<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><b>Theater Voices will present THE COCKTAIL HOUR by A.R. Gurney</b></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">, its final production of the 2007-2008 season, on the weekend of May 30-June 1.</span></font></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">Performances of THE COCKTAIL HOUR will be given at Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue in Albany, on Friday, May 30 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, May 31 at 3:00PM and 8:00 PM; and Sunday, June 1 at 3:00 PM. Admission is free.</span></a></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; ">In this delightful comedy-drama, a playwright brings home to his family a new script that brings about a series of recriminations and revelations about them and the Upper-class WASP life in America that they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Partially modeled on Gurney’s own family, the plays’ erudite dialogue perfectly reflects the mixture of satire, affection, and sympathy characteristic of Gurney’s work. The results have been described by critics as “delicious” and “delectable.”</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>A.R. Gurney is the author of numerous celebrated works, including LOVE LETTERS, THE DINING ROOM, and THE PERFECT PARTY.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, Theater Voices is restaging some of its most popular past productions. THE COCKTAIL HOUR was first performed by the company in 1999. The director of this production is Judy Spevack, who has acted in many Theater Voices productions, and who directed the company’s original production of THE COCKTAIL HOUR.</span></font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></font></span></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Contact: <a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a></span></font> </span></span></span><!--EndFragment--></div></body></html>