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his experiences in small theaters around New York City, Paprzycki knew exactly what he wanted. He asked for 96 seats, so they remained below the first tier for Equity. He got a beautiful dressing room and a great green room. Most importantly, he got 3 stories of fly space, something unheard of for a theater of this size. In September 2010, the South Camden Theatre Company marked the opening of their sixth season in the brand new Waterfront South Theatre with “Last Rites,” the play that started it all. The new theater was the perfect vehicle for Paprzycki’s mission. As a playwright himself, he made sure the theater had a relatively unique goal. He wanted to produce new plays at the theater and also present works by the best playwrights in history. He just didn’t want to do the same plays that everyone else was doing. “I don’t want to do the plays that everybody knows,” said Paprzycki. “I’m going to do a play that allows you to see another side of a great playwright. Hopefully you’ll go ‘Wow, that Camden company does stuff I’ve never heard of’ and hopefully we do it well enough Visit us online at http://www.NewJerseyStage.com pg 87