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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Visionaries-</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
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Below is a press release about the 2005-06 season of plays produced by <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Sirius Idaho Theatre
<www.siriusidahotheatre.com></span></i>. The season begins with <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Beauty Queen of Leenane</span></i> by Martin
McDonagh which runs September 8-10 and 15-17, 2005. We are enthusiastic about
this season and want to share this news with you and those with whom you
communicate.<br>
<br>
John Dickinson<br>
Chair, Board of Directors<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sirius Idaho Theatre</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold'>For immediate release</span></font></b><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'> - August 15, 2005<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Contact: Pam Palmer, Managing Artistic Director <a
href="mailto:ppalmer@moscow.com">ppalmer@moscow.com</a> 208-596-2270<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond;font-style:italic'>Sirius Idaho Theatre</span></font></i><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'> announces a season full of
powerful and entertaining plays, with three productions scheduled at the
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>
and two staged readings of plays at special locations. – <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Beauty Queen of Leenane</span></i>, by Martin
McDonagh, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Guys</span></i>, by Anne
Nelson (staged reading), <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sight Unseen</span></i>,
by Donald Margulies, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A Walk in the Woods</span></i>,
by Lee Blessing, and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Collected Stories</span></i>,
by Donald Margulies (staged reading).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>While the premiere season of <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Sirius Idaho Theatre</span></i> focused on new plays (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Pyretown</span></i> by John Belluso and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Random Acts of Love</span></i> by <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Bruce Gooch</st1:PersonName>), the second season is filled with award
winning plays from <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Beauty
Queen of Leenane</span></font></i></b><b><font face=Garamond><span
style='font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold'>, by Martin McDonagh<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Garamond'>September 8 - 10 & 15 -17, 2005 at 7:30 pm, and
Saturday matinees September 10 & 17 at 2:00 pm, at the Kenworthy Performing
Arts Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Set in rural, western <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>, McDonagh’s story is
disturbingly moving, yet extraordinarily funny and suspenseful. The Broadway
production won four Tony awards in 1998. This production is directed by Forrest
Sears. The cast includes: Pam Palmer, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Valerie McIlroy</st1:PersonName>,
Peter Aylward, and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Michael Carpenter</st1:PersonName>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Guys</span></font></i></b><b><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold'>, by Anne
Nelson</span></font></b><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>
(staged reading)<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoHeader><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>October 14 & 15, 2005 at 7:30 pm, at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place> downtown Fire
Station.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>This
poignant play, based on a true story of firefighters, will be performed during
Fire Prevention Week at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>’s
historic downtown fire station as a fundraiser for the Moscow Volunteer Fire
Department. In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>,
this production began with Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver and tells a story
about the men and women who protect us with their lives. (A staged reading is a
production that uses minimal sets, costumes and movement.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Sight Unseen</span></font></i></b><b><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold'>, by Donald
Margulies<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>February 2 - 4 & 9 -11, 2006 at 7:30 pm and Saturday
matinees February 4 & 11 at 2:00 pm, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts
Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>This
intriguing play offers a glimpse into the energies necessary to create great
works of art and also urges us to question how people and circumstances in our
lives nourish or inhibit love. This play won the Obie award for Best New
American Play in 1992.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Garamond'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>A Walk in the
Woods</span></font></i></b><b><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:
Garamond;font-weight:bold'>, by Lee Blessing<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoHeader><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>April 7 - 8 & 14 - 15, 2006 at 7:30 pm and Saturday
matinees April 8 & 15 at 2:00 pm, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>With
the cold war decades behind us, this timely play follows the differences
dividing two arms negotiators while we look for the humanity that binds them,
and us, together. This play was nominated for both the Tony Award and Pulitzer
Prize in 1988.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Collected
Stories</span></font></i></b><b><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:
Garamond;font-weight:bold'>, by Donald Margulies</span></font></b><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'> (staged reading)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Date and Location to be announced<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>This
complex play chronicles the conflict between a celebrated short-story writer
and “her student turned confidante turned competitor.” It
investigates aspects of plagiarism and student-teacher relationships. This
reading is being planned in conjunction with the University of Idaho English
Department.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>This engaging and exciting second season with <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Sirius Idaho Theatre</span></i> is full of award
winning plays that you will not want to miss. Support and insure the
continuation of riveting theatre by purchasing tickets soon. For more
information, visit <a href="http://www.SiriusIdahoTheatre.com/">www.SiriusIdahoTheatre.com</a>
or stop by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>’s
Farmers’ Market.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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