<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span>Have Family in Town for Thanksgiving Weekend?<br></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span>Come celebrate with<b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span><b>Talespinner Children's Theatre's<br></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span><b>CLARA & THE NUTCRACKER<br></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>adapted by Anne McEvoy<br>Directed by Alison Garrigan<br>Movement by Brittany Gaul<br></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><font size="4"><b>Opening <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">November 29th</span></span>!</b></font></i><br></div><span></span><span><br><br></span><div style="text-align:left"><span><b>Celebrate the holidays with family and friends at Talespinner Children's Theatre (TCT) </b>with<b> </b><b><i>CLARA & THE NUTCRACKER</i></b><span> opening <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Saturday, November 29th</span></span>, and running through <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Sunday, December 21st</span></span></span> </span><span>at the Reinberger
Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44102. </span><br></div></div><div style="text-align:left"><span></span><br><span></span><span>Clara, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Nutcracker Prince,
and even the Mouse King are back, and now they're finally ready to tell
the REST of the story. It's a little less about Tchaikovsky, tights, and
tutus, and more about truth & courage — with plenty of merry magic
and musical mischief along the way.</span><br><span><span></span></span><br><span><span></span></span><span>Adapted by Anne McEvoy</span><br><span> Directed by Alison Garrigan <span></span></span><br><span><span> Movement by Brittany Gaul</span></span><br><span><span> Lighting Design: Ben Gantose </span></span><br><span><span> Costume & Mask Design: Melanie Boeman</span></span><br><span><span> Sets & Puppet Design: Alison Garrigan</span></span><br>Music Captain: Elaine Feagler<br><span><span> Stage Manager: Kate Miller</span></span><br><span><span> </span></span><br><span><span> Acting Company</span></span><br><span><span> Clara: Tania Benites</span></span><br><span><span> Uncle Drosselmeyer: Michael Regnier</span></span><br><span><span> Fritz/Mouse King: Charles Hargrave</span></span><br>Papa/The Nutcracker: Ryan Christopher Mayer<br><span><span> Grandmama/Sugar Plum Faerie: Elaine Feagler</span></span><br><span><span> Mama/Snowflake Queen: Sarah Moore<br></span></span><span><span></span></span><br><span><span>
</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><b><span>Performances</span></b><span>: </span><span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">November 29th through December 21st</span></span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><span><sup><br></sup> </span></p><div style="text-align:left"><span><span><b><span>Showtimes:</span></b> Fridays at <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">7pm</span></span>, Saturdays at <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">2pm & 7pm</span></span>, Sundays at <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">2pm</span></span>. </span></span><br><span><span></span></span><br><span><span> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left">
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<b>Tickets:</b> $10 for children age 12 and under, $12 for Seniors and Students
with a College ID, $15 for adults. <b>Group and Educational rates are also
available.</b> TCT will present two </span><span><span><span>Pay What
You Can performances: <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Sunday, November 30th at 2pm</span></span>, and <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Friday, December 5th at 7pm</span></span>. </span></span> Patrons
may pay any amount at the door at these performances. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><br><span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><b><span>Buy tickets now</span></b><span>
at </span><a href="http://www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</span></a></p><div style="width:16px;height:16px;display:inline-block"> </div><div style="width:16px;min-height:16px;display:inline-block"> </div> or call <a href="tel:216.264.9680" value="+12162649680" target="_blank">216.264.9680</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><b><span>ABOUT TALESPINNER CHILDREN'S THEATRE:</span></b><span>
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'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><i>Clara & the Nutcracker </i>concludes TCT’s third </span><span>audience and critically acclaimed</span><span> producing season,
which began with <i>Aesop’s Pirate Adventure</i>, and included <i>The Floating Dolls--a Polish Folktale</i>, and <i>Loki & Lucy</i>--<i>A Norse Mythology Story.</i><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><span>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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><span>TCT creates work that remembers that
children are smaller people, not lesser people.</span></p></div><br><br><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr">Alison Garrigan<br>
<i>Executive Artistic Director</i>, <b>Talespinner Children's Theatre</b><br><br></div><b></b></div><div><br></div><div><b>NEXT ON THE TCT STAGE:<br></b></div>CLARA & THE NUTCRACKER<br></div>Adapted by Anne McEvoy<br></div>Directed by Alison Garrigan<br>Movement by Brittany Gaul<br></div>November 29 - December 21<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><i><font><b>JUST ANNOUNCED: TCT's Exciting 2015 Season!<br></b></font></i></div><div><i><font><b>Rosalynde & the Falcon March 28 - April 19<br></b></font></i></div><div><i><font><b>The Silent Princess June 6 - 28<br></b></font></i></div><div><i><font><b>Finn McCool September 19 - October 11<br></b></font></i></div><div><i><font><b>Prince Ivan & the Firebird November 28 - December 20<br></b></font></i></div><div><br>For more information, or to make reservations, visit TCT's website<br></div><i></i><div><div><a href="http://talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org" target="_blank">talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</a><div style="width:16px;height:16px;display:inline-block"> </div></div>
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