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<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT size=3>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Performance Announcement:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Monotype Corsiva'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The Pirates of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Penzance</st1:place></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT size=3>Show dates July 11-14 at 8 pm<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT size=3>Spotlight Players Community Theater, <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT size=3><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Columbia</B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></B></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">92 Luther Road, East</st1:Street> <st1:City w:st="on">Greenbush</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State>, <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">12061</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT size=3>Tickets:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$10.00<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Call for more information</B>:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Tickets Number: 229-4779</B></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size=3>Spotlight Players Community Theater, of East Greenbush, is delighted to announce the performances of their summer musical spectacle, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Pirates of Penzance</I></B>, June 11-14, at 8pm, at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">92 Luther Road, East</st1:Street> <st1:City w:st="on">Greenbush</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State>, <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">12061</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>. Much like recent Broadway productions of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sweeney Todd</I></B> and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Company</I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">,</I> this show will not have an off-stage orchestra, but will instead feature characters that will play all of the instruments on stage.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The production is co-directed by Michael Mensching, director of the sold out <STRONG><EM>The Full Monty, Songs for a New World </EM></STRONG>and<STRONG><EM> Jane Eyre</EM></STRONG>, and by playwright <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Brendan McDermott</st1:PersonName>.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size=3>In the musical, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Pirates of Penzance</I></B> the young pirate apprentice Frederick is about to be freed from his indentured period.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The honorable Frederick, who was mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates by his partially deaf nursemaid Ruth, has decided to leave the pirate life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now a free man, Frederick leaves for the shore.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Frederick, who has never seen a woman besides Ruth, instantly falls in love with Mabel, one of the daughters of Major General Stanley.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Soon though, the pirates arrive, and want to marry the rest of Major General Stanley’s daughters.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Major General
Stanley enlists the help of the police to stop the pirates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Frederick</st1:City></st1:place> desires to help Major General Stanley and the police to help protect the ladies, but soon he discovers that due to a technicality, he is still bound by duty to remain an apprentice to the pirates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All is well in the end when it is discovered that the pirates have noble blood and would in fact be suitable husbands for Major General Stanley’s daughters.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size=3>"We have been very fortunate to have some of the most creative musical talent in Capital District join this production,” said Mensching.<SPAN> </SPAN>“We have some of the best voices you are going to hear on stage, including several members of the Mendelssohn Chorus. And, the fact that some of these actor/singers are among the best piano players in the local musical theater community helps.”<SPAN> </SPAN>The production features several actors/singers/musicians, much like the award winning staging of the recent revivals of <I>Sweeney Todd</I> and <I>Company</I>. <SPAN> </SPAN>In those productions, the actors actually play the instruments on stage as part of a seamless production that integrates all of the aspects of the musical onstage.<SPAN> </SPAN>“It is really quite a daring and innovative staging approach, and gives us the
opportunity to take a lot of risks,” said McDermott.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Spotlight Players is located in East Greenbush, and provides family entertainment for the entire community.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“This is a family-friendly classic that is sure to entertain and delight all ages.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The affordable price of $10 dollars makes this a very good bargain for live entertainment for a family night out,” said Ferne Dutkin, president of Spotlight.</FONT></P><BR> </DIV>Michael McDermott<BR>(518) 669-5414
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