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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>News release follows as text and is attached as a Word doc, along with production photo, <u>please credit Sara Kelly </u>.</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reviewers are invited to attend opening weekend performances, November 7 and 8 @ 8 p.m., or November 8 and 9 @ 2 p.m. RSVP <a href="mailto:patalamb@aol.com" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer;">debfoster@hubbardhall.org</a> by Thursday, November 6.</b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EDITORIAL
CONTACTS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pat
Lamb or Deb
Foster<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(518)
727-4933 (518)
677-2495 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue">patalamb@aol.com</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> debfoster@hubbardhall.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">R-O-L-L-I-C-K-I-N-G
WITH A ‘K,’ E-X-U-B-E-R-A-N-T WITH AN ‘X’: THE THEATRE COMPANY@HUBBARD HALL PRESENTS
TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL COMEDY, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">‘THE
25<sup>TH</sup> ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE,’ NOVEMBER 7<span style="color:#C00000">-</span> 30 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CAMBRIDGE,
NY (October 29, 2014)—</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall (TCHH) will present <i style="color: black;">The</i> <i style="color: black;">25<sup>th</sup> Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee</i>, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy classic by
William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin, November 7-30.
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Perfect for family audiences, this
hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experience of six
adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. For this
quirky yet charming band of kids, a spelling bee is the one place where they
can stand out and fit in at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hubbard Hall Executive
Director David Snider will direct a cast that includes Sylvia Eowyn Bloom, Kyra
Fitzgerald, Edward Mawere, Jeffrey Vizcaino, Digby Baker-Porazinski, Chris
Barlow, Sebastian Durfee, Sara Curtis and Erin Ouellette. .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“<i>The 25<sup>th</sup>
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</i> is a hilarious farce – but one with a
golden heart,” Snider said. “It’s a celebration of hard work, risk taking and
trying to be the best, a celebration of those who don’t fit in easily and their
journey to find their own path. It’s a party for us all, to remember how it
felt to be so young, so earnest and so excited to find our own way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The production’s creative staff
includes Richard Cherry, musical director; Jack Boggan, assistant director; Benjie
White, technical director; Sherry Recinella, costume designer; Calvin Anderson,
lighting designer; and Darcy May, choreographer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thursday,
November 6 will be the Pay What You Will / Open Final Rehearsal at 8 p.m. There
will be 16 performances of <i>The</i> <i>25<sup>th</sup> Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee<em>, </em></i>November
7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m.; and November 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23,
29 and 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24 for Hubbard Hall members, $27 for
non-members, $15 for students (11 and up), and $10 for youth (ages 6-10).<b>Tickets are available at </b></span><a href="http://www.hubbardhall.org/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">www.hubbardhall.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
or by calling (518) 677-2495.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An Opening Night Dinner will take place<b> </b>Friday,
November 7 at 6 p.m. in the Beacon Feed Studio. The menu will feature (not your
cafeteria-style) school lunch specialties. <b>Reservations
are requested by Wednesday, November 5 at 5 p.m. Visit </b></span><a href="http://www.hubbardhall.org/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">www.hubbardhall.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
or call (518) 677-2495 for tickets.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
The cost: $50.00, including theatre ticket /$30.00, meal only (for season
subscribers). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hubbard Hall
Center for the Arts, located in a renovated 1878 rural opera house and adjacent
former freight yard complex, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing
the best of the arts to the region with year-round theater, music and dance
performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. Hubbard
Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, NY. For more information on this and all Hubbard
Hall programs, or to purchase tickets, register for classes, make a donation
and/or become a member or theatre subscriber please visit </span><a href="http://www.hubbardhall.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">www.hubbardhall.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> or call (518)
677-2495.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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