<div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:red">“<i>AN INSPECTOR CALLS</i>”, THIRD
PLAY OF SCHENECTADY</span></b>
<p class="gmail-m_-6649753638227612860gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:red"> CIVIC PLAYERS’ 90<sup>th</sup> SEASON, OPENS JANUARY 26</span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_-6649753638227612860gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:red"></span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_-6649753638227612860gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:red"><img src="cid:ii_jccdp61d0_160ec124a37b84b6" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="705" height="419"></span></b><br><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:red"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The third play of Schenectady Civic Players’ 90<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Season, <i><b>An Inspector Calls</b> </i>by J.B. Priestley, <span>and </span><span>directed by Patrick White, </span>opens Friday, January 26, and runs
through Sunday, February 4, at its 12 South Church Street Playhouse in
Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:red">
</span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_-6649753638227612860gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>An Inspector Calls,</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> written by
English dramatist J.B. Priestley, was first performed in 1945 in the Soviet
Union.<span> </span>In 1946 it played in the UK with
Ralph Richardson as Inspector Goole. <span> </span>One
of Priestley's best known works for the stage it is considered one of the
classics of mid-20th century English theatre</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">. <span> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Awards include
the </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">1993 Laurence Olivier Award, a 1994
Drama Desk Award, and a 1994 Tony Award for best revival of a play.<span> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">It was called a “psychologically adept
mystery” by the London Evening Standard.<span>
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<p class="gmail-m_-6649753638227612860gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span>In the Civic Players production </span><span style="font-size:14pt">a diverse company of the most accomplished actors of
color in the Capital Region present the work as if coming upon it at its
publication in 1945.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">They celebrate one of their own coming
home from war by performing the play, a British moral thriller set in the
dining room of the Birling's house in Brumley, an industrial city in the North
Midlands. It is an evening in Spring in 1912.</span>
</p><p class="gmail-m_-6649753638227612860gmail-MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span> </span>A young woman has committed suicide
and the eminently respectable Birling family is subject to a routine inquiry in
connection with the death. An inspector calls to interrogate the family, and
during the course of the evening all members of the group are implicated in
some way.<span> </span>All of them knew her in one
capacity or another.<span> </span>The family, closely
knit and friendly at the beginning of the evening, is shown up as selfish,
self-centered or cowardly, its good humor turning to acid, before the evening
is over.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-6649753638227612860gmail-MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <span> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(0,112,192)"><span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(192,0,0)">The Civic Players cast features Emmet Ferris
(as Mr. Birling), Angelique Powell (as the Inspector), Kim Wafer (as Mrs.
Birling), J.R Richards (Gerald Croft), Josie Smith (Shelia Birling), Marquis
Heath (Eric Birling), Mary N. Williams (Edna), and </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(192,0,0)">Carol
Durant, Carmen Lookshire, Jean-Remy Monnay and, Aileem Penn (as the Help).</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-6649753638227612860gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(192,0,0)"> </span><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>An Inspector
Calls </span></i></b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">runs
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (January 26, 27, 28) and Wednesday through Sunday
(January 31 through February 4).<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>
</span></span></p>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tickets $20.<span>
</span>Order on-line at </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.civicplayers.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.civicplayers.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>Or call 518-382-2081 </span></b></span></span><div class="gmail-adL">
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