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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">      OPENS

MARCH 16 AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span>        <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i>"The play will leave you feeling both moved and gratified" </i>-- VARIETY</span></span></span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"> </span><br></span></span></b></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          The

fourth play of Schenectady Civic Players’ 90<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Season, <b><i>Other

Desert Cities </i></b>by Jon Robin Baitz, <span>and </span><span>directed by Jennifer Van Iderstyne, </span>opens Friday, March 16, and

plays through Sunday, March 25 at its 12 South Church Street Playhouse in

Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-font9" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="gmail-color15"><span style="font-size:14pt"><span>          </span> Brooke

Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate

Christmas with her family. She announces that she is about to publish a memoir,

dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history- a wound that

they don’t want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares

them all to cross it. They are forced to reveal a painful secret to her, in

order to prevent the public from finding the truth.</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"><span>          </span></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Other Desert Cities</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> premiered </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Off-Broadway</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">

January 13, 2011 starring<span>  </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockard_Channing" title="Stockard Channing" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Stockard

Channing</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> as Polly Wyeth, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lavin" title="Linda Lavin" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Linda

Lavin</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> as Silda Grauman, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Keach" title="Stacy Keach" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Stacy

Keach</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> as Lyman Wyeth, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sadoski" title="Thomas Sadoski" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Thomas

Sadoski</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> as Trip Wyeth and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Marvel" title="Elizabeth Marvel" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Elizabeth

Marvel</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> as Brooke Wyeth. It was named Outstanding New Off-Broadway

Play by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Critics_Circle_Award" title="Outer Critics Circle Award" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Outer Critics Circle</a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">.

<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>          </span>The

play transferred to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Broadway</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> November

3, 2011. receiving five nominations for the 2012 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tony Awards</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,

including for Best Play, and Best Actress in a Play (Stockard Channing), with Judith

Light, who had replaced Linda Lavin, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play. <span>The play</span> was a finalist for the 2012 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama" title="Pulitzer Prize for Drama" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Pulitzer

Prize for Drama</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-font9" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="gmail-wixguard"></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><span>          </span> The

Civic Players cast features Ellen Cribbs (<i>as

Brooke Wyeth</i>), James Gavin (<i>as Trip

Wyeth), Rick Reed (as Lyman Wyeth),

Pat Brady (<i>as Polly Wyeth</i>), and Patti

Noble (<i>as Silda Grauman</i>). <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>          </span><span> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Other Desert Cities </span></span></i></b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (March

<span> </span>16, 17, and 18) and Wednesday through

Sunday (March 21 through 25).</span><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></span></span></p>

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</span>Order on-line at </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.civicplayers.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.civicplayers.org</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">  Or call (518) 382-2081

</span>.<span>                                            

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