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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Old English Text MT';">The Hudson River Shakespeare Company</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kathleen Daly, General Manager</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Andrew J. Daly, Artistic Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">66 Mountainview Drive</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hudson Falls</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, NY 12839</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(518)747-4418</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="mailto:hrsc1999@aol.com">hrsc1999@aol.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">hudsonrivershakespeare.org </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Old English Text MT';">The Hudson River Shakespeare Company </span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">begins its 24<sup>th</sup> season with auditions for its spring production of <strong><em>The Petrified Forest </em></strong>by Robert Emmet Sherwood on Wednesday, April 24, at 7 pm at the United Methodist Church, 227 Main Street, Hudson Falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No previous experience or prepared material is necessary however it is important to be on time.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -9.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The plot revolves around Gabby, a young woman who lives and works in her father’s diner on the edge of the Petrified Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; letter-spacing: .4pt; background: white;">She wants to go and live with her mother in France. Along comes Alan, a broke poet with no will to live, who is traveling to see the Pacific, and maybe to drown in it. Meanwhile Duke Mantee, a notorious killer, and his gang are heading towards the diner where Mantee plans on meeting up with his girl.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rehearsals for this production will take place evenings, 6 pm to 9 pm, Monday through Thursday, May 6 - 30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be four performances, May 31 and June 1 at 8:00 PM and June 1 and 2 at 2:00 PM at The Strand Theater, 210 Main Street in Hudson Falls.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Please call 518-747-4418, email <a href="mailto:hrsc1999@aol.com">hrsc1999@aol.com</a> or check our Facebook page for additional information.</span></p>
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