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Spring Break '08
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Here's what's on the rest of the itinerary...
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The exciting premiere of...
Oddly Enough
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April 4
@ Unison Arts Center
MMSC and Actors & Writers,
together again for the first time.
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Rick, Casablanca
The beginning of a beautiful collaboration and the premiere of a new issue of Vanguard Voices of the Hudson Valley, entitled Actors & Writers: Odd Shorts, featuring a collection of short plays highlighting the last fourteen years of the Actors & Writers Shorts Festival.
Read more...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning
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April 11 & 12
@ Unison Arts CenterCan your marriage survive your best friend's divorce?
In this funny and poignant piece, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies weighs the costs of breaking up and of staying together - with wit, compassion, and consummate skill. Read more...
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The Ideal Orator 1904
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May 24
@ St. Andrew's Church
An evening of elocution,
recitations profound & comical, patriotic and historical.
Read more...
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June 7
@ St. Andrew's Church
English poets Coleridge, Southey and Wordsworth lived in England's "Lake District" in the late 1700's and early 1800's. The best of the Poets of the Lake read by the best of MMSC readers.
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| Chekhov Mini-Festival
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June 20, 21, 27 & 28
@ Unison Arts CenterA two week-end event celebrating the masterworks of Anton Chekhov including performances of A Reluctant Tragic Hero, On The Harmful Effects of Tobacco and The Three Sisters. 
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Greetings!
March is finally here. And all of the good folks at MMSC are packed and ready to take off on our Spring Break '08! Won't you join us? Our journey begins with the regional premiere of an award-winning play by Canadian playwright John Mighton. Friday night (3/14) is opening night for a two week-end run of Half Life, a Romeo and Juliet for the retired set. WAIT! There's more. - a look at the rest of MMSC's Spring Break '08.
- and the premiere of a new/old column, Bob Sez. (a new version of a column which was featured in our old paper-version of this newsletter. And despite popular demand, we've chosen to bring it back in electronic form.)
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Next Up...
The regional premiere of
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by John Mighton
Can the heart remember
what the mind has forgotten?
Clara and Patrick meet in a nursing home and fall in love, thinking they are rekindling an old flame. Have they met before? As Clara and Patrick's middle-aged children watch their faltering parents, the older couple rediscovers beauty and love in the twilight of their lives.
Poignant, masterfully understated and surprisingly funny, Half Life is a finely observed and heartfelt look at aging, love, memory and what makes us human.
Read more...Directed by Christine Crawfis Featuring William Connors, Ruth Berg, Barbara McMahon Scanlan, Elizabeth Barrows, Rosemarie Navarra, Douglas Woolley and Paul Coleman March 14, 15, 21 & 22 Unison Arts SAVE A SEAT!
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A New Newsletter Feature
Bob Sez
 A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference on new technologies and had my eyes opened big time. While I realize that many of our esteemed audience members are technologically savvy, some of us are still struggling to come to terms with the phone-answering machine. So, as a public service, I thought I would offer a primer in one of the biggest tech sensations to come down the Information Superhighway since Al Gore invented it.
As you know, MMSC is based on that ancient communication paradigm of people sitting in the same real space actually saying things to another real person and then responding in real time.
But there is a whole new world out there, literally. It's a 3D virtual world called Second Life (SL). I've known of the existence of this phenomenon for some time but thought it was primarily a place where technogeeks played games with each other; or that when people told you to "Get a Life," that's where you went.
But No. Second Life is a virtual world accessed through the Internet (www.secondlife.com), populated by over 12 million residents who socialize, develop relationships and have sex (although I think I prefer the old fashioned way), conduct business and get an education. Some real world entities that have a presence on SL are Dell, the BBC, IBM, and Addidas as well as universities including Harvard, Princeton, Vassar and NYU.
The first requirement for participating in SL is to create an avatar, which is a virtual representation of yourself. Here is your chance to construct the you that you have always wanted: thinner, taller, shorter, groovier, hairier or boobier, all without nipping, tucking or implanting.
Next you need some cash-in case you want to buy stuff. You simply purchase Linden Dollars (the official currency of SL) at the change rate of 266 LDs to one US dollar. Now you are ready to go. The basic account is free and allows you to travel, shop and attend events. For a premium paid membership, you can buy property, build your dream house and throw parties.
So, will MMSC be giving presentations in Second Life anytime soon? Well. We're thinking about it. Our Director of Advance Performance Technologies is checking into this and will report back as soon a he figures out how to log onto the Internet.
Stay tuned.
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And remember, until we are able to work out the kinks in our virtual Avatars, MMSC's Spring Break '08 Season will be presented the old-fashioned way - on stools, with stands and in person.
Join us for Half Life. You won't regret it.
Sincerely,
Bob and all of the good folks at MMSC
Robert Miller, Producing Director
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