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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><span class="fsl">Town Players of Pittsfield<font size="3">,
the oldest theater in Berkshire County and one of the oldest non profit
theaters in the country, presents "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress"
by Alan Ball on Fridays and Saturdays, September 18,19,25 and 26 at 8pm
and on Sundays, September 20 and 27 at 2pm at the Whitney Center for the
Arts, 42 Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield.<br>
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The playwright, Alan
Ball, has won an Oscar for his screen writing in "American Beauty" and
is also known for his television series "Six Feet Under". Directing this
hilarious comedy is Kevin Paul Wixsom. <br>
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<font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><span class="fsl"><font size="3">The
play is set in the home of the bride in Knoxville, Tennessee, during
the newly married couple's ostentatious wedding reception. The five
reluctant bridesmaids are hiding out in an upstairs bedroom, each with
her own reason to avoid the proceedings downstairs. </font></span></font></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><span class="fsl"><font size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3">After
the pumps come off, and as the champagne begins to flow, these five
very different women discover a common bond they never expected. </font></font></font></span></font></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><span class="fsl"><font size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><span class="fsl"><font size="3">This funny, irreverent and touching celebration of women's spiri</font></span></font></font></font></font>t will make you laugh, cry, and fall in love with each of its characters.<br>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:eb garamond,serif;"><font size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
cast includes Leah Marie Parker, as the bride's younger sister,
Meredith, whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; Deb Asch,
as Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom;
Sheila Wood, as </font></font></span></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:eb garamond,serif;"><font size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:eb garamond,serif;"><font size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Francis,</font></font></span></span></font>
the painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist ; Sara Clement, as
Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers
outrageous behavior; Heather Ogle, as Trisha ,a jaded beauty whose
diehard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp,
a charming bad boy usher played by Thomas Suski, to whom there is more
than meets the eye .<br>
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are $15; $12 for seniors, students and groups of 10+; and $10 for
members of Town Players. Tickets may be reserved by calling the Town
Players' Box Office: 413-443-9279. Please visit Town Players online at <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.townplayers.org%2F&h=lAQEfD0IF&enc=AZO9EKE3cWEsHprb_pDM64duGR5bWQ0iX4rCnj5O8WiSMN2ioezh0btkEo9wQJ4cnmQ&s=1">www.townplayers.org.</a></span></span></font></font></font></span></font></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><span class="fsl"><font size="3"><u><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="black" size="3"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></span></font></font><br>
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"Five Women Wearing the Same Dress" contains adult language that may not be suitable for children.<br>
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