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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt">CIVIC PLAYERS’ 90<sup>th</sup></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt">

SEASON,<span>  </span>OPENS DECEMBER 1</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="gmail-MsoNormal"><br><span class="gmail-aZo gmail-a5r gmail-aZp"><a id="gmail-:ag" tabindex="0" target="_blank" class="gmail-aQy gmail-e gmail-aZI gmail-aZr" href="https://webmail.nycap.rr.com/do/redirect?url=https%253A%252F%252Fmail.google.com%252Fmail%252F%253Fui%253D2%2526ik%253D2bf0052a4f%2526view%253Datt%2526th%253D15fc2c6e64f55c5f%2526attid%253D0.1%2526disp%253Dsafe%2526zw&hmac=b2ad049ec9d5a29ab67b545c2521d236"><img id="gmail-:ah" style="margin: auto 0px auto auto; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; max-height: 100%;" class="gmail-aQG gmail-aYB" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=2bf0052a4f&view=fimg&th=15fc2c6e64f55c5f&attid=0.1&disp=thd&attbid=ANGjdJ_MdMUIj0BHxf24bOy12QT69RC8CFt4E1WDSjfDzQF4NQ8r9ziUqjjaXUlDeMsSGsxB5s0rrqaqNB0H_T3EDclJhYCoMd_mHk5maHdAijjy69ckr-hxzayeC0M&sz=w180-h120-df-p-nu&ats=1510801483949&rm=15fc2c6e64f55c5f&zw" width="448" height="297"></a></span><b><span style="font-size:18pt"></span></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal" class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:""">The second<span>  </span>play of <b>Schen</b></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"""><b>ectady Civic Players’</b> 90<sup>th</sup>

Anniversary Season, As Bees in Honey Drown  by Douglas Carter Beane, and directed by Mark Stephens, opens Friday,

December 1, and runs through Sunday, December 10, at its 12 South Church Street

Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.</span></span></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"""><span>                        </span></span></p><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"""><span></span><span>      </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:""">In Beane’s<span>  </span>satirical comedy, called “A delicious souffle of satire” by the New York Times, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:""">Evan

 Wyler has just finished a photo shoot. No, he’s not a super model, just

 a twenty-something New York writer savoring the success of his debut 

novel. Evan captures the attention of Alexa Vere de Vere, a glamorous 

woman of mystery who’s made the world of celebrity her home. In fact, 

it’s her religion.<span>  </span>She wants Evan to write the screenplay 

of her life story. But, Alexa vanishes, leaving him to foot the bill for

 all the dinners and Armani suits they’ve gone through. Trying to find 

Alexa, Evan discovers a chain of people who have fallen under her spell 

and acted as her meal ticket.<br><br></span>

<p style="line-height:normal" class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"""><span>            </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:""">The

play premiered Off Broadway at the Greenwich House Theatre on June 19, 19</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:""">97,

transferring to the Off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Theatere on July 24, 1997, and

closed on June 7, 1998 after 366 performances.<span> 

</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Beane won an Outer Critics Circle

Award for his writing</span></p><p style="line-height:normal" class="gmail-MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"""></span></p>

<p style="line-height:normal" class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"""><span> </span><span>           </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">The Civic Players cast features

Knathan MacKenzie-Roy (as Evan Wyler), Cristine M. Loffredo (as Alexa Vere de

Vere), and Jason Biszick, Pat Brady, Laura Graver, and Michael Schaefer in

multiple roles as the chain of people discovered by Evan.</span></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">

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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"""><span>            </span>As Bees in Honey Drown </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:""">runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

(December 1, 2, and 3) and Wednesday through Sunday (December 6 through

16).<span>  </span>Friday and Saturday curtains are at

8 pm. Wednesday and Thursday curtains are at 7:30 pm., and Sundays are matinees

only at 2:30 pm.<span> <br></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"""><span><br> </span></span></p>

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 BEES IN HONEY DROWN cast photo (Front) Knathan MacKenzie-Roy & 

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