Standard Introduction

This introduction, or the information in it, must be read before each performance.

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Sam Scripps Theater at the Center for Performing Arts. Please note the exits to your left and your right. In the event of an emergency, please leave the building through the closest exit. Please do not bring food or drink into the theater or photograph the performance. If you have a cell phone or beeper, please make it silent. The Center is sponsored, in part, by the SHS Foundation, The Hudson Valley Artists Foundation, The Weintraub Family, Dutchess County Arts Council, The Community Foundation of Dutchess County, The New York State Council on the Arts, and the many individuals, families, businesses, and foundations who are members of the Center.  And now, the Center is proud to present...

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And now, thanks to the generous support of (current sponsor), the Center is proud to present...