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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"'><img width=266 height=299 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D2AF9D.4A69F530"></span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><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 FOREIGNER 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-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><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-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Home Made Theater closes their 32<sup>nd</sup> season with</span><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'> Larry Shue’s comedy <i>The Foreigner</i>. The show runs weekends April 22 through May 7 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%'><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Charlie Baker is a painfully shy Englishman who’s terrified of conversation – with anyone! So when he’s dropped off at Betty Meeks’ rural Georgia hunting lodge for a few days of peace and quiet, the local inhabitants are told that Charlie can’t speak or understand a word of English. This puts Charlie in the interesting position of overhearing more than he should! <i>The Foreigner</i> humorously barrels along and explodes in a wildly funny climax.</span><span style='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-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The director of <i>The Foreigner</i></span><i><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>is Patrick White who</span><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'> is making his HMT directing debut. Past local directing credits include <i>The Pope & The Witch, Suddenly, Last Summer</i> and <i>Grand Concourse</i> at Albany Civic Theater, <i>Clever Little Lies</i> and <i>Living on Love</i> at Curtain Call Theatre, <i>The Glass Menagerie</i> at Our Own Productions, and <i>Rapture, Blister, Burn</i> at Schenectady Civic Players.</span><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The cast of </span><i><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The Foreigner </span></i><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>includes Debra Bercier as Betty Meeks, Nick Casey as Charlie Baker, Cameron Fredericksen as Rev. David Marshall Lee, Nicole Mecca as Catherine Simms, Dennis Skiba as Froggy LeSueur, Josh Tracy as Ellard Simms, and Rick Wissler as Owen Musser.<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-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>The artistic team for the production includes </span><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>scenic designer Dale Conklin, lighting designer Stephanie Van Sandt, costume designer Dianne O’Neill Filer, sound designer Barry Streifert and properties designer Mary Fran Hughes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, April 22, 28, 29 and May 5, 6 at 7:30 p.m. Matinees are Sundays, April 23, 30 and May 7 at 2:00 p.m. An optional dinner package is available prior to the evening performances and following Sunday matinees at Pennell’s Restaurant for an additional $24 per person plus tax and gratuity. 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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>HMT at the Spa Little Theater<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>2016-17 – our 32<sup>ND</sup> season<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>Oct 2016:<b> SHREK THE MUSICAL</b></span><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000'> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>Dec 2016:<b> a CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS </b></span><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>Feb 2017:<b> THE GAME'S AFOOT</b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>Apr/May<b> </b>2017:<b> THE FOREIGNER </b></span><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#00B050'><a href="http://www.homemadetheater.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.homemadetheater.org </span></a></span><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:purple'>518-587-4427<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/HMTSaratoga"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=53 height=52 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2AF9D.06E0D590" alt=twitter></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HomeMadeTheater"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=55 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D2AF9D.06E0D590" alt=youtube></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Home-Made-Theater/100518173426"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=55 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D2AF9D.06E0D590" alt=facebook></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/hmtsaratoga/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=53 height=55 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D2AF9D.06E0D590" alt=pinterest></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hmtsaratoga/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=54 height=53 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D2AF9D.06E0D590" alt="instagram logo color"></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>