<html><body><div style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 0in; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><p style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><u><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;">JACK
AND THE BEANSTALK….A Children’s Opera</span></u></p>
<p style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; page-break-after: avoid;"><u><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;">For All Ages… February 29 at
Schenectady Civic Players</span></u></p>
<p style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br></p>
<p style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SCHENECTADY</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> –<span> </span>Children and
families of all ages are invited to Opera Saratoga’s Opera-to-Go production of <b><i>Jack
and the Beanstalk</i></b> Saturday, February 29, at 2:30 p.m.<b><i>, </i></b>hosted
by Schenectady Civic Players, at its 12 So. Church Street Playhouse, Schenectady, </span></p>
</div><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; 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><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; 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><span lang="EN"><span> </span>The short 45-minute adaptation of
the classic fairy tale features music from the operettas of Gilbert and
Sullivan,</span></span><span lang="EN"> <span>adapted by John Davies.</span></span></p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; 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><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; 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><span lang="EN"><span> </span>Living in poverty with his mother,
Jack sells the family cow to a mysterious man for a handful of beans. When he
returns home and shows his mom the seeds, she throws them out a window in
despair. The beans, of course, take root, and in the moonlight a magical stalk
grows into the sky. </span></span><span lang="EN"></span></p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; 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><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; 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><span lang="EN"><span> </span>Through this adaptation of the story
of <i>Jack and the Beanstalk</i>, students are exposed to operatic</span></span><span lang="EN"> <span>music and classical
singing, while exploring important themes of embracing difference and</span> <span>the importance of working together.</span> <i>Jack
and the Beanstalk</i><span> is appropriate for Pre-K to Grades 6 audiences.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A
cookies and punch reception follows</span><span><span lang="EN"></span></span></p><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; 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><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: serif,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; 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><span lang="EN"><span> </span>A pay-what-you-will performance.
General admission. Open seating. No advance reservations required.or accepted..</span></span></p></body></html>