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Oviatt St in Hudson. The auditions on September 18 will be preceded at 6 p.m. by a group open house and general meeting for all those that want to learn more about participating in Community Theater. All roles are available with interested crew and production team members (publicity, set, props, costumes, sound, lights, etc) also being sought. Auditions are open to all with no restrictions. Those auditioning will be asked to read from the script. More information is available at <a href="http://www.hudsonplayers.com/">www.hudsonplayers.com</a>, by emailing <a href="mailto:info@hudsonplayers.com">info@hudsonplayers.com</a> or by calling 330-655-8522. Perusal scripts are also available at the Hudson Library. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille”, opens the long running community theater troupe’s 67<sup>th</sup> Season. With performances scheduled for November 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 & 19 the thought provoking dark comedy will be directed by Ron Cuirle. Please come prepared knowing which character/s you'd like to read for. Consideration for casting will not be restricted to the roles for which you read at the audition unless you state otherwise. All adult ages will be considered for all roles. The role of Joe is open to both men and women. Sides will be provided at the audition. If you cannot get a hold of the script ahead of time, the director will be happy to provide you sides in advance. Please email him at <a href="mailto:ron@cuirle.com">ron@cuirle.com</a> for more information. Roles are available for 5 men and 2 women or 4 men and 3 women.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Funny, irreverent and at the same time thought provoking, the show is based on the question: “you have only one day left on earth, what would you do?” Forget mass hysteria and anarchy in the streets, if your name is Shep and you tend bar in western Pennsylvania, its one last day of business and some rather odd decisions. Intelligent and humerous, everything is kept low key. The show zeros in on a well defined group of strangely upbeat small town folk as they unceremoniously come to grips with their impending doom…then God walks into the bar. Yes, it sounds like the setup for a bad joke but that’s what happens…he then approaches Shep with an offer that’s out of this world. Funny, witty and intelligent with a surprisingly upbeat end, it’s a show that has something for everyone. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In fact Variety wrote: “Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille” is a serio-comic tale of love, death, rebirth and a very strange book deal. The preposterous, but often affecting and almost always hilarious proceedings are peppered by visual shtick and one liners.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>These character descriptions are rough drafts created by the director and are provided to give you a head-start on your audition. They are completely open to interpretation and may not match with the way that you see the role. But that's okay! Use your audition to present your vision. An audition that surprises and spurs thought goes a long way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shep is a writer whose time for fame has come ... a little too late.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This dreamer turned cynic just isn't surprised by anything anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>His passion isn't gone, but what's the point in being passionate when the end of the world is here?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Roy is an honest opportunist and dreamer. Until recently, he lived vicariously through others. Now he takes what he can from life with the hopes of having the life that everyone else has always had. He is the caricature of the "always happy man" - never mean and never deceitful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Willy is an equal opportunity offender, an ex-military man and now a self-appointed judgment day official. Society has never allowed him to exact justice the way that he sees fit. Now, the slightest offense to Willy may result in your execution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bullard loves his job as a traveling salesman. He lives to sell, not vice versa. It allows him to live on the edges of society and, in true salesman fashion, mold himself into whomever he needs to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bullard is fake - but he's been everything to everybody for so long he doesn't know it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shirley has a soul hardened by disappointment and rejection. By and large, she wants what she can't have, can get what she doesn't want, and always settles on something in between. This does not, however, depress or discourage her from always trying.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Virginia is a fighter and is the type to never give up on what she wants. She pursues her desires until she captures them; works at her goals until she achieves them. And then she starts over with new ones. As a phys-ed teacher, she is fit and an active jogger.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Joe is God. Really. What else is there to say?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Hudson Players are an all volunteer non-profit community theater organization and one of the longest running theater troupes in the area. Volunteers are always welcome to assist with a variety of tasks including publicity, poster distribution, set building, costumes and more. Auditions to their shows are open to all with no restrictions. Additional information is available at <a href="http://www.hudsonplayers.com/">www.hudsonplayers.com</a>, by emailing <a href="mailto:info@hudsonplayers.com">info@hudsonplayers.com</a> or by calling 330-655-8522. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>