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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><EM>In celebration of it's 80th
Anniversary Season</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Schenectady Civic Players presents a
<EM>FREE</EM> staged reading of . . . </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Oscar Wilde's <EM>"THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST"</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4>Directed by Rita Russell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Saturday, January 5, at 2:30 p.m.
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>at the Schenectady Civic Playhouse,
12 South Church St., Schenectady</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3> Schenectady Civic
Players is proud to present the third of its free staged reading series, Oscar
Wilde's <I><STRONG>The Importance of Being Earnest</STRONG>. </I> Many of
the same cast members from SCP's most recent (1989) rendition of this classic
are back in their original roles. Cristine Loffredo (Gwendolyn), Sara
Melita (Cecily), Matthew G.. Moross (Lane and Merriman), and Bill Hickman
(Reverend Chausable) all reprise their roles, joined by Bob Hegeman (Algernon
Moncrieff), Tim Orcutt (Jack Worthing), Sue Ruscinski (Miss Prism), and Carol
Jones (Lady Bracknell). The cast is directed by Rita Russell.<BR><BR>A
light-hearted comedy, <I><STRONG>The Importance of Being Earnest</STRONG></I> is
a witty romp set in turn-of-the-century England featuring puns and pointed
social commentary on the foibles of high society, relationships between men and
women, and society in general.<BR><BR>The performance is free to all and takes
place at the Playhouse, 12 South Church St., Schenectady, on Saturday,
January 5, 2008, at 2:30 P.M., which is a change from the originally publicized
time of 4 P.M. announced earlier in the season. Still to come in the
series are <I>The Lion in Winter </I>(directed by Laura W. Andruski, 2:30 P.M.
on March 22) and <I>The Heiress</I> (directed by Ted Ruscinski, 4 P.M. on June
1). </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3><STRONG>Join us for our 80th
Anniversary Season gift to you!</STRONG> No charge. Refreshments
served. No reservations necessary. Just come on in.
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