BUT FOR GRACE - USFSP Harbor Hall Non Equity Auditions

Auditions for actors and singers will be held: Date: Saturday, October 6, 2012 Time: 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Place: Trinity Lutheran Church Redeemer Hall (third floor) 401 5th St. N., St. Petersburg.

All actors should come prepared to perform a monologue and a cold read. All singers should bring a prepared track (on a flash drive or CD) or sing a cappella; there will be no instrumental accompaniment. Persons experiencing homelessness are especially encouraged to audition.

Produced by: George Bolden ("The Cardboard Stories - Blissful Turmoil") Written and Directed by: Tinamarie Hansen ("Buying Back Brooklyn") Play Synopsis “But for Grace” is a short play (15-20 minutes) about a medical doctor named Benavides who, fed up with red tape and some people's phoney regard for human life, gives up his practice to open a shelter. Soon, however, the shelter runs out of money and Benavides finds himself on the streets. The experience gives him a new perspective on homelessness and how best to help the people he feels he was born to help. Ms. Hansen is the recipient of the 2009 Cathy Award for Best Original Writing as well as Best Production/Direction for her short play, “Buying Back Brooklyn” which was presented by the Gulfport Community Players. She is a 2007 graduate of Eckerd College’s Creative Writing program, and is currently a graduate student at University of Denver pursuing her Master’s Degree in Arts and Culture with a concentration in Creative Writing. “But for Grace,” a play focusing on solutions to homelessness, will be presented at the Concrete Solutions to End Homelessness Conference presented by Celebrate Outreach, Inc.

The play will be presented at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Harbor Hall, on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 12:00 noon. The conference and play are being presented as a part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. For further information, contact Celebrate

Outreach at concretesolutions@celebrateoutreach.org or (727) 424-1325. Please visit our website at www.celebrateoutreach.org.