<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Seeking adult actors of all ages, for two staged readings of a new musical comedy, "Where There's A Will." These staged readings will be for small test audiences, and will be used to further develop this original script. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Rehearsal schedule will be fairly minimal--10-15 evenings throughout August and September, leading up to the staged readings, September 11 & 12. Music and script will not need to be memorized. No set changes or costumes. The cast is multicultural and rather male-dominated. Complete cast list below. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Written by Tim Shaffer with music by Tim Shaffer and Dustin Oliver, "Where There's a Will" is a musical comedy that follows a cast of inmates as they try to produce a prison's first-ever Easter musical. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><b>Auditions will be held at the Aurora Community Theatre, 7pm August 4 & 5</b>. The theatre is located at 115 East Pioneer Trail, in Aurora. Auditions will be held downstairs (parking in back). <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Auditioners should prepare 16-32 bars of music that they feel show off their abilities. Bring sheet music for accompanist (provided). There will also be some reading from the script. Questions can be directed to <a href="mailto:tkentzz@gmail.com">tkentzz@gmail.com</a> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">COME HELP US MAKE THIS NEW SHOW HILARIOUS! </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">CAST LIST</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(Some roles can be doubled)</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">WILL
TAYLOR: Early
20s, still somewhat idealistic and naïve.
Timid, sheltered, never before in any kind of serious trouble. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">RICKLEY:
Any age or sex, Public defender assigned to Will.
Rumpled, hurried, perhaps inept, (s)he definitely has no interest in public
defender work.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">PROSECUTOR:
30s-50s, Slick, conniving, self-righteous.
Dressed in a silk suit and tie.
Justice, for him/her, is a high conviction rate. </font></p>
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BARNSTROM: 40s-60s. A member of the Good
Old Boys Club. Initially a judge, later
elected governor.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">JEB
YODER: 30s-40s, an inmate. Scruffy,
friendly, mentally unstable & delusional.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2-DOWN:
20s-30s, an inmate. Street-wise thug.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">BIG
DOUG: 20s-30s, an inmate. Dumb muscle-head.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">BJ:
20s, an inmate. Flamboyantly gay Latino,
with a strong accent. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">DEPUTY
WARDEN JOE MENTIRAS: Any age, Latino. A
chauvinist who doesn’t believe that women should be running things, let alone
prisons. Life is black and white for him
and he believes that everyone in prison is guilty and should be punished.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">YESMEN: Any age or sex. A chorus of non-independent thinkers, totally loyal to the Deputy Warden.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">WARDEN
MIRA BANISTER: Early 40s, hard-working career woman. A prison reformer who believes in rehabilitation,
more than punishment. Professional,
lonely, yet romantic and still a bit optimistic. Always wearing pink-framed glasses on her
face, head, or on a chain around her neck.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">JARED
ANTHONY: 20s-30s, an inmate. Artistic,
poetic, agreeable yet pessimistic. Has
slightly longer hair than other inmates, always seems slightly unkempt. Prison play author.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TONY
VINCENS: 30s, an inmate. The Warden’s
clerk. Incarcerated over 6 years ago for
assault, while defending a friend in a fight.
Honorable and caring. Prison play
cast member.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SINICA:
35-50, an inmate. A bad, but
enthusiastic, singer. Prison play cast
member.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">STANCHEK:
late 30s to early 50s, an inmate. Slow
moving and even slower thinking; hearing and mobility damaged years ago, in a
fireworks accident. Prison play cast
member.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">JACKSON: 20s, an inmate. Thug.
Prison play cast member. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TOWNSEND:
40s-50s, an inmate. Fancies himself a
great singer, but can’t annunciate a consonant to save his life. Prison play cast member.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">JUSTICE:
any age, an inmate. Blind, black, small
of stature. Prison play cast member.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">HAVERSON:
75-90, a feeble inmate. Prison play cast
member.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LANNY:
50-80, long-time inmate and chapel clerk.
Worked his way down from maximum security. Now rehabilitated, but with little chance of
parole. Humorous, good-natured,
resourceful, clothes always impeccably pressed and tailored. Prison play costumer and set designer. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">INMATE
REPORTER: Any age, a nosey inmate</font></p>
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BUILDER: Any age, inmate. </font></p>
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O’DALEY: 40s-50s, the prison chaplain and close friend to Warden Banister. Dressed in priest’s collar, heart in the
right place, yet not entirely holy. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2 SHERIFF DEPUTIES:
Any ages, male or female</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2 FBI AGENTS: Any
ages, male or female</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS/GUARDS: any ages, male or female, barely more professional than the
inmates.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">CHURCH LADY: Any
age, prison play audience member</font></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div>