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<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if supportFields]><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span></font><![endif]--><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>June 10,
2008</span></span></font><!--[if supportFields]><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></font><![endif]--><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><b><span style='mso-font-kerning:14.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For Immediate
Release<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><u><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:black;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The Spitfire Grill</span></font></u><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> </span></font></i><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Auditions<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Mon., June 23
and Tues., June 24 <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Sign-ups begin
at </span></font></b><st1:time Hour="18" Minute="45"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>6:45 pm</span></font></b></st1:time><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
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12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Location:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><st1:Street><st1:address><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font color=black><span style='color:
black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Shenendehowa Senior
Center Vischer Ferry Road</span></font></b></st1:address></st1:Street><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
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color:black'>Clifton</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Park</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Not
So Common Players</span></b> announce auditions for <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The
Spitfire <span class=GramE>Grill<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='font-style:normal'>June</span></span></span></i> 23 and 24</b> at the <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Shenendehowa Senior Center<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>, </span></span></b></span></font><st1:Street><st1:address><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Vischer Ferry Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> Sign-ups begin at </span></font><st1:time
Hour="18" Minute="45"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>6:45 p.m.</span></font></st1:time><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Synopsis</span></font></u></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>A feisty parolee sets out on a journey to follow her dreams, based on a
picture from an old travel book she saw in prison, to a small town in </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Wisconsin</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> and finds a place for herself working at
Hannah</span></font><st1:PersonName><font color=black><span style='color:black'>'</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>s Spitfire Grill. It is for sale but
there are no takers for the only eatery in the depressed town, so newcomer
Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred
dollars and the person who writes the best essay about </span></font><st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Gilead</span></font></st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> and the Grill wins the grill and
the two-story house attached. Soon, mail is arriving by the
wheelbarrow full and things are definitely cookin</span></font><st1:PersonName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>'</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> at the Spitfire Grill.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><font
size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The
Spitfire Grill</span></font></i></b><font size=2 color=black><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN'> is an American <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theater"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theater"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>musical</span></font></a> with music and book by <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Valcq"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Valcq"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>James Valcq</span></font></a> and lyrics and book by <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Alley"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Alley"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Fred Alley</span></font></a>, based on the film by <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_David_Zlotoff"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_David_Zlotoff"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Lee David Zlotoff</span></font></a>. The <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Broadway"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Broadway"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Off-Broadway</span></font></a> production by <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playwrights_Horizons"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playwrights_Horizons"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Playwrights Horizons</span></font></a> began previews at
the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street on September 7, 2001 and concluded its
scheduled run on October 14, 2001. It won the Richard Rodgers Production Award,
administered by <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>The American Academy of Arts and Letters</span></font></a>.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:13.4pt'><b><u><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The Characters</span></font></u></b><u><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>:</span></font></u><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'>The Spitfire Grill</span></i></b>,
a modern folk tale set in the fictional town of Gilead, Wisconsin gets its
title from the town’s "only place to eat", the Spitfire Grill.
Soon after <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Hannah (f. 60-70)</span></b> grudgingly
gives <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Percy (f. 22-29) </span></b>a job at the
Grill, Hannah is injured and is forced to depend on Percy to keep the Spitfire
open. Percy’s cooking leaves much to be desired and she is
assisted in the kitchen by </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> (f. 30-40)</span></font></b><font
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color=black><span style='color:black'>Shelby</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>’s husband <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Caleb (m.
35-45)</span></b>, courted quietly by <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">parole
officer </font></b></strong><strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Joe
(m. 28-38)</span></font></b></strong>, and gossiped about by the
townspeople, led by the irascible <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Effy (f. 50-60)</span></b>.
By story’s end, all the characters have learned many of life</span></font><st1:PersonName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>'</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>s lessons and achieved “freedom
from their self-imposed imprisonment,” which becomes the play’s
resolution. There is also a <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>“visitor”
played by a male (40-50).<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:13.4pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><u><font size=2 color=black><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Critique:</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=black><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>In <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Magazine"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Magazine"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>New York Magazine</span></font></a>, John Simon wrote,
“It is not often that material moves me to tears, but this was one of
those occasions. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Spitfire Grill</span></i>
has the heart and soul that your <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Producers</span></i>
and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Full Monty</span></i>s cannot begin to
approach. What even in normal times would be a joy is, in these troubled ones,
sheer nourishment.” He later included the show in his “Best of
2001” list. Other critics also commented on the show’s poignancy
vis-à-vis the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11%2C_2001_attacks"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>September 11, 2001 attacks</span></font></a>.
“If after the events of recent weeks you need any reason at all to
embrace life again, the musical you</span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2
color=black><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN'>'</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=black><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN'>ve been waiting for
has arrived. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Spitfire Grill</span></i>
is one of the most heartfelt musicals of recent years, its homespun charms as
inviting as a warm winter blanket” wrote Matthew Murray reviewing the
show for Talkin’ Broadway</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font color=black><span lang=EN style='color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Sponsored by the Town of Clifton Park, production dates are <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>October 31, November 1 & 2 and November 7, 8, <span class=GramE>9 <i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></i><span
style='font-weight:normal'>at</span></span></span></b> the Shen HS East Little
Theater. Don Countermine directs, with musical direction by Vince
Bonafede. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>For more information, contact the director at <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Don
Countermine; <a href="mailto:DONCMINE@aol.com" title="mailto:DONCMINE@aol.com"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>DONCMINE@aol.com</span></font></a> or by
phone @ 373-9701.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#006666" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#006666'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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