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face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><STRONG>Schenectady Civic Players</STRONG>,
in continuous operation since 1928, for its upcoming 83<SUP>rd</SUP> season
announces five plays for 2010-2011 main stage production at its 12 South Church
Street playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.<SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt">Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</SPAN> </B>by Jeffrey
Hatcher. Directed by Richard Michael Roe. Show Dates: October 15 – 17 and
October 20 – 24, 2010. (Open auditions: June 8 and 10, 2010.)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In an intense new version of Robert
Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, Jekyll confronts the many faces of the monstrous
Mr. Hyde in a maze of interlocking scenes that attempt to answer the puzzles at
the heart of a tortured soul.</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt">Peter Pan</SPAN></B> by J. M. Barrie.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Directed by Duncan Morrison. Show Dates:
December 3 – 5 and December 8 – 12, 2010. (Auditions: September 14 and 16,
2010.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ever since J.M. Barrie's
beloved story first appeared in 1904, countless versions have been produced on
stage and in film.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now, Schenectady
Civic Players presents a brand-new adaptation, one that celebrates the joy of
storytelling and the power of imagination.<BR
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt">Almost, Maine</SPAN></B> by John Cariani.
Directed by Donald Mealy. Show Dates: January 28 – 30 and February 2 – 6, 2011.
(Auditions: November 9 and 11, 2010.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not what
it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights
hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of
love in unexpected and often hilarious ways.<SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
Musical of Musicals (The Musical !).</FONT> </FONT></SPAN></B><B
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B></FONT><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Music by Eric Rockwell, lyrics by Joanne
Bogart, book by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart. </SPAN><FONT
face=Calibri>Directed by Joseph Fava, musical director Valerie Lord. Show Dates:
March 18 – March 20 and March 23 – 27, 2011. </FONT></FONT><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri>(Auditions: January 4 and 6, 2011.)<SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">A witty and stylish satire, spoofing
musical classics of the last 50 years from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen
Sondheim, and including Kander and Ebb, Jerry Herman and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
size=4>Arsenic and Old Lace</FONT></SPAN></B><FONT size=3> by Joseph
Kesselring.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Directed by Randy
McConnach.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Show Dates: May 6 – 8
and May 11 – 15, 2011.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Auditions
March 1 and 3, 2011.) </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">One of the theater’s most endearing comedies, Joseph
Kesselring’s hilarious farce is an American classic.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meet Martha and Abby, a dangerous
dynamic duo with a chilling sense of "charity", and an outrageously eclectic
supporting cast in a magnificently macabre and madcap masterpiece.</FONT></P>
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href="http://www.civicplayers.org/"><FONT color=#800080 size=3
face="Times New Roman">www.civicplayers.org</FONT></A><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> or (518) 382-2081.</FONT></P>
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