<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Curtain Call Theatre (Latham, NY) will be holding auditions for<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt;">“Conscience” <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 6pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;">By Joe DiPietro<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Directed by Rich Lounello<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Auditions<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>March 26<sup>th</sup>, 2025 at 7pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Location<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>Curtain Call Theatre - 1 Jeanne Jugan Lane, Latham, NY 12110<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Rehearsals<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>Rehearsal Begin mid-September, 2025<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>Sunday – Wednesday evenings (4-5 times per week)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Performances<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>October 23<sup>rd</sup> – November 9<sup>th</sup>, 2025<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thursday at 7:30 PM, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM, & Sunday at 2:00 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>Saturday Matinee – 2:00pm on November 1<sup>st</sup>, 2025<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>The Show<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Margaret Chase Smith was a woman of firsts: In 1940, she was the first woman elected by the state of Maine to serve in Congress; nine years later she was the first woman the state elected to the Senate. And in 1950, she became the first senator to stand on the Senate Floor and publicly rebuke Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, who rose to power using post-World War II anti-Communist hysteria and ruined the lives of those who opposed him. <i>Conscience</i> is the story of a remarkable woman who stood up for what was right and refused to back down.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Available Roles –<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Margaret Chase Smith – </b><b>50’s</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span>A Senator from Maine. Firm, elegant, no nonsense with a caustic wit and a fierce determination. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Senator Joe McCarthy – 40’s<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background: white;">The junior Senator from Wisconsin. Loud, crass, reckless, unmannered, unmarried and very, very effective.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>William Lewis – 30’s</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background: white;">Senator Chase's executive assistant and her right hand. Handsome, bright and educated, impeccably dressed. He knows the ins and outs of Washington.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Jean Kerr – 20’s<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background: white;">A young acolyte of McCarthy's. Bright and educated and fiercely loyal. She has grown accustomed to being underestimated.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br>For more information about the theatre and the rest of our season please visit our website at <a href="http://www.curtaincalltheatre.com/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">www.curtaincalltheatre.com</a> or call 518-877-7529. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thank you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><b>Brian Clemente</b> <i>(he/him)</i><br>Freelance Theatrical Director<br>Associate Producer - Curtain Call Theatre<br>518-774-9481</div></div></div><div>
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