[NEohioPAL]Actors Needed for Reading in Akron

Wed Nov 15 10:48:20 PST 2006

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<P><BR><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=6>American Homefront</FONT> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#000000>(previously titled Fundamentalist Insurgents) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#000000>an Iraq War drama by Fernando Dovalina</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#000000>Will have a public reading on Friday, December 1st at 8:30 PM.  </FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT color=#000000>Roles Available</FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Dana.....................40's. Lt. Carson's Mother</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Rob......................40's-50's. Lt. Carson's father</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Major....................30's.  major in the U. S. Army.  Male</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Wally....................early 20's.  Arab-American Male. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Sergeant..............20s, sergeant in the U. S. Army.  Female</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Call 330-212-6709 or respond to this email with questions. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Location:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Home: For The Arts</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>First Grace United Church of Christ</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>350 S. Portage Path </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Akron, OH 44320</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Each actor will be paid a gratuity of $25 for their time. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>The Story </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>For Dana and Rob, losing thier son in the line of duty is almost too much to bear.  When the loss is accompanied by a revelation that questions their deepest values and assumptions, how can they carry on?  </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>"Fundamentalist Insurgents", is being developed by Home: For the Arts in Akron, OH for a professional staging in 2007. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Houston, Texas-based playwright Fernando Dovalina has wrought a play for our times, from the heart and ripped from just behind the headlines.  </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Directed by JT Buck</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>"Home: For the Arts" is a new community-based arts initiative of First Grace United Church of Christ, an Open and Affirming congregation.  Our mission is to unleash the creative imagination of our surrounding community through grass-roots artistic opportunity.  We do so by offering an incubator to experimental and innovative new voices in music, dance, literature, theatre and visual arts. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Our programming is radically, extravagantly welcome to all  regardless of age, race, income level, physical/mental ability, sexual/gender orientation, religious affiliation, and life history.  </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.firstgraceucc.org"><FONT color=#000000 size=2>www.firstgraceucc.org</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.homeforthearts.com">www.homeforthearts.com</A></DIV></DIV></FONT></div></html>