<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:16pt">Press Release</span></b><span><font size="3"> </font></span></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Contact:</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Linda Murawski </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">(</font></font><a href="mailto:Lindam4GPH@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="3">Lindam4GPH@gmail.com</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">) for</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:14pt">Date:</span><span><font size="3"> </font></span></font><font color="#000000" size="3">January 8, 2016</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">The Ghent Playhouse</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3"><a href="tel:518%20392-6264" target="_blank" value="+15183926264">518 392-6264</a></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">12075</font><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span> </span><span> </span></font><b><u><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:16pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></u></b></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><b><u><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></u></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">The Ghent Playhouse stage is transformed into an Irish Pub called the Weir somewhere on Ireland’s Northwest coast as the Playhouse continues its 41<sup>st</sup></font><font color="#000000"> Season with Conor McPherson’s award winning </font><i><font color="#000000">The Weir</font></i><font color="#000000">.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">The play will open on Friday, January 22, 2016 and run through Sunday, February 7, 2016 with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">In the intimate pub setting, as Brendon tends bar on a foggy evening, <span> </span></font><font color="#000000">locals Jack, Jim and Finbar tell spellbinding stories of ghost lore, Irish Gentle Folk and a haunted house built over a fairy road to Valerie, the newcomer in the village.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">As the libations flow and the evening progresses, the stories that hit the most haunting chord are those that tell of the ghosts that inhabit the shadows of our own minds and taunt of what might have been if only…</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="margin:0in 6pt 10pt 0in"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">The cast consists of</font></span><b><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:9.5pt"> </span></b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Donald Dolan as Jack, Jerry Greene as Brendan, Neal Berntson as Jim, John Wallace as Finbar and Monica Brady as Valerie. </font></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">This production is directed by Aaron Holbritter who is “</font></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">thrilled to be making my Ghent Playhouse premiere with it (T<i>he Weir</i></font><font color="#000000">).”</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span><font color="#000000">Gabrielle Smachetti is the Assistant Director and Stage Manager.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Cathy Lee-Visscher <span> </span></font><font color="#000000">is the Producer and set design is by Robert Walker.</font><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Tickets are $20 each, $17 for Friends of the Playhouse and $10 for Students with ID.<span> </span></font><font color="#000000">Tickets may be reserved by calling <a href="tel:1-800-838-3006" target="_blank" value="+18008383006">1-800-838-3006</a> or going to the website at </font></span><a href="http://www.ghentplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">www.ghentplayhouse.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">.</font></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"></font></span><br></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Photo Caption: Monica Brady & Jerry Greene in The Weir</font></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Photo by Sam Reilly</font></span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="4">Linda Murawski, <font size="2">Office Manager & Publicity person</font></font> for The Ghent Playhouse </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY 12075 (518) 392-6264</font></div></div></div></div>
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