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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#000000 size=5>We are pleased to announce </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="arial black,avant garde" color=#000000 size=5>The Illusion Factory's 2009-2010 Touring Season </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms,sand" color=#800080 size=5><U>IF YOU TAKE A MOUSE TO SCHOOL</U></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="comic sans ms,sand" color=#800080 size=3>Enjoy the charming, hilarious adaptation of the Laura Numerof<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>children’s bestseller, “If You Take A Mouse To School”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This play is about a young boy who takes a mouse to school, and how the day’s events tumult into hilarity and hijinks!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Adapted by Ernie Nolan for the Emerald City Theatre of Chicago, IL, the play is for preschools through grades five, and is produced to teach sequential thinking, problem solving, and responsibility.</FONT></P><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face="book antiqua,palatino" size=3> </FONT></o:p><o:p><FONT face="book antiqua,palatino" size=3> </FONT></o:p><o:p><FONT size=3><FONT face="book antiqua,palatino"> </FONT></FONT></o:p><o:p><FONT size=3>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#008000><FONT face=georgia,palatino>Our second production, “Troubled Waters”, is by award-winner Brian Kral.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This play, for fifth through twelfth graders, is based on an actual happening which took place in 1982 in the Florida Everglades.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is about an overpopulation of deer, a planned “mercy kill”, and how one family is affected by the events.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The play is designed to open up lively discussion afterwards regarding the same problem we share in Ohio, and especially our very own Cuyahoga Valley.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P><o:p><FONT face="book antiqua,palatino" color=#008000 size=3> </FONT></o:p><o:p><FONT face="book antiqua,palatino" size=3> </FONT></o:p><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p><FONT face="book antiqua,palatino"> </FONT><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p><FONT face="book antiqua,palatino"> </FONT><o:p></o:p><FONT face="book antiqua,palatino"> </FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="arial black,avant garde" color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>RESIDENCY WORKSHOPS</STRONG></FONT></P><o:p><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#000000 size=3>Book early for a day-long event of educational and enlightening workshops followed by a production!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The cast of either show can arrive early in the morning with its 3-5 actors, set up, and teach 12-20 workshops (30 minutes in length).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then the entire school can see the production of their choice in the afternoon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The workshops are relevant to the productions, and meet Ohio’s educational content standards.</FONT></P><o:p><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p><o:p><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#000000 size=3>Call 330-836-1353 or email <A href="mailto:barbaraballance@theillusionfactory.com" mce_href="mailto:barbaraballance@theillusionfactory.com">barbaraballance@theillusionfactory.com</A> now for your choice of dates and times.</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></body></html>