<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No Strings Theatre Company announces AUDITIONS FOR </span><span id="mwCw" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-style: italic; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);"><b id="mwDA">Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar. </b></span><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Auditions will be held <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">on Sunday, August 2, 2026 at 6:00 pm</span></span></span> at the Black Box Theatre, <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">430 North Main Street in Las Cruces</span></span></span>. The play is the first production of NSTC’s 2026-2027 Season. The entire season is listed on the NSTC website (<span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">www.no-strings.org</span></span>). The play will open <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">September 18</span></span> and run <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">through October 4, 2026</span></span>.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The role of Sugar is precast, but the roles for the humorous, sometimes poignant, essayists seeking advice and help are available. The script calls for 2 male and 1 female essayists, but additional actors may be cast. The perusal script is available at the ASK HERE Desk at Branigan Library in Las Cruces.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The play is adapted from the self-help book </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">by American author and podcaster Cheryl Strayed.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span id="mwDw" style="font-style: italic; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">Tiny Beautiful Things</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is a collection of essays compiled from Strayed's "Dear Sugar” advice column </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">which she wrote anonymously, on The Rumpus, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">an online literary magazine</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The columns focus as much on her literary memoir as they do on advice and self-help. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The stage adaptation conceived by Nia Vardalos, Thomas Kail, and Marshall Heyman premiere at The Public Theatre in New York in December, 2016 to a sold out run.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#202122" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For questions or to schedule an alternate audition time, please contact director Ceil Herman at <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">ceil@zianet.com</span></span></span>. </span></font></div><div dir="ltr"></div></body></html>