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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:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>April 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Contact: Kate Starczewski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>(518) 587-4427<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>info@homemadetheater.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Home Made Theater Closes its Season with <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>a Hilarious Comedy!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:22.3pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Home Made Theater wraps up their 28<sup>th</sup> season with </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Ken Ludwig’s LEADING LADIES </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>at the Spa Little Theater in the Saratoga Spa State Park. The show runs weekends April 19<sup>th</sup> through May 5<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:22.3pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Two washed-up Shakespearean actors hit bottom – performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in Amish country. When they hear a nearby elderly woman is leaving her fortune to her two long-lost nephews, they try to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, her relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements and laughs abound as "Maxine and Stephanie" try to keep up their act.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:22.3pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The director of LEADING LADIES is Kirk Starczewski who has directed numerous HMT productions including RUMORS, A LITTLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS, THE SNOW QUEEN and A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and wrote and directed HMT’s past three murder mystery fundraisers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:22.3pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'> The cast of LEADING LADIES includes Brian Avery as Jack Gable, Conrad Browne Lörcher as Leo Clark, Nick Casey as Butch, Matthew Crowley as Duncan, Marilyn Detmer as Florence, Patrick Leathem as Doc, Amanda Martini-Hughes as Meg, and Allison McArdle as Audrey.<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:22.3pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The artistic team for LEADING LADIES includes scenic designer Kevin Miller, lighting designer Jaime Martinez-Rivera, costume designer Linda Bertrand, sound designer KC Conway, and properties designer Anne-Marie Baker. <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:22.3pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'> Performances are Fridays and Saturdays April 19, 20, 26, 27, and May 3 & 4 at 8:00pm. Matinees are on Sundays April 28 & May 5 at 2:00pm. An optional dinner package is available at Lillian’s Restaurant prior to the evening performances or following the matinee performances for an additional $25 per person plus tax and service charge. Ticket prices are $23 and $26. For reservations or further information, call HMT at (518) 587-4427 or visit <i>homemadetheater.org</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>