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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><STRONG><FONT size=5
face="Century Gothic">ANNOUNCES ITS 2013-2014 SEASON</FONT></STRONG></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Schenectady Civic Players<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">, the Capital District’s longest-running,
continually operating theater, announces the following five main stage
productions for its 2013-2014</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">upcoming
86<SUP>th</SUP> season, opening in October at its 12 South Church Street
playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.
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class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt"><FONT size=3>BOOK OF
DAYS</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> </SPAN><FONT size=3>by
Lanford Wilson. Directed by Matthew Moross.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 5in; tab-stops: -1.0in"
class=MsoNormal><B><U><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Performance Dates: October 18-20 &
23-27, 2013)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></B></P>
<P
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">When murder roars through a
small town, Ruth Hoch begins her own quest to find</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">truth and honesty amid greed, lies, jealousy and
religion. The play propels you through the evening like a page-turning mystery.
“Wilson’s best work since <I>Fifth of July</I>...an intriguing and thoroughly
engrossing depiction of contemporary small-town life with a murder mystery at
its core....a splendid evening of theatre.” <B>-
<I>Variety</I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">THE SANTALAND
DIARIES</SPAN></B> by David Sedaris, adapted by Joe Mantello.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Directed by Duncan
Morrison.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B><I>(Performance Dates: December 6-8
& 11-15, 2013.) <o:p></o:p></I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">An unemployed actor decides to audition for the part of
Crumpet the Elf at Macy’s during the holiday crunch. At first the job is only
humiliating, but once thousands of children start pouring through Santa’s
Workshop he becomes battle weary and bitter, entertaining us with stories of
naughty children and pushy parents, empowered elves and sloshed Santas. “A
delightfully thorny account of working as a Yuletide elf at Macy’s. Priceless
observations, both outrageous and subtle. Destined to hold a place in the annals
of American humor writing.” - <B><I>The New York Times</I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt"><FONT size=3>SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE FINAL
ADVENTURE</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> </SPAN><FONT size=3>by
Steven Dietz. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 5in; tab-stops: -1.0in"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Based on the original 1899
play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle. </FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Directed by Aaron
Holbritter. </FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 5in; tab-stops: -1.0in"
class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">(Performance
Dates: January 24-26 & 29-February 2, 2014.)
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">In this spirited,
fast-moving and thoroughly theatrical adaptation, Dietz </FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">presents Holmes at the
height of his powers surrounded by all the elements that fans of </FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">his exploits have come to
expect: intrigue, danger, wit, humor and surprise.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Dietz
creates interesting worlds in his adaptations, in this case conjuring Victorian
England and Holmes’ flat at 221B Baker Street. In his script, Dietz has crafted
enough intrigue, adventure and even romance to create a fun evening that moves
quickly, and is sure to please everyone who joins in the game.” <B><I>-
BackStage</I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">THE
UNDERSTUDY</SPAN> </B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>by Theresa
Rebeck.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Directed by Mark Stephens.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(Performance dates: March 21-23 & 26-30,
2014.)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Franz Kafka’s play is the
hilarious setting for Theresa Rebeck’s exploration of </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">the existential vagaries of show business.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Personal and professional lives collide.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">“The Understudy delivers a clever indictment of
contemporary theatre while making the </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">characters’ personal circumstances ever more Kafkaesque.
They are no more in control of the forces of celebrity, art, money, and Broadway
than they are of their own fates.”-<B><I>The New
Yorker<o:p></o:p></I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">ROOM SERVICE</SPAN></B></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> </SPAN><FONT size=3>by John Murray and Allen
Boritz.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Directed by Chris
Foster.</FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">(Performance
Dates: May 2-4 & 7-11, 2014.)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">A nimble-witted producer, living on credit in a Broadway
hotel, is desperately in need of a big hit. By chance and good luck, he finds a
playwright with a good play and a backer with $15,000. In the course of a few
short days, he must deal with an odd assortment of actors, the hotel manager,
the playwright and the angel with the money. “<I>The President, Room Service,
Lend Me a Tenor</I> and <I>Noises Off</I> are perhaps the funniest plays of all
time.” - <B><I>Bennington Banner<o:p></o:p></I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In the
meantime,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Schenectady Civic Players
continues full-speed ahead in its current 2012-2013 season with the Stephen
Sondheim/James Levine’s musical, <B><I>Sunday in the Park With George,
</I></B>directed by Duncan Morrison, with musical direction by Valerie A.. Lord
.<B><I><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Performancde Dates: May 3
through 12. 2013.)</I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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