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Children's Theatre presents</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center">
<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hans Christian Andersen’s<i> The Tinderbox</i></span></b>

</p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><i>onstage through April 28th </i></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>


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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><b>Don't miss TCT's magical production</b> of <span>Hans Christian Andersen’s<i> The Tinderbox</i></span>, now
onstage through April 28^th at the Reinberger Auditorium,
5209 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44102. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">TCT uses songs, clowning, masks and
magic in this retelling of a beloved story by Hans Christian Andersen. A brave
soldier returns home to find her fortunes forever changed by a witch, a simple
tinderbox, and three very unusual dogs. When her luck runs out, will it be her
wits that save her, or the magic of the tinderbox?</span></p><p style="line-height:normal">"The
story is enlivened by an imaginative and colorful production...action-filled and captivating." --Christine Howey, <i>Rave and Pan</i></p><p style="line-height:normal"><i>"</i>...a joy to see...The performance is steeped in visual appeal...a mesmerizing show...this truly is an all-ages performance."--Sarah Valek,<i> Cool Cleveland<br>
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<p style="line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
Tinderbox f</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">eatures Courtney Nicole Auman, Andrea Belser, Joseph Dunn,
Charles Hargrave, Elizabeth Parmenter, Timothy Maca, and Stephanie Wilbert.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Alison Garrigan</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>


<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Adaptation by Michael Geither</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>


Clowning Instructors Tania Benites
and Sarah Moore</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>Costume and Mask Design by Alison
Garrigan</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>Lighting Design by Dave Brooks</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>


Scenic by Charles Hargrave, Alison Garrigan</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>Witch Design and Crafts Artisan
Kevenn T. Smith </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>Stage Managed by Bryan Ritchey</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span>

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Performances</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">:
April 6^th – April 28th <br>
<b>Showtimes: </b>Fridays at 1:00pm and 7:00pm; Saturdays at 2:00pm and 7:00pm,
Sundays at 2:00pm <br>
<b>Tickets:</b> $10 for children age 12 and under, $12 for Seniors and Students
with a College ID, $15 for adults. Group rates are also available. TCT will
present two Pay What You Can performances on Sunday, April 7^th at
2:00pm and Friday, April 12^th <span> </span>at 7:00pm. Patrons may pay any amount at the
door. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Buy tickets now</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
at </span><a href="http://www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</span></a></p><div style="width:16px;height:16px;display:inline-block">
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or call </span><a href="tel:216.264.9680" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">216.264.9680</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">!</span>


<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ticket Packages:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Give the gift that will always be
remembered! Treat your favorite child (or your child-at-heart) to an evening of
theatre that will send their imagination soaring!  Use any of these
ticket packages for TCT's 2013 season to open doorways to whole new worlds. 
An evening of wonder and adventure that will never be forgotten! (Advance
Purchase ONLY)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2013 Buddy Flex Pack: 3 children, 3
adult, use at performances/shows of choice $66</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2013 Season Buddy Pack: 1 child, 1
adult, use one pair of tickets at each show $60</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>2013 Family Flex Pack: 6 children, 6
adult, use at performances/shows of choice $132</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>2013 Season Family Pack: 6 children,
6 adult, use 1 pack at each show $125</span>

<p style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Don’t
miss out on creative fun and learning!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span> 
</span>Register now for TCT’s Summer Puppet and Mask intensive:<span>  </span>June 24^th through 28^th.
For more information, go to </span><a href="http://www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ABOUT TALESPINNER CHILDREN'S
THEATRE:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> TCT is a Cleveland-based company that develops and produces
highly imaginative, original, collaborative and interactive professional works
for children that also stimulate creative growth in its artists. At any time,
these pieces may involve acting, dance, music, puppetry, tumbling, drumming,
and numerous other artistic disciplines as imagined by the artistic teams
working with and for TCT, and are open to all creative possibility. TCT
presents its second season with <i>The Tinderbox</i>, April 6^th
through April 23^rd, <i>The Emperor’s Ears</i>, June 15^th
through July 6^th, and <i>Adventures in Slumberland</i>, November 30^th
through December 22^nd. TCT's aim is to bring theatre to the
community in its fullest form providing excitement, growth and joy for all who
are involved in and/or touched by its work.</span></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">TCT strives to reach across socio-economic, cultural and
traditional boundaries to help awaken and bring better understanding by opening
eyes, ears, hearts and imaginations in the young people (and artists) of
Cleveland and its surrounds.</span></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">TCT creates work that remembers that
children are smaller people, not lesser people.</span></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left;font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Alison Garrigan<font><br>
</font>Executive Artistic Director</span><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" size="4"><b>Tales</b></font><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" size="4"><b>pinner Children's Theatre</b></font><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
<font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><i>Opening Eyes, Ears, Hearts, and Imaginations</i></font><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" size="1"><font size="1"><i><b><br>
</b></i></font></font><b>Come out and play!  TCT's 2013 Season:</b><br>The Tinderbox -- April 6th-28th<br>The Emperor's Ears -- June 15th - July 6th<br>Adventures in Slumberland -- November 30th - December 22nd<br>
<i>Season ticket packages now available online!</i><br><br><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" size="1"><font size="1"><i><b><font><a href="http://talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org/" target="_blank">talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</a></font></b></i></font></font><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br>
</font><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Reinberger Auditorium</font><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></font><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">5209 Detroit Ave.<font><br>
</font></font><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Cleveland, Ohio 44102</font><br><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">216.264.9680</font><br><br><br> <br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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