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Theater Guild’s 2011-12 Season at Proctors</b></u></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"><i><b>The
Crucible</b></i></font><font color="#000000"><b> </b></font><font color="#000000">
October 28-30, November 3-6, 2011 </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">Winner of the
1953 Tony Award for Best Play. This exciting drama about the Puritan
purge of witchcraft in old Salem is both a gripping historical play
and a timely parable of our contemporary society.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"A powerful
drama." —NY Times </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"Strongly
written." —NY Daily News</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">The story focuses
upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who
maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer
brings the girl to court to admit the lie—and it is here that the
monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The
farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of
witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"><i><b>Miracle on
34th Street</b></i></font><font color="#000000"><i><b> </b></i></font><font color="#000000">
December 9-11, 15-18, 2011 </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">Adapted by Will
Severin, Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder and John Vreeke from the novel
by Valentine Davies. Music by Will Severin. </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">Comedy with music
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">Kris Kringle is
the personification of good will and holiday spirit. As Macy's
holiday Santa, he enchants children and shoppers so completely that
he is deemed dangerous by fellow employees who question his
competency and plot to ruin him. A small girl's belief in Santa and
the magic of the holiday is at stake in a climactic courtroom
decision. This hilarious, tender and charming show for the entire
family is a Christmas classic. </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">Originally
produced by the New York State Theatre Institute. </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"A
delight.... The play bustles from scene to scene with holiday good
cheer." - Metroland </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"A Christmas
gift." -</font><font color="#000000">Albany Times Union</font><font color="#000000">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"Gives kids
something to cheer about." -</font><font color="#000000"> Daily
Gazette</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"><i><b>One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest</b></i></font><font color="#000000">
February 17-19, 23-26, 2012</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">Dale Wasserman,
adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">Kirk Douglas
played the role of McMurphy on Broadway as a charming rogue who
contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution
rather in a prison. This, he learns, was a mistake. He clashes with
the head nurse, a fierce martinet. Quickly, he takes over the yard
and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do
for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He
leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can
see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking
midnight party with liquor and chippies. For one offense, the head
nurse has him submit to shock treatment. The party is too horrid for
her and she forces him to submit to a final correction a frontal
lobotomy. </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">Winner of the
2001 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival. </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"Cuckoo is
captivating." N.Y. Post </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"Scarifying
and powerful." N.Y. Times </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"Funny,
touching, and exciting." N.Y. Daily News </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"Brilliant.
The stuff of great theatre." WQR Radio </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"Transforms
the audience into one wild cheering section." WNYC Radio </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">"One of the
finest, most meaningful and most moving play of recent times."
WPIX TV </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"><i><b>The Man Who
Came To Dinner </b></i></font><font color="#000000">April</font><font color="#000000"><i><b>
</b></i></font><font color="#000000">20-22, 26-29, 2012</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">by Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">While on his way to dinner at a
suburban family's home, Sheridan Whiteside, an insufferably arrogant
radio personality, accidentally falls and breaks his hip. A
tumultuous six weeks of confinement follow, during which Whiteside
monopolizes the living room and, along with an offbeat cast of
characters who come to visit him, proceeds to drive his hosts round
the bend!
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> Classic
Theater Guild, Inc. is established exclusively for the</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> advancement
of education in the theater arts through, among other</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> things, the
production of contemporary and classical plays. The Guild</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> also works
to strengthen theatre arts, support emerging playwrights,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> encourage
education in the Arts, present a diverse array of topics,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> and
encourage persons to enter acting by promoting the benefits of</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> dramatic
entertainment to educational institutions and to the general</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> public.
Classic Theater Guild, Inc. is a non-profit, tax exempt, all</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000"> volunteer
community theater company.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#000000">For more information, call 424-6579; www.classictheaterguild.org<br></font></p>
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