<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div id="yiv178273693"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><font>Area premier of <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_0">"The Designated Mourner"</span></font></span></b><div
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<p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><font><span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_1">December 3-4</span></font></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><font><span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_1"><br></span></font></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3">D & M Productions will present the Capital District premier of <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_2">Wallace Shawn</span>’s <i>The Designated Mourner</i>
at ZuZu’s Wonderful Life for two more shows the first weekend in
December.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3">The play stars Ed McMullen, Sue Caputo and <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_3">John Stevenson</span>.
F. Paul Dellio, who has collaborated with McMullen on several
productions over the years, is directing. D&M Productions, founded
by McMullen in 1997, specializes in areas premiers of two-and
three-character plays. </font></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font><i>T</i><i style="">he Designated Mourner</i>
is set in an unidentified country run by a repressive regime, which is
in the process of putting down a revolt from the long-oppressed
underclass. The regime targets members of the liberal intelligentsia
suspected of sympathizing with the rebels. The play is presented almost
entirely in alternating monologues among its three characters: Howard, a
revered intellectual and literary figure, whose history of dissident
writings have put him in danger of retaliation from the regime; his
loyal daughter and fellow intellectual, Judy, who shares her father's
outlook; and her husband, Jack, once an admirer of Howard but now
antagonistic toward the elitist or "highbrow" culture that his
father-in-law and wife represent. As the government steps up its
measures to quell the revolt, the consequences spill over into the lives
of these characters, forcing either life-altering or life-numbing
responses from each of them. </font></font></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font>Dellio has directed several quality productions over the past 30 years. These include: <i style="">The Actor's Nightmare</i>, <i style="">Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You</i>, <i style="">Les Liaisons Dangereuses</i>, <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_4"><i style="">Murder In The</i> <i style="">Cathedral</i></span>, <i style=""><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_5">Lady Windemere's Fan</span></i>, <i style="">A <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_6">Man For All Seasons</span></i>,<i
style=""> Duet For One</i>, <i style="">Wrecks</i>, <i style=""><span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_7">Faith Healer</span></i>, and <i style="">Molly Sweeney</i>. In addition to directing, Dellio, a former professional dancer and actor, is also a playwright.
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3">McMullen adds the Jack role to a wide spectrum of characters he's played, such as Valmont (<i style="">Les Liaisons Dangereuses)</i>, <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_8">Frank Hardy</span> (<i style="">Faith Healer</i>), <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_9">Roy Cohn</span> (<i style=""><span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_10">Angels In America</span></i>), Mr. Rice (<i style="">Molly Sweeney</i>), Donnie Dubrow (<span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_11"><i style="">American</i> <i
style="">Buffalo</i></span>), <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_12">Thomas Becket</span> (<i style="">Murder in the Cathedral</i>), <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_13">Henry VIII</span> (<i style="">A Man For All Seasons</i>), Ed Carr (<i style="">Wrecks</i>), Tony Wendice in <i><span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_14">Dial M
For Murder</span></i>, and General Wallace (<i style=""><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_15">The Andersonville Trial</span></i>). McMullen has also directed productions of <i style="">Faith Healer</i>, <i style="">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf</i>? and <i style=""><span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_16">Chinese Coffee</span></i>.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3">Caputo,
taking on the Judy role, is a seasoned actor, choreographer, and
director. She has appeared in several productions at Capital Rep, NYSTI,
Fort Salem Theater, and Theatre Voices. Among her numerous credits, she
choreographed <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_17">James Joyce</span>’s <i>The Dead</i> and played Helga in <i><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_18">M. Butterfly</span></i>, both at Capital Rep; acted with NYSTI in <i>Philadelphia Story</i>, <i>Man of LaMancha</i>, <i><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_19">King of Shadows</span></i>, and <i>A Tale of <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_20">Cinderella</span></i>. This past summer at Fort Salem, she played Stacy in the world premier of
<i><span style="cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_21">Star Crossed</span></i> and directed and
choreographed <i><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_22">Forever Plaid</span></i>. Caputo owns ZuZu’s with her husband.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3">Stevenson,
playing Howard, is the co-founder of Pentimento Playback, an
improvisational theater company that specializes in performing the
stories of audience members. He was also a professional actor in his
twenties, focusing primarily on <span class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_23">Shakespeare</span>.
Stevenson performed the role of Robert in the first Capital District
production of Betrayal in 1982. Stevenson and McMullen worked together
in a 1989 production of <i>Inherit <span style="cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_24">The Wind</span></i> at the RPI Playhouse. </font></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3">Performance
dates and times are: Dec. 3 and 4 at 8 pm.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yiv106206699MsoNormal"><font size="3">Admission is $15. For additional information, call <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144yshortcuts" id="yiv178273693yiv1717319800yiv1809360144lw_1287355755_25">518-522-7273</span>. ZuZu's Wonderful Life Cafe is located on 301 Hamilton Street in Albany. </font></p>
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