<html><body><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";">Steven Dietz’s “This Random World” Opens Friday at Schenectady Civic Players (An Area Premier)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", "sans-serif";"> </span></b><b style=""><u style=""><i>Proof of vaccination and masks required at all performances.</i></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><br></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">SCHENECTADY == The first main stage play of Schenectady Civic Players’ 94th Season, “This Random World,” by Steven Dietz and directed by Cristine M. Loffredo, opens Friday, November 12, and plays through Sunday, November 21 at its 12 South Church Street Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt;"><b><i><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> This Random World</span></i></b><b><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">, one of the latest written by prolific playwright Steven Dietz, is an area premier.</span></b> <b><span lang="en">W</span></b><b><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">e want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, <i>This Random World</i> asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny, intimate, and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> “The play is fast and funny, delivering constant comedy that comes from the characters and their foibles, including numerous instances of the laughter that comes from a place of painful self recognition.” —Arts-Louisville.com</span></b> <b><span lang="en"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="en"> </span></b> <span class="color15"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Civic Players cast features</span></b></span> <b><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sara Paupini (<i>as Beth Ward</i>),</span></b> <b><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Jason Biszick (<i>as Tim Ward)</i>,</span></b> <b><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Joanne Westervelt (<i>as Scottie Ward</i>),</span></b> <b><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Karen Kolterman (<i>as Bernadette</i>),</span></b> <b><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Gabriel Hage (<i>as Gary</i>),</span></b> <b><span lang="en" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Laura Graver (<i>as Claire</i>), and Jennifer VanIderstyne (<i>as Rhonda</i>).</span></b></p><p class="font9" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="wixguard"><b> </b></span> <b><i>This Random World</i> ru</b><b>ns Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (November 12, 13 14) and November 17 through 21. Friday and Saturday curtains are at 8 pm, Wednesday and Thursday curtains are at 7:30 pm., and Sundays are matinees only at 2:30 pm. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Tickets are $20. Order on-line at</span></b> <a href="http://www.civicplayers.org/"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">www.civicplayers.org</span></b></a> <b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Or call (518) 382-2081.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"># # # # # #</span></b></p></body></html>