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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><font size="6" color="#ff0000">AUDITIONS FOR</font></span></b></p><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(84,130,53)"></span></b><span><span></span></span></p></span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lakeland Theatre <span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">and </span>Lakeland Community College
<span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">present<span></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:48pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">“<span>Follies</span><span></span>”<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,112,192)">Music and Lyrics by </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(84,130,53)">Stephen Sondheim </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span> </span>Book by </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(84,130,53)">James Goldman</span></b><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,112,192)">Directed by </span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(84,130,53)">Martin Friedman</span></b><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,112,192)">Musical Director </span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(84,130,53)">Jordan Cooper</span></b><span><span></span></span></p></span><span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,32,96)"> <span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,112,192)">Costumes Designed by </span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(84,130,53)">Kelsey Tomlinson</span></b></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(112,48,160)">Production Dates:</span></b><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:26pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(0,32,96)">February 3 - 19, 2023</span></b><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%"> “Follies,”
is still recognized as the high-water mark of the serious "concept"
musical 52 years later (opening on April 4, 1971) and is rarely
performed. With lyrics and music by the late Stephen Sondheim and a
book by James Goldman, "Follies" imagines the reunion of ex-Follies
performers amid a crumbling theatre, soon to be razed for a parking lot.
<br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%">Amid
the reminiscing, two middle-aged couples confront some unpleasant
truths about their past and present, coming face-to-face with not only
their future but their past selves. The former stars of the Follies
relieve memories and stumble through old numbers and somewhat magically
experience their old hits from Broadway's past in the Sondheim songs. <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%"><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">AUDITIONS</span> <span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">by
video only. Please prepare one 32 bar cut of your preferred Sondheim
song. Piano accompaniment strongly preferred, acapella accepted. Send
submissions director to music director at <a href="mailto:jcooper27@icloud.com" target="_blank">jcooper27@icloud.com</a>. </span><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%"> <span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">CALLBACKS</span>
<span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">will be held, in person by invitation only, on Saturday, August 6
between 1:00 AND 4:00 PM at Lakeland Community College. </span><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%"></span></b></p><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%"></span></b><span><span></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%"></span></b><span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%">Great roles for women and men of all
ethnicities and ages</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%"><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">VIDEOS</span> <span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">due by August 1! Callback invitations will be announced no later than August 3. </span><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%"><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)"><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">UNFORTUNATELY,</span> </span><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">no Equity contracts at this time. </span><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:105%">Rehearsals
begin in December and will be held in-person in Lakeland Community
College's Performing Arts Center. Performances are three (3) shows a
week from Friday, February 3 through Sunday, February 19, 2023. <br></span></b></p></span><div style="text-align:left"><div style="text-align:left"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><font size="6">For more information please email Martin Friedman at</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"><font size="6"><a href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" target="_blank">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</a></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><br></span></p></span><div style="text-align:left"><div style="text-align:left"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:105%;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><font size="6">Please
note that Lakeland Theatre is mandating Covid-19 vaccinations for all
actors and staff working in person. If accepting an offer, each artist
must affirm that they are already fully vaccinated prior to the
beginning of any work on this prodution</font></span></p></span></div></div></div></div>
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