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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>For Immediate Release</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>January 25, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact: Kate Starczewski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>(518) 587-4427<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:info@homemadetheater.org"><span style='color:black'>info@homemadetheater.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>The 39 Steps Opens at HMT!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black;background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>Home Made Theater continues their 28<sup>th</sup> season with THE 39 STEPS, a</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>dapted by Patrick Barlow from the work of John Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>. The show runs weekends February 8<sup>th</sup> through February 24<sup>th</sup> at the Spa Little Theater in the Saratoga Spa State Park. <span style='background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theater! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters, an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, THE 39 STEPS amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>The director of THE 39 STEPS is </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>Dianne O’Neill Filer</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'> who</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'> has directed and costumed numerous shows around the world including HMT’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE last season. She </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>has an MFA in Theater from Sarah Lawrence College and served on the Board of Cameo Theater and The Acting Company of Greenwich for many years. Dianne </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>taught drama at Brunswick School and Greenwich Academy for 20 years and most recently taught art and drama at the Doan Stuart School in Albany. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>The cast of THE 39 STEPS includes Conrad Browne Lörcher as Richard Hannay, Alan Edstrom as Clown 1, Ben Katagiri as Clown 2, and Molly McGrath as</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>Annabella/Pamela/Margaret. The artistic team for THE 39 STEPS includes </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>scenic designer Mary Fran Hughes, lighting designer Kyle VanSandt, costume designer Sherry Recinella, sound designer KC Conway, properties designer Jane Parisi and assistant director Barry Streifert.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'>Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, February 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, and 23 at 8:00pm. Matinees are Sundays, February 17 and 24 at 2:00pm. An optional dinner or brunch package is available at the Gideon Putnam for an additional $24 per person plus tax and gratuity. Dinner is available prior to the evening performances and brunch is available prior to the Sunday performances. Ticket prices are $23 and $26. For reservations or further information, call HMT at (518) 587-4427 or visit <i>homemadetheater.org</i>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'> ###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>