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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Picasso at the Lapin Agile</i>, Steve Martin’s absurdist comedy about a chance encounter at a Parisian bar between painter Pablo
Picasso and physicist Albert Einstein before either of them became famous, will be staged by Classic Theater Guild (CTG) running through Sunday, January 28, 2024, at Congregation Beth Israel in Schenectady.</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Directed by Michael Silvia,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit;"><i>Picasso
</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">will also be performed on Saturday evenings, January 20th and January 27th; Sunday afternoons, January 21st and January 28th, and Thursday night, January
25th. The Thursday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 p.m., while the Sunday afternoon matinees begin at 3 p.m.</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A nine-person group of community theater veterans and newcomers are in the 80-minute show, performed without an intermission. The ensemble
cast includes J. Scala as the titular character; Mike Reynolds as Einstein; Doug Gladstone as Gaston; Alexia Halsey as Germaine; CarolAnne Manzer as Suzanne; John Quinan as Sagot; Dalton Russell as The Visitor and Malachi Burnham as Freddy.</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tickets to
<i>Picasso at the Lapin Agile</i> are $20/person cash if purchased at the door; advance tickets can be purchased online via EventBrite link at https://facebook.com/events/s/picasso-at-the-lapin-agile-by-/253448827594067/</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Picasso at the Lapin Agile</i> opened Off-Broadway at the Promenade Theater in 1995. Martin revised this script in 2017; it is believed
that this CTG production is the first time the new version will be performed in the Capital Region.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Congregation Beth Israel is located at 2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectady. Parking lot is on the temple's Union St side. </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We hope you can join us to fill the hall with laughter! </span></div>
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