<html><body><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;'>“SILENT
SKY”</span></b><b><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;'><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Opens Friday July 19 at Civic
Players</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;'><span style='text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;'><i>.<b> . . . dramatizes the
true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time.</b></i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;'><span style='display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;'><span style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span><i>“ … </i></b></span><i><span style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: 18.66px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;"><b>a lively, funny, accessible play that’s
alive with interesting ideas.” ArtsAtl.com</b>.</span> </i></span><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;'><span style="margin: 0px;"><i> </i></span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0px -48px 0px 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>SCHENECTADY – Schenectady
Civic Players closes its 91<sup>st</sup> season with a bonus summer production
of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Silent
Sky</i></b> (free to all subscribers, $20 to general public) at its now fully
air conditioned theater. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px -48px 0px 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px -48px 0px 0px; line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Silent Sky, </span></i></b><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'>by Lauren Gunderson and<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;">directed
by Jennifer Van Iderstyne, </span>opens Friday, July 19, and plays two weekends
at the 12 South Church Street Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade
district.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px -48px 0px 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'><br></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; line-height: 18.6pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'>Silent Sky</span></i></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'> dramatizes the
true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time. It explores a
woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when
a woman’s ideas were dismissed until a man claimed credit for them.</span></span><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; line-height: 18.6pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'>Henrietta, joining a group of women in
the early 1900s at Harvard University’s Observatory who are “human computers”,
is motivated by a belief that there are galaxies beyond our own — a belief that
defies the consensus among her male superiors. She begins the process of
recording changes in stars - a scientific discovery that has a profound and
lasting impact on the field of astronomy.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px; line-height: 18.6pt;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";'><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“ … </span><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'>a lively, funny, accessible play that’s
alive with interesting ideas.” —<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">ArtsAtl.com.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“…sheer
magic with bursts of smart, infectious humor.” — <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">San Francisco Chronicle.</i></span><font face="Calibri"> <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></font><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'>“… an intellectual epic told on an intimate scale.
Bottom line: Heavenly.” —<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Atlanta
Journal-Constitution</i>.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"></i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13.33px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style='margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;'><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The cast features Lydia Nightingale (as Henrietta Leavitt),
Cara Juras (as Margaret Leavitt), Carol Charniga (as Williamina Flemming),
Melissa M. Brown (as Annie Cannon), and Thomas Swimm (as Peter Shaw). </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";'></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 16px 0px; line-height: 18.6pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt;">Silent Sky </span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt;">runs for seven
performances: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays: (July 19<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> at 8:00 pm</span></span>, 20<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> at 8:00 pm</span></span>,
21 <span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">at 2:30 pm, </span></span>July
26<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> at 8:00 pm</span></span>,
27<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> at 2:30 pm <u>and</u>
8:00 pm</span></span>, 28<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> at 2:30 pm</span></span>).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 16px 0px; line-height: 18.6pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt;">For tickets: Subscribers have
already received their free vouchers. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>General
public $20 -- purchase at the door. Open seating at all performances. No advance
reservations necessary. </span></span><a href="http://www.civicplayers.org/"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt;"><font color="#0000ff">www.civicplayers.org</font></span></a><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p>
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