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<div>The 1st 30 tickets purchased at <A href="http://www.confettistage.com">www.confettistage.com</A> for each performance are only $12. Tickets purchased through the box office are $15. Tickets are going fast!</div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=right><SPAN class=arttitlefulldisp><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Confetti Stage boozes up a Dickens Classic this Holiday Season!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></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="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge </SPAN></I></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt">features: Nate Beynon, Kelly Blitz, Sal Fusco, Colin Gioia, Lukien Hughes, Joan Meyer, William Sanderson, Lynn Scott, Mikayla Tougas, Doreen Watson, and Patrick White. Original Music written by Michael Friedman. Vocal Coach: Leslie Eliashuk. Production Designers: Debbie Lummis, Seana Munson, and Barry Streifert. Production Stage Manager: Katelyn Ouellette<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><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>
<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 Playhouse on Park's West Hartford production, 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">"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>
<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Saturday,<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>December 11, 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>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</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 <STRONG>Confetti Stage at The Albany Masonic Hall, 4<SUP>th</SUP> Floor Theater, </STRONG><?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><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>General Admission Tickets are: <STRONG>$15<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>FlexTix & Group Discounts are available<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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