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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Talespinner Children's Theatre </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>







<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Three more days to register for Youth Theatre Arts classes!!</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>






<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><i><b><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Registration deadline is Monday, September 9th</span></font></b></i></p>



<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Talespinner
 Children's Theatre (TCT) is accepting registration for the Fall Session
 of its Youth Theatre Arts Classes through Monday, September 9th. TCT, whose recent production of THE 
EMPEROR’S
EARS was critically, audience and kid acclaimed, is a Cleveland theatre 
company
that develops and produces highly imaginative, original, collaborative 
and
interactive professional works for children. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></font></p><font>

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TCT offers eight classes developed for pre-schoolers (ages 3-5), kids (6-10)
and early teens (11-14). Fall session starts September 14^th and runs
through November 2^nd. Pre-school classes will be held on Saturdays
from 10:00am – 11:00am; programming for kids and early teens will be held on
Saturdays from 10:00am – 1:00pm.  All classes will be held at Talespinner
Children's Theatre at the Reinberger Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Ave, Cleveland,
Ohio.<span>  </span></span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Classes will be taught by qualified
theatre professionals and cover topics ranging from storytelling around the
world to comedic improvisation, puppetry, character development and movement.
The cost of an eight-week session for pre-schoolers is $75. Kids and early teens
will be enrolled in three classes at a total cost of $200.  Ask about our
“sibling discount!”<span>  </span>Interested parents
or students may register online at </span><a href="http://www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</span></a></font><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> or via phone at </span><a href="tel:216.264.9680" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">216.264.9680</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></font>
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</p><p style="line-height:normal"><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Class Descriptions:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></font></p>





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</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pre-school Classes (Ages 3-5):</span></u></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font></p>





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</font><p style="line-height:normal"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10:00am-11:00am</span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Young
Storytellers</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Through puppetry, voice, storytelling, games and movement, children explore
their imaginations to create characters who tell a story—allowing each child’s
creativity to soar while teaching listening, teamwork, self-confidence, and
constructive play.</span></font></p><font>

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</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kids<span> 
</span>(Ages 6-10):</span></u></i></b></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10:00am-1:00pm</span></font></p><font>

</font><p><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yes, And…</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Students learn to develop creativity through improvisational games and
technique, learning to communicate through created dialog, scenes, and
characters.</span></font></p><font>

</font><p><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Moving is Creating</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Students will learn to create characters and scenarios without the use of
words. Imaginations soar as stories and worlds are explored through movement.</span></font></p><font>

</font><p><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Acting Together</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Through puppetry, masks, theatre games and story exploration, students learn to
work as an ensemble, creating stories as a team. Imagination and confidence are
nurtured and encouraged in this creative environment.</span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></font></p><font><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Early Teens (Ages 11-14):</span></u></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font><font>

</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10:00am-1:00pm</span></font><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></font>

</p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Art of Moving</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font></p>




<font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Students discover how to move their
bodies and act out exciting stories without using words, all the while finding
the sense of play and purpose in stage movement.</span></font><font>

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</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Creative
Storytelling</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Through theatre games, exercises, puppets and character focus, students work
together to tell a story as a troupe. Creativity soars while learning and
refining individual confidence and group cooperation.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font></p><font>

</font><p><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Improv: A Sense of
Play</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Through improvisational games and practice, students learn how to develop
characters, play well with others onstage, and give gifts for better scenes. </span></font></p><font>

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</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal"><font><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><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal"><font><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><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">TCT creates work that remembers that
children are smaller people, not lesser people.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></font></p><font>

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</font><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information email </span><a href="mailto:info@talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">info@talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org </span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">or call </span><a href="tel:216.264.9680" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">216.264.9680</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></font>

</div></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Alison Garrigan<font><br></font>Executive Artistic Director<br></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b>Tales</b><b>pinner Children's Theatre</b><br><i>Opening Eyes, Ears, Hearts, and Imaginations</i><br><font size="1"><i><b><br></b></i></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 size="1"><i><b><font><a href="http://talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org/" target="_blank">talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</a></font></b></i></font><br>
Reinberger Auditorium<br>5209 Detroit Ave.<font><br></font>Cleveland, Ohio 44102<br>216.264.9680</span><br><br><br> <br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" size="1"><font size="1"><i><b></b></i></font></font><br>
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