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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-m_-1521862274400084311gmail-font9" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="gmail-m_-1521862274400084311gmail-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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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 </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Critics_Circle_Award" title="Outer Critics Circle Award" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Outer Critics Circle</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">.
<span></span></span></p>
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play transferred to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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" target="_blank"><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-m_-1521862274400084311gmail-font9" style="line-height:18.6pt;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="gmail-m_-1521862274400084311gmail-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</i>), Rick Reed (<i>as Lyman Wyeth</i>),
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>
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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" target="_blank"><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 <a href="tel:(518)%20382-2081" value="+15183822081" target="_blank">(518) 382-2081</a>
</span>.<span><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> <b><i>(from left) Rick Reed, Pat Brady, Elllen Cribbs, James Gavin, Patti Noble</i></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span><b><i> <img src="cid:ii_jenjgh5c2_16217c91bc00fa37" width="313" height="470"><br></i></b><br> <wbr>
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