<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">con<em>ver</em>gence-continu<em>um</em> announces auditions for: </p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:25px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">The Secret in the Wings</h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:25px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">directed by Anne McEvoy</h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:25px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><span style="color:rgb(255,64,21)">Sunday, August 17th 6:30 - 9pm</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:25px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><span style="color:rgb(255,64,21)">Monday, August 18th 7-10pm</span></h2><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><strong>PLAY DESCRIPTION:</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Mary Zimmerman’s </span></span></span><em><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">The Secret in the Wings</span></span></span></em><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"> adapts a group of lesser-known fairy tales to create a theatrical work that sets their dark mystery against her signature wit and humor. The framing story features a child and the frightening babysitter with whom her parents leave her. As the babysitter reads from a book, the characters in each of the tales materialize, with each tale averting disaster just as it looms to give way to the next one. As in Zimmerman’s other productions, here she also offers opportunity for creative costumes, props, sets, and lighting, creating images and feelings that render the fairy tales in all their elemental and enduring power. Like the very best of the genre, children may enjoy Zimmerman’s fairy tales, but it is adults who will find them the most evocative, fulfilling and visionary.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><strong>Available Roles:</strong></p><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><li style="text-align:left"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;letter-spacing:0px;direction:ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">“Opening: Left in the Forest”</span></span></span><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">MOTHER</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">FATHER</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">HEIDI</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">MR. FITZPATRICK (TONY)</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">“The Three Snake Leaves”</span></span></span><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">SNAKE-LEAVES PRINCESS</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">THREE SINGERS</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">BOY</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">SEA CAPTAIN</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">BOY’S SERVANT</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">FATHER OF SNAKE-LEAVES PRINCESS</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">“The Three Blind Queens”</span></span></span><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">THREE PRINCES</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">THREE QUEENS</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">AMBASSADOR</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">NURSEMAID</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">SON OF THE THIRD BLIND QUEEN</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">“Stolen Pennies”</span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(26,25,25)"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br>CHILD<br>PAPA<br>MAMA<br>OTHER CHILDREN<br>STRANGER<br></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">“Allerleira”</span></span></span><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br>TWO MEN<br>ALLERLEIRA<br>ALLERLEIRA’S COMPANIONS (LAURA, LOUISE, AND HEIDI)<br>ALLERLEIRA’S FATHER<br>ALLERLEIRA’S FATHER’S ATTENDANT<br>KING<br>SECOND KING<br>KING’S ATTENDANT<br><br></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">“The Princess Who Wouldn’t Laugh”</span></span></span><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br>ROYAL DANCING COUPLES<br>PRINCESS WHO WON’T LAUGH<br>FATHER OF THE PRINCESS<br>THREE SUITORS<br>THREE LADIES-IN-WAITING<br></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">“Seven Swans, or Silent for Seven Years”</span></span></span><span style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br>FATHER OF SEVEN SONS<br>SONS<br>DAUGHTER<br>ANDREW<br>KING OF SILENT FOR SEVEN YEARS<br>EVIL MOTHER</span></span></span></strong></p></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><em>This play consists of different combinations of actors per scene, and may be cast in a variety of combinations.</em></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><strong>Please arrive early to fill out an audition form and bring any conflicts which you may have.</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><em>Auditions will consist of readings from the scripts.</em></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><em>All roles are compensated with a $400 stipend.</em></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:brea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