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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>March 2, 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 color="#000000">“Life is a Cabaret…”</font></span></b></p>
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presents<i> Cabaret</i></font></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><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></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">Set
amid the backdrop of 1930’s Germany as it begins to slide toward the Nazis,</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">an
American writer living in Berlin, meets an eccentric dancer at a decadent
cabaret called The Kit Kat Club, who changes his life forever. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cast includes
Playhouse favorites Sally McCarthy as Fraulein Schneider, Monk Schane-Lydon as
Herr Schultz, Mike Meier as Ernest Ludwig, Emily Spateholts as Fraulein Kost,
Mae Rogers as Fritzie and Erin Harwood as Rosie.<span style="margin:0px"> </span>Also on stage are Playhouse newcomers Nicole
Mecca as Sally Bowles, Brian McBride Land as the Emcee, Alex Benson as Clifford
Bradshaw, Bethany Geiger as Frenchie, Nicole Molinski as Lulu, Chloe Vader as
Texas, and Kathleen Rembish as Helga.</span></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><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.<span style="margin:0px"> </span>Joey Rainome is Assistant Director and Music Coach
is Cathy Schane-Lydon.<span style="margin:0px"> </span>Joanne Maurer is
designing costumes, Artistic Director Cathy Lee-Visscher and Sam Reilly are
designing /dressing 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></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">www.ghentplayhouse.org</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 color="#000000">Photo 1 caption:<span style="margin:0px"> </span>The Kit Kat girls,</font></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nicole Molinski ,</span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Mae Rogers, Bethany Geiger, Chloe
Vader, Kathleen Rembish</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Photo 2 caption:<span style="margin:0px"> </span></font></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nicole Molinski ,</span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px;color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Brian
McBride Land & <span style="margin:0px"> </span>Kathleen Rembish</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Photo Credit Joanne Sikora</font></span></p>
<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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