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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The wrong date was given in prior message header, so I am resending with the correct date.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks and sorry for the error.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> ______________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>WHAT:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> <i>Virtual Staged Readings Series</i> presented by The Two Of Us Productions, the award winning theater company based in Columbia County NY, in collaboration with The Copake Grange:</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>In <b><i>I AM A CAMERA </i></b><i>Chris Isherwood</i> is a struggling young writer whose novel, “I Am A Camera”, concerns the events occurring around him in the Berlin of 1930. <i>Sally Bowles</i>, a singer/actress who works in a nightclub, befriends Chris. In the heady atmosphere of 1930 Berlin Chris gets swept up in Sally’s carefree existence. A parallel plot involves an innocent romance between Natalia Landauer & Fritz Wendel. </span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#2E74B5'>We have a front row seat as their story unfolds & the civilized Germany they know slowly dissolves in front of their eyes! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>WHEN: <i>I AM A CAMERA, </i></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>a drama by John Van Druten. Saturday February 13<sup>th</sup>, 2021 at 7:00pm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>HOW:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> This show, the 2<sup>nd</sup> show in 2021 for our ongoing <i>Virtual Live-Staged Reading Series</i>, will be presented using ZOOM on-line videoconferencing. Please go to </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org">www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> for information and to send us your RSVP. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>TICKETS:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> This performance is free to the public, donations are gratefully accepted. For more information & RSVP please visit <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org"><span style='color:black'>www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</span></a></span></span> or call 518-329-6293. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><h1 align=left style='text-align:left'><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1 align=left style='text-align:left'> “… before Cabaret there was I AM A CAMERA<o:p></o:p></h1><h1 align=left style='text-align:left'> Presented by The Two Of Us Productions! ”<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>COPAKE, NY --The Two Of Us Productions, the award winning theater company based in Columbia County NY, is pleased to present <b><i>I AM A CAMERA </i></b>by<i> John Van Druten </i>on Saturday evening February 13<sup>th</sup>, 2021, a Virtual On-Line staged reading starting at 7:00 pm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>I AM A CAMERA</span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> is a 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten, adapted from Christopher Isherwood's book <i>The Berlin Stories</i>. The title is a quote taken from the novel's first <i>page: "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." Berlin</i> Stories and <i>I Am A Camera</i> are the basis for the musical drama <i>Cabaret</i>, which The Two Of Us Productions is presenting in Fall 2021! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Simply put, <b><i>I AM A CAMERA</i></b> is about an English writer living in Berlin before the rise of the Hitler regime. If we look more closely this play is a thought provoking look at life in a 1930’s Berlin rooming house with a photographic eye. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Chris Isherwood</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> is a struggling young writer whose novel, “I Am A Camera”, concerns the events occurring around him in the Berlin of 1930. <i>Sally Bowles</i>, a singer/actress who works in a nightclub, befriends Chris. Despite Sally’s transient & bohemian existence her platonic relationship with Chris remains steady. Chris comes to Sally’s assistance when she decides to have an abortion, he remains sympathetic and loyal to her no matter how outrageously Sally behaves. In the heady atmosphere of 1930 Berlin Chris gets swept up in Sally’s carefree existence. A parallel plot involves an innocent romance between Natalia Landauer & Fritz Wendel. </span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#2E74B5'>We have a front row seat as their story unfolds & the civilized Germany they know slowly dissolves in front of their eyes! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>To learn the rest of the story you’ll have to RSVP to us at </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org">www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> and see it all for yourself. </span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#2E74B5'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>I AM A CAMERA </span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>will be performed as a virtual staged reading on Saturday February 13<sup>th</sup>, 2021 at 7:00pm. This performance is <u>free</u> to the public, donations are gratefully accepted. To RSVP for your reservation please visit <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org"><span style='color:black'>www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</span></a></span></span> or call 518-329-6293. The Two Of Us Productions is well known throughout the Hudson Valley for presenting quality theater, both musicals and dramas. Their recent productions of <i>Sweeney Todd, Young Frankenstein, Chicago, Les Miserables, next to normal, Deathtrap, Lend Me A Tenor </i>and <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i> were all recognized by the Theatre Association of NYS with multiple awards, including <i>outstanding work by the company</i> & <i>outstanding performance by the orchestra</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>