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<p style="margin:0px 0px 13.33px"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt">Date:</span><font size="3"><span style="margin:0px">  </span>January 5, 2018<span style="margin:0px">                                                 </span><span style="margin:0px">                </span>The Ghent Playhouse<span style="margin:0px">   </span>518 392-6264</font></font></font></p>

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NY<span style="margin:0px">  </span>12075<span style="margin:0px">                         </span><span style="margin:0px">                                                </span></font><b><u><span style="margin:0px;line-height:115%;font-size:16pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></u></b></font></font></p>

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and everything in between….<span style="margin:0px">   </span></font></span></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">The Ghent Playhouse
presents<i> Clever Little Lies</i></font></span></b></p>

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<p style="margin:16px 0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font color="#000000" size="3"> Join us at the Ghent Playhouse when we present Joe DiPietro’s <i>Clever
Little Lies</i>, a contemporary adult play that sheds a comedic light on the serious
and secret corners of marriage, relationships and family.<span style="margin:0px">  </span>This production runs January 19, 2018 through
February 4.</font></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="margin:0px;color:black">A mother
always knows when something is wrong, and this mother is determined to dig deep
for the truth when her husband returns home, a bit on edge, from a tennis match
with his son. Hell-bent on getting to the bottom of things; determined to get
to the bottom of things, she invites her son and daughter-in-law for drinks and
dessert, causing uproarious chaos. </span></font></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Meg Dooley returns to the
Ghent Playhouse stage as the mother, Alice.<span style="margin:0px"> 
</span>Rob Weber, who appeared in last year’s <i>True West</i>, plays her husband, and Erin Harwood, who was the
sensitive princess in last season’s <i>Once
Upon a Mattress</i> is the young daughter-in-law and new mother.<span style="margin:0px">  </span></font></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><i><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>Clever Little Lies</span></i><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is directed by the Ghent Playhouse’s
Artistic Director, Cathy Lee-Visscher, who also designed the set.<span style="margin:0px">  </span>Matt Sikora is Assistant Director and Stage
Manager and lighting is by Max Lagonia.</span></font></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Friday and Saturday performances are
at 8 pm and Sunday matinees are at 2 pm.<span style="margin:0px"> 
</span>Tickets are $22 each, $17 for Members of the Playhouse and $10 for
Students with ID.<span style="margin:0px">  </span>Tickets may be
reserved by calling 1-800-838-3006 or going to the website at </font></span><a href="http://www.ghentplayhouse.org/"><span style="margin:0px;color:blue;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12pt">www.ghentplayhouse.org</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">.</font></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Photo 1: <span style="margin:0px"> </span><a name="_Hlk502902109">2017-18 <i>Clever Little Lies</i> Meg Dooley </a>& Erin
Harwood</font></span></p>

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<i>Clever Little Lies</i> <span style="margin:0px"> </span>Rob Weber & Meg Dooley</font></span></p>

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credit: Matt Sikora</font></span></p>

<font size="3"></font><font color="#000000"></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><i>Linda Murawski</i></font><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="4">, <font size="2">Office Manager & Publicity person</font></font> for The Ghent Playhouse, an all-volunteer community theater located in beautiful Columbia County </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">   </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, NY  12075  (518) 392-6264</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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