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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CONFETTI STAGE ANNOUNCES VIRTUAL PRESENTATION OF CONFETTI FEST 16<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Confetti Stage is excited to present
<b>Confetti Fest 16</b>! Our annual festival of one act plays by local playwrights will this year be shown as a collection of short films and presented on Facebook and YouTube.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This year's festival features:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Choice</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> by Adele Costa, directed by Siobhan Shea <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tucked away in a small village at the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, there is a famed witch who will hear your troubles and charge you no silver for their remedy. But what is sought must
be paid for, one way or another.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Great Humanity</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> by Matt Reichel, directed by Garrett West<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In the distant future, after humanity’s collapse, a scavenger named Cola comes across an abandoned science lab underground. There, she accidentally awakens another woman frozen in time,
Samantha Knight. Though Cola was raised to revere her predecessors, her interactions with Samantha reveal that the people she once admired were deeply flawed. With her worldview crushed, Cola loses her sense of purpose. An artificial intelligence, Peggy, convinces
Cola that the best thing you can do is to try and enjoy the ride while you can. The three decide to go back above ground and make the most of what’s left. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Merry Chrismukkah to All</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> by Daniel Smirlock, directed by Patrick White<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">While sitting at a table in Starbucks, a man named Adam is approached by a Hasidic Jew with religious recruitment in mind. The play is Adam’s monologue in response, encompassing his mixed
Jewish/Catholic background, his early experience with both religions, his first Christmas in the mostly-Jewish neighborhood he grew up in, and his own views about God.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Not Even One</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> by Lydia Nightingale, directed by Linda Shirey<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A birthday party can be a bit rough for a recovering alcoholic. Such is it for Marcy, who finds herself squaring off against a half-full glass of her favorite beer left lonely on a nearby
table. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Painting Moonlight</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> by Laura Darling, directed by Joe Plock<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">At a small cafe sit a woman waiting for a date and an artist working on a painting. They both feel as if something in their life is not complete. As the moonlight settles on the scene, they
both realize that maybe that is OK.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks to generous support from supporters like you, we are able to bring you Confetti Fest 16 on the basis of registration and donation rather than by tickets. Suggested donations are $10
for an individual and $20 for a household, but no donation is too small. Viewers who donate will be invited to a private Facebook group to join the cast and crew for talkback sessions with each creative team on December 4, 5, and 6.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To register to view Confetti Fest 16, make a donation, and receive the YouTube link when the time comes, please complete our Google Form at
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fforms.gle%2fviwVcJm8PcEE4rZX6&c=E,1,9881f1g5iVQ1TUPneXX_Ehu2nWjlIF0lDiJyjjfH5x12QRI-pLszqWWlcqrege8ovHzLkNG2pGEb6BXsEHj0jPsee9dExt79nnwRoNVqL7Thkw,,&typo=1" target="_blank">
https://forms.gle/<wbr>viwVcJm8PcEE4rZX6</a> .<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Confetti Fest 16 will be available on Facebook and via private YouTube video from 7 PM on December 3 to 9 PM on December 13.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We hope to (virtually) see you there!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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