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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:#003300'>Aurora Community Theatre <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:#003300'>invites you to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:navy'>Join
Cast and Crew for</span></font><font size=4 color="#003300"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#003300'> a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=5
color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red;
font-style:italic'>Free Gala Party following Opening Night this Friday of<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=5
color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:navy;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>“The 25<sup>th</sup> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Annual</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Putnam</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> SPELLING
BEE”<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>8 pm Fridays and Saturdays<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>July 13 – 28, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>3 pm Sunday July 22<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#003300'>Music and Lyrics by William Finn<br>
Book by Rachel Sheinkin<br>
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red;
text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold'>A Quirky, charming musical</span></font></b><font
color=red><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#003300'>The play tells the hilarious story of six overachieving
adolescents who vie for the championship of a lifetime and discover a place
where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#003300;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#003300;font-style:italic'>Additional Material by Jay Reiss<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#003300;font-style:italic'>Originally Directed on Broadway by James
Lapine<br>
Originally produced on Broadway by David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara
Whitman, Patrick Catullo. Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Marc C. Howard, Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Brandon Lambert, Musical Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Marianne S. Paul & Karen M. Haus<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>Co-producers<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>TICKETS NOW ON <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">SALE</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
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color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>$16 adults, $11 age 18 and under<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.auroracommunitytheatre.com/"><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'>www.auroracommunitytheatre.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold'>330-562-1818<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Christine Patronik-Holder<br>
Business and Marketing Manager<br>
Aurora Community Theatre<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 9</st1:address>
(mailing address)<br>
115 E Pioneer Trail (theatre address)<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Aurora</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44202</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
330-562-1818<br>
<a
href="mailto:christine@auroracommunitytheatre.comwww.auroracommunitytheatre.com">christine@auroracommunitytheatre.com<br>
www.auroracommunitytheatre.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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