<html><body><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><font color="#9900ff"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“GOD
OF CARNAGE”, a Hilarious Comedy,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b></font></p><font color="#9900ff">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><font color="#9900ff"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Opens Friday, May 3 at Schenectady Civic
Players</span></b></font></p><font color="#9900ff">
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normal"><font color="#9900ff"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>SCHENECTADY – The
fifth play of Schenectady Civic Players’ 91<sup>st</sup> Season, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">God
of Carnage, </i></b>a comedy<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i></b>by Yasmina Reza (translated by
Christopher Hampton) and<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">directed by Joseph
Fava, </span>opens Friday, May 3, and plays through Sunday, May 12 at its 12
South Church Street Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.</span></p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span class="bc-text"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Winner of the 2009 Tony Awards for
Best Play, <i>God of Carnage</i> is a brash and hilarious exploration of human
nature.</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
The original Broadway production starring Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini,
and Marcia Gay Harden, closed on June 6, 2010, after 24 previews and 452
regular performances, making it the third-longest running play of the 2000s.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
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margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">God of Carnage</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> presents an
evening in the lives of two couples, residents of a tony Brooklyn neighborhood,
who meet to civilly discuss a playground incident between their two
eleven-old-boys.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the
evening progresses the polite veneer breaks down. “</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ms. Reza’s
streamlined anatomy of the human animal incites the kind of laughter that comes
from the gut, as involuntary as hiccups or belching.” – </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">NY
Times</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span class="color15">The cast features Cristine M. Loffredo (as Veronica Novak),
Knathan MacKenzie-Roy (as Alan Raleigh), Marty O’Connor (as Michael Novak) and
J.J. Paul (as Annette Raleigh). <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="color15"><br></span></span></p>
<p class="font9" style="line-height:18.6pt"><span class="wixguard"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size:
14.0pt">God of Carnage </span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">runs
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (May 3, 4, 5) and May 8 through 12. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </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 style="mso-spacerun:yes"> <br></span></span></p><p class="font9" style="line-height:18.6pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><br> </span></span></p>
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 240, 0);"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Tickets are $20.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Order on-line at </span><a href="http://www.civicplayers.org"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">www.civicplayers.org</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Or call (518) 382-2081. </span></span></body></html>