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,34);font-style:italic;font-size:17px">Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 2 pm</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:italic;font-size:17px">Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 10 am</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:italic;font-size:17px">Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 10 am</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:italic;font-size:17px">Friday, December 9, 2022 at 10 am</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:italic;font-size:17px">Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7:30 pm</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:italic;font-size:17px">Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 2 pm</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:19px">To purchase tickets, go to </span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><a href="http://theatre.sage.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:19px;font-weight:bold">theatre.sage.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:19px"> or call our box office at (518) 244-2248</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:17px">Public Show Prices:</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:17px">$15 for Adults</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:17px">$12 for Students, Seniors & Children</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:17px">$10 for Sage Community</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px">This production is generously sponsored by CDPHP, Cohoes Savings Foundation, the Rosenblum Companies and Acme Wood Flooring.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px">  </span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px">Established in February of 2011, the Theatre Institute at Sage is dedicated to providing quality live theatre and arts-in-education programming to Capital Region youth, educators and residents. The Institute also provides opportunities for Russell Sage students as performers, technicians and teachers. Programs include educational support services for Sage productions (such as in-class preparations, teacher dress rehearsals and study guides), a Saturday theatre arts school, camps during school breaks, and several theatre camps during the summer for children ages 5-18. Programs take place on the Russell Sage College campus in Troy, NY. For more information, call the TIS box office at (518) 244-2248 or purchase tickets on-line: </span><a href="http://theatre.sage.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold">theatre.sage.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:16px">, or visit our Facebook (@TheatreInstituteatSage) and Instagram (@SageTheatre), to stay up to date on all our upcoming productions.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="height:30px;line-height:30px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="m_9082791264229068410scale" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;width:1476px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px"><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:0px"><table class="m_9082791264229068410layout" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_9082791264229068410column m_9082791264229068410scale m_9082791264229068410stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width:1476px"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(93,93,93);font-size:12px"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="m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