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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>A Holiday Comedy</b> 

</span><br><font size="6"><b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Christmas Express</span></i></span></b><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="6"><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">by Pat Cook</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="6"><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"></span>Directed by <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">Douglas A. Farren<br></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center">
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><b>Auditions:</b> Tuesday, <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">August 13</span> & Wednesday, <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">August 14</span> at <b>7:00pm</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><b>Production Dates: </b>Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm, <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"></span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">Nov. 8 - Dec. 8</span>, 2019<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"> (no performance on Thanksgiving)</span><br><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"></span></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;text-align:left"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></span></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;text-align:left"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"></span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">There
 are parts for 6 women and 4 men.  All are part of “small-town 
Americana”.  The play takes place in a dilapidated railroad station.</span><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></span></b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br><b>The Story: </b>“This
 is the most hopeless place in the world!” Hilda intones as she and 
Satch argue over what time it is. Hilda dreams of faraway places to 
fight the tedium of running the Holly Railway Station until, that is, 
Leo Tannenbaum drops in out of nowhere just before Christmas. Suddenly 
an old radio springs to life and the local group of carolers begins to 
sound like the Morman Tabernacle Choir. The whole town now gets into the
 Christmas spirit. Coincidence? This nostalgic story is full of 
eccentric small-town characters who begin to discover the true wonder of
 Christmas, making us all wish that we, too, could take a ride on The 
Christmas Express.</span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">Open auditions will be cold readings from the script.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">  No appointment is necessary.  Auditions will be held at Clague Playhouse, 1371 Clague Road, Westlake.</span><br></div><br>Please bring a head shot and resume, if available.  If not, a photo will be taken as needed.  Please visit <a href="http://www.clagueplayhouse.org" target="_blank">www.clagueplayhouse.org</a> to download and print an <a href="http://clagueplayhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ClagueAuditionForm18-1.pdf" target="_blank">audition form</a>. 
 A limited number of perusal scripts are available to borrow for 3 days 
with a $10 refundable deposit from the Clague Playhouse Box Office 
(Wed.-Sat. 1-6pm).  All perusal scripts must be returned by Saturday, <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">August 10</span>, 2019.<br></div>

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