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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Near West Theatre’s production of <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><em><b><span style='font-size:48.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#76923C'>Into the Woods </span></b></em><span style='font-size:48.0pt;font-family:Chiller;color:#76923C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>opens this Friday, May 6<sup>th</sup>! </span></strong><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>May 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22</span></strong><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Thurs. Fri. & Sat. performances @ 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Sunday performances @ 3:00 p.m.<br>(Late arrivals will have to wait to be seated.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br>Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Book by James Lapine</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick</span></strong><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Tickets:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Adults:</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>$8 </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Children </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>(12 & under)</span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>:</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>$6 </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Star Seat Tickets: </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>$20<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'> (Star Seat tickets help Near West Theatre keep theatre affordable for all our patrons. Includes a concession coupon!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Purchase Tickets:</span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In advance,</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'> call Near West Box Office: 216-961-6391<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>or </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>purchase online</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'> at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mzwrlkdab&t=5y9hvofab.0.wacsbbeab.mzwrlkdab.907&ts=S0614&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nearwesttheatre.org" target="_blank">www.nearwesttheatre.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Day of Performances</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>, visit Theatre Box Office one hour before curtain time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>(All tickets must be paid for when placing a reservation and will be held at the door. All sales are final. Credit card, check and cash accepted.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Performance Location:</span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>St. Patrick's Club Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>3606 Bridge Ave., 3rd Floor* (Ohio City)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#333333'>*= Currently, our 3rd floor location is not accessible to individuals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#333333'>in wheelchairs or those who have difficulty with stairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Riding Hood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A Witch...who raps? They're all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairy tale. When a Baker and his Wife learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone's wish is finally granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. What begins as a lively irreverent fantasy becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Into the Woods</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'> gets a Near West Theatre twist with staging in-the-round and an expanded company of fairy tale characters (including Snow White's seven dwarfs, Hansel & Gretl, and Pinnochio). It is sure to be like no production you've seen before!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Check out "The Road <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Into the Woods</span></em>" video series by Geoff Short: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#333333'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mzwrlkdab&et=1105243720570&s=907&e=001VDHkdtji7P_jqfI7YRbTyPF3UiK9qnDHaGOAFku2P6R85CPI-XsV6UXaLUsR3QVdNFfA22UZO1r3n-eRr5MAOfeFWPA1av9efutwzwLciAjPe-OpiYl1qZ56BGyBUXgP2PW1iH9q08QHFuE-oJTb-QSO8DG7zLF-Hp1FE1ezPxk=" target="_blank">Part 1</a> & <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mzwrlkdab&et=1105243720570&s=907&e=001VDHkdtji7P8iMsdTarkfYOB8LloVZrTiyVvh6kHmz3vPdA-6OiA3-BV49qLZD_kumSM2W_Wt17MFbUDZpC8z3yPKmrd2pP5sKbYnstv7RKtfz-uToWSm5QpYsuxFLhu-ncZs54UKvq1S_Wd_N7poScwf679C-iJ1RJtI0_sFbBw=" target="_blank">Part 2: Joe & Jill</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>