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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font face="Times New Roman">CONTACT: SCOTT B. ADAMS <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_0">518-785-ARTS</span><span style=""> </span></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://us.mc567.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=boghtarts@verizon.net"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_1">boghtarts@verizon.net</span></font></a></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font face="Times New Roman">Area premier of <i style="">Duet For One </i>at new Boght <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_2">Arts Center</span></font></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">D&M Productions, a local theater company founded by veteran actor Ed McMullen, will present the Capital District premier of <i style="">Duet For One</i> at the <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_3">Boght Arts Center</span> in Latham on Nov 13, 14, 20 and 21.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The company specializes in two-and three-character pieces not previously staged in the area, including <i style=""><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_4">Faith Healer</span></i> and <i style="">Molly Sweeney</i> by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_5">Brian Friel</span>, <i style="">Wrecks</i> by <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_6">Neil LaBute</span>, and <i style=""><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_7">Chinese Coffee</span></i> by Ira Lewis. </font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i>Duet</i>,
written by Tom Kempinski, is loosely based on the late Jacqueline
DuPre, the renowned cellist whose brilliant career was halted when she
was stricken with <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_8">Multiple Sclerosis</span>.
Her fictional counterpart in this play, Stephanie Abrahams, is a
world-famous violinist who also finds herself at the mercy of MS. No
longer able to play and descending into suicidal despair, Stephanie
begins to see an existential psychiatrist, Dr. Feldman. The play, like
HBO's <i style="">In Treatment</i>, focuses on their therapeutic
sessions together. As Feldman probes Stephanie's psyche in an effort to
help her find meaning despite the loss of her most cherished art, he
encounters a woman of tremendous determination. The question emerges:
will she use this characteristic to move beyond her emotional pain or
will this determination falter and take Stephanie into further
despondent descent? </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The play, which originated on the London stage in 1980, came to Broadway in late 1981 with Anne Bancroft and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_9">Max Von Sydow</span> playing Stephanie and Feldman. </font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In
D&M’s upcoming rendition, McMullen is Feldman. In addition to
founding the company in 1997, he has worked in several other theater
companies, playing a wide spectrum of diverse characters, such as <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_10">Roy Cohn</span> in <i><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_11">Angels In America</span></i>, Valmont in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_12"><i>Les</i> <i>Liaisons Dangereuses</i></span>, <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_13">Frank Hardy</span> in <i>Faith Healer</i>, and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_14">Thomas Becket</span> from <i><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_15">Murder in the Cathedral</span></i>.<span style=""> </span>McMullen has also directed productions of <i>Who’s Afraid of <span style="background: transparent none
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_17">Michael Kennedy</span></span><span style="color: black;">,
playing Stephanie, has worked in local theatre for over thirty five
years as an actor, director, producer and writer. For the past five
years at NYSTI’s Theatre Arts School, Michael has taught acting and
worked with other professionals and students to write and direct an
original script each year. She has directed staged readings of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_18">David Mamet</span>’s <i style="">Oleanna</i>, Neil Labute’s <i style="">In A Dark, Dark House</i> and <i style=""><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_19">The Mercy Seat</span> </i>at Home Made Theater’s Shuster Reader’s Series. </span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Her most recent acting credits include <i style=""><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_20">A Delicate Balance</span> </i>(Agnes) with Steamer 10’s Theatre Voices, <i style="">Betrayal</i> (Emma) at Schenectady Civic Theater and <i style="">Worlds of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_21">Shakespeare</span></i> (<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_22">Lady Macbeth</span>, Goneril) at Albany Civic Theater. From 1998-2004, Michael was a member of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_23">Pentimento Playback Theatre</span>, an <span style="background: transparent none repeat
scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_24">improvisational theatre company</span> that invites audience members to tell personal stories which are then immediately played back as theatre.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;">F. Paul Dellio, a longtime collaborator with McMullen, is directing. </span>Theatre art has been a part of Dellio’s life for 30 years.<span style=""> </span>He
has directed, performed and choreographed in semi-professional,
university and community theatre in the Capital District, for the
Gary-The Olivia Theatre, in Bethlehem Connecticut and in SoHo.<span style=""> </span>Possessing a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_25">Bachelor of Arts</span> in Theatre from SUNY at Albany, Mr. Dellio was trained as a classical dancer at The New York Conservatory of Dance, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_26">Skidmore College</span> and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_27">Russell Sage College</span> and the Emma Willard Dance Program.<span style=""> </span>Other
notable artistic enterprises have been collaborating with The Capital
Chamber Artists in new plays and operas, written and composed by area
playwrights and composers. Dellio is also a playwright, presently
researching a piece on the trial and execution of <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_28">Edmund Campion</span>.<span style=""> </span>He has directed several area liturgical choirs over a 30- year period.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_29">Duet for One</span></i> will be the first dramatic production staged at The new Boght <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_30">Arts Center Theatre</span>.<span style=""> </span>The theatre has a maximum capacity of 120 and is arranged in a way that no one is more than 50 ft from the stage.<span style=""> </span>A limited amount of tables are available on a reservation only basis.<span style=""> </span>The Boght Arts Center Gallery will open 60 minutes prior to each performance & will be featuring<span style=""> </span>photography from actor/photographer <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_31">Leonard Nimoy</span> and his “Shekhina” Exhibit. The pieces are on loan from The R. Michelson Galleries.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Showtimes are at 8 pm for all performances. Admission is $15. For reservations, </font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoBodyText"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Boght Arts Center <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1255190007_34">583 Boght Rd.,<span style=""> </span>Cohoes, NY 12047</span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">(located 2 miles North of Latham Circle)</font></p>
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From I-87 (The Northway) Take Exit 7, Follow Signs to Route 9 North,
Proceed 1 ½ miles to the intersection of Boght Road, Turn Right,
proceed ½ block, Arts Center is on the Left.</font></p></div></td></tr></table><br>