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Actors are needed for staged readings of selected plays presented during the inaugural International New Plays Festival of the Lowcountry (INPFL) scheduled next month in Beaufort. Auditions will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 14 &amp; 15 in the first floor conference room at the Beaufort Branch of the County Library on Scott Street. Actors are not required to memorize material, but must be able to read well. Festival organizers prefer multi-racial casting and seek performers age 18 to 100. Plays were selected from among nearly 100 manuscripts submitted by playwrights from California to Australia and included monologues, one-acts, performance art and full-length plays. Playwrights age 14 to 80 entered works for consideration. Performances are planned for the evenings of June 17, 18 and 19 at the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Performing Arts Center. For more information, call (843) 986-8580 or visit http://lowcountrynewplays.com/

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