<div dir="ltr">Good afternoon everyone, <div>For those of you that were either at the October chapter meeting or on zoom, you may remember that I mentioned an upcoming opportunity for you to see an audio described play that I am participating in. </div><div>The play is called the Contrast. It is put on by a theatre company for the disabled that I have been acting with for years, called Acting Without Boundaries. </div><div>The play will take place at the SeaPort Museum, which is centrally located in the city of Philadelphia. </div><div>Below you will find the official announcement detailing everything you need to know. </div><div> <br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Acting Without Boundaries will perform <u>The Contrast</u>,
a play with music, at the Seaport Museum on November 6th at 2:00 PM.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u>The Contrast</u> is a comedy that was written in 1787. It
is the first play to be professionally produced in the United States, and it is
the first play written by an American citizen. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Here's how the Metropolitan Playhouse describes this
hilarious comedy: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">"Part call to virtue,
part cautionary tale, the play is all comic satire: sentimental Maria Van
Rough—a young woman becoming dangerously well-read—was engaged as a child to
Billy Dimple, who has recently returned from Europe a conceited playboy.
Loathing Billy’s affections, but bound by her duty, Maria complicates her
dilemma by falling in love with an earnest soldier: Henry Manly (Played by our
own Simon Bonenfant!). Tangling and untangling the quandary on the way to a
(mostly) happy ending are two calculating women, one scheming servant, a naïve
country bumpkin, and the boorish old Father Van Rough himself.</span><span style="font-size:12pt">" </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:10pt">The Contrast </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt">will be performed in conjunction with the Philadelphia
Artists' Collective, and the production will be audio described. Tickets are
free, but a donation is welcome and encouraged. To get tickets and more
information please see the link below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://www.philartistscollective.org/the-contrast.html" style="color:blue">https://www.philartistscollective.org/the-contrast.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Acting Without Boundaries is
a free theater program for actors with physical disabilities. More information
can be found on the website below:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="http://www.actingwithoutboundaries.org/" style="color:blue">http://www.actingwithoutboundaries.org/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><div>I hope you will come out and join us for this one of a kind spectacular performance!</div><div>Thanks and talk soon, </div><div>Simon Bonenfant. </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Secretary, Keystone Chapter</span> </p>
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