<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Upcoming Auditions for <i>Arsenic & Old Lace</i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style><b><span style="font-size:5pt"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri">Cassidy will be holding auditions for its production of <i>Arsenic & Old Lace</i>, directed by new-comer Jenna Messina.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri">Written by Joseph Kesselring</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri">This is a farcical dark comedy revolving around skeletons in the closet. Mortimer Brewster , a drama critic, must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn.  His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them; a brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home; and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:5pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt">Performance Dates: </span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt">August 10^th-26^th </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt">Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt">Sundays at 3pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>
<span style="font-size:5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Auditions for Arsenic & Old Lace</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br>
Sunday, April 22^nd 7pm-10pm<br>Tuesday, April 24^th 7pm-10pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Wednesday, April 25^th 7pm-10pm<br><br><i>Audition Requirements:</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">-Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.   Monologues are welcome, but not necessary.  </span><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">-Rehearsals will begin in late June or early July (there will be no or limited rehearsals the week of July 4 ^th).</span><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">-Please bring a list of all conflicts (or potential conflicts) to note them on your audition form.</span><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">The character breakdown is below.   The ages listed (parenthetically) are approximate CHARACTER ages only.</span><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>
^{<span style="font-size:5pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span>}</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">ABBY BREWSTER</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">MARTHA BREWSTER: (50+) Aunts of Mortimer Brewster</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">MORTIMER BREWSTER: (25+) Theatre critic and nephew of Martha and Abby</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">JONATHAN BREWSTER: (30+): Older nephew, bearing a resemblance to Boris Karloff</span><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-color:white">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">TEDDY BREWSTER: (25 +) Thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt</span><span style="font-size:16pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-color:white">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">DR. EINSTEIN: (40+) Alcoholic surgeon (German accent preferred)</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">THE REV.   DR. HARPER: (50+) The Brewster’s next-door neighbor</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">ELAINE HARPER: (21+) Rev. Dr. Harpers’ daughter, Mortimer’s love interest</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">OFFICER O’HARA: (30+) Cop and playwright (Brooklyn accent preferred)</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">LT. ROONEY: (40+) Precinct boss   (Brooklyn accent preferred)</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">OFFICER BROPHY: (35+) Veteran cop (Brooklyn accent preferred)</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">OFFICER KLEIN: (21+) Rookie (Brooklyn accent preferred)</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">MR. WITHERSPOON:   (40+) Superintendent of a sanitarium</span><span style="font-size:16pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">MR GIBBS: (50+) Grumpy old gentleman</span></p>