Sand Lake Center for the Arts - Circle Theatre Players

Managing Director: Debra Roy

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    2880 NY 43
    Averill Park, NY 12018
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AUDITIONS

A Night at the Abbey
Plays from Dublin's Historic Theater
Artistic Director - Kate Hans

Monday, December 8, 2008 at 7pm
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 7pm
Callbacks Thursday, December 11 at 7pm

Production Dates: March 13 - 22, 2008

"Spreading the News" by Lady Gregory

Lady Gregory first conceived of "Spreading the News" as a tragedy. She changed her mind writing and producing instead a comedy to balance the drama heavy bill for opening night at her Abbey Theater. While this short play is a comedy, Lady Gregory stocked it with characters we laugh with and not laugh at. Her rural Irish men and women are far from the stock "Paddy and Bridget" stereotypes. They are the all too human Irish everyman and everywoman caught up in whirlwind complications created by ordinary news changing and exaggerating as it moves from one set of lips to another.

CHARACTERS
Bartley Fallon -	Late 20's to late 30's
Mrs. Fallon -	Mid 20's to mid 30's
Jack Smith -	20's to early 40's
Shawn Early -	30's to 40's
Tim Casey -	30's to 40's
James Ryan -	30's to 40's
Mrs. Tarpey -	Fiftyish to Sixtyish
Mrs. Tully -	Fiftyish
A Policeman -	40's to 50's
A Magistrate -	Late 50' through 60's

For additional information contact Director, Paul Trela at ptrela@nycap.rr.com

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"Riders to the Sea" by L.M. Synge

"Riders to the Sea" was first performed on February 25, 1904 by the Irish National Theatre Society (later and more widely known as the Abbey Theatre). It stands as one of the great literary achievements of Synge's tragically short life and a testament to the dramatic power Synge located in the lives of the western Irish people at the turn of the twentieth century. This play explores what it means to be uniquely human. Each of us deals with loss, and while Synge's play may be dark, it is through confronting that darkness that we learn to live and find hope within our own lives.

CHARACTERS
Maurya -	an elderly Irishwoman, age 45+
Cathleen -	her eldest daughter, age 17-24
Nora -	her youngest daughter, age 16-20
Bartley -	her youngest and sole-surviving son, age 20-28
Women and Men of the Town (6-10) -	non-speaking roles. Women must be keen (sing lamentably).

For additional information contact Director, Laura Andruski at lwandruski@aol.com

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"The Rising of the Moon" by Lady Gregory

First produced by the Irish National Theatre on March 9, 1907, Lady Gregory's play takes place on a quay, where a police sergeant and two of his officers have begun posting placards offering a hundred-pound reward for an escaped revolutionary. Alone on the quay, the sergeant is approached by a man selling copies of ballads, and the man's singing of those ballads recalls for the sergeant an earlier time in his life, when there was no conflict between his official responsibilities and his love of country.

CHARACTERS
Sergeant -	age 25-60
Two police officers -	age 18-45
Ragged man -	age 20-50
While the characters are men, the dark environment of the play would permit any of them to be played by a female who could credibly portray a male.

For additional information contact Director, Eric Washburn at eewashburn@earthlink.net

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