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</strong></font><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center"><u><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">The Ghent Playhouse's 2016-2017 Season Productions</span></u></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p style="margin:0in 23.25pt 0pt 0in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Mark your calendar, the Playhouse’s 42nd season promises to be a great one! </font></p></font></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><em><u>THE 39 STEPS</u></em></font></span><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em><u> </u></em>–
</font></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Based on John Buchan’s 1915 novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s
1938 film of the same name, The 39 Steps combines a classic spy thriller with
farcical comedy and ingenious theatrical magic, as four actors take on a
multitude of characters to create an engaging, entertaining and fast-paced
whodunit. <span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Written by Patrick Barlow and John Buchan – Directed by Deena Pewtherer. </font></font></span></font></span></p></font><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Performance Dates: </font><font color="#000000">October 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 2016</font></font></span></font></font></span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><em><u>THE TURN OF THE SCROOGE </u></em>– Our Annual Panto </font><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><strong>–</strong> </font><span style="line-height:115%"><font size="2">Spend time with all the familiar characters – and maybe a few new ones - as The Loons return with their own zany spin on the classic holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol,” with another terrific original British-American Panto. Great fun for the whole family! </font></span><font size="2"> <strong></strong></font></font><font size="2"><font color="#000000">Written by the Pantoloons – Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher</font><font color="#000000"> . </font></font></font></font></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Performance Dates: November 25-27, December 2-4, 9-11, 2016</font></font></font></span></div></font><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height:115%"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em><u>ONCE UPON A MATRESS</u></em><strong> – </strong> </font></font></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">What do you get when you mix one pea, 20 mattresses and a Princess-to-be named “Fred?” One hilarious musical love story. Based on the popular fairytale, “The Princess and the Pea.”</span><b><span style="line-height:115%"> </span></b><span style="line-height:115%">Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Louis Barer; Music by Mary Rodgers; Lyrics by Marshall Louis Barer; Directed by Terri Conte</span></font></font></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Performance Dates: </font><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000">January 20-22, 27-29, February 3-5, 2017</font></font></font></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em><u>MOTHERS AND SONS</u></em><strong><u> </u>– </strong> </font></p></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%"><font size="2">From the award-winning playwright of “Love! Valor! Compassion!” comes a timely and touching new play about change, reconciliation and becoming a family. A Dallas matriarch pays an unexpected visit to her late son’s former partner, who is now married to another man and raising a young son. Forced to consider the life her son may have had, the woman must now come to terms with her own life choices and how society has changed around her. 2014 Tony Award Nominee for Best New Play. </font></span><font size="2">Written by Terrence McNally – Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher. </font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Performance Dates: <font color="#000000">March 17-19, 24-26, March 30-April 2, 2017</font></font></font></font></span></font></p></font></font></font></span></font></span></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em><u>TRUE WEST </u></em><strong>– </strong> </font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%"><font size="2">In this funny, dangerous and profound play, two estranged and seemingly different brothers - one a professional Hollywood screenwriter, and the other, a desert-dweller and petty thief - are reunited for the first time in five years at their mother’s California home. A visit from a film producer creates a power shift between the two, as the older brother’s unexpected pitch of a film idea, is accepted over the script the younger brother has long been developing, thrusting the play into verbal and physical violence as the two fight for possession and control. </font></span><font size="2">Written by Sam Shepard – Directed by Patrick White. </font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Performance Dates: </font><font color="#000000">May 19-21, 26-28, June 2-4, 2017</font></font></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></div><p></p><font color="#000000"><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></div><p></p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></div><p></p><font color="#000000"><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></div><p></p><font color="#000000"><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"></p></span></font></span></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><br></p></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><br></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><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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