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<font color="#330099" face="Times New Roman"><b><i>"You don’t have to
be British to lose your composure and howl with laughter at<br>“The
Explorers,” a witty spoof of all those bold Victorian adventurers who<br>ravaged
foreign lands and annihilated indigenous cultures in the name of<br>science.
Scribe Nell Benjamin (Tony nommed for “Legally Blonde”) sets up these<br>arrogant
Empire builders for ridicule by proposing a buccaneering female for<br>membership
in their all-boys club." -- VARIETY</i></b></font><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br><br><br></font><font color="#cc0000" size="5" face="Times New Roman">“THE
EXPLORERS CLUB”, A FREE-WHEELING FARCE AND WITTY SPOOF,<br>OPENS
JANUARY 29 AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS </font></b>
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<font color="#3300cc" size="5" face="Times New Roman"><b><i>(Photo
attached: (l to r) Michael Schaefer, Joel M. Bramer, Nick Muscatiello)</i></b></font><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br><br>SCHENECTADY
– The Explorers Club, a free-wheeling farce and witty spoof of bold
Victorian adventurers by Nell Benjamin, and directed by Mark Stephens,
opens Friday, January 29 and runs through Sunday, February 7 at
Schenectady Civic Players’ 12 South Church Street playhouse in
Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.<br><br>The location is
London, 1879. The prestigious Explorers Club is in crisis: their
acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is
terrible. True, this female candidate (played by Cristine M. Loffredo)
is brilliant, beautiful, and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but
the decision to let in a woman could shake the very foundation of the
British Empire. Grab your safety goggles for some very mad science
involving deadly cobras, irate Irishmen and the occasional airship.
Time Out NY calls it “two parts Blackadder, a dash of Shaw, shake
wildly, and garnish with fresh feminist ire.”<br><br></font><font color="#330099" face="Times New Roman">The
Civic Player’s cast features Jeff Lurie (as Lucius Fretwell), Cristine
M. Loffredo (as Phyllida Spotte-Hume/Countess Glamorgan), Nick
Muscatiello (as Harry Percy), Joel A. Bramer (as Luigi), Jason Biszick
(as Professor Cope), Phil Sheehan (as Professor Sloane), Tom Heckert
(as Professor Walling), Michael Schaefer (as Sir Bernard Humphries),
and Randy McConnach (as Beebe/Irish Assassin).</font><font face="Times New Roman"><br><br></font><font color="#cc0000" face="Times New Roman">The
Explorers Club runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday (January 29, 30 and
31) and Wednesday through Sunday (February 3 through 7). Wednesday and
Thursday curtains are at 7:30 pm; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm; and
Sundays are matinees only at 2:30 pm.</font></b><font color="#cc0000"><br></font><br><font color="#cc0000" size="4"><u><b>Tickets,$17.
Order tickets on-line at www.civicplayers.org Or call the Playhouse
382-2081.</b><br></u></font><br><b># # # # # # # # # # #</b>
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