Pinnacle Acting Company presents joint auditions for “Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Jared Larkin and “At the Bottom” by Christopher Madsen, directed by Alexandra Harbold. AEA Contracts will not be offered for either show at this time. Hired actors will receive a stipend.
Pinnacle Acting Company encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, August 17th from 6pm-9pm by appointment only. You do not have to audition for both shows. If you can't make in person auditions, self-tape auditions will be accepted at pinnacleactingcompany@gmail.com by 9pm on Saturday, August 17.
Sign-up form is available here: https://www.pinnacleactingcompany.org/audition-signup/
Audition sides: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MOQnCsjTvfPq5HYCEeHx4x8juxvAlqJ6
Please bring a headshot and resume. Please arrive early to fill out an audition form.
MAURITIUS
By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Jared Larkin
Please select and prepare one of the sides in the attached folder, there will be a reader present.
Rehearsals will begin November 18th and run select weekday evenings and Saturday daytime starting December 21st. The show will run January 2nd-January 18th, 2020 (Performances Friday-Saturday at 7:30PM and one 2pm Saturday Matinee on January 18th).
WHERE:
Jewett Center for the Performing Arts (Space TBA)
Westminster College
1700 South 1300 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
WHEN:
Saturday, August 17th from 6pm-9pm
DESCRIPTION:
Stamp collecting is far more risky than you think. After their mother’s death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors. One sister tries to collect on the windfall, while the other resists for sentimental reasons. In this gripping tale, a seemingly simple sale becomes dangerous when three seedy, high-stakes collectors enter the sisters’ world, willing to do anything to claim the rare find as their own.
ROLES:
Pinnacle Acting Company will not be providing equity contracts for this production or upcoming season.
JACKIE**20-29, stayed home to care for her dying mother, while her older, half-sister left them behind; has in her possession an old family heirloom --a stamp collection-- which she is eager to sell; feels she is owed compensation for the care she provided to her mother, but she also wants the money.
MARY - 30-39, has returned home following her mother's death, to reconnect with her younger, estranged, half-sister, and to claim an old family heirloom -- a stamp collection which has strong sentimental value for her; believes the stamps are hers and she is not willing to part with them.
DENNIS - 20-29, a young hustler, always has a deal in the works or is planning one; has his sights on Jackie’s stamps, and is counting on his two friends Sterling and Philip to help him get them. Sees himself as a charmer who can convince Jackie to trust him.
PHILIP - 60-69, has bought and sold stamps for years, he’s heard it all and seen it all and doesn’t believe most of it, only interested in his fee; knows all there is to know about stamps, can't be fooled and is all business.
STERLING - 50-65, usually has money, or knows how to get his hands on it, willing to pay premium price for the stamps, but has no patience with the games that are being played by the others involved in the negotiations; a cool customer who is willing to use a little force if necessary.
**The role of Jackie has been pre-cast
Callbacks will be held on Sunday, August 18th from 1pm-3pm by invitation.
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AT THE BOTTOM
by Christopher Madsen
Directed by Alexandra Harbold
Please select and prepare one of the sides in the attached folder, there will be a reader present. Please also prepare 16 bars of song to sing a capella in addition to your chosen side.
Rehearsals will begin February 3rd and run weekday evenings 6-10pm and Saturday 10am-4pm. The show will run February 27th-March 8th, 2020 (Performances Friday-Saturday at 7:30PM and one 2pm Saturday Matinee on March 8th).
WHERE:
Jewett Center for the Performing Arts (Theatre TBA)
Westminster College
1700 South 1300 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
WHEN:
Saturday, August 17th from 6pm-9pm
DESCRIPTION:
A flop house in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of a large city is home to a rag-tag group of people struggling to survive from one day to the next. When a mysterious stranger comes to live there, he brings hope to the hardscrabble lives of the residents. Adapted from Russian playwright Maxim Gorky’s classic play The Lower Depths, At The Bottom shines a light on those living at the margins who are, almost literally, invisible to the rest of society. Reimagined for the 21st century, with elements of the fantastic, the play explores the tension between pessimism and hope and asks which is better, the truth, or the comforting lie?
ROLES:
Pinnacle Acting Company will not be providing equity contracts for this production or upcoming season.
RAT - A filthy rodent
LOUIS - An old traveler
RILEY - A young streetwise cynic
LISA - Ingenue (Valerie's sister)
JULIA - A hardened exotic dancer
ELIZABETH - A young addict (Riley’s girlfriend)
MATEO - A laborer
THE PROFESSOR - An academic looking alcoholic (Julia's partner)
CLINT WALLER - A retired professional baseball player
VICTOR - A young tough
VALERIE WALLER - A coarsely elegant woman (Clint's much younger wife)
Callbacks will be held on Sunday, August 18th from 1pm-3pm by invitation.
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With research showing that pre-K education results in better test scores, less crime and economic benefits, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019's States with the Best & Worst Early Education Systems as well as accompanying videos.
In order to determine the best early education systems in America, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 12 key metrics. The data set ranges from share of school districts that offer a state pre-K program to number of pre-K quality benchmarks met and total reported spending per child enrolled in pre-K.
States with the Best Early Education Systems
States with the Worst Early Education Systems
1
Nebraska
42
New Hampshire
2
District of Columbia
43
New York
3
Maryland
44
Minnesota
4
Vermont
45
Arizona
5
Arkansas
46
Kansas
6
West Virginia
47
Massachusetts
7
Rhode Island
48
North Dakota
8
Illinois
49
Missouri
9
Alaska
50
Mississippi
10
Kentucky
51
Indiana
Best vs. Worst
To view the full report and your state or the District’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-best-and-worst-early-education-systems/62668/
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Prologue Win Propels Canadian James Piccoli to Overall Lead at Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah
A Total of 113 Riders from 24 Countries Fly On Mountain Course at Snowbird Resort
SNOWBIRD, UTAH (Aug. 12, 2019) – Canadian James Piccoli of Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling was the fastest man at Snowbird Resort in Monday's opening day for the 2019 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Piccoli won the 3.2-mile (5.3-kilometer) Prologue presented by Zions Bank in a time of 8 minutes, 37 seconds.
“We're really happy that we came away with the first stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. It's a great confidence boost going into the week. For sure, seven seconds is not going to be the difference this week between winning and losing with some of the climbs coming up, which are quite beautiful, but also quite hard. But it's a great way to start the week,” said Piccoli. He will wear the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies Overall Leader’s jersey on Tuesday.
“I'd like to personally thank everyone from Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment for putting their faith in us two years ago. What they don't know is that they saved my cycling career,” added Piccoli, who finished 10th overall at the 2017 Tour of Utah. “I was probably going to stop cycling and then the team, Elevate-KHS, got an invite here (in Utah), and they signed me for this race specifically. If Elevate-KHS wasn't invited to this race, I probably wouldn't be a cyclist right now.”
American Lawson Craddock of EF Education First finished six seconds back in second place. Romanian time trial champion Serghei Tvetcov of Worthy Pro Cycling, who was third overall in 2017, finished in third, half a second behind Tvetcov.
On a picture-perfect day with a backdrop of Mount Superior in the Wasatch Mountains, Piccoli bested 112 other riders on the opening day of racing for the weeklong stage race. Pacing was key on the out-and-back course, half of it on the steep pitches in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Starting at one-minute intervals, the riders went vertical from the start before flying down the fast 1.5-mile descent to the finish line, hitting speeds of 50 miles per hour.
“It was a really tough prologue. I came to see it with our team Elevate-KHS a couple of days ago and since then I've ridden it a couple of times, trying to refine my pacing strategy,” Piccoli explained. “It was quite complicated with the altitude here at Snowbird and the corners, and the tricky up and down pacing strategy so I rode it a couple of times, a couple of times hard, and every time I got closer to what I wanted to do and today it ended up working out.”
A total of 25 riders are now separated by 30 seconds at the top of the standings, making for an exciting opening to the 15th edition of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
Joe Dombrowski (USA) of EF Education First, the overall winner of the 2015 Tour of Utah, is 15 seconds back in seventh place. The 2017 Tour of Utah champion, Canadian Rob Britton of Rally Cycling, is in 14th place, 18 seconds down. Australian Lachlan Morton of EF Education First, the 2016 winner, sits in 16thplace, 21 seconds back.
Finishing fourth, Portugal under-23 national champion João Almeida of Hagens Berman Axeon claimed the WCF Insurance Best Young Rider jersey, and the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Most Aggressive Rider jersey. 303 Project's Antonio Baca of Mexico was voted the America First Credit Union Fan Favorite, in the category of International Rider. Tvetcov claimed the Utah Sports Commission Sprint jersey and Craddock was awarded the Utah Office of Tourism King of the Mountain jersey.
True to its nickname as “America’s Toughest Stage Race," the 2019 Tour of Utah will provide 37,882 feet of elevation gain over 477 miles of racing on Aug. 12-18. Racing continues Tuesday with Stage 1 presented by Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, taking place in North Logan City. Stage 1 features a completely new 86.9-mile (139.9-km) course that traverses the western slopes of the Bear River Mountains for 4,310 feet of elevation gain. The peloton will make two circuits around Little Mountain, passing less than 10 miles south of the Idaho state line before returning to North Logan City for five fast and furious finishing laps.
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah is free to all spectators, making professional cycling one of the most unique sports in the world today. The Tour of Utah is a internationally sanctioned as a 2.HC-rated stage race on the UCI America Tour, and is part of USA Cycling’s Pro Road Tour. More information about the Tour of Utah can be found by visiting www.tourofutah.com, as well as social channels Facebook (tourofutah), Twitter (tourofutah), Instagram (thetourofutah) and YouTube (tourofutah).
RESULTS AND STANDINGS
www.tourofutah.com/race/results
Prologue presented by Zions Bank - Top 10
AWARD JERSEYS
About the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, referred to as "America's Toughest Stage RaceTM," is a week-long, professional cycling stage race for the best men’s teams in the world. The 2019 event will be held Aug. 12-18, covering 477 miles of racing and 37,882 feet of elevation gain. Now in its 15th year, the event was elevated in 2015 as a 2.HC-rated UCI stage race, making it one of the premier events in North America. The Tour of Utah is owned by Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment. More information about the Tour of Utah can be found by visiting www.tourofutah.com.
