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Voices </b>will present its fourth staged reading production of the 2016-2017 Season:
<i>Blithe Spirit</i> by Noel Coward, directed
by Krysta Dennis .<span></span></p>
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Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany on <u>Friday May 19 at 8:00 pm; Saturday May
20 at 3:00 pm and <span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><u>8:00 pm: and Sunday May 21 at 3:00 pm.</u>
<u>Admission is free</u>.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"> The
play follows <span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">novelist
Charles Condomine and his wife Ruth who have invited the eccentric medium and
clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to their home to conduct a séance, hoping to gather
material for his next book. But the scheme backfires when the ghost of his
annoying and temperamental first wife Elvira appears--visible only to Charles.
Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles's marriage to Ruth, while
Madame Arcati tries fruitlessly to make the spirit disappear.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"> The director</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">, Krysta Dennis, works as a theatre-maker and director in the US and
internationally, and currently teaches at Siena College. She holds a dual PhD from
the University of Kent in the UK and the Sorbonne in Paris, and trained at L’Ecole
Jacques Lecoq.<span></span></span></p>
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cast includes: Debra Burger, Kathleen Carey, Janet Kimlicko, Patrick Quinn,
Tony Pallone, and Giulia Pezzulo <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"> Theater
Voices of Albany is a group of dedicated actors and directors who, throughout
the company’s history, have presented both new and classic works with the
specific goal of emphasizing the richness of the playwrights’ language. Each
production is a fully performed staged reading with minimal scenery and simple
costumes.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"> Theater
Voices is funded in part by the City of Albany and the New York State Council
on the Arts COMMUNITY ART$GRANTS.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Theater Voices is a not-for-profit organization under
IRS 501C 3<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://theatervoices.org/season/play04.html">http://theatervoices.org/season/play04.html</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Contact: <a href="http://www.theatervoices.org">www.theatervoices.org</a> or 518-438-5503<span></span></span></p>
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