<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here’s a link for hi-res photos:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8gnog7z8iaqudjy/AADKfMjxQ-cW4X9sEJ4SIzuAa?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8gnog7z8iaqudjy/AADKfMjxQ-cW4X9sEJ4SIzuAa?dl=0</a><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Contact: Melania Levitsky<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Telephone: <a href="tel:(518)%20392-3399" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">(518) 392-3399</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Walking the dog Theater, in collaboration with NIKITA Productions, presents:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Richard II, by William Shakespeare</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Directed by Melania Levitsky</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At Hawthorne Valley School Hall</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">330 County Route</a> 21C</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">Ghent, NY 12075</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Website: <a href="http://www.wtdevents.org/">www.wtdevents.org</a> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Performances:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Preview July 18, 2018, at 7:30 pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">July 19, 20, 21 <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">at 7:30 pm</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">July 22 at 2:00 pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">July 25</a>, 26, 27, 28 <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://11" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">at 7:30 pm</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">July 29 at 2:00 pm</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Requested donation: $30-$10</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13.8px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Walking the dog Theater (WTD) of Ghent, NY collaborates with NIKITA Productions of New York, NY to present William Shakespeare’s </span><span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-font-kerning: none;">Richard II</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">at the Hawthorne Valley School Hall in Ghent, NY, this <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://13" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">July 19-29</a>, plus a preview performance on July 18. Director Melania Levitsky says of the play, “</span><span style="font-style: italic; -webkit-font-kerning: none;">Richard II</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> is a story about identity. Taking place during a dramatic shift in history when tradition, religion and royal lineage get disrupted, the modern age of ruling-by-might is birthed. King Richard is a sovereign who plays at being King. Crowned at the age of 10, and surrounded by flatterers, he rules by ceremony and pillage, repeatedly claiming his righteousness as God's anointed minister. His downfall comes when he crosses one line too many, and the consequences of his misrule and lack of self-knowledge finally come home to roost, resulting in the new order of King Henry IV.” This is the third summer of WTD’s popular Shakespeare in the Village program, which brings professional Shakespeare performances to the heart of Ghent, NY. A vital hallmark of the Shakespeare in the Village program is flexible ticket pricing</span><span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(requested donation $30-$10), which makes the experience of live theater accessible to all. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13.8px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With TAMIR*, William Sanderson, Scott Mendelsohn, James Luse, Yuan-rong Liao, Carla Lewis*, John-Scott Legg, James Kuhn, Simon Frishkoff, Sam Ferrone, David Anderson, and 6 interns. Performances: Preview July 18, 2018, at 7:30 pm; July 19, 20, 21 <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://17" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="17" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">at 7:30 pm</a>; July 22 at 2:00 pm; <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://19" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="19" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">July 25</a>, 26, 27, 28 <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://20" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="20" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">at 7:30 pm</a>; <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://21" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="21" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">July 29 at 2:00 pm</a>. Requested donation: $30-$10</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Walking the dog Theater creates theater events and workshops that inspire, entertain, and build community. Walking the dog Theater is an initiative of the Hawthorne Valley Association, a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Visit <a href="http://wtdevents.org/">wtdevents.org</a>. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13.8px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">*Members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13.8px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CLOSE</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13.8px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">###</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:bhauser@gazettenet.com" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">bhauser@gazettenet.com</font></a></p><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">David Anderson</span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Walking the dog Theater</span></div><div><a href="tel:001.518.610.0909" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="24/1" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">001.518.610.0909</font></a></div></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">David Anderson</span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Walking the dog Theater</span></div><div><a href="tel:001.518.610.0909" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="25/1" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">001.518.610.0909</font></a></div></div><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">David Anderson<div>Walking the dog Theater</div><div>001.518.610.0909</div></div></body></html>