<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Marker Felt"">Theater Voices announces the first show of its <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Marker Felt"">20<sup>th</sup> Season Anniversary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Marker Felt""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 24.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Theater Voices of Albany will offer its first production of the 2007-2008 season, EMBRACEABLE ME by Victor L. Cahn, as part of its 20<sup>th</sup> Season Anniversary Celebration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 24.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Performances of EMBRACEABLE ME will be given at Steamer No. 10 Theater, 500 Western Avenue in Albany, on Friday, October 12 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, October 13 at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM; and Sunday, October 14 at 3:00 PM. Admission is free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 24.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In this charming romance, Allison and Edward share a twenty-year relationship that has ranged from comic to stormy to touching. Since the pair first met in college, their mutual attraction has been thwarted by their own confirmed idiosyncrasies. Yet they cannot remain apart. During the play, they alternate between past and present, reliving important episodes while explaining their feelings both to the audience and to each other. Their story is ultimately a passionate, yet witty, struggle by two people to resolve the most important relationship in their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 24.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>EMBRACEABLE ME premiered with Theater Voices in 1998, then was produced at Albany Civic Theater and other local venues, and finally was presented Off-Broadway in 2001.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 24.0pt;tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The production will be directed by Edward Noel Wilson. The cast includes Cahn and Jill Swingruber-Sprotbery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 24.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Theater Voices of Albany is a group of dedicated actors and directors, who, throughout the company's history, have presented both new and classic works, with the specific goal of emphasizing the richness of the playwrights' language. Each production is a fully performed staged reading, but with minimal scenery and simple costumes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 24.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-.25in;text-align:justify;line-height: 24.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>For more information about Theater Voices, please log onto <a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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