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<p class="gmail-Description"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">For Immediate Release................ PRESS PHOTOS ATTACHED</span></p><p class="gmail-Description"><b style="line-height:1.5"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5">7.09.19</span></p>

<p class="gmail-Titles" style="margin-right:12pt"><b style="line-height:1.5"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">For further information, contact:                                                                     </span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-Description"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Barbara Opitz, Executive

Director         <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:20px">518.428.2703 or 518.587.2166 <a href="mailto:bopitz@skidmore.edu"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">bopitz@skidmore.edu</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">    <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:20px"> <p class="gmail-Description"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5">David Girard,

Associate Artistic Director<br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:20px">518.528.1677<br></span><a href="mailto:david@davidmgirard.com"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">david@davidmgirard.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">       </span></p><p class="gmail-Description"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></p>

<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">OPENS <i>THE TEMPEST</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 OPEN its 19th

season with <span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">THE TEMPEST</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"> (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"><span> </span></p><div><img src="cid:ii_jxxf8e510" alt="Tempest-Cast.png" width="507" height="303"><span style="line-height:1.5"></span><br></div>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:0.5in;text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">(Top,

R-L) Louis Butelli*, Tracy Liz Miller*, Kent Burnham*, Maya Bhagwat Bassuk*,

Dennis Schebetta*<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:0.75in;text-align:center;text-indent:49.5pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">(Bottom,

R-L) Oliver Wadsworth*, LeeAnne Hutchison*,

Grant Neale*, Chris Naughton, Marcus Dean Fuller* (Director)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri">*The Actor appears through the courtesy of

Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers

in the United States.</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri"><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, bringing a new, innovative and music-filled production of THE TEMPEST 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 style="font-size:10pt"></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Admission always free of

charge for <i>THE TEMPEST</i> and the 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><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">As Saratoga’s longest

running professional theatre company, <i>THE

TEMPEST</i> will feature several experienced members of Actors’ Equity

Association, the stage actors’ professional union. These 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 cast.</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%">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>

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<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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