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<p class="gmail-Titles" style="margin-right:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">for further information, contact:                                                                     <span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-Description"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Barbara Opitz, Executive
Director<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">518.428.2703 or
518.587.2166<br></font></span><a href="mailto:bopitz@skidmore.edu" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">bopitz@skidmore.edu</a><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"></span></p><p class="gmail-Description"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">
David Girard, Associate Artistic Director<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">518.528.1677<br></font></span><a href="mailto:david@davidmgirard.com" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">david@davidmgirard.com</a><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">                            </span></p>

<p class="gmail-Description"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><font size="4"><b> For
Immediate Release</b></font></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-Description" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY CONTINUES ITS SEASON OF MAGIC WITH <i>THE WINTER’S TALE</i></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-Description" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Free production of <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i> runs through
July 29^th with <i>The Winter’s
Tale</i> opening August 1^st </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-Description" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Community Outreach
Production of <i>Twelfth Night </i>opens
August 2nd <span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, July 25, 2017 –</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial"> <span lang="CS">T</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">he Saratoga Shakespeare Company continues its celebration
of romance and magic with <b><i>The Winter’s Tale</i></b>, opening on Tuesday,
August 1^st and running through Saturday, August 5^th. All
performances will be in Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, on the Alfred Z.
Solomon Stage, at 6 pm. Admission is always free of charge, and Congress Park
is entirely accessible. Both young and old, as well as family groups, are strongly
encouraged to attend – with or without picnics – for what has become a beloved summer
tradition in Saratoga. As Saratoga’s longest running professional theatre
company, our two main-stage productions feature several members of Actors’
Equity Association, the stage actors’ professional union. As we prepare to open
<b><i>The
Winter’s Tale</i></b>, <b><i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i></b> with
continue through July 29^th. </span><span lang="CS" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">Last season the Company presented two
productions in Congress Park for the first time and our audience responded with
record attendance. This year’s second production of <b><i>The Winter’s Tale</i></b>
is helmed by the talented Liz Carlson-Guerin. Liz is a director and dramaturge
who specializes in New Play Development, Classic Theatre for Contemporary
Audiences, Physical & Devised Theatre and Community Engagement. She served
for eight years as an associate director and company member for West
Philadelphia’s renowned Curio Theatre Company, and her 2016 Philadelphia
premiere of <i>The Birds</i> by Conor MacPherson for Curio was Barrymore
Recommended. One of the last plays written by Shakespeare, <b><i>The Winter’s
Tale</i></b> is a timeless and enchanting tale of love, loss, jealousy and
redemption. A masterful blend of tragedy and comedy with a most surprising
ending, the play features the theatre’s most intriguing stage direction – “<i>Exit,
pursued by bear</i>.”<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">Additionally, the Saratoga Shakespeare
Young Theatre Professional Company will offer our Community Outreach production
of <b><i>Twelfth Night</i></b>, directed by company member Douglas Seldin. Seldin
serves as Assistant Director of Education and Training for the company.
Performances will take place during the first week of August in multiple
locations, including Congress Park and Skidmore College’s Suzanne Corbet Thomas
Amphitheater. These college-aged aspiring theatre artists have trained
extensively and are also performing alongside our professional actors in <b><i>A
Midsummer Night’s Dream</i></b>. Twelfth Night will be presented in three
Saratoga locations: Wednesday, August 2^nd at 10AM at the Skidmore
College-Amphitheatre (rain performance in JKB Theatre), Friday, August 4^th
at 11:30am in the Saratoga EOC @ Jefferson Terrace and Saturday, August 5^th
at 1pm in Historic Congress Park.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">The Saratoga Shakespeare Company is
grateful to Skidmore College for their generosity, as well as continued support
from Skidmore’s Office of Special Programs and the Department of Theater. The
Company is thrilled to be the recipient of a Community Arts Grant from Saratoga
Arts as well as an Alfred Z Solomon Grant.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">Since 2000, our productions have become a
beloved Saratoga tradition, and many regional children have grown up watching
Saratoga Shakespeare every summer. The Company has always taken great pride in
presenting Shakespeare’s work with great clarity and continues to develop a
visually arresting and audience immersive aesthetic. This year will be no
different.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial">The Company certainly hopes that someone
can be made available to review <b><i>The Winter’s Tale</i></b>. We have been
extremely grateful for your past coverage of our productions, as well as your
overall commitment to solid arts coverage. For further information, visit <a href="http://www.saratogashakespeare.com/">www.saratogashakespeare.com</a> or
Saratoga Shakespeare’s Facebook page at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SaratogaShakespeare">www.facebook.com/SaratogaShakespeare</a>,
or you can contact our Executive Director, Barbara Opitz, at 518-587-2166 (<a href="mailto:bopitz@skidmore.edu)">bopitz@skidmore.edu)</a> or our Associate
Artistic Director of PR and Audience Engagement, David Girard, at 518-528-1677
(<a href="mailto:david@davidmgirard.com">david@davidmgirard.com</a>).<span></span></span></p>

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