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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Area premier of <I>Duet For One </I>at new Boght <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255792379_2 class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1256774588_1 class=yshortcuts>Arts Center</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">D&M Productions, a local theater company founded by veteran actor Ed McMullen, will present the Capital District premier of <I>Duet For One</I> at the Boght Arts Center in Latham on Nov 13, 14, 20 and 21.</FONT>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">The company specializes in two-and three-character pieces not previously staged in the area, including <I><SPAN id=lw_1255792379_3 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_2 class=yshortcuts>Faith Healer</SPAN></SPAN></I> and <I>Molly Sweeney</I> by <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_4 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_3 class=yshortcuts>Brian Friel</SPAN></SPAN>, <I>Wrecks</I> by <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_5 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_4 class=yshortcuts>Neil LaBute</SPAN></SPAN>, and <I><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255792379_6 class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1256774588_5 class=yshortcuts>Chinese Coffee</SPAN></SPAN></I> by Ira Lewis. </FONT>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><I>Duet</I>, written by Tom Kempinski, is loosely based on the late <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_7 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_6 class=yshortcuts>Jacqueline DuPre</SPAN></SPAN>, the renowned cellist whose brilliant career was halted when she was stricken with <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_8 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_7 class=yshortcuts>Multiple Sclerosis</SPAN></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>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>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">The play, which originated on the London stage in 1980, came to Broadway in late 1981 with Anne Bancroft and <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255792379_9 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_8 class=yshortcuts>Max Von Sydow</SPAN></SPAN> playing Stephanie and Feldman. </FONT>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">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 id=lw_1255792379_10 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_9 class=yshortcuts>Roy Cohn</SPAN></SPAN> in <I><SPAN id=lw_1255792379_11 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_10 class=yshortcuts>Angels In America</SPAN></SPAN></I>, Valmont in <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255792379_12 class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1256774588_11 class=yshortcuts><I>Les</I> <I>Liaisons Dangereuses</I></SPAN></SPAN>, <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_13 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_12 class=yshortcuts>Frank Hardy</SPAN></SPAN> in <I>Faith Healer</I>, and <SPAN
id=lw_1255792379_14 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_13 class=yshortcuts>Thomas Becket</SPAN></SPAN> from <I><SPAN id=lw_1255792379_15 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_14 class=yshortcuts>Murder in the Cathedral</SPAN></SPAN></I>.<SPAN> </SPAN>McMullen has also directed productions of <I>Who’s Afraid of <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_16 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_15 class=yshortcuts>Virginia Woolf</SPAN></SPAN></I>?, <I>Faith Healer</I>, and <I>Chinese Coffee</I>. </FONT>
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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 id=lw_1255792379_17 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_16 class=yshortcuts>Michael Kennedy</SPAN></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 <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_18 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_17 class=yshortcuts>Theatre Arts School , Michael</SPAN></SPAN> 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 id=lw_1255792379_19 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_18 class=yshortcuts>David Mamet</SPAN></SPAN>’s <I>Oleanna</I>, Neil Labute’s <I>In A Dark, Dark House</I> and <I><SPAN id=lw_1255792379_20 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_19
class=yshortcuts>The Mercy Seat</SPAN></SPAN> </I>at Home Made Theater’s Shuster Reader’s Series. </SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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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><SPAN id=lw_1255792379_21 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_20 class=yshortcuts>A Delicate Balance</SPAN></SPAN> </I>(Agnes) with Steamer 10’s Theatre Voices, <I>Betrayal</I> (Emma) at Schenectady Civic Theater and <I>Worlds of <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_22 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_21 class=yshortcuts>Shakespeare</SPAN></SPAN></I> (<SPAN id=lw_1255792379_23 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_22 class=yshortcuts>Lady Macbeth</SPAN></SPAN>, Goneril) at Albany Civic Theater. From 1998-2004, Michael was a member of <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255792379_24 class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1256774588_23 class=yshortcuts>Pentimento Playback Theatre</SPAN></SPAN>, an <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_25
class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_24 class=yshortcuts>improvisational theatre company</SPAN></SPAN> that invites audience members to tell personal stories which are then immediately played back as theatre.</FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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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> </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> </SPAN>Possessing a <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_26 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_25 class=yshortcuts>Bachelor of Arts</SPAN></SPAN> in Theatre from SUNY at Albany , Mr. Dellio was trained as a classical dancer at The <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_27 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_26 class=yshortcuts>New York</SPAN></SPAN> Conservatory of Dance, <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_28 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_27 class=yshortcuts>Skidmore College</SPAN></SPAN> and <SPAN
id=lw_1255792379_29 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_28 class=yshortcuts>Russell Sage College</SPAN></SPAN> and the <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_30 class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1256774588_29 class=yshortcuts>Emma Willard</SPAN></SPAN> Dance Program.<SPAN> </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 id=lw_1255792379_31 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_30 class=yshortcuts>Edmund Campion</SPAN></SPAN>.<SPAN> </SPAN>He has directed several area liturgical choirs over a 30- year period.</FONT></FONT>
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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: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255792379_32 class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1256774588_31 class=yshortcuts>Duet for One</SPAN></SPAN></I> will be the first dramatic production staged at The new Boght <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_33 class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1256774588_32 class=yshortcuts>Arts Center Theatre</SPAN></SPAN>.<SPAN> </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> </SPAN>A limited amount of tables are available on a reservation only basis.<SPAN> </SPAN>The Boght Arts Center Gallery will open 60 minutes prior to each performance & will be featuring photography from actor/photographer <SPAN id=lw_1255792379_34 class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM:
medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1256774588_33 class=yshortcuts>Leonard Nimoy</SPAN></SPAN> and his “Shekhina” Exhibit. The pieces are on loan from The R. Michelson Galleries.</FONT></FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Showtimes are at 8 pm for all performances. Admission is $15. For reservations, </FONT>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Boght <SPAN class=yshortcuts>Arts Center</SPAN> <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1255792379_37 class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1256774588_35 class=yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts>583 Boght Rd.</SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts>, Cohoes , NY 12047</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">(located 2 miles North of Latham Circle)</FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">DIRECTIONS: From I-87 (The <SPAN class=yshortcuts>Northway</SPAN>) 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></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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