of over-optimism. </span></li><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">GERRY EVANS (M, late 20s–40s): Michael’s father, a charming, joyful drifter. Some casual singing.</span></li><li style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">JACK (M, 50+): The sisters’ elder brother, a missionary priest returned from Uganda. Large monologues; experiences malaria episodes.</span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-button gmail-button--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-button_container gmail-content-padding-horizontal" align="center" style="padding:10px 20px"><table class="gmail-button_content-row" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-button_content-cell" align="center" bgcolor="#d3786e" style="background-color:rgb(211,120,110);width:inherit;border-radius:10px;border-spacing:0px;padding:10px 15px;border:none"><a class="gmail-button_link" href="https://hubbardhall.org/get-involved/auditon-form/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:bold">Audition January 28</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-layout gmail-layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;min-width:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-column gmail-column--1 gmail-scale gmail-stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width:580px"><table class="gmail-button gmail-button--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-l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