<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Convergence-continuum announces auditions for
<i>The Squirrels</i> by Robert Askins!</p>

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theatre located at</p>

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44113</p>

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of gray squirrels, has collected enough nuts to last ten winters. When a group
of starving fox squirrels begs him to share his hoard of food, animosity erupts
into a ferocious war. THE SQUIRRELS is a boundary-pushing, darkly satirical
look at wealth inequality in which no creature comes out unscathed.</p>

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</span></span>SCIURUS. Great old gray squirrel. Big. Fat-ish. The greatest gatherer of
nuts the forest ever saw. Now gone to seed. Father to Chordata. Partner to
Mammalia. Adopted father to Rodentia. </p>

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</span></span>CHORDATA. Young gray squirrel. Squirrel sexy. Squirrel smart. She knows
the forest is changing. She is in love with Carolinensis. She is perhaps a
little too sentimental. </p>

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loves him. Knows his faults. Has aided his schemes. She is dedicated to her
daughter and wants only the best for her. </p>

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</span></span>RODENTIA. Adopted daughter of Sciurus. Young fox squirrel. She swims with
the tide that raises her boat. </p>

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</span></span>CAROLINENSIS. Young fox squirrel. Fierce. Strong. Idealistic but hungry.
It is after all the dead of winter and mating season is coming. </p>

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</span></span>SCIURIDAE/THE SCIENTIST. Gray squirrel. He is smooth. Too smooth. He
stares too long. He's creepy like an evil Rikki-Tikki- Tavi. The scientist is
not a real scientist. He's a cartoon scientist. Make of that what you will. </p>

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26^th 12-2 PM</p>

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7-9pm </p>

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an audition form and bring any conflicts which you may have.</p>

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readings from the scripts.</p>

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- Saturday April 19th (Shows Thursday through saturday at 7:30 PM, and 1 Sunday
performance at 3PM).</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For more information please
contact <u><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:cmolner@convergence-continuum.org" style="color:blue">cmolner@convergence-continuum.org</a></span></u></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Cory Molner<div>Executive Artistic Director</div><div>convergence-continuum</div><div><a href="mailto:cmolner@convergence-continuum.org" target="_blank">cmolner@convergence-continuum.org</a></div><div>216-308-9375</div><div>He/him (<a href="https://pronouns.org/" target="_blank">what this?</a>)</div></div></div></div>