<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Canton <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1274109587_0">Comic Opera Company</span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Seeking Female and Male Ensemble Members</span></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: x-large; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: 800;"></span></font>for </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007F40"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">THE WIZARD OF OZ</font></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><i><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00"><br></font></font></i></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00">The original 1903 Musical Extravaganza </font></font></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00">by L. Frank Baum and Paul Tietjens</font></font></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></i></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-weight: 800; ">THE WIZARD OF OZ will be performed <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1274109587_3" style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; ">on July 10, </span>2010 at the Canton Palace Theatre</span></i></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center;
"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;">Rehearsals start May 25th. Minimal rehearsal schedule. </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00">Don't miss the chance to be a part of this historic production of one of the </font></i></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00">most successful musical comedies of all time! </font></i></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00"><br></font></i></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#7F3F00">First production with orchestra in over 80 years!</font></i></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: large; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">For more information email <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new
york', times, serif"><a href="cantoncomicopera@yahoo.com">cantoncomicopera@yahoo.com</a></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif"> </font></span></font></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cantoncomicoperaco.com "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1274109587_4">www.cantoncomicoperaco.com</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"> </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b><br></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">While entirely forgotten today, the 1903 THE WIZARD OF OZ was one of the most successful musical comedies of the turn of the century and firmly cemented the timeless story and characters in the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1274109587_5">hearts and minds</span> of the American public, 37 years before the widely known MGM film. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">The Canton Comic Opera Company is a non-profit theatre company, based in Canton, Ohio, dedicated to the preservation and performance of American operettas. Founded and incorporated in 2003 by executive director, Joseph N. Rubin, the Canton <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1274109587_6">Comic Opera Company</span> is a <b>volunteer-based</b> organization providing talented singers and musicians in the Northeastern Ohio community with the opportunity to perform in operetta productions. The Canton Comic Opera Company is the
only theatre company in the world dedicated solely to the performance of historic American operettas. </font></span></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></font></div></b></span><b></b></div></span></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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