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<p class=MsoHeader><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Visionaries- <br>
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Below is a press release about <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Beauty
Queen of Leenane</span></i> by Martin McDonagh, the first play of the 2005-06
season from <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sirius Idaho Theatre</span></i>.
The play runs September 8-10 and 15-17, 2005 in the Kenworthy Performing Arts
Centre in Moscow, Idaho. Full details are contained in the press release below.
We are enthusiastic about this play 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<br>
</span></i>Moscow, Idaho<i><span style='font-style:italic'><br>
<br>
</span></i></span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'><br>
</span></i><b><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond;font-weight:
bold'>For immediate release</span></font></b><font face=Garamond><span
style='font-family:Garamond'> - August 18, 2005<br>
Contact: John Dickinson, Chair, Board of Directors, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Sirius Idaho Theatre</span></i>, <a href="mailto:johnd@moscow.com">johnd@moscow.com</a>
208-301-4361 www.SiriusIdahoTheatre.com<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'><br>
Sirius Idaho Theatre</span></i> presents <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>The Beauty Queen of Leenane</span></i>, by Martin McDonagh</b>,
the first play of the 2005-06 season, with evening performances on September 8
- 10 & 15 -17, 2005 at 7:30 pm, and with Saturday matinees on September 10
& 17 at 2:00 pm. All performances are at the Kenworthy Performing Arts
Centre. Ticket prices for <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Beauty Queen
of Leenane</span></i> are $15 for Adults, $10 for Seniors, and $5 for Students.
Tickets can be purchased at BookPeople of Moscow (521 S. Main St.), at the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Sirius Idaho Theatre</span></i> ironing board at
Moscow's Farmers' Market every Saturday from 8:00 am until noon, and at the
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre an hour before each performance. If you would
like to purchase tickets and have them sent to you, email or call John
Dickinson (johnd@moscow.com, 208-301-4361).<br>
<br>
Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>The Beauty Queen of Leenane</span></i> tells the darkly comic tale of
Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag her
manipulative ageing mother whose interference in Maureen's first and
potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that is
as extraordinarily funny as it is horrific. The Broadway production of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Beauty Queen of Leenane</span></i> won four Tony
awards in 1998. The playwright, Martin McDonagh, had four plays produced during
the 1998 London season and he is the first playwright since William Shakespeare
to accomplish this feat. This production is directed by Forrest Sears. The cast
includes: Pam Palmer, Valerie McIlroy, Peter Aylward, and Michael Carpenter.<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> The Beauty Queen of Leenane</span></i> contains
strong themes that may offend some audience members.</span></font><br>
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