<html><body><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Schenectady Civic Players</span></b><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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</span></span></b><b><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><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><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>12
South Church Street, Schenectady, NY 12305</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;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""><font color="#ff0000">“THE CAKE” Opens
Friday, May 13 <o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;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""><font color="#ff0000"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>at Schenectady Civic Players.</font></span></b><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></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">SCHENECTADY --
The third main stage production of Schenectady Civic Players’ 94th<sup> </sup>Season,
“The Cake” by </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202020;
background:white">Bekah Brunstetter</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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 Sara Paupini, </span>opens Friday, May 13, and plays through Sunday, May 22
at its 12 South Church Street Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade
district.</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#202020">Synopsis:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020"> Della makes cakes,
not judgement calls. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Those she leaves to
her husband, Tim. But when the girl she helped raise comes back home to North
Carolina to get married, and the fiance is actually a fiancee, Della's life
gets turned upside down. She can't really make a cake for such a wedding, can
she? <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For the first time in her life,
Della must think for herself.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN">Premiering off- Broadway in 2019.” The Cake” has been
called “an emotionally and deliciously funny play.” Brunstetter, its creator,
is a writer producer of NBCs “This is Us” television series.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:
normal;background:white"><span class="color15"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">The Civic Players cast features</span></b></span><span class="color15"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:
14.0pt;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020">Josephine
O'Connor (as Della), David Orr (asTim), Monet Thompson (as Macy), and Elizabeth
Sherwood Mack (as <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Jen).</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span class="wixguard"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">The Cake”<i> </i>ru</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ns
Friday, Saturday and Sunday (May<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>13, 14,
15) and Wednesday through Sunday<i> (</i>May18 through 22). <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Friday
and Saturday curtains are at 8 pm,</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif">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></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:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;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:14.0pt"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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></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:red"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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