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<font size="4" color="#ff3333"><b>-- OPENS THIS FRIDAY, MAY October
18 –</b></font><br>
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SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS .<br>
present the 1st play of its 86th Season . . .<br>
<br>
Paul Osborn’s charming love letter to just plain folks . . .<br>
<font size="5" color="#ff0066">MORNING'S AT SEVEN</font><br>
Directed by Joseph Fava<br>
<br>
<br>
The first main-stage production of Schenectady Civic Player’s
86th season, Morning's at Seven has been called Paul Osborn’s
love letter to just plain folks (specifically four sisters in a
small Midwestern town), a heart-warming, funny, and emotionally
satisfying play that will not only make you feel great about
yourself, it will let you finally forgive every member of your
family who has ever wronged you.<br>
<br>
Cora, Aaronetta and Ida Gibbs have lived next door to each other
most of their lives, and along with Esther, all of the Gibb
sisters are an open book to each. Husbands not included. Into
the fray comes Myrtle Brown, perpetually engaged to Ida’s son
Homer. But Homer can’t seem to pop the question. Taking matters
into her own hands, Myrtle finally gets a proposal by compelling
Homer to fly the nest. Sort of. This perennially charming
portrait of small town America fifty plus years ago was revived
on Broadway in 1980 and in 2002 to critical acclaim. New York
Daily News called it “An absolute charmer… Four sisters, Chekhov
would have smiled. So will you, and laugh out loud, too.”<br>
<br>
<font color="#0000ff"><i>Playing the four sisters of the cast
are Carol Charniga (as Cora Swanson), Paula Ginder
(Aaronetta Gibbs), Rita Russell (Ida Bolton), and Joanne
Westervelt (Esther Crampton ). The nine member cast also
features Phil Sheehan (as Theodore Swanson), Richard Cross
(Carl Bolton), Robert L. Hegeman (Homer Bolton) , Amy M.
Lane (Myrtle Brown), and Bill Hickman (David Crampton).</i></font><br>
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<font size="5" color="#ff3333">-- October 18, 19, 20 and 23 thru
27 -- </font></b> </p>
<p> <b>(Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Wednesday & Thursday
7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm)<br>
at the Schenectady Civic Playhouse<br>
12 South Church St. in Schenectady’s historic Stockade District
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<i>TICKETS ($17). Purchase in person at Proctors Box Office, 432
State Street, Schenectady.<br>
Or order and charge by phone through Proctor’s Box Office at
(518) 346-6204.<br>
Or order on-line at <a
href="http://webmail.nycap.rr.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.civicplayers.org"
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated">www.civicplayers.org</a></i></b>
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