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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:black;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The Spitfire Grill</span></font></u></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;
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14.0pt;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:
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at </span></font></b><st1:time Hour="18" Minute="45"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4 color=black><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
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size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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:
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size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Vischer Ferry
Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=4 color=black><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> Sign-ups begin at </span></font><st1:time
Hour="18" Minute="45"><font size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:black'>6:45 p.m.</span></font></st1:time><font size=4 color=black><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;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=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Synopsis</span></font></u></b><font size=4
color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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 size=4
color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Wisconsin</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> and finds a
place for herself working at Hannah'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
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Gilead</span></font></st1:place><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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' 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=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The
Spitfire Grill</span></font></i></b><font size=4 color=black><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt;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
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>The Characters</span></font></u></b><u><font size=4 color=black><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>:</span></font></u><font size=4
color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;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 size=4 color=black><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> (f.
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color:black'>, thwarted by </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=4
color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Shelby</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>’s husband <b
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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'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;
mso-line-height-alt:13.4pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><u><font size=4 color=black><span
lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Critique:</span></font></u><font
size=4 color=black><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;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'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<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
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=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
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=4 color="#006666" face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#006666'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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