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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=JWmHickman@nycap.rr.com href="mailto:JWmHickman@nycap.rr.com">Bill
Hickman</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=Capdist-auditions@dx.ayw.org
href="mailto:Capdist-auditions@dx.ayw.org">Capdist-auditions@dx.ayw.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 27, 2011 5:32 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Opens at Schenectady Civic</DIV></DIV>
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<H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; tab-stops: list .5in" align=left><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Script MT Bold'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 26pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
size=6><FONT size=7>It's here!</FONT> The welcome mat's out! Come on
in!</FONT></SPAN></U></B></H6>
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size=5> <FONT color=#ff00ff>(</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B><B><I><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 26pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#ff00ff>We open Friday, May 6. Play through May
15.)</FONT></SPAN></I></B></H6>
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><FONT size=6><FONT color=#993366><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Schenectady Civic Players production of
…<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'; COLOR: purple"><FONT size=3>Joseph
Kesselring’s hilarious farce & American theater classic . .
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 3in"><EM><FONT color=#800080 size=3
face="Arial Black">Directed by Randy McConnach</FONT></EM></H1>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></EM></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG>Matthew
Surman, Cynthia Welch, Debbie May</STRONG> <EM>(Brewster family members)</EM>
and <STRONG>Phil Sheehan</STRONG> <I>(Bachelor Gibbs)<o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><EM> <STRONG><FONT color=#800080>
</FONT></STRONG></EM></FONT></FONT><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Beware the Brewster sisters of Brooklyn, New York,
especially if you’re a lonely older bachelor.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meet charming and innocent sisters
Martha (played by Cynthia Welch) and Abby Brewster (played by Debbie May,) a
dangerous dynamic due with a chilling sense of “charity,” along with an
outrageously eclectic supporting cast in a magnificently macabre and madcap
masterpiece.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText2><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Making up the rest of Schenectady Civic’s eclectic cast
are Richard Cross, Sara Fitizzi, Robert L. Hegeman, Daniel B. Martin, Richard
Messina, Richard Michael Roe, John J. Quinan, Michael Rzepka, Michael Shaefer,
Phil Sheehan, Matthew Surman and Don Wheeler.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></SPAN><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></I><EM><FONT
face="Arial Black"><FONT size=5><SPAN style="COLOR: red">-- May 6, 7, 8 and 11,
12, 13, 14 &15 --</SPAN></FONT></FONT></EM></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><EM><FONT
face="Arial Black">
(WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY at 7:30 pm;<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS at 8
pm;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SUNDAYS matinees at 2:30
pm)</FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><EM><FONT
face="Arial Black">
</FONT></EM></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN><STRONG><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #660033; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">at
the Schenectady Civic Playhouse </SPAN></I></STRONG></P>
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size=2><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #660033; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <FONT
size=1> </FONT></SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">12 South
Church St. in Schenectady’s historic Stockade
District</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=2><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">FOR
TICKETS ($15), call </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
Playhouse</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
(518) 382-2081</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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</SPAN></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Or order on-line
24 hrs. a day at</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.civicplayers.org/"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">www.civicplayers.org</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></P>
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