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Arts and Entertainment

Twisty Plot, Reversed Roles In “Blood Relations”

 When The Actress (Jessica Quindlen, right) asks Lizzy Borden (Courtney Bennett, left) if she really committed the sensational murders of her family in 1892, a game follows where Lizzy asks The Actress to play a younger version of the accused murderer (herself), while Lizzy plays a maid guiding The Actress through that fateful night.

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Arts and Entertainment

Student Director Aims to Entertain, Engage Audience With ‘Blood Relations’

The psychological thriller "Blood Relations" unfolds when The Actress (played by Jessica Quindlen, above) asks the infamous Lizzy Borden whether she committed the 1892 murders that captivated the world. The SUNY Oswego student honors production, directed by senior theatre major Keegan Bushey, will open Nov. 18 in Tyler Hall's lab theatre.The production, which will open Nov. 18 in Tyler Hall’s lab theatre, taps the story of the infamous Lizzy Borden, accused of killing her father and stepmother with a hatchet in 1892. The psychological thriller unfolds when, years later, Lizzy (played by Courtney Bennett) is asked by a character known simply as The Actress (Jessica Quindlen) whether she committed the sensational murders.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Deficit Looms as Inaction Presides

I can summarize last week’s trip to Albany in one word: frustrating. It’s not easy to bring both the State Senate and Assembly together on relatively short notice for a special session like the one called by the Governor on Nov. 10. If results were the outcome, it would have been well worth the time. However, our efforts were mostly in vain last week.

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