<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><h3 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.3; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">THE NOT SO COMMON PLAYERS present</h3><h3 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.3; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><em>Have You Filled a Bucket Today? <a rel="attachment wp-att-1773" href="http://notsocommonplayers.org/?attachment_id=1773" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none;"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1773" title="Have You Filled a Bucket Today logo" alt="Have You Filled a Bucket Today logo" width="300" height="105" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: right; margin: 10px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 5px; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" apple-inline="yes" id="287AD412-C984-456A-AD9B-94A5DF8B1BE6" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:F8E3E5F6-F9FC-41E2-B6AB-FEF4D7F927E1"></a><br></em></h3><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); text-align: center;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><h4 style="margin: 1.33em 0px 0.2em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-size: 19px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">Opens September 19 with school performances at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM<br>Additional performances, all at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library:<br>September 19 at 7:00 PM<br>September 20 and 21 at 2:00 PM<br>FREE Admission!</h4><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1844" href="http://notsocommonplayers.org/?attachment_id=1844" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1844 alignleft" title="Bucket Fillers IMG_0857" alt="Bucket Fillers IMG_0857" width="300" height="237" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin: 10px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 5px; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" apple-inline="yes" id="88084BE3-7E2C-4EAC-B664-451E2AA5A22D" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:65C97D1A-5663-4DE8-9600-FE63466DA877"></a></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><em>Have You Filled a Bucket Today?</em> is a modern take on the golden rule with humor, heart, and larger-than-life characters. Based on Carol McCloud’s award-winning books, the play tells the story of Trey, a 4th grade student who learns about bucket filling from his summer camp counselor and her memorable friends.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">Playwright <strong>Ann Marie Gardinier Halstead</strong> (a 1994 Shenendehowa graduate) first heard about Carol McCloud’s award-winning book <em>Have You Filled a Bucket Today?</em> at a meeting at her son’s school. She read it, loved it, and thought it would make great theatre. She was confident that a play would be a fun and effective way for schools and theatre companies to address the problem of bullying.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">Ann Marie was thrilled when Ms. McCloud gave her permission to adapt the book for the stage. She had great fun setting the play at a summer camp and creating original characters, like Bucket Filling Fairy (BFF), a magical creature who speaks in rhyme, and Professor Smarty Pants III, a science professor who loves to talk about himself.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><em>Have You Filled a Bucket Today?</em> is a popular book in elementary schools across the U.S. and abroad. Many schools have adopted the bucket filling concept as their school theme, so it has been embraced by teachers, children and parents alike.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">The Not So Common Players look forward to bringing this positive message with appropriate tools to young people, parents and teachers as they deal with the horrendous torment of bullying in today’s society.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">Long-time Shenendehowa teacher and drama club director <strong>Dora Myers</strong> will direct, and <strong>Ann Marie Gardinier Halstead</strong> will join us as artist in residence.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">For more information, contact producer <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sally Burke, 518-877-5648; </span><a href="mailto:jburke6@nycap.rr.com" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jburke6@nycap.rr.com</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></p><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div></body></html>