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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-size:24pt">a wacky political musical comedy</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(228,108,10);font-size:48pt">The Frogs</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,255);font-size:18pt">Adapted freely from Aristophanes’ </span><i><span style="color:rgb(79,98,40);font-size:18pt">The Frogs</span></i><span style="color:rgb(128,0,255);font-size:18pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,255);font-size:18pt">Book by </span><span style="color:rgb(23,55,94);font-size:18pt">Burt Shevelove </span><span style="color:rgb(128,0,255);font-size:18pt">and</span><span style="color:rgb(23,55,94);font-size:18pt"> Nathan Lane</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,255);font-size:18pt">Music and Lyrics by </span><span style="color:rgb(23,55,94);font-size:18pt">Stephen Sondheim</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20pt"> Directed by</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:18pt">Martin Friedman </span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20pt">Settings by </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:18pt">Ron Newell</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20pt">Lighting Design by</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:18pt">Trad A Burns</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20pt">Musical Direction by</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:18pt">Nathan Motta</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20pt">Costumes Designed by</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:18pt">Tesia Benson</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20pt">Choreography by</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:18pt">Martin Cespedes</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20pt">Sound Designed by</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:18pt">Stan Kozak</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">From the writers behind A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM comes the hilarious send up of Greek comedy and satire. <b>THE FROGS, </b><span>loosely based on Aristophanes’ 405 BCE original, </span><span> </span>stays true to its heritage, mixing Aristophanic pratfall satire with a Sondheim score that swings from witty to pretty to rambunctious. But it also mirrors the Greek original for the serious issue of the role of the arts in a world beset by war and folly. This musical is a deceptively witty musical ideal for all ages and political groups. </span><b><span style="color:purple;font-size:16pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:purple;font-size:16pt">The Roles:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.4pt"><b><span lang="ES" style="color:red;font-size:14pt">Charon:</span></b><b><span lang="ES" style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-size:14pt"> Eric Fancher</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:28pt">The Frogs</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt"> <b>opens Thursday, July 31 and runs through August 17, 2014:</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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