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height:57pt'> <v:imagedata src="Absan_press_files/image001.jpg" o:title="NQO logo dancers test"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=195 height=57 src="Absan_press_files/image002.jpg" alt="File written by Adobe Photoshop&reg; 5.0" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2591 33rd Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>San Francisco, CA 94116<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Telephone: 1.415.385.7293 or 1.415.385.7289<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.notquiteopera.org/">www.notquiteopera.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none'><span style='mso-tab-count:4'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>TODAY&#8217;S DATE: August 15, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>September 14 through October 14, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PRESS CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>John Doherty<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Not Quite Opera Productions, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Telephone: 1.415.385.7289<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>email: publicity@notquiteopera.org</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt; 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-- Four &quot;typical&quot; San Franciscans, stranded on a broken down cable car, engage in a funny and heartfelt musical romp about their lives, their city and the modern booms and busts of the Golden West.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><b><u>VENUE</u></b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Phoenix Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>414 Mason Street between Post and Geary<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>San Francisco, CA<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>94102<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><b><u>SHOW DATES:<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Opens Thursday, September 14 and runs until Saturday, October 14, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><b><u>RESERVATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tickets are $25 - $30<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>415-682-0159 or visit our web site http://www.notquiteopera.org<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial'><b>FULL RELEASE<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial'><b>______________________________________<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:196.5pt center 3.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:195pt;height:57pt'> <v:imagedata src="Absan_press_files/image001.jpg" o:title="NQO logo dancers test"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=195 height=57 src="Absan_press_files/image003.jpg" alt="File written by Adobe Photoshop&reg; 5.0" v:shapes="_x0000_i1026"><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;tab-stops:196.5pt center 3.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2591 33rd Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>San Francisco, CA 94116<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Telephone: 1.415.385.7293 or 1.415.385.7289<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.notquiteopera.org/">www.notquiteopera.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none'><span style='mso-tab-count:4'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>TODAY&#8217;S DATE: August 15, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PRESS CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>John Doherty<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Not Quite Opera Productions, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Telephone: 1.415.385.7289<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>email: john@notquiteopera.org<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>No Hats<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <h3 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&quot;Absolutely San Francisco&#8221; takes the lid off the City by the Bay<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Up and down, boom and bust, for all its Victorian charm, life in San Francisco is a trip of fast, steep climbs and sudden, precipitous drops. From the Gold Rush to the 1906 'Quake, from the War Boom to the 'Sixties (what a rush) to the dot-com boom, the City attracts seekers of all kinds, shakes them in its San Andreas fault gold pan and leaves a curious set of nuggets behind: as bohemian in spirit as they are realistic with a buck.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>In the original musical review, &#8220;Absolutely San Francisco,&#8221; four typical San Franciscans, stranded on a broken down cable car, engage in a funny and heartfelt romp about their lives, their city and the modern booms and busts of the Golden West</span><span style='font-family:Arial'>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&#8220;Absolutely San Francisco&#8221; explores the lives of people instantly recognizable to those who call the Bay Area home: Terry Rucker as the ex-hippie billionaire &quot;Dav-o&quot; in search of sensitivity, Karen Hirst as a lovelorn homeless woman -- known only by the moniker &quot;Harry's Wife&quot; -- obsessed with Gavin Newsom (&#8220;his kind of care is better than cash.&#8221;), Kal Berns as &quot;Jeffrey&quot;, a Gay &quot;divorcee&quot; who devotes his life to fine wine, and Melissa Wong-Renati as &quot;Grace - a Chinese immigrant souvenir shopkeeper for whom motherhood has gone sadly awry. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Opening on September 14, 2006, at the Phoenix Theatre, 414 Mason Street, &quot;Absolutely San Francisco&quot; is a collaboration of writer-composers Chuck Ver Burg, Brad Erickson, Dwight Okamura, Diane Sampson and Not Quite Opera's Artistic Director Anne Doherty woven together in a book written and directed by Anne Doherty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>&quot;I see &#8216;Absolutely San Francisco&#8217; as a love note to the city from an outsider,&quot; says Anne, a Chicago native who came to live here in the late 90's. &#8220;Each character is someone found only in The City &#8211; despite the fact that so many San Franciscans have migrated here from somewhere else. San Francisco is a city of dreamers who &#8211; for better or worse - suffer consequences for refusing to accept anything less than total fulfillment of their passions.&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Anne Doherty is the Founder and Artistic Director of Not Quite Opera Productions, a theatre company devoted to the development of original musical theatre by local artists. Her original plays and musicals have been performed in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. Brad Erikson is the Executive Director of Theatre Bay Area as well as a playwright and author of several opera libretti, including &#8220;Burning Louise,&#8221; which he penned with Dwight Okamura. Dwight, co-composer for &quot;Absolutely San Francisco,&quot; is a local musical treasure, in addition to being the pianist of choice for visiting touring companies, he is the composer of musicals, modern operas and various contemporary music. Diane Sampson is a local playwright (a member of Playground) and lyricist, best known for her original revue &#8220;Oh, Progeny.&#8221; Chuck Ver Berg, originally from the Bay Area, is a prolific composer and lyricist whose most recent musical, &#8220;Buns,&#8221; just received its world premier at the Musical Theatre Workshop is Los Angeles. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Musical theatre enthusiasts wanting to donate or become involved with the company can check out the website: <a href="http://www.notquiteopera.org/">www.notquiteopera.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>####<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:196.5pt center 3.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>