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<p style="margin:0px 0px 13.33px"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="margin:0px;line-height:115%;font-size:16pt">Press Release</span></b><font size="3"><span style="margin:0px">                                        </span>Contact:<span style="margin:0px">               </span>Linda Murawski <span style="margin:0px"> </span>(<a>Lindam4GPH@gmail.com</a>)
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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>February 8, 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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<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">“Life is a Cabaret…”</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> Cabaret</i></font></span></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Willkommen! Join
us at the Ghent Playhouse where the stage is transformed into The Kit Kat Club
as we present <i>Cabaret</i>, </font></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt windowtext;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tony Award-winner for Best Play in 1967 and
again in 1998 for its revival.<span style="margin:0px">  </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Directed by
Matthew Teichner, this production runs March 16, 2018 through April 1, 2018.</font></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Book by Christopher Isherwood; Music by John
Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb</span></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt windowtext;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">Set
amid the backdrop of 1930’s Germany as it begins to slide toward the Nazis,</font></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt windowtext;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font size="3">an
American writer living in Berlin, meets an eccentric dancer at a decadent cabaret
called The Kit Kat Club, who changes his life forever.  </font></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"><i><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cabaret </span></i><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">at The Ghent is Choreographed by Mae Rogers, Music
Director is Curtis Funk.<span style="margin:0px">  </span>Joanne Maurer is
designing costumes, Artistic Director Cathy Lee-Visscher is designing the set
and Izzy Filkins is providing Lighting Design.<span style="margin:0px"> 
</span>Co-produced by Kelly Mackerer and Linda Murawski.<span style="margin:0px">  </span></span></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>

<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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