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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>September 25, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Contact: Erin Harrington<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>(518) 587-4427<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:info@homemadetheater.org">info@homemadetheater.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Stacie Mayette Barnes to Depart Home Made Theater<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Home Made Theater’s Producing Manager, Stacie Mayette Barnes will be leaving the company in mid-October. Mayette Barnes has been on staff at the theater for the past 30 years. Under her leadership, HMT has become a thriving member of the Saratoga arts community. Home Made Theater is the resident theater company at the Spa Little Theater in the Saratoga Spa State Park.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Ms. Barnes joined the company as a volunteer stage manager in 1985 on their first production, <i>Wait Until Dark.</i> She came on staff three years later as Associate Manager. When founding General Manager Susan Miller left the company in 1995, Mayette Barnes moved into the position.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Ms. Barnes has accepted a position at the nearby Gideon Putnam. She is "incredibly grateful to have been a part of HMT” and is “immensely proud of the work the company has done over the years.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>HMT Board of Directors President, Nancy Sutin, speaks on behalf of the board in "thanking Stacie for her years of dedication to HMT,” and wishes her all the best in her next chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>The Board of Directors is working on restructuring the staff positions and will be hiring new staff this season. In the meantime, several interim positions have been established. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>HMT will open their 34th season with a production of the Mel Brooks musical <i>Young Frankenstein</i> on October 13th.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'> ###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Erin Nicole Harrington | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Office Manager </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><br>HMT at the Spa Little Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>HMT at the Spa Little Theater<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>2018-19 – our 34<sup>TH</sup> season<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>Oct 2018:<b> YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN</b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>Dec 2018:<b> a CHRISTMAS STORY</b></span><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>Feb 2019:<b> THE MOUSETRAP</b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000;text-transform:uppercase'>Apr/May<b> </b>2019:<b> BAREFOOT IN THE PARK</b></span><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif";color:#FFC000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#00B050'><a href="http://www.homemadetheater.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.homemadetheater.org </span></a></span><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:purple'>518-587-4427<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/HMTSaratoga"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=53 height=52 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D454DD.9D0C1F70" alt=twitter></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HomeMadeTheater"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=55 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D454DD.9D0C1F70" alt=youtube></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Home-Made-Theater/100518173426"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=55 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D454DD.9D0C1F70" alt=facebook></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/hmtsaratoga/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=53 height=55 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D454DD.9D0C1F70" alt=pinterest></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hmtsaratoga/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=54 height=53 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D454DD.9D0C1F70" alt="instagram logo color"></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>