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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Confetti Stage, Inc, Award Winning Theatre Without Limits, is pleased to announce its 37<SUP>th</SUP> production, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge</I></B>, a musical parody written by Christopher Durang and directed by Jeffrey P. Hocking.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">Confetti Stage returns to its holiday tradition of producing the non-traditional with Christopher Durang's wild and completely cracked twist on Dickens' holiday classic.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">When old Ebeneezer is visited by a sassy ghost, who is not quite on her game, they end up at the Cratchit home much too early, and discover a hard-drinking and suicidal Gladys Cratchit, whose harshness toward her family surpasses Mommy Dearest by a mile. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">Review of The Gallery Players' NYC premier, Dec 2009:</SPAN></U></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">“Modern, funny, refreshing, and filled with spirit. I’d be hard-pressed to pick a favorite, funniest moment of the show, and that’s a good thing. Just when you think it can’t get any funnier or more bizarre, it does. If you see one holiday show this season, I recommend this one!” </SPAN></I></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">-J Jordan, nytheatre.com <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">"Charles Dickens must be turning over in his grave. But that’s probably because he’s laughing so hard."</SPAN></I></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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<div><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge runs the following dates and times:</SPAN></I></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Friday,<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>December 10, 2010<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>8:00pm<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Sunday,<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>December 12, 2010<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>2:00pm </FONT></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(ONLY 1 Matinee Performance)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Thursday,<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>December 16, 2010<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>8:00pm<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></div>
<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Friday,<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>December 17, 2010<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>8:00pm<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></div>
<div><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Saturday,<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>December 18, 2010<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>8:00pm<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></div>
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<div><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">All performances will be take place at <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Confetti Stage at The Albany Masonic Hall, 4<SUP>th</SUP> Floor Theater, </B><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">67 Corning Place</st1:address></st1:Street>, Downtown Albany, New York 12207.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Tickets are available at <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">www.confettistage.com </B>or may be reserved by calling the Confetti Stage Box Office at <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">518-242-8015</B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>General Admission Tickets are: <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">$15</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">About Confetti Stage:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Confetti Stage was incorporated in 2004 and produced its inaugural production, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">‘night, Mother, </I>by Marsha Norman in January 2005.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since then, the company has become a stable performing arts group in the Albany area, performing in several Capital Region communities, Glens Falls, and as far away as Batavia, NY as part of the 2010 TANYS Festival.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Confetti Stage prides itself on bringing quality performances to its community and allowing artists to expand their talents while collaborating to bring about a final product.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Confetti Stage offers 4 to 6 productions each year, as well as the Confetti Fest, a local Short Play and Film Festival.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Confetti Stage is a proud member of the American Association of Community Theatre and the Theatre Association of New York State, from which it has been awarded 27 Achievement Awards for 2010. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">More information may be found at www.confettistage.com.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Our Mission Statement is:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">Confetti Stage was founded to explore the human experience, while illuminating the myriad diversities which define us as groups and individuals. Confetti Stage promotes diversity and understanding through the creation of dynamic and inspirational productions and educational opportunities. We strive to maintain the highest possible level of artistic standards while fostering collaboration and mutual respect.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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