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BUCKS COUNTY, PA – With arguably the most important presidential election to date underway, the message to get out and vote couldn\u2019t be clearer; that is unless you are Monica Perot, artistic director of the Hulmeville Community Dance Theater who showed up to the polls today expecting to audition dancers to join the cast of her upcoming production of The Nutcracker.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m happy to see such a large turnout, but a lot of these people don\u2019t strike me as trained ballet dancers,\u201d Perot said about the countless voters waiting in line to cast their ballots, \u201cNo one is even wearing a leotard or proper slippers, but I suppose I\u2019ll have to keep an open mind and hope to be pleasantly surprised by the audition results.\u201d\u00a0As voter after voter enters the voting booth to participate in determining the fate of American democracy, Perot remains seemingly undecided on who will perform the leading role of the Mouse King.\u00a0\u201cI know every audition counts but if this is the pool of ballerinas I have to choose from, I\u2019m going to have to pick the lesser of two evils eventually,\u201d Perot commented as voters exited from behind privacy curtains, their humanity teetering in the balance, \u201cand being cast as the titular Nutcracker is serious business. Not just any unqualified yolk can fill those shoes, but what choice do I have?\u201d With the nation facing an unprecedented existential crisis over issues such as climate change, economic collapse, social justice, and so much more, Perot is beginning to wonder why she ever got involved in community theater in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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