<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Marker Felt'" size="7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px;">Coming up this weekend! </span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Marker Felt'" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">Theater Voices will present the first production of its 2008-2009 season, </span></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Marker Felt'" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">THE BEST MAN by Gore Vidal, directed by Chris Foster.</span></font></font> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Performances of THE BEST MAN 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> <!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="color: black; ">William Russell, the ex-Secretary of State, is a wit and scholar with high liberal principles, beloved of the eggheads and suspected by practical politicians. Joseph Cantwell is a ruthless and hard-driving young man, a dirty fighter who will let no scruples stand in the way of his ambitions. And Arthur Hockstader is an ex-President, who loves politics for their own sake, admires a rough-and-tumble battler more than a chivalrous one, and is determined to have the final say in the selection of his party's candidate…The ruthless young man has got hold of papers indicating that his rival once suffered from a mental crackup, which he is all set to use. Then his scrupulous antagonist comes across some incriminating evidence about Cantwell, which he is loath to produce. The scruples don't appeal to the ex-President, who enjoys seeing the boys fight. All of this provides the framework for some vivid and interesting scenes in which Mr. Vidal contrasts the minds, emotions and fighting spirits of the two candidates.<o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="color: black; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; ">Contact: <a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "> </span></o:p></span></p></span></font></p> <!--EndFragment-->
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