[Capdist-auditions] For Immediate Release Warsaw Uprising Original Play Audition Notice

[Grace Alberti]

*Date:               January 8, 2018*

*From:              Grace Z. Alberti, Executive Director Ad Astra Theatre
Troupe*


*Contact:          Cell – 518-423-9177                         Email –
AdAstraTroupe at gmail.com <AdAstraTroupe at gmail.com>*

*Subject:          Warsaw Uprising Original Project Audition Notice*





*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*



*Warsaw Uprising Original Play Audition Notice*



*WHAT*

Coming this May, *Ad Astra Theatre Troupe, Ltd.* will preview its first
original play written by SUNY Adirondack professor *Lâle Davidson*, and
local teens, *Catie LeCours* and *Grace Alberti*. Based on the women of the
Warsaw Uprising, our story follows two sisters in the early days of the
ill-fated rebellion. “Uprising” examines childhood intertwined with
warfare, culture tangled with causality, and the uncanny presence of those
lost.



Ad Astra Theatre Troupe is seeking a main cast of thirteen teenage actors
and a small teen ensemble. Auditionees should be versatile and fascinated
by character analysis, with a desire to participate in an authentic
workshop experience. There is no fee required to audition or participate in
the production.



*WHEN*

Auditions -- 2-5pm, February 3rd

Callbacks -- 2-5pm, February 10th



Rehearsals will take place Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 5pm starting
March 24th at the Bloom Movement Studio in Saratoga Springs. Most actors
will not be called to every rehearsal,



Performances will take place in late May and early June, 2018.



*WHERE*

Auditions will take place at Bloom: A Movement Studio, Suite 1000, 153
Regent Street, Saratoga Springs, NY



*WHO WE ARE*

Ad Astra Theatre Troupe is a non-profit teen-run performance company
focusing on spreading education, confidence, and a sense of community
through the arts. Founded in 2017, we're unique because we provide
opportunities for local teens to experience leadership in all forms of
theatrical development, with new opportunities in direction, production,
choreography, technical, publicity, and stage management, with little to no
cost to families. For more information please visit *www.adastratroupe.org
<http://www.adastratroupe.org>*.




*WHAT TO EXPECT *Please register by emailing your interest to
*AdAstraTroupe at gmail.com
<AdAstraTroupe at gmail.com>* by January 31, 2018. You will be sent an
audition form to fill out and the audition sides. Bring the completed form
with you to auditions on February 3, 2018.



Familiarize yourself with the character descriptions, plot summary and your
preferred sides. You will be asked to read in front of the group of
auditionees.



Within three days after the audition, a callback list will be sent out,
with additional sides and information. Callbacks will be February 10, 2018,
from 2-5pm. A cast list will be emailed out a week after callbacks.



*ROLES AVAILABLE*

HALINA DOBOSZ – 17. A skilled combatant caught between the desire to
preserve some semblance of a normal life for her younger sister and the
desire to uphold her beliefs by joining the Uprising. She finds herself
strained between realism and impulse.

ELŻBIETA DOBOSZ – 13. Halina’s idealistic younger sister, who wants nothing
more than to be included in her sister’s life, and in the rebellion at
large. Stubborn to a fault, steadfast ‘til the end.

BEATA KOCHANSKA – 16. Born to a German mother and a Polish father. Through
naiveté rather than callousness, she takes her privileges for granted. An
excitable, romantic, and somewhat oblivious character, she has no trouble
finding things to moan about. Her features tend towards her German lineage.

JADWIGA MIKITIENSKA – 18. A courier who is informally Ignacy’s second in
command, due to her rational nature. Despite her seeming sobriety, she can
be convinced to dance if it’s Zofia doing the convincing.

ZOFIA ZALENSKA – 17. A passionate combatant with a wit and intelligence
that could take down an army. Thoroughly enjoys messing with her friends,
and is quite excellent at it, too. Appreciates a good flirt with Jadwiga.

STEFANIA OLBRYS – 19. The daughter of an Underground supplier. Very
knowledgeable in the goings-on of the resistance. As she grew up into it,
her resources and organization remain as a necessity for the group - a fact
she relishes in.

PIOTR KOSTKA – 15. Your local saucy rogue. A self-assured and somewhat
flirtatious young man. A longtime friend of the Dobosz girls.

ZYGMUND KOSTKA – 17. Piotr’s brother, composed of a similar merry
temperament. He takes every opportunity he can get to inform Halina of his
feelings for her - most often through swank.

IGNACY ROSAK – 19. The leader of Halina’s battalion. A true pragmatist, his
cynical sense of humor does not diminish his ardent belief in the uprising.

MATEUSZ ŚWITALSKI – 16. Another member of Ignacy’s battalion. He is deeply
distrustful of anyone German, and it has been suggested that he has a more
sympathetic view of the USSR than is healthy.

WITOLD STYS – 18. Another member of Ignacy’s battalion. He is deeply
religious which occasionally leads to conflict with the communism that
fascinates Mateusz.

OTTO HEIDRICH – 18. An agent of the Gestapo. An intelligent mind always
seeking justification for the atrocities he participates in, but who is not
brave enough to resist the pressure put on him by his oppressive society.
His desire for praise and conformity ultimately wins out over his sympathy
for other humans.

ERHARD TEUFEL – 17. Another agent of the Gestapo. Angered by the hard times
Germany has been subjected to, he carries out his duties with cruel glee.
He is very aware of his power, and revels in it.

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