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January 29</SPAN></I></B><B><U><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">Schenectady Civic Players proudly present….
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">James
Sherman’s romantic comedy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></STRONG></P>
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<H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in" align=left><EM><FONT
face="Arial Black">Directed by Gary M. Hoffmann</FONT></EM></H4>
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face="Times New Roman">The BEAU JEST cast:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>(l to r front) Joe Phillips & Susan
Katz<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">(l to r rear) David Hammer, Sara Fittizzi, Randy
McConnach, & Mark Todaro<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></B></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=6><FONT face="Arial Black"><SPAN
style="COLOR: red">January 29 - 31<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>& February 3 - 7</SPAN><I><SPAN
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText2><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman">To keep her mother from trying to fix her up with
“nice Jewish boys,” Sarah (played by Sara Fittizzi) invents the perfect
boyfriend.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When her parents insist
on meeting him, Sarah hires an actor, Bob, (played by Randy McConnach) to
pretend to be her “beau.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although
the plan works flawlessly for a time, Bob quickly realizes that he has gotten
himself into much more than he bargained for.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But the charismatic Bob rises to the
occasion, and the antics that follow are only the beginning of a side-splitting
tale that will have you rolling in the aisles.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Other Capital District actors rounding
out the Beau Jest cast are David Hammer, Joe Phillips, Mark Todaro and Susan
Katz. </FONT></P>
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align=center><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #660033; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG>at
the Schenectady Civic Playhouse<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>12 South
Church St. in Schenectady’s historic Stockade
District<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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TICKETS ($15), Call </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
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(518) 382-2081<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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