<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Marker Felt'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px;">Theater Voices</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"> will present a staged reading of </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;">THE BEST MAN by Gore Vidal, directed by Chris Foster</span></font></span></span></font></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Performances of THE BEST MAN by Gore Vidal<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Marker Felt'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">, </span></font></font></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">the first production of Theater Voices' 2008-2009 season</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">,</font></font></span><span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">will be given at Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue in Albany, on Friday, October 17 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, October 18 at 3:00PM and 8:00 PM; and Sunday, October 19 at 3:00 PM. Admission is free.</span></font></font></span></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; ">Set at a political convention during the 1960’s, this witty drama offers characters and themes that resound as powerfully today as they did more than forty years ago. Here two strong but flawed candidates vie for their party’s Presidential nomination, and as both seek the endorsement of the former Chief Executive, tensions increase, as does the pressure to win at any cost. Meanwhile the ruthless competition is spiced with characteristic Vidal humor and sophistication.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; ">The cast for THE BEST MAN includes Barry Corlew, Carol King, Morton Hess, Patrick White, Kathleen Carey, Andrea Valenti, Jim Leonard, Bonnie Williams, Gil Spevack and Matt Macarevey.</span></span></font></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">More information about Theater Voices at <a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Theater Voices is funded in part by the City of Albany and the New York State Council on the Arts Community Arts</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Grants.</span></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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