[Capdist-announce] A MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS (John & Abigail Adams Letters) Feb. 16 at SCP

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Wed Jan 29 11:07:27 EST 2020



	JOHN & ABIGAIL ADAMS LETTERS PROVIDE FOCUS OF _A MARRIAGE OF TRUE
MINDS_ AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS  

	 THE LETTERS OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS, WRITTEN TO EACH OTHER DURING
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,  PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY LOVE
STORY,  _A MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS_, A PLAY BY MARTIN P. KELLY
SCHEDULED FOR ONE SPECIAL PERFORMANCE  SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 AT 2:30 PM
AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS, 12 SO. CHURCH ST. SCHENECTADY.    

	 OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, 1774 TO 1784, THE HEIGHT OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, JOHN AND ABIGAIL WROTE MORE THAN ELEVEN HUNDRED LETTERS
THAT STILL EXIST TODAY. AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT MARTIN P. KELLY SEARCHED
THROUGH MORE THAN 200 OF THEIR LETTERS. HE EXCERPTED THEIR ACTUAL
WORDS, COMPRESSED FIVE YEARS OF TIME AND SPACE, AND WOVE A BRIEF
PORTRAYAL OF THIS MAGNIFICENT COUPLE THE PLAY REFLECTS AT LEAST 95% OF
THEIR ACTUAL WORDS.  

	  DURING THOSE TEN YEARS, FUTURE PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS -- AS A MEMBER
OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS, AS A LEADER IN WRITING THE DECLARATION OF
LNDEPENDENCE -- SPENT ALMOST SEVEN YEARS SEPARATED FROM HIS WIFE,
ABIGAIL, WHILE CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT.  

	 THE MAIN STAGE PRODUCTION FEATURES BILL HICKMAN (AS JOHN ADAMS) AND
RITA RUSSELL (AS ABIGAIL ADAMS) WHO HAVE PERFORMED THE PLAY THROUGHOUT
THE CAPITAL REGION AND THE NORTHEAST INCLUDING  THE ADAMS’
BIRTHPLACE AND HOME OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.  

	 ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS PERFORMANCE BENEFIT SCHENECTADY CIVIC
PLAYERS’ CENTENNIAL FUND. THE $15 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET INCLUDES
A COMPLEMENTARY POST-PERFORMANCE DESSERT RECEPTION IN THE GREEN ROOM.
PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE AT WWW.CIVICPLAYERS.ORG [1]  CALL 
518-382-2081.  OR BUY AT THE DOOR BEFORE PERFORMANCE.   

	# # # # # # # # #  

	_(NOTE: ATTACHED PHOTO SHOWS BILL HICKMAN AND RITA RUSSELL (AS JOHN &
ABIGAIL ADAMS) __  _

Links:
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[1] http://www.civicplayers.org/

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