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color="#ff6600">“ROSES IN DECEMBER” NOVEMBER 2 </font></span></b><font
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color="#ff6600"> AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYHOUSE </font><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"">SCHENECTADY – <b><i>Roses
in December</i>, </b>by Victor Cahn, will be presented as a
free staged reading Sunday, November 2, at 2:30 p.m. at the
Schenectady Civic Playhouse, 12 So. Church Street, in
Schenectady historic Stockade district.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>One performance only, it is
part of a series celebrating the Playhouse’s 87th<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; color:black">In this
two-character play of letters, <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>which
features<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>author Victor
Cahn and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Devra
Cohen-Tigor,</span><span style="color:black"> a</span><span
style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"> young official in a
college alumni office invites a celebrated but reclusive author
to the thirty-fifth reunion of his class. When he declines, she
charmingly prods him, and thereby begins a witty and revelatory
correspondence that becomes part mystery, part memory, and part
romance.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">"Written
beautifully as a series of letters, this warm and satisfying
work follows in the footsteps of A.R. Gurney's <i>Love Letters</i>
and deserves to become just as enduringly popular... Cahn serves
up something of a bona fide thriller along with the genuinely
wise psychological insights that lie at the heart of <i>Roses
in December</i>, keeping us riveted until the final word has
been read." - <i>NYTheatre.com</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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line-height:normal"><big><font face="Times New Roman">Mr. Cahn is
Professor of English at Skidmore College, Saratoga, where he
teaches courses in Shakespeare, modern drama, and the history
of drama. </font></big><br>
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"Times New Roman","serif""><big>Free
admission.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Open
seating.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>No
advance reservations.</big><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span><a href="http://www.civicplayers.org">www.civicplayers.org</a></big><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif""><big><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>382-2081. </big><o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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