<html><body><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><font face="comic sans ms" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><i>Can artificial intelligence reconstruct </i></font><span style="font-size: large; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background: white;"><i><font face="comic sans ms" style="font-weight: bold;">reality as we'd most like to remember it</font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><b>? Check out . . .</b></font></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> “Marjorie
Prime” Which Opens Friday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>at Schenectady Civic Players.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">SCHENECTADY == The second main stage production of
Schenectady Civic Players’ 94th<sup> </sup>Season, “Marjorie Prime” by </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";color:#202020;background:white">Jordan Harrison</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> and<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">directed by Tony Pallone, </span>now opens Friday,
March 18, and plays through Sunday, March 27 at its 12 South Church Street
Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.</span></b><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:#202020;background:white"> (Or</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">iginally
scheduled to open January 21, the play was postponed due to COVID related
illnesses.) </span></b><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
color:#202020;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cabin","serif";letter-spacing:.8pt;
background:white"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";letter-spacing:.8pt;background:white">It’s the age of
artificial intelligence. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#202020;
background:white">Aging Marjorie is a jumble of disparate, fading memories, but
her handsome new companion - who runs on artificial intelligence - is there to
help her reconstruct her reality as she'd most like to remember it. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#202020;
background:white"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Jordan
Harrison's "Marjorie Prime," a 2015 Pulitzer finalist, is a searing
look at the near future, and the Pandora's Box we might be opening by using
technology to cheat death.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></b><span class="color15"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Civic Players cast features</span></b></span><span class="color15"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#202020;
background:white">Melissa Putterman Hoffmann (as Marjorie),<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Colleen Lovett <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(as Tess), <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Brian Rana (as Walter) and David Quinones Jr.
(as Jon).</span></b><span class="color15"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="font9"><span class="wixguard"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>“</b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Marjorie Prime”<i> <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></i>ru</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">ns Friday, Saturday and Sunday (March <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>18, 19, 20) and Wednesday through Sunday<i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> (</span></i>March 23 through 27).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><u>Proof of vaccination and
masks required at all performances.<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Tickets are $20.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Order on-line at </span></b><a href="http://www.civicplayers.org/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">www.civicplayers.org</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Or call (518) 382-2081.<span style="color:red"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="color:red"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">REHEARSAL PHOTO BY JENN MOAK ATTACHED </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";">#19 - (l to r) Melissa
Putterman Hoffmann, David Quinones, Jr, Brian Rana, Colleen Lovett</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:red"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:red"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:red"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:red"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">
#19 - Melissa Putterman Hoffmann, David Quinones, Jr, Brian Rana, Colleen
Lovett</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></body></html>