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line-height:115%;color:#A40C99">Act-It UP! Theater Group Announces Auditions
for the upcoming Fall Production…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>



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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color:red">The Best Christmas Pageant Ever</span><br>

               by Barbara Robinson<o:p></o:p></b></div>



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line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:#333333">In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to
put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids--
probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the
mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head
on!</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">This delightful comedy is adapted
from the best-selling book and the only story ever to run twice in McCall's
Magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>



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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">"An American classic." -</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333"> <i>McCall's Magazine</i></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></div>



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"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">"One of the
best Christmas stories ever - and certainly one of the funniest." -</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333"> <i>The Seattle Times</i></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></div>



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"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">The first
professional production of</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:#333333"> </span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:red">The Best Christmas Pageant Ever</span></i><i><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333"> </span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">was given by the Seattle Children's
Theatre on November 26, 1982.<o:p></o:p></span></div>



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mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:red">“Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The”</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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color:#333333"> is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>



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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#7030A0">Audition Location:  Pilgrim UCC, 130 Broad Blvd., Cuyahoga Falls,
OH  44221<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>



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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#7030A0">Tuesday, September 24^th  - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>



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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#7030A0">Thursday, September 26^th –
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>



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Arial;color:#333333">Roles Available:  4
Male; 6 Female; 8 boys; 9 girls<o:p></o:p></span></div>



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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font size="2">Children auditioning should be ages 9 and up<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>



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<pre><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2">Rehearsal schedule will be on Thursdays in October, on Tuesdays & Thursdays, starting in November from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.  </font></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font size="2">Dress/Tech week begins on 12/2 at 6pm until 8:30 pm.</font></span></pre>


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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Performance Dates:  Friday, December 6^th, 8pm;
Saturday, December 7^th, 3pm; Sunday, December 8^th, 6pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>



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Arial;color:#333333">For further information, please visit Pilgrimcf.org or contact
the Director via email at </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:
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<div>Christian/Wife/Mother/Independent AVON Business Owner/Actress/Playwright/Director and so much more!</div>


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