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style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Dancing at
Lughnasa<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Helvetica>By Brian Friel<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>By
Appointment<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>November 28 &
29<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Beginning at 7:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Call 330-836-2626 to
schedule<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Character
breakdown:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Michael Evans ~ YOUNG
MAN, NARRATOR, SON OF Chris, plays his adult and
child<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Kate Mundy ~ female,
40, teacher, devoutly Catholic, sensitive<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Maggie Mundy ~
female, 38, housekeeper, lighthearted, thoughtful<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Christina Mundy ~
female, 26, Michael’s mother, alternates between optimism and
depression<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Rose Mundy ~ female,
32, developmentally disabled, vulnerable, knitter<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Agnes Mundy ~ female,
35, quiet, contemplative, knitter, Rose’s protector<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Gerry Evans ~ male,
33, Michael’s father, charming, often absent, comes and
goes<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Father Jack ~ 53,
missionary priest, returned from Uganda, respected, lapses in
memory<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>The play takes place
in Ballybeg, County Donegal, Ireland, in the summer of 1936. All actors will
need to use an Irish dialect in the performance.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
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style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Audition Preparation
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Please prepare a
monologue of your choosing.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>If you don not have a
monologue, one will be provided for you to
read.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>You will be asked to
try a dialect in the audition.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>Director: Katherine Burke teaches
Art of the Theatre, Art of Acting, Acting Process, Voice, Devising Theatre, and
private singing instruction. Prior to teaching at KSU, she taught for over a
decade at Purdue University. Burke has worked nationally and internationally
using applied and interactive theatre for conflict resolution and social change,
addressing such issues such as diversity, discrimination, substance use, and
bullying. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Directing credits include
</FONT></SPAN><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Six
Characters in Search of an Author; Carousel; Of Mice and Men; Urinetown;
</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>and
</FONT></SPAN><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">May 4th
Voices, </SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>an
original play in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Kent State
shootings on May 4th, 1970. She is a skilled vocal and dialect coach as well,
and has coached dialects for such plays as </FONT></SPAN><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Candida,
Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off, </SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Helvetica>and </FONT></SPAN><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Under
Milkwood. </SPAN></EM><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of Advancement<BR>Weathervane
Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>