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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>The
Ghent Playhouse<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>6 Town
Hall Place, Off Route 66<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Ghent,
NY 12075<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>June 26,
2012<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>FOR
RELEASE<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>THE
GHENT PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES ITS 38<sup>TH</sup> SEASON OF PLAYS AND MUSICALS<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>OCTOBER
2012- JUNE 2013<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Ghent
Playhouse, Columbia County New Yorks community theatre announces its 38<sup>th</sup>
season of five plays and musicals: October 2012 June 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><i>THE
COUNTESS <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">by Gregory
Murphy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dates:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>October 12-28, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">A Victorian
Age psychological thriller of obsession, beauty and madness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This chronicle of the Pre-Raphaelite painter
John Everett Millais, the English art critic John Ruskin and his wife, Effie,
paints a true picture of the cruelty and scandal that devoured their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by
Kate Gulliver<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><i>ROBIN
HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN Our 13<sup>th</sup> Annual Panto<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">By Judy
Staber and the PantoLoons<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dates:
November 23 December 9, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Robin Hood
and his men have returned to rob the rich and give back to the poor. Robin and
friends rescue Maid Marion and Maude Lynn from the dastardly Sheriff of
Nottingham and his evil sidekicks with the help of a mysterious hermit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by
Tom Detwiler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><i>ALMOST,
MAINE <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">by John
Cariani<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dates:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>January 18 February 3, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Finding
love on a midwinter's night in Almost, Maine is about as likely as seeing the
Aurora Borealis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But when
electrons and atoms collide with fate the comic, unexpected results are
guaranteed to light up the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by
Cathy Lee-Visscher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><i>LETTICE
AND LOVAGE <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">by Peter
Shaffer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dates:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>March 15-31, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Enlarge!
Enliven! Enlighten!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">As docent
at Fustian Hall, "the dullest house in England", Lettice Duffet
employs "the 3 Es" to give visitors the memorable tour they
deserve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But when fiction and fact
collide, heads will roll!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by
Tom Detwiler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><i>THE
25th ANNUAL <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><i>PUTNAM
COUNTY SPELLING BEE<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Music and
lyrics by William Finn<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Book by </span><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS340US340&q=rachel+sheinkin&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLSz9U3MDJNMk0xBADg2nERDgAAAA&sa=X&ei=ALnYT83JBIec8QSXwJXkAw&ved=0CKYBEJsTKAA"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none;text-underline:none">Rachel Sheinkin</span></a><span style="font-size:
14.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dates:<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>May 17 June 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Can you
spell "hilarious?"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The 6
kids vying for the spelling bee trophy sure can!<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Who knew that the angst-filled, stress-driven,
winner-take-all world of a Junior High spelling competition could be this much
fun?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by
Rachael Sheffer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Ghent
Playhouse is located at 6 Town Hall Place, right off Route 66.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">Performances
are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">and each
show runs for three weekends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For
more information about The Ghent Playhouse please visit <a href="http://www.ghentplayhouse.org">www.ghentplayhouse.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Available through website, Amazon (print and kindle) and independent bookstores.</span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>
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