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February 3, 2004

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CASTING CALL: PERFORMERS NEEDED FOR NEW PLAYS
FROM ANNUAL EDWARD ALBEE WORKSHOP

Open auditions for actors to perform in the upcoming Edward Albee New Playwrights Workshop will be held Feb. 9-10 at the University of Houston.

A variety of performers are needed for the six new plays that will be presented at Stages Repertory Theatre in late April.

Actors and actresses older than 35 are especially encouraged to audition. Those trying out are asked to prepare two pieces, of a contrasting nature, and each no longer than two minutes. Performers do not have to be students at the University of Houston to appear in the plays.

Each year, Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and UH professor Edward Albee selects a group of intriguing new plays submitted to him for development in workshop format. During a semester of preparation on campus, the results come to life as full-fledged productions, offering Houston audiences an uncommon theatrical opportunity. This year, noted playwright Lanford Wilson, a recent addition the UH School of Theatre faculty, is overseeing the workshop preparations. Albee, however, will be on hand for the actual productions.

Call Sandy Judice at 713-743-3003 for additional information. For more information about the UH School of Theatre and the Albee workshop, visit the Web site http://www.class.uh.edu/theatre/home.html.

WHAT: Auditions for Albee New Playwrights Workshop
WHEN: 3-7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, and 1-5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10
WHERE: Moores School of Music – Room 108 Monday, Room 147 Tuesday
WHO: UH School of Theatre

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