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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Monky
Business” to Happen on Hudson Players’ Stage<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Musical Comedy filled
with Monks, Music and Mayhem to be presented in February, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Hudson Players
are preparing to bring <i>Monky Business</i> to stage at the Barlow Community
Center and the result will be a good time for all. The musical comedy with a
book by Todd Mueller and music and lyrics by Gregg Opelka will be presented
February 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26 & 27 and offers plenty of monks
mayhem and merriment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Featuring monks,
mayhem and merriment, the show takes its audience on journey that includes
poisoned venison-and-whipped-cream pie, a radio mystery, a zany ventriloquist
act, a witty Abbot-and-Costello-inspired routine about faith, a minor miracle
and plenty of great, hummable songs. It all takes place as five fun-loving
monks battle good against evil during a radiothon fundraiser to keep a
developer from turning their monastery into a casino, the Brothers take turns
singing and performing vaudeville routines in an effort to raise $250,000 to
save the monastery. This hilarious hit musical is a la "Nunsense."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monky
Business is part of the Hudson Player 65<sup>th</sup> anniversary season which
is sponsored in part by The Hudson Community Foundation and The Hudson Rotary. </span><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Tickets are
available now at <a href="http://www.hudsonplayers.com">www.hudsonplayers.com</a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“This
is a great show for not only the entire family to enjoy, but it’s one
that can also be enjoyed with friends, church groups, bowling teams and
more,” said Gary Maher, Hudson Players board member. “What we are
trying to say is that the humor is fun and topical and that the musical and
talent is very engaging. We’re confident it is going to be a ‘not
to be missed’ production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Hudson
Players have also brought back their popular Dinner and Show Package for this
event. For one low price of $59, theater goers will get two tickets to the show
and dinner for two at Hudson’s Restaurant on the Green. Additional
details are available by calling the theater’s box office number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monky
Business </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>is
being directed by Matty Sayer, with music direction by Keith Stiver and is
produced by Adam and Debi Young. The show features Steve Ryan, Eric Oswald,
Roger Clary, Frank Lidand Brian Pichola <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h6><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Performance dates are
February 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26 & 27. Tickets are $12 and are
available now via the web at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.hudsonplayers.com/">www.HudsonPlayers.com</a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> or by calling 330-655-8522. Curtain
time is 8 p.m. (except for the February 21 performance which is a special 2
p,m. matinee) Group, student and senior discounts are available. <o:p></o:p></span></h6>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Hudson Players are located
right in the heart of Hudson, Ohio in the Barlow Community Center and </span><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>are one of
the area’s longest running community theaters currently celebrating their
64<sup>th</sup> Season. With a rich history of great shows, community
involvement and an ultra-friendly performing environment the group embodies its
unofficial slogan of “good shows, good friends, and good times. Up next
will be the jazzy, award winning musical comedy “City of Angels.”</span><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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