<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Martin Friedman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" target="_blank">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span>

<p align="center" style="background:white;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:24pt">Lakeland
Civic Theatre announces </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p align="center" style="background:white;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:26pt">AUDITIONS</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:24pt"> for</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p align="center" style="background:white;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:24pt">A
compelling play</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(228,108,10);font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";font-size:48pt">Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,255);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">By </span><span style="color:rgb(23,55,94);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Edward
Albee</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>

<p align="center" style="background:white;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt"> Directed
by</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Martin
Friedman </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p align="center" style="background:white;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Sound
Designed by</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Eric
Simna</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Production Stage Manager</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Nichole
Vencl</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p align="center" style="background:white;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">Featuring
</span></b><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Gregory Violand*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt"><br>
*Courtesy of </span></b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">Actor’s<b> </b>Equity Association</span></p>

<p><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">  The Play:</span><i> Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i></b> Written
in 1962<span>  </span>by <a title="Edward Albee" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Albee" target="_blank">Edward
Albee</a>. </p>

</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"> won both the 1963 <a title="Tony Award for Best Play" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Play" target="_blank">Tony Award for Best Play</a> and the 1962–63 <a title="New York Drama Critics' Circle" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Drama_Critics%27_Circle" target="_blank">New York Drama Critics' Circle</a> Award
for Best Play. Its stars won the 1963 Tony Awards for Best Actor and Actress as
well. It was also selected for the 1963 <a title="Pulitzer Prize for Drama" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama" target="_blank">Pulitzer Prize for Drama</a> by that award's
drama jury. However, the award's advisory board – the trustees of <a title="Columbia University" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University" target="_blank">Columbia University</a> – objected to the play's
then-controversial use of profanity and sexual themes, and overruled the
award's advisory committee, awarding no Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1963.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F#cite_note-23" target="_blank">[23]</a>}</span></p><span>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">The play was revived on <a title="Broadway theatre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank">Broadway</a>
at the <a title="Longacre Theatre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longacre_Theatre" target="_blank">Longacre Theatre</a>, opening in March<span>  </span>2005 in previews and closing on September 4,
2005 after 177 performances and 8 previews. Bill Irwin won the 2005 <a title="Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_a_Leading_Actor_in_a_Play" target="_blank">Tony Award
for Best Actor</a> for his role.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[14]</a>}
</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">On December 12, 2010, the <a title="Steppenwolf Theatre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_Theatre" target="_blank">Steppenwolf Theatre</a> in <a title="Chicago" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a>, <a title="Illinois" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" target="_blank">Illinois</a> began
performances of the play featuring <a title="Amy Morton" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Morton" target="_blank">Amy Morton</a>
as Martha, <a title="Tracy Letts" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Letts" target="_blank">Tracy Letts</a> (the <a title="Pulitzer Prize" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" target="_blank">Pulitzer
Prize</a>-winning playwright of <i><a title="August: Osage County" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August:_Osage_County" target="_blank">August: Osage County</a></i>)^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F#cite_note-Pulitzer-16" target="_blank">[16]</a>}
as George. Tracy Letts won the Tony award for his portrayal of George in this
production. The dialogue has been hailed by some critics as some of the
greatest in all of the American theatre.</span></p>

<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">Production and Rehearsal dates:</span></b><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:16pt"> </span></b><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? </span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">will open on Friday, September 18
and run through October 4, 2015. There will be 9 performances over this
period. </span><b><span style="color:rgb(191,0,95);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">Audition Information:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white"><span style="color:navy;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">There is a possibility that I will have one additional Equity Tier
I contract. <b>ALL roles are compensated.</b> No audition appointments are
necessary nor is there a need to prepare a monologue. </span></p>

<p style="background:white"><span style="color:navy;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rehearsals will begin the first week in August. We will work around
individual vacations. <span> </span>Rehearsals will
generally be Sunday afternoon/evening through Friday evening. <br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">Audition Dates, Times and Locations:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:rgb(191,0,95);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Monday and Tuesday,<span>  </span>June
29 and June 30, 2015: 7:00pm - 9:00pm. The Performing Arts Center (PAC),
Building “D” at Lakeland Community College. Free Parking in the Faculty/Staff
Parking Lots. Take I 90 East and exit Route #306. Turn right and turn left into
Lakeland Community College and get into the right land. Turn right at the stop
sign and then take another right at the next stop sign and then turn left into
the parking lot. The theatre is to the left of the large Clocktower on your
left. </span></b></p></span><p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:rgb(191,0,95);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NO AUDITIONS TIMES OR RESERVATIONS NEEDED. JUST COME AND I WILL HAVE YOU READ. </span></b></p><span>

<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">The Roles:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:14.4pt"><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">George</span></b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">:</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><b><span style="color:rgb(119,147,60);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Gregory Violand</span></b><span style="color:rgb(119,147,60);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<br>
</span><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Martha</span></b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">: </span><b><span style="color:rgb(119,147,60);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">George’s older wife.
>From the ages of 50 to 65.</span></b><span style="color:rgb(119,147,60);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:14.4pt"><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nick:</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><b><span style="color:rgb(119,147,60);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A 25 to 35 year old,
good looking and fairly intelligent faculty member. . <br>
</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Honey</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">: </span><b><span style="color:rgb(119,147,60);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wife of Nick.
Between the ages of 25 and 35. Not afraid to use her good looks.</span></b><span style="color:rgb(119,147,60);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,51,0);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>

<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">For
more information email Martin Friedman at<span style="color:rgb(191,0,95)"> </span><a href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" target="_blank">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</a><u><span style="color:blue"> </span></u><span style="color:black">or
call at <a href="tel:216%2F233-5441" target="_blank" value="+12162335441">216/233-5441</a>.</span></span></b><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></b></p>

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