<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_jgp8qnz62_1632169c9bd1017d" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin-right: 25px;"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">​</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">​</span><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Titles" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:2pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:12pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:GerbigBold;text-transform:uppercase"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">DATE<span>                        </span><span></span></span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Description" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:GerbigRoman"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">05.01.18</span></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Description" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:GerbigRoman"><br></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Titles" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:2pt 12pt 0.0001pt 0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:6pt;font-family:GerbigBold;text-transform:uppercase"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:<span>                      <wbr>                              <wbr>                </span><span></span></span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Description" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:GerbigRoman"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Barbara Opitz, Executive Director</span></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Description" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:GerbigRoman"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">518.428.2703 or 518.587.2166</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">                  <wbr>                              <wbr>    <span> </span></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">                   </span></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Description" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:GerbigRoman"><a href="mailto:bopitz@skidmore.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">bopitz@skidmore.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Description" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:GerbigRoman"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span><br></span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Description" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:GerbigRoman"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">David Girard<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">, Associate Artistic Director</span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_603629605812440378m_-4316730704728693087gmail-Description" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:GerbigRoman"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family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rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:24.5333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Announces their 2018<span> </span><i>SEASON OF TRANSFORMATION</i><span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">This summer, Saratoga Shakespeare Company will celebrate its 18th season in the Forest of Arden and on the fields of war with two of Shakespeare’s most enduring plays,<span> </span><i>As You Like It<span> </span></i>and<i><span> </span>Henry IV, Parts 1 &2<span> </span></i>(combined), in Historic Congress Park<span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Saratoga Shakespeare Company of Saratoga Springs, NY, is once again presenting two summer productions: Shakespeare’s<span> </span><i>As You Like</i><span> </span><i>It</i><span> </span>directed by Elizabeth Carlson-Guerin, and Shakespeare’s<span> </span><i>Henry IV, Parts 1&2</i><span> </span>(combined)<i>,</i><span> </span>directed by David Girard.<i><span> </span></i>Both productions deal with the theme of transformation with each rooted in capricious states of rebellion, reconciliation and redemption.<span> </span><span> </span>This is a<span> </span><i>Season of Transformation</i>, and our company is thrilled to celebrate its eighteenth summer season of free outdoor theater in beautiful Congress Park in downtown Saratoga Springs, NY.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">As always, all performances will be in Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, on the Alfred Z. Solomon Stage, at 6PM. Admission is always free of charge, and Congress Park is entirely accessible. Both young and old, as well as family groups, are strongly encouraged to attend – with or without picnics – for what has become a beloved summer tradition in Saratoga.<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">As Saratoga’s longest running professional theatre company, both productions will feature several members of Actors’ Equity Association, the stage actors’ professional union. In addition, a talented group of non-union professional actors and members of Saratoga Shakespeare’s Young Theatre Professional Company will round out the casts.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>Performances of<span> </span><i>As You Like It</i><span> </span>are scheduled for July 17^th<span> </span>– July 28^{th<span> </span>}<span style="color:black">and performances for<span> </span><i>Henry IV<span> </span></i>are scheduled for July 31^st<span> </span>– August 4^th. Performances are all Tuesday through Saturday (there are no Sunday or Monday performances).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Company welcomes back director Liz Carlson-Guerin as director of<span> </span><i>As You Like It</i>. Director of last year’s mesmerizing<span> </span><i>The Winter’s Tale</i>, she is a director and dramaturge who specializes in new play development, classic theatre for contemporary audiences, physical and devised theatre and community engagement. She served as associate director and company member for West Philadelphia’s renowned Curio Theatre Company, and her 2016 Philadelphia premiere of<span> </span><i>The Birds</i><span> </span>by Conor MacPherson for Curio was Barrymore Award Recommended.</span><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span><span style="color:black">She is the Associate Director of the Kenyon Review Playwrights Conference and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at Kenyon College.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Saratoga Shakespeare also welcomes back Associate Artistic Director David Girard to direct<span> </span></span><i style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Henry IV</i><span style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">. Director of a wonderfully theatrical production of<span> </span></span><i style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Romeo & Juliet</i><span style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span> </span>for the company in 2016, he is the Artistic Director for the new Troy Foundry Theatre, and recently appeared in Capital Rep’s hit production of<span> </span></span><i style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">She Loves Me</i><span style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">. He is on faculty at Siena College and Rowan University, and is currently appearing as a principal actor in the world premiere of the first full presentation of John Guare’s acclaimed<span> </span></span><i style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Lydie Breeze Trilogy</i><span style="text-align:justify;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span> </span>with EgoPo Theater in Philadelphia.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Since 2000, the productions of<span> </span></span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">Saratoga’s longest running professional theatre company</span><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span> </span>have become a beloved Saratoga tradition, and many regional children have grown up watching Saratoga Shakespeare every summer. The Company takes pride in presenting Shakespeare’s work with great clarity and continues to develop a visually arresting and audience immersive aesthetic.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:justify"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:justify">The Saratoga Shakespeare Company is grateful to Skidmore College for their generosity, as well as continued support from Skidmore’s Office of Special Programs and the Department of Theater. The Company is a recipient of a 2018 Community Arts Grant from Saratoga Arts as well as an Alfred Z Solomon Grant.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">As an added attraction this year, Saratoga Shakespeare, SPAC and SaratogaArtsFest will present<span> </span></span><i style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Shakespeare in the Pines</i><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span> </span>on the SPAC grounds. On Friday, July 20</span><sup style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span> </span>at 12:30pm Saratoga ArtsFest presents<span> </span><i>Shall I Compare Thee to a Midsummer’s Dream</i>, a festive afternoon of Shakespeare’s fairies, nymphs, sonnets and soliloquies created to enchant children of all ages. At 2:00pm that day the event culminates with a tented performance of the captivating, one-hour musical adaptation of<span> </span></span><i style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Romeo and Juliet,</i><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span> </span>directed by Saratoga Shakespeare’s Louis Butelli in association with Lincoln Center Education, presented by SPAC and Saratoga Shakespeare Co. in association with Saratoga ArtsFest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Company certainly hopes that someone can be made available to review both productions early in their runs. We have been extremely grateful for your past coverage of our productions, as well as your overall commitment to solid arts coverage. For further information, visit<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.saratogashakespeare.com/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.saratogashakespeare.com</span></a><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>or Saratoga Shakespeare’s Facebook page at<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SaratogaShakespeare" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.facebook.com/SaratogaShake<wbr>speare</span></a><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. You can contact our Executive Director, Barbara Opitz, at 518-587-2166 (</span><a href="mailto:bopitz@skidmore.edu)" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">bopitz@skidmore.edu)</span></a><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>or our Associate Artistic Director of PR and Audience Engagement, David Girard, at 518-528-1677 (</span><a href="mailto:david@davidmgirard.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">david@davidmgirard.com</span></a><span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:17.6px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier,serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ENDS</span></p><br></div>