<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>GHENT PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES THEIR 40<sup>th</sup> SEASON — 2014-2015</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">The Ghent Playhouse is entering their 40<sup>th</sup> year of operation.<span> </span>Cathy Lee-Visscher the organization’s Artistic Director announces the following selection of plays and directors for the 2014-2015 season.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i>October 10 – 26.<span> </span>2014</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>FALLEN ANGELS – </b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Written by Noel Coward </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Directed by Kate Gulliver<span> </span><span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">A comedy of manners among the “upper crust” society in early 20<sup>th</sup> Century England, the play tells the story of Julia and Jane, married to Fred and Willy, who find themselves concerned that secrets from each of their pasts may be revealed, when a former French lover of the two shows up while their spouses are away on a golf outing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i>November 28<span> </span>- December 14, 2014</i><span> </span>- Our Annual Panto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>ALI BABA AND THE FOUR TEA THIEVES<span> </span>- </b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Written by Judy Staber </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Directed by Tom Detwiler<span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">A spoof of the 2001 Nights Tale, it is full of parody, comedy, schtick, broad humor, great songs and crazy costumes. This is the fifteenth production by Columbia County’s own PantoLoons</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">J<i>anuary/February 2015</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>HEROES – </b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Written by Gerald Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher<span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Tom Stoppard’s translation of the French comedy, <u>Le Vent des Pupliers</u> .<span> </span>It’s 1959 and Philippe, Gustave and Henri, three veterans from WWI, keep each other company on the back terrace of a French retirement home for soldiers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i>March/April 2015</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>TRIUMPH OF LOVE</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> – Book by James Magruder; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Music by Jeffrey Stock; Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Directed by Tom Detwiler<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Based on the 18<sup>th</sup> Century comedy by Pierre Marivaux, the story tells of the trials and tribulations of a young Greek princess as she attempts to win the love of an exiled prince and heir to the kingdom taken over by her family.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">May/June 2015</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>RABBIT HOLE<span> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">By David Lindsay-Abaire<span> </span>(winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama<b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Directed by John Trainor<a name="_GoBack"></a><span> </span><span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 28, 28); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">This searing drama deals with the ways family members survive a major loss, it does include comedy as well as drama.<span> </span>The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 28, 28); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">play won several Tony awards in 2006.</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; 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white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(28, 28, 28); ">Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 28, 28); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Tickets are $20 general admission; $17 for Friends of the Playhouse and $10 for Students with proper ID.<span> </span>Reservations may be made after September 1<sup>st</sup> at 1-800-838-3006 or through the website<span> </span><a href="http://www.ghentplayhouse.org/">www.ghentplayhouse.org</a> .</span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><br></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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