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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><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;color:black'>WHAT:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> <b><i>The Lion In Winter</i></b> - <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:<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'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>In a tale of sibling rivalry, adultery, & dungeons, <b><i>The Lion In Winter </i></b>by James Goldman tells the story of the Plantagenet family locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom. The queen, and wealthiest woman in the world of 12<sup>th</sup> century Britain, <i>Eleanor of Aquitaine</i>, has been kept in prison since raising an army against her husband, <i>King Henry II</i>. The play delves into the inner conflicts of the royal family as they fight over both a kingdom and <i>King Henry’s</i> paramour during the Christmas of 1183. As <i>Eleanor</i>, who is let out of prison only for holidays, says, </span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#2E74B5'>“Every family has its ups and downs,” and this royal family is no exception.</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#2E74B5'> </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'><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;color:black'>WHEN: <i>The Lion In Winter </i></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>by James Goldman , a tale of intrigue & sibling rivalry to inherit a kingdom. Saturday May 1<sup>st</sup>, 2021at 7:30pm. <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;color:black'>HOW:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> This show, the 6<sup>th</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'><a href="http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org">www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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;color:black'>TICKETS:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> This performance is free to the public, donations are gratefully accepted. For more information & RSVP please visit: <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;color:black'> </span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org"><span style='color:black'>www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</span></a></span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> or call 518-329-6293. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>These performances are supported with funds from Hudson River Bank & Trust Foundation, Stewart’s Shops, Bank of Greene County, Greylock Federal Credit Union & Rheinstrom Hill Community Foundation. </span>This project is also made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered in Columbia County by the Greene County Council on the Arts dba CREATE Council for Resources to Enrich the Arts, Technology & Education.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1 align=left style='text-align:left'> “THE LION IN WINTER, a tale of intrigue & sibling rivalry<o:p></o:p></h1><h1 align=left style='text-align:left'> to inherit a kingdom - from The Two Of Us Productions ”<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><span style='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>The Lion In Winter </i></b>by<i> James Goldman </i>on Saturday evening May 1<sup>st</sup> 2021, a <i>Virtual Live-Staged Reading </i>starting at 7:30 pm. <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'><span style='color:black'>In a tale of sibling rivalry, intrigue, adultery, and dungeons, <b><i>The Lion In Winter </i></b>by James Goldman tells the story of the Plantagenet family locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom. The queen, and wealthiest woman in the world of 12<sup>th</sup> century Britain, <i>Eleanor of Aquitaine</i>, has been kept in prison since raising an army against her husband, <i>King Henry II</i>. The play delves into the inner conflicts of the royal family as they fight over both a kingdom and <i>King Henry’s</i> paramour, the French princess <i>Alais Capet</i> during the Christmas of 1183. As <i>Eleanor</i>, who is let out of prison only for holidays, says, </span><b><span style='color:#2E74B5'>“Every family has its ups and downs,” and this royal family is no exception.</span></b><span style='color:#2E74B5'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><span style='color:black'>To learn the rest of the story you’ll have to RSVP to us at </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org">www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</a></span><span style='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='color:black'>The Lion In Winter </span></i></b><span style='color:black'>will be performed as a virtual staged reading on Saturday May 1<sup>st</sup>, 2021 at 7:30pm. 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, 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, outstanding performance by the orchestra, excellence in direction, </i>and many <i>individual actor awards</i>.<i> </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>