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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED) Opens at HMT!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Home Made Theater continues their 30<sup>th</sup> season with Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor’s comedy </span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The Complete History of America (Abridged)</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>. The show runs weekends February 13<sup>th</sup> through March 1<sup>st</sup> at the Spa Little Theater in the Saratoga Spa State Park. <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The Complete History of America (Abridged)</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'> is a roller coaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American History. Called “new vaudeville,” it’s classic slapstick – irreverent, corny and clever. It pokes fun at just about every turn in our nation’s founding and comes up a winner. The Electoral College, conspiracy theories, assassinations and more come under fire in this fast-paced, brutal take on American history. In the tradition of abridged shows, it uses a lot of vaudeville and circus humor: giant silly props, goofy wigs and bad musical numbers! It’s a fast, funny and physical performance with a flair for current events. From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order – these 600 years of history in 6,000 seconds remind us that it’s not the length of your history that matters – it’s what you’ve done with it! History will never be the same!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The director of </span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The Complete History of America (Abridged) </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>is Aaron Holbritter, who is making his HMT directorial debut. Previous HMT on stage credits include <i>Enchanted April</i> (Mellersh) and <i>Deathtrap</i> (Sydney). Recent directorial credits include <i>All My Sons</i>, (Top Ten play of 2014 - The Saratogian), <i>The Farnsworth Invention</i> and <i>The Shape of Things</i> at Albany Civic Theater, as well as <i>Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure</i> at Schenectady Civic Players. Aaron has appeared on stage at ACT, SCP, Curtain Call Theater, Hubbard Hall, The Theater Barn and Lake George Dinner Theater. Aaron is the producer of the long running capital region holiday tradition <i>Melodies of Christmas</i> and is the Production Coordinator for Nacre Dance. In addition, Aaron is a founding member of Creative License, a theater collective focused on lesser known works currently based out of the Albany Barn.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The cast of </span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The Complete History of America (Abridged)</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'> includes</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Ashley L. Evenson, Jonathan Hefter and Evan Jones, each taking on multiple roles throughout the show. The artistic team includes </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>scenic designer Kevin Miller, lighting designer Kyle Van Sandt, costume designer Samantha Garwood, sound designer Aaron Holbritter and properties designers Mary Fran Hughes and Steve Moulton.<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, February 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28 at 8:00pm. Matinees are Sundays, February 22 and March 1 at 2:00pm. An optional dinner or brunch package is available at The Gideon Putnam Resort for an additional $25 per person plus tax and gratuity. Dinner is available prior to the evening performances and brunch is available prior to the Sunday performances. Ticket prices are $27 and $24. Tickets can be purchased online at the HMT web site, <a href="http://www.homemadetheater.org">www.homemadetheater.org</a> , in person during box office hours, or by calling HMT at (518) 587-4427.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'> ###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>