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Actors, here is a cold reading/ audition opportunity. I need? six males ranging in age from 20's to 40's, and one male 50's. No prep needed--you will be reading cold from scripts of my one-acts: Soldiers' Christmas (based on the 1914 Christmas truce) and The Footprints of the Polar Bear, this Saturday (details below). Both plays will have stage reading performances on Dec. 11 (One Night Only) at 7:30 pm at the Aronoff Fifth Third Bank Theatre as part of the Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative and Cincinnati Arts Association's New Voices Series.

Based on the Christmas truce of 1914, Soldiers' Christmas tells a remarkable story of war and peace and how front-line British and German soldiers on either side of no man's land may have emerged from the dehumanizing influences of modern warfare to a transcendent and peaceful coexistence, celebrating their shared humanity under the most brutalizing and unlikely circumstances.

The Footprints of the Polar Bear is the story of Jack, a disturbed homeless man, wounded by life and retreating into
alcoholism. Withdrawing from society, Jack retreats to a lofty perch on a catwalk high atop a bridge spanning a river. Someone calls 911. A heroic fire fighter is dispatched to attempt rescue as this contemporary allegory unfolds.

This audition/cold reading will take place this Saturday, November 3 from 9:30 a.m. to Noon at the Conference Room of the Carrico/Fort Thomas Branch (Campbell County Public Library) 1000 Highland Ave., Fort Thomas, KY 41075? (859-572-5033). No appointment necessary, drop in and sign up. Bring resumes and headshots if you have them.