<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Hi,</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You can now make reservations online on the NSTC website (www.no-strings.org) or by phone (575) 523-1223 for Radium Girls, directed by Autumn Gieb and running January 28-February 13 or Love Letters starring Marissa Bond and Rafael Medina on February 14. More information about both shows is on our website.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">We will hold additional AUDITIONS today, Saturday, January 16, at 7:00 pm for the No Strings Theater Company’s production of Mother </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courage and her Children, written by Bertolt Brecht and directed by Joshua Taulbee. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The auditions will be at the Black Box Theater. <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);"></a><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);">430 N. Main St.</a></span></div><div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);">Performances</a> will be held <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);">March 18th thru April 3rd.</a> With a possible </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">extension to <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);">April 9th.</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Also, please </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">prepare a 30 second to minute long song as several characters do sing in </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">the show. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Everyone must wear masks and be vaccinated.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Mother Courage is a clever canteen woman traveling with her three </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">children (Eilif, Swiss Cheese, and Kattrin) following the Swedish army </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">during the Thirty Years’ War. She uses her wit and determination to </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">survive and, hopefully, make a profit. Needed are eight performers to </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">play over twenty different parts.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Characters Include:</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Mother Courage - Smart, resourceful, and fierce.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Kattrin - Mother Courage’s traumatized daughter who does not speak.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Eilif - The “brave” son.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Swiss Cheese - The “honest” son.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Chaplain - A religious man who travels with Mother Courage.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Yvette - A prostitute.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Other roles include military personnel and peasants.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">A copy of the script is available at the Ask Here desk at Branigan Library.</span></div></body></html>