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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>For Immediate Release<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Contact: Stephen Sanborn, The Two Of Us Productions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> (office) 518-329-6293 (cell) 518-610-2895<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><h1><span style='color:black'> It’s Only A Play – the unexpected comedy by Terrence McNally … <o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1> presented by The Two Of Us Productions<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='color:black'>WHAT:</span></b><span style='color:black'> <b><i>It’s Only A Play</i></b> by Terrence McNally - It’s the opening night of <i>The Golden Egg</i> on Broadway, and wealthy producer Julia Budder is throwing an opening night bash in her Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs in the bedroom, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews. Add to this a drama critic who’s panned the playwright in the past and a new-in-town aspiring singer, and you have a prime recipe for the narcissism, ambition, childishness, and just plain irrationality that infuse the theatre—and for comedy. But don’t worry: This play is sure to be the hit they have all been hoping for!</span><em><o:p></o:p></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.6pt;mso-para-margin-top:.8gd;text-align:justify'><b><span style='color:black'>WHEN: </span></b><span style='color:black'> Final weekend of performances on May 17<sup>th</sup>, 18<sup>th</sup>, & 19<sup>th</sup>, 2024. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30pm and Sunday matinee is at 3pm.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.6pt;mso-para-margin-top:.8gd;text-align:justify'><b><span style='color:black'>WHERE:</span></b><span style='color:black'> The Marilyn & Bob Laurie Gallery at the Claverack Library, located at 629 NY-23B, Claverack, NY 12513, right on the corner of Rt. 23 & Rt. 9H. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.6pt;mso-para-margin-top:.8gd;text-align:justify'><b><span style='color:black'>TICKETS:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for Students & Seniors. Please call for Group Rates. For advance reservations visit <a href="http://www.thetwoofusproductions.org/"><span style='color:black'>www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</span></a> or call 518-758-1648. Make your reservations early for the best seats on the date you want! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>___________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='color:black'>The Two Of Us Productions, the award winning theater company based in Copake NY, is pleased to present <b><i>It’s Only A Play, </i></b>the hilarious comedy by Terrence McNally that was nominated for both a Tony & Drama Desk award. 1 weekend of performances left to see this “<i>comedy with serious undertones</i>” on May 17<sup>th</sup>, 18<sup>th</sup> & 19<sup>th</sup> 2024 in the Marilyn & Bob Laurie Gallery at the Claverack Library in Claverack NY. You don't want to miss this comedic yet true-to-life story of producing a new play on Broadway, sitting in pins & needles for your opening night reviews to be published! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>It’s the opening night of <i>The Golden Egg</i> on Broadway, and wealthy producer <i>Julia Budder</i> is throwing an opening night bash in her Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs in the bedroom, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews. The group includes the excitable playwright; the possibly unstable wunderkind director; the pill-popping leading lady, treading the boards after becoming infamous in Hollywood; and the playwright’s best friend, for whom the play was written but who passed up this production for a television series. Add to this a drama critic who’s panned the playwright in the past and a new-in-town aspiring singer, and you have a prime recipe for the narcissism, ambition, childishness, and just plain irrationality that infuse the theatre—and for comedy. But don’t worry: This play is sure to be the hit they have all been hoping for!</span><em><o:p></o:p></em></p><p class=MsoTitle style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><i><span style='color:black'>It’s Only A Play </span></i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>features Mark Leinung as playwright </span><i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Peter Austin</span></i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>, Constance Lopez as producer </span><i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Julia Budder</span></i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>, Brian Yorck as theater critic </span><i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Ira Drew</span></i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>, Bill Solley as director </span><i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Frank Finger,</span></i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'> Jackie DiGorgis as star actor </span><i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Virginia Noyes</span></i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>, Fred Sirois as best friend </span><i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>James Wicker,</span></i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'> and Karissa Payson as fresh off the farm hired-help </span><i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>Augusta (Gus) Head</span></i><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>. </span><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><span style='color:black'>The final performances of <b><i>It’s Only A Play </i></b>are comong up this weekend on May 17<sup>th</sup>, 18<sup>th</sup> & 19<sup>th</sup>, 2024. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees are at 3pm. The comfortable & intimate Marilyn & Bob Laurie Gallery at the Claverack Library is located at 629 NY-23B, Claverack, NY 12513, right on the corner of Rt. 23 & Rt. 9H. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for Students & Seniors. Please call for Group Rates. For advance reservations visit <a href="http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org"><span style='color:black'>www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org</span></a> or call 518-758-1648. Make your reservations early for the best seats on the date you want! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><span style='color:black'>The Two Of Us Productions is well known throughout the Hudson Valley for presenting quality theater, both musicals and dramas. Their recent productions of <i>Cabaret, Blithe Spirit, The Lady And The Clarinet, Sweeney Todd, A Shayna Maidel, Chicago, Les Miserables, next to normal, Deathtrap, </i>and <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i> were all recognized by the Theatre Association of NYS with multiple awards, including <i>outstanding work by the company, outstanding performance by the orchestra, excellence in direction, </i>and many <i>individual actor awards</i>.<i> </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>These performances are supported with funds from <i>Hudson River Bank & Trust Foundation</i>, <i>Stewart’s Shops</i>, <i>Bank of Greene County</i>, <i>Rheinstrom Hill Community Foundation</i>, <i>Greylock Federal Credit Union</i>, <i>Key Bank Foundation</i> and <i>The Ackerman Fund</i>. This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature and administered in Columbia County by the Columbia County Council on the Arts dba. CREATE Council for the Arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>