<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Victorian Players to Audition</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> New Poe Play</span><br><br><br> The Victorian Players and J&B Production Arts Services have announced auditions for their annual Halloween production at the Vic. <span style="font-weight:
bold; font-style: italic;">Edgar Allan Poe’s: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar</span> will open October 11 and run three weekends through October 27.<br><br> Auditions will be held on Monday and Tuesday, August 5th and 6th at 7pm at the theater at 702 Mahoning Avenue in Youngstown. Casting requirements call for 5 men ages 20 to 60 and 1 to 2 women ages 20 to 60. Rehearsals will begin toward the end of August.<br><br> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar</span> is a lesser known Poe story which deals with the hypnotism of a man near death in an attempt to suspend him between life and death. The movie in the 1960s starred Basil Rathbone and Vincent Price.<br><br> For further imformation or to request alternate audition times due to conflicts, please call the director at
330-799-6176.<br><br><br><br> - 30 -</div></div></body></html>