Since Neville had already been employed with the Shanachie House Band for the last four years, his application and audition were more of a formality than anything else. He was pretty sure he'd get hired for a fifth year running, but he didn't want to assume. It was better to be safe than sorry, after all.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer

Band (Regular)

Name (inc. title):

Neville Ashton

Address:

59 Arbor Lane Rhy'Din City Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details):

No How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed"

None/Currently employed as a cellist with the Shanachie House Band

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):

B.A. in Music from Rhy'Din University Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Shanachie House Band Rhy'Din University Orchestra Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details):

No

Please note - The positions offered by the Shanachie Theater are full time and salaried. Members of the Company and Band will be expected to keep to a strict rehearsal and performance schedule. Sick and holiday pay is non-negotiable and subject to duration of employment. The directorship withhold the right to terminate employment, should contractual obligations not be met.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet): Theater

Name (inc. title): Lirssa al Amat

Address: no fixed address; notifications can be left at Red Dragon Inn

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No.

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" Self employed, but two days at the most

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Trained in acrobatics, contortion, dance, and improvisation since a child. No formal training.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Played Liesl in Shanachie Theatre presentation of The Sound of Music; Guest Performer for Shanachie 2015-2016 including performances as Eponine in Les Miserables, Cinderella in Cinderella Panto, and Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): No

Please note - The positions offered by the Shanachie Theater are full time and salaried. Members of the Company and Band will be expected to keep to a strict rehearsal and performance schedule. Sick and holiday pay is non-negotiable and subject to duration of employment. The directorship withhold the right to terminate employment, should contractual obligations not be met.

Prepared Song:I Can't Do It Alone Prepared Scene: The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson; Annie Sullivan "The asylum' I grew up in such an asylum. The state almshouse. Rats, why my brother Jimmie and I used to play with the rats because we didn't have toys. Maybe you'd like to know what Helen will find there" not on visiting days? One ward was full of the old women. Crippled, blind, most of them dying, but even if what they had was catching there was no where else to put them, so that's where they put us. There were younger ones across the hall, prostitutes mostly, with T.B., and epileptic fits, and some of the kind who- kept after other girls, especially young ones, and some insane. Some just had the DT's. The youngest were in another ward to have babies they didn't want, started at 13,14. They'd leave afterwords but the babies stayed and we played with them too, though most had sores all over from diseases you're not supposed to talk about. The first year we had 80, 70 died. The room Jimmie and I played in was the dead house where they kept the bodies until they could dig the graves."

Despite his shyness, Aran had the voice of an angel, or more accurately, the voice of an elf. Though traditionally sung as a duet in the musical, he had chosen to perform "Stranger in Paradise" from Kismet as a solo, demonstrating the uniquely lyrical quality of his voice perfectly.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer

Theater (Regular)

Name (inc. title):

Arandir of Ilyethlin

Address:

743 Dragon's Heart Lane Rhy'Din City Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details):

No How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed"

None/Currently employed with the Shanachie Theater Company

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):

None Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Shanachie Theater Company 2014-2016 Seasons Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details):

No

Please note - The positions offered by the Shanachie Theater are full time and salaried. Members of the Company and Band will be expected to keep to a strict rehearsal and performance schedule. Sick and holiday pay is non-negotiable and subject to duration of employment. The directorship withhold the right to terminate employment, should contractual obligations not be met.

Christian's application and audition for the ballet were mostly a formality, not because he was a personal friend of the director, but because he'd already established himself as a principal dancer with the troupe and had worked hard in doing so. Of course, it didn't hurt that he'd received a personal invitation from Tony to join the troupe in the first place, but that did not mean it had been easy for him, as he'd struggled back from what should have been a career-ending injury.

He had chosen "Lensky's Solo" from Onegin for his performance piece, not because it was particularly difficult, but simply for its artistry and eloquence.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer

Ballet (Regular)

Name (inc. title):

Christian Benoit

Address: 12 Dragon Lane, Apt. B Rhy'Din City Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details):

No How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed"

None/Currently employed with the Shanachie Ballet Troupe.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any):

Twelve years at the Ballet Montreal Performing Arts School; four years at Canada's National Ballet School. Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Three years with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens; five years with the National Ballet of Canada. (See resume for specifics.) Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details):

No

Please note - The positions offered by the Shanachie Theater are full time and salaried. Members of the Company and Band will be expected to keep to a strict rehearsal and performance schedule. Sick and holiday pay is non-negotiable and subject to duration of employment. The directorship withhold the right to terminate employment, should contractual obligations not be met.

Harper hunched over the kitchen table, daring herself to fill out the form. Behind her, Yuna perched on the counter, swinging her legs back and forth as she tried to subdue a growing smirk. Harper tried not to look at her. Name, that was easy. She could do this. Then she froze, pen stabbing the air. Yuna jumped off the counter and leaned over her shoulder, snorting.

"State of health, huh' What're you gonna write for that?" Harper chewed on her lip, unconsciously drawing the collar of her sweater tighter around her neck to hide the white scars peeking above the fabric.

"Monthly absences needed for doctor's visits?" Harper scribbled quickly across the form, but Yuna grabbed the pen from her hands and crossed it out. She tugged playfully on the end of Harper's ponytail.

"Yeah, right. Midnight visits to Dr. Moon. I'm sure they'll love that." Avery padded into the kitchen, fixing them each with her customary frown like they could be doing nothing but causing trouble if she wasn't there to supervise.

"They'll like it more than a wolf in a tutu rampaging through the audience." She snatched the pen from Yuna's grasp and scribbled over her writing, adding in her own warning.

"Not available for evening shows during full moons. Best be specific, Harpy. They should know what they're getting into."

"Yeah, but do I know what I'm getting into?" Harper shoved them both away and leaned protectively over the form to finish completing it.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band): Ballet, any position offered!

Name (inc. title): Harper Melle

Address: Out of town. I can be reached at the Red Dragon Inn.

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): Yes, not available for evening shows during full moons. If there are any concerns regarding this, I would be happy to elaborate.

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" N/A

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Cecchetti Examinations through Diploma (Pass Highly Commended), ABT Summer Intensive Program for 3 years, and 10 years of Vagonova training, including Character. Previous instruction in tap, jazz, and lyrical.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Student and Principle Dancer at The Dance Conservatory of Mohegan for 3 years.

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): N/A

Harper kept to herself as she warmed up, scrunching down into her oversized sweatshirt and puffy legwarmers. She hoped, counter-productively enough, that the more bundled up she was, the less other prospective company members would notice her. Something in her feared they could sense that she didn't belong, that if they saw the long claw marks wrapping across her chest they'd know. She felt like a sheep hidden among wolves, and the irony in that was palpable even to her.

But there was something calming in the ritual of warming up. The tying of toe shoes was like arming for battle. The meticulous stretch of toes then arches then ankles, working up her body till she felt herself again, was like waking from a dream. The music blasting through her earbuds pulsed through her blood. She had been nervous about the variation, more used to dancing the sweet, na've, lilting parts like your Juliets and Auroras. But Kitri burst like fireworks to the face, unapologetic and impossible to ignore. What had Percy said about the variation"

"Short, sweet, and fiery. Just like you if they'd get to know you." Harper smiled to herself and shed her layers of sweaters. It was her turn to dance and there could be no more hiding.

She leapt from the wings, bursting forth like sun from the clouds. At first, her smile was practiced and carefully placed. But as she leapt and spun, she felt herself unwind till at the end of her string of turns she was laughing and gasping for breath. Regardless of the results, it was good to be home on the stage.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band): Repertory (Guest)

Name (inc. title): Miss Kiri Calderon

Address: 127 Moonshine Way, Apt. 4A Rhy'Din City

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" Negotiable

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): No formal training

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Several years' experience in television (see attached resume for details)

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): No

The stage seemed a lot bigger when you were standing on it, Kiri realized. She'd never even walked on a stage, much less performed on one, and here she was, attempting to audition for a guest space in the Shanachie's illustrious line up. It was mildly horrifying, and incredibly exhilarating, all at once, even if the veteran director had turned his nose up at her the second he'd noticed she didn't have any training or stage experience.

But she had Marcus, and he had worked with her on her prepared speech. It was not a monologue typically performed by women, but Shylock's angry speech from Act 3 of The Merchant of Venice was dramatic gold. She could only hope she did it justice.

"To bait fish withal. If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies"and what?s his reason' I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes" Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions" Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is" If you prick us, do we not bleed" If you tickle us, do we not laugh' If you poison us, do we not die" And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge" If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility' Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example" Why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute?and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction."

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet): Theater (Regular)

Name (inc. title): Carina Cox

Address: 743, Dragon's Heart Lane

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" None - currently employed at the Shanachie Theater Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Two years' study of Dramatic Arts at Westbourne College; four years study of Theater and Dramatic Arts at Rhy'Din University, culminating in a first-class honors degree

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Various college and university productions; Shanachie Repertory Company member 2014-2016

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): No

Though last year's audition for the Theater Company had been a minor disaster, despite her being transferred over in January, Carina felt far more confident this year. Confident enough, in fact, to perform a song that was far more challenging to her than others might have realized - Defying Gravity. And for her prepared speech' She went with something comedic - Mrs. Allonby's monologue from A Woman of No Importance. The dancing was more fun than anything, a group effort to be enjoyed while trying not to compare herself to the others auditioning around her.

Despite his surprise (to him) appearance in Rhy'Din Nights, truly an actor Asher Price was not. And so his true love, music, pushed him into applying.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer Band - Regular

Name (inc. title): Sir Asher L. Price, esq. (Just kidding, it's just Asher Price)

Address: Southgate Boarding House, Room 6 Rhydin City

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" N/A

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Graduate - Wooroonooran School of Performing Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia Focus - Musical Theory & Guitar Performance

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): 4 years of schooling plus performances with 3 separate bands over the past 10 years along with several solo stints. Performance experience with Rhydin Nights, the movie.

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): Not in Rhydin. Several misdemeanors on Earth, no felonies. I was young and stupid but I'm glad to elaborate if needed.

Armed with his guitar and his practically trademarked cheekiness, Asher came prepared to play Johann Sebastian Bach's Chaconne from Partita No. 2, which despite being originally written for violin, was one of Asher's favorites to play.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer Band - Regular

Name (inc. title): Malena Blake

Address: No fixed abode - can be reached through Rhy'Din General Morgue

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" None

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Seven years kit drumming tuition, two summers orchestra percussion camp

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Main drummer for 3 bands, playing a variety of genres - jazz, rock, classical, etc

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): Not in this lifetime

The sight of a petite, skinny female seating herself down amidst the percussion section of the pit was enough to give the Musical Director a chance for a double take. Mal was cocky enough not to have prepared anything, playing her way confidently through an improvised performance of her skills with the kit, before paying attention to the music given to her to display her talents on the mallet pieces. She might have to start dressing more appropriately if she got this job, but hey, it would enable her to get an actual address for the first time in years, right?

Company Applied for: Theater, however I would be interested in other areas of performance.

Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer

Name (inc. title): Sabine Gabrielle

Address: 3 Battle Park Lane, Rhydin City

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed": A few days. Last minute performances may be accepted.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Guitar Lessons, Dance lesson (2 years of formal training) with years of experience in ballet, contemporary, ballroom, and hip-hop.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Brand Ambassador for Baroness Beauty which includes modeling, commercial acting, public speaking, and hosting of events.

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): No

Please note - The positions offered by the Shanachie Theater are full time and salaried. Members of the Company and Band will be expected to keep to a strict rehearsal and performance schedule. Sick and holiday pay is non-negotiable and subject to duration of employment. The directorship withhold the right to terminate employment, should contractual obligations not be met.

Prepared Song: Still Hurting - (The Last 5 Years)

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Prepared Scene:Mrs. Arbuthnot's monologue from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde

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Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band): Theater/Repertory (guest performer), Band (guest flute)

Name (inc. title): Doran Ilnaren

Address: Stardreamer Manor, north of Rhy'din past New Haven

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application" No.

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" None.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Participant in the Shanachie STARS program since September 2015

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Guest performer for both the Theater and Repertory Companies 2014-2016

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): No.

prepared song: "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin

prepared monologue: "I think lunchtime is about the worst time of day for me", Charlie Brown, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

"I think lunchtime is about the worst time of day for me. Always having to sit here alone. Of course, sometimes, mornings aren't so pleasant either. Waking up and wondering if anyone would really miss me if I never got out of bed. Then there's the night, too. Lying there and thinking about all the stupid things I've done during the day. And all those hours in between when I do all those stupid things. Well, lunchtime is among the worst times of the day for me. Well, I guess I'd better see what I've got. Peanut butter. Some psychiatrists say that people who eat peanut butter sandwiches are lonely...I guess they're right. And when you're really lonely, the peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth. There's that cute little red-headed girl eating her lunch over there. I wonder what she would do if I went over and asked her if I could sit and have lunch with her"...She'd probably laugh right in my face...it's hard on a face when it gets laughed in. There's an empty place next to her on the bench. There's no reason why I couldn't just go over and sit there. I could do that right now. All I have to do is stand up...I'm standing up!...I'm sitting down. I'm a coward. I'm so much of a coward, she wouldn't even think of looking at me. She hardly ever does look at me. In fact, I can't remember her ever looking at me. Why shouldn't she look at me" Is there any reason in the world why she shouldn't look at me" Is she so great, and I'm so small, that she can't spare one little moment"...SHE'S LOOKING AT ME!! SHE'S LOOKING AT ME!! (he puts his lunchbag over his head.) ...Lunchtime is among the worst times of the day for me. If that little red-headed girl is looking at me with this stupid bag over my head she must think I'm the biggest fool alive. But, if she isn't looking at me, then maybe I could take it off quickly and she'd never notice it. On the other hand...I can't tell if she's looking, until I take it off! Then again, if I never take it off I'll never have to know if she was looking or not. On the other hand...it's very hard to breathe in here. (he removes his sack) Whew! She's not looking at me! I wonder why she never looks at me? Oh well, another lunch hour over with...only 2,863 to go."

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Saila needed a job. Most everybody seemed to think so, at least: funny how you find yourself following sound advice even if you haven't talked to ...any' of the people who gave it in awhile. She'd gone on a couple of different job hunts, but it was hard to know what to apply for when you really had no idea what you were good at, when you could be good at almost anything given the right person in front of you and about five minutes" warning.

The purple haired girl had learned to check the bulletin board at the Red Dragon over by the mailboxes from that guy Jeremy, and she'd been doing so pretty regularly ever since. Every time she checked for mail, anyway, which tended to be at least once a week. It was there that she saw the flyer announcing the Shanachie Theater auditions, and as soon as she figured out what an audition was, an idea began to form.

Well, why not' She'd seen a performance of To Kill A Mockingbird there back in July, and once she'd understood what was going on, she'd enjoyed it thoroughly. Saila had no inhibitions, no self consciousness, and her modelling stints for Fashion Week and the more recent Wedding Faire and Expo had taught her that she didn't have stage fright, either. Even her experiences running the Kiss and Tell Booth for Carnaval de la Vie during Beltane had proven that she could play to a crowd and make everyone feel welcome with the best of them, even in trying circumstances. So' why not' The only part that gave her pause was wondering whether "acting" counted as "lying". After some careful consideration, and maybe a little practice, the girl determined that repeating someone else's words wasn't at all the same. She could do it.

And anyway, wasn't tapping into another person's emotions the very thing she was best at'

All that was left, then, was to find her way to the theater so she could fill out the application, then put together the prepared pieces she needed for the actual audition.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Theater and Repertory (regular)

Name (inc. title): Saila

Address: please direct any mail to Room 313, Red Dragon Inn

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" None

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): nothing formal. "self taught" in voice, guitar, piano

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): modeling for Rhydin Fashion Week and the Wedding Faire and Expo, ran the Kiss and Tell Booth at Carnaval de la Vie for a week during Beltane

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): No.

Please note - The positions offered by the Shanachie Theater are full time and salaried. Members of the Company and Band will be expected to keep to a strict rehearsal and performance schedule. Sick and holiday pay is non-negotiable and subject to duration of employment. The directorship withhold the right to terminate employment, should contractual obligations not be met.

Several hours and a crash course in musical theater history later, Saila chose a monologue and a song from the same play, Heathers, the Musical. For the spoken piece, she delivered a strong Veronica Sawyer with the kind of overblown sarcasm and jaded ennui that only a sullen, misfit teenager could really muster:

My parents wanted to move me into high school out of the sixth grade, but we decided to chuck the idea because I'd have trouble making friends, blah, blah, blah. Now blah, blah, blah is all I ever do. I use my grand IQ to decide what color lip gloss to wear in the morning and how to hit three keggers before curfew" Betty Finn was a true friend and I sold her out for a bunch of Swatch dogs and Diet Coke heads. Killing Heather would be like offing the wicked witch of the west' wait east. West! God! I sound like a **** psycho".Dear Diary: Heather told me she teaches people 'real life." She said, real life sucks losers dry. You want to **** with the eagles, you have to learn to fly. I said, so, you teach people how to spread their wings and fly' She said, yes. I said, you're beautiful. Source

The song she chose was Fight For Me. It made her smile, and put her in mind of the night she first met a certain someone. Why when you see boys fight does it look so horrible Yet feel so right I shouldn't watch this crap that's not who I am but for this kid damn

Hey, Mr. No name kid Say who might you be? And could you fight for me Hey could you face the crowd could you be seen with me and still act proud Hey could you hold my hand and could carry me through no mans land It's fine if you don't agree but I would fight for you if you would fight for me

Let them drive us underground I don't care how far You can set my broken bones and I know CPR

Well, woah, you can punch real good You've lasted longer than I thought you would So hey, Mr. No Name Kid If some night you're free Wanna fight for me" If you're still alive I would fight for you If you would fight for me

Applicants entering the theater by the stage door will be directed to the auditorium. In the middle of the stalls will be sat the producing directors of the theater, the director, and the musical director. At the front row is set up a lit table, from which application forms may be taken and filled out. A sign on said table requests that these forms be returned as promptly as possible.

Company Applied for (Theater/Repertory/Ballet/Band):Please include a preference to be a regular or guest performer: Band - regular, theater & repertory - regular/guest (either is fine)

Name (inc. title): Arlene Rae James

Address: Box at the Pewter Leaf - address scribbled down.

Is there anything concerning your medical history or state of health that is relevant to your application' Yes*/No (*If you answer Yes please give details): No - unless I'm required to sleep on set.

How much notice do you need to give to your current employer, if currently employed" Two days.

Previous training pertinent to this application (if any): Trained in a couple instruments like piano, guitar, and some percussion work. No formal acting.

Previous experience pertinent to this application (if any): Band and theater in high school. No formal, paid band or theater work.

Do you have any criminal convictions" Yes*/No (If you answer Yes please give details): No.

When interviewed for a scene, she chose to perform a scene from My Fair Lady in which Eliza is practicing with Henry Higgins "the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" and a brief rendition of the song "Just You Wait," in which Eliza is envisioning ways to harm or kill Mr. Higgins from all her speech tutoring.