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  • Bus Stop Auditions

    FRAMINGHAM, MA –Amazing Things Arts Center is inaugurating theater in September, open cast call follows:

    Auditions for “BUS STOP” by William Inge:

    Time: Sunday and Monday evening, July 10 and 11, 7:00-10:00 p.m.

    Place: Amazing things Arts Center, 55 Nicholas Road, Framingham (Pinefield shopping center). Directions at WWW.amazingthings.org or 508-405-ARTS

    Performances: September 9,10,11,16,17,18

    Director: Dick Tellis 508-545-1336

    Producer: Lee Mendenhall 508-877-7250

    Auditions: Resumes helpful but not required, readings from script

    Rehearsals: Flexible scheduling depending on summer vacations and availability. Probably 3/week mid-July to show.

    Characters:

    Female:

    ELMA: High school senior, very smart, but naive. Familiarity with “Romeo and Juliet” helpful.

    CHERIE: Early 20’s, pretty. Blond helpful but wigs available. Ability to handle Ozark Mountain accent and sing “That Old Black Magic” also helpful. She has had a short hard life but is basically tender and vulnerable. Chemistry with character of BO.

    GRACE: 30-50 years old, wisecracking but motherly, personality sparks with CARL.

    MALE:

    CARL: 30-50 years old, matches and sparks with “GRACE.”

    WILL: 40-50 age range, beard helpful but fakes available. Big, physically able and believably authoritative sheriff.

    BO: Early 20’s, chemistry with CHERIE. Wild and crazy Montana cowboy, heroic rodeo abilities, loud and boastful, which hides his basic shyness and unfamiliarity with male/female relationships.

    VIRGL: Another cowboy, but much quieter, mentor to BO. Guitar ability a major asset.

    DR. LYMAN: 50’s. Learned and erudite, but mostly tipsy. Ability to quote poetry and join in hammy scene from “Romeo and Juliet.” Hiding, but not fully, from his pedophile background.

    Call or email Lee Mendenhal with questions or comments. 508-877-7250 rebsailors@aol.com

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  • Downtown Concerts on the Common Begin Thursday Night

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Downtown Solutions presents the Thursday evening concert series beginning Thursday, June 16th, at 5:30 p.m.

    Kick-Off Concert starts at 5:30 p.m.

    The Kick-Off Concert features youth bands Contagion, Golf Cart Mechanics, Amenityville High and Double Excel and is sponsored by the Framingham Coalition and The Skate Park Club.

    Bring your blanket and chairs and enjoy music, fun, Mix 98.5 Giveaways, balloons from framingham.com, and free giveaways.

    The Downtown Common is located on Concord St. (Rt. 126) opposite the Fabricplace and in front of the Armenian Church. Free parking available onstreet and in adjacent lots. Special thanks to the Framingham Rotary Club for their sponsorship. See link below for concert schedule.

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  • Third Time May Be Charm for Proposed New McAuliffe Building

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Supporters of a new building for the McAuliffe Branch Library have another chance to ask Town Meeting for funding.

    Town Meeting may revisit project during capital budget debate

    Prompted by the state’s extension of a $ 1.6 million grant towards the proposed project until June 30th, Town Meeting Member Audrey Hall says she intends to request funding during debates about the capital budget this week.

    If her motion for funding the library doesn’t pass, it may be six years before Framingham receives another state library grant.

    Framingham made history by being the first city or town to receive a grant for a branch library, a recognition that McAuliffe is one of the busiest libraries in the state.

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