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<p class="gmail-Description" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black">SARATOGA
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;color:black">Announces their 2019 <i>SEASON OF REDEMPTION</i><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">This summer, Saratoga Shakespeare Company will celebrate its 19th
season with two of Shakespeare’s greatest works in two different venues: <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">KING LEAR in Historic Congress Park <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">and THE TEMPEST (co-sponsored by SPAC and Radial Arts) on the SPAC
grounds.<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The Saratoga Shakespeare
Company of Saratoga Springs, NY, is once again presenting two summer
productions with professional actors: Shakespeare’s <i>The Tempest</i> directed by Marcus Dean Fuller, and Shakespeare’s <i>King Lear,</i> directed by Wesley Broulik. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Both productions deal with themes of
stormy family relationships, human frailty, revenge, and redemption.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The company is thrilled to celebrate its nineteenth
summer season of free outdoor theater on SPAC grounds and in beautiful Congress
Park in downtown Saratoga Springs, New York.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Building on last year’s successful
collaboration, Saratoga Shakespeare begins the season joining forces with SPAC and Radial Arts to present <i>Poetry in the Pines</i>, bringing a new,
innovative and music-filled production of <i>THE
TEMPEST</i> on the SPAC grounds. Performances will take place at the Reflecting
Pool on Friday, July 19</span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11.1111px;line-height:16.6667px">th</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> at 2:00pm and 5:00pm and on Saturday, July
20th</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> at 11:00am. The production will be directed by Marcus Dean
Fuller, a writer, director and producer with twenty years of experience working
in film, television and stage. Marcus is the President of Compass
Entertainment. He currently teaches and directs at Union College. In addition,
he serves on the Board of Directors of Yale School of Drama, the Nantucket
Theater Institute, and Saratoga Shakespeare.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i style="line-height:1.5"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i style="line-height:1.5"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">KING LEAR</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">
opens the following week with performances on Tuesday, July 23rd </span><span style="line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial;color:black">through Saturday, July 27th and Tuesday, July 30th through Saturday, August 3rd<sup> </sup></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">(there are no Sunday or Monday performances)</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">All performances will be
at 6:00pm in Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, on the Alfred Z. Solomon Stage. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">We are excited to welcome back
Wesley Broulik as director</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> of </span><i style="line-height:1.5"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">KING LEAR.</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"> Wesley directed our mesmerizing <i>MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM</i> and last year his performance as Touchstone
in <i>AS YOU LIKE IT</i> received
show-stopping applause every evening. Wesley is a director, writer, actor, and
educator. His work has been seen off-Broadway, regionally, and on television
and film. He currently serves as the head of acting at the Johnny Carson School
of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5">Admission is always free
of charge for both productions and Congress Park and SPAC grounds are 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5">As Saratoga’s longest
running professional theatre company, both productions will feature several
experienced members of Actors’ Equity Association, the stage actors’
professional union. These thirteen actors have extensive New York City and
national stage, film and television credits. 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></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:110%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:110%">Since 2000, the
productions of </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;color:black">Saratoga’s longest running
professional theatre company</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:110%"> 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="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:110%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:110%">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 was the recipient of a 2019 Community Arts
Grant from Saratoga Arts.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial">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><a href="http://www.saratogashakespeare.com/" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial">www.saratogashakespeare.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial"> or Saratoga
Shakespeare’s Facebook page at </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SaratogaShakespeare" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial">www.facebook.com/SaratogaShakespeare</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial">. You can contact our
Executive Director, Barbara Opitz, at 518-587-2166 (</span><a href="mailto:bopitz@skidmore.edu)" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial">bopitz@skidmore.edu)</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial"> or our Associate Artistic Director
of PR and Audience Engagement, David Girard, at 518-528-1677 (</span><a href="mailto:david@davidmgirard.com" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial">david@davidmgirard.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial">).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:110%;font-family:Arial">ENDS<span></span></span></p>
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