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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Contact: Constance Lopez (office) 518-329-6293 (cell) 518-610-2896<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'> “GIRL WITH A CAMERA” – a new work by author Byron Nilsson “<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>COPAKE, NY –Constance Lopez & Lora Lee Ecobelli are pleased to announce the upcoming production of <b><i>Girl With A Camera, </i></b>a new work by Byron Nilsson<b> opening Friday, May 9<sup>th</sup>, 2025 at the Claverack Free Library.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:45.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>How does a creative artist come to terms with sudden fame? Photographer <i>Ivy Wilmot</i> found success as a photo-journalist but became a public figure when she married a movie star. As the marriage unraveled, so too did her career. There was another man in love with her – but he was the FBI agent investigating her father. <b><i><span style='color:black'>Girl With A Camera</span></i></b> shows us a <b><span style='color:#2F5496'>life that couldn’t be constrained in the borders of a photograph.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Girl With A Camera </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>will open Friday, May 9, 2025 and performs May 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, closing Sunday May 18, 2025. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances, curtain is at 7:30 pm, Sunday curtain is 3:00 pm. For tickets and reservations please call (518) 758-1648. </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#080809;background:white;mso-ligatures:none'>This production is being presented under the auspices of the Actors' Equity Association Members' Project Code. The producers are grateful for the collaboration of The Claverack Free Library, Blue Horse Repertory Company and RARE, Inc/The Two of Us Productions.</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>The cast for <b><i>Girl With A Camera </i></b>includes Constance Lopez as photographer <i>Ivy Wilmot</i>; Linda Storms as Ivy’s high school teacher <i>Jeanne Morris</i>, a frequent needy visitor in Ivy’s life; Andrew Joffe as <i>Julius Wilmot</i>, Ivy’s father, a well-respected optical & electronics engineer; Steve Leifer as <i>Lester Borders</i>, an FBI agent with his own artistic pursuits; Lora Lee Ecobelli as <i>Nancy Rosetti</i>, a photo editor as Harper’s Bazaar magazine; and, Jonathan Tarpy as Ivy’s troubled movie star husband <i>Marc French</i>. This production is being directed by Stephen Sanborn. Author Byron Nilsson is collaborating in this production and will be holding talkbacks immediately following the performances on Friday, May 9<sup>th</sup> and Thursday, May 15<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Co-Producer Lora Lee Ecobelli is an award winning actress, filmmaker, writer, director and teacher. As an actress, Lora Lee has performed both On and Off-Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the country in leading roles from the contemporary to the classics. She can also be seen in many independent films and television. Lora Lee is the recipient of the Harold Clurman award for best leading actress in an Off Broadway Play for her performance in <i>The Vice</i> by Luigi Pirandello. Lora Lee is also a writer, director and film maker and the Artistic Director of the Blue Horse Repertory Company. Lora Lee is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Co-Producer Constance Lopez is an actress, director and young children’s theater educator. She has performed in classics, musicals and contemporary dramas and comedies both regionally and Off Broadway, originating the roles of Natalya Puskin in <i>Pushkin – A Poet’s Search for Honor</i> and Pauline in <i>The Widow and the West Indian Workman</i>. Connie has also appeared in a variety of films and television. She is the Artistic Director for RARE, Inc/The Two of Us Productions. Connie is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Author Byron Nilsson is an active writer and stage performer. As an actor he has worked with the NYS Theatre Institute, appearing in <i>1776, Miracle on 34th Street, A Wonderful Life, Fiorello!, Around the World in 80 Days, </i>and with many other companies including the Lake George Opera, Syracuse Opera, and Musicians of Ma’alwyck. Byron also presents a cabaret show with pianist Malcolm Kogut, </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.songstoamuse.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style='color:black'>Songs to Amuse</span></i></a><span style='color:black'> which does, they hope, just that, presenting an array of funny and forgotten ditties that reach back to vaudeville and music-hall days. As a script & music writer some of his produced shows include </span><a href="http://www.mr-sensitivity.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style='color:black'>Mr. Sensitivity</span></i></a><span style='color:black'> as part of the 2009 NY Fringe Festival; <i>Drivers </i>at Ensemble Studio Theatre; the one-act musical <i>iFind You @ Last </i>with music by Tom Savoy; and his cantata <i>Buxtehude’s Daughter with </i>the Musicians of Ma’alwyck. Byron is a member of Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and the Dramatists Guild.<o:p></o:p></span></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='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><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='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>