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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>The Ghent Playhouse </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; "><b>6 Town Hall Place,
Ghent, NY</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>July
28, 2014<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; "><b>GHENT PLAYHOUSE
ANNOUNCES THEIR 40<sup>th</sup> SEASON — 2014-2015</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; ">The Ghent Playhouse is
entering their 40<sup>th</sup> year of operation.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </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:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">October 10 – 26.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>2014 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>FALLEN ANGELS – </b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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 style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">November 28<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>- December 14, 2014<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>ALI BABA AND THE FOUR
TEA THIEVES<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Written by Judy Staber </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Directed
by Tom Detwiler<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">January 23<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>- February 8, 2015 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>HEROES – </b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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 style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Tom Stoppard’s
translation of the French comedy, <u>Le Vent des Pupliers</u> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">March 13 – 29,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>2015 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> – Book by James
Magruder,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Music by Jeffrey Stock, Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Directed by Tom Detwiler<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">May 22 - June<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>7, 2015 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>RABBIT HOLE<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">By David
Lindsay-Abaire<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </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 style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1C1C1C">This
searing drama deals with the ways family members survive a major loss, it does
include comedy as well as drama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The play won several Tony awards in 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 28, 28); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(28, 28, 28); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Performances
are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m.. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1C1C1C">Tickets
are $20 general admission; $17 for Friends of the Playhouse and $10 for
Students with proper ID.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Reservations may be made after September 1<sup>st</sup> at
1-800-838-3006 or through the website<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></span><a href="http://www.ghentplayhouse.org"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">www.ghentplayhouse.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1C1C1C"> .</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; 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; font-size: medium; "><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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; 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; font-size: medium; "><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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="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; ">Judy Staber<br></div><div style="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>
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