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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> F</SPAN>or Immediate<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Release<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Phone: (518)441-7863<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 5"> </SPAN>November 27, 2009 </FONT></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CLASSIC THEATER GUILD INC. BRINGS A TOUCH OF BEDFORD FALLS TO 440 UPSTAIRS AT PROCTORS<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WITH <I>IT’ S A WONDERFUL LIFE </I>THIS HOLIDAY<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>SCHENECTADY </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">-<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Coming this December to 440 Upstairs at Proctors, is the Classic Theater Guild Inc.’s 2<SUP>nd</SUP> piece of their 2009 - 2010 main stage season, <I>It‘s A Wonderful Life</I>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This holiday the Classic Theater Guild Inc. welcomes you into a world where hope and real life humanity is revealed to us ten fold, to relate and reflect on our own lives and the state of the world today. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><I>It’s A Wonderful Life</I> opens Friday, December 4<SUP>th</SUP>, 2009 directed by Thomas Dalton Bambury. The show runs through the weekends of December 4<SUP>th</SUP> - 6<SUP>th</SUP>, and December 10<SUP>th</SUP> - 13th.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances start at 8 PM, and Sunday performances begin at 2:00 PM.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><I>It’s A Wonderful Life</I> centers around the character of George Bailey played by Josh Gray.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Christmas Eve 1946 finds the character of George in a deep state of depression, lingering on suicidal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prayers for George are heard by the angels, prompting the character of Clarence Odbody, played by Kevin X. McNamara to arrive to earth to save him. This powerful, yet truly holiday classic, poses the age old question, what would the world be like if you hadn’t been born and never existed?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>George is confronted with this question head on, and learns the error of even<SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </SPAN>questioning it at all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>George is forced to witness all the intrical facets of the lives he has affected, and is awakened to discover how much darker of a world it would have been without him in it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This work graciously makes one aware of the importance of life, and each action one takes to make a mark in the world.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A truly beautiful experience for the holiday season, and for anytime of year to remind us all to appreciate every moment we encounter together.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>So settle in with the Classic Theater Guild this holiday at 440 Upstairs at Proctors to take a beautiful look at humanity and our own selves. 440 Upstairs at Proctors is located at 440 State Street in Schenectady.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tickets are $16.50 for adults, and $13.50 for Students, Seniors, and groups of 10 or more.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information please contact Proctors Box Office at (518) 346-6204 or <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A href="http://www.proctors.org">www.proctors.org</A></SPAN></U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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