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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">SCHENECTADY
CIVIC PLAYERS </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">OPENS</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> 90<sup>th</sup> SEASON</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> OCTOBER 13 WITH LANFORD WILSON'S <i>“FIFTH OF JULY”</i></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> <img src="cid:ii_j7tunbax0_15ea24e4304c0d8c" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="506" height="760"><br></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">SCHENECTADY – The opening
<span> </span>play of Schenectady Civic Players’ 90<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Season, <b><i>Fifth of July</i>,</b> by Lanford Wilson <span>and </span><span>directed by Joseph Fava, </span>opens Friday, October 13, and runs
through Sunday, October 22, at its 12 South Church Street Playhouse in
Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>Fifth of July</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Lanford Wilson's classic play, is a
witty and clear-eyed examination of the disillusionment of flower children in
the aftermath of the Vietnam War.<span> </span>A
group of formerly idealistic friends gather </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">in
rural Missouri </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">at
the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">sprawling farmhouse home of Ken, a
legless Vietnam veteran, and his lover, Jed, a horticulturist. They are old
friends from college days and former activists who agitated for what they hoped
would be a better world. Their talk, as the play progresses, is sharp and funny
and, in the final essence, deeply revealing of lost hopes and dreams and of the
bitterness that must be fought back if one is to perceive the good that life
can offer.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>The play premiered on Broadway in
1980 starring Christopher Reeve as Ken, Jeff Daniels as Jed, and Swoosie Kurtz as
Gwen, and was later produced as a made-for-television movie.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span><span> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">The Civic Players cast features Michael
Glantzis (as Ken), Andrew Vroman as (Jed), Cristine M. Loffredo (as Gwen),
Robin MacDuffie (as John), Joanne Westervelt (as Sally), Sara Paupini (as June),
Sarah Durocher as (Shirley), and David Quinones (as Weston). </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>Fifth of July </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (October
13, 14, & 15) and Wednesday through Sunday (October 18 through 22).<span> </span>Friday and Saturday curtains are at 8 P.M.,
Wednesday and Thursday curtains are at 7:30 P.M., and Sundays are matinees only
at 2:30 P.M.<span> </span>The play contains adult
language and mature themes. <span> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Parental
discretion is advised.</span> <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>Tickets are $20.<span> </span>Order on-line at </b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b><a href="http://www.civicplayers.org"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.civicplayers.org</span></a>
</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b><span> </span>or call (518) 382-2081.<span> </span>There is still time to subscribe to Civic
Players’ entire five-play season (five plays for $60 – 5 plays for the price of
3). <span> </span>Just call (518) 382-2081.</b></span> </span></p>
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