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<h4 align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:20.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Knockout;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">NEAR WEST THEATRE PRESENTS</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><br>
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:40.0pt;font-family:Knockout;color:#00B0F0;font-weight:normal">THE SNOW QUEEN</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><br>
September 18 – 27, 2015</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">An Exciting New Pop/Rock Musical</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;font-weight:normal">Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;font-weight:normal"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;font-weight:normal">The
Snow Queen<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Book by Kirsten Brandt and Rick Lombardo</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Music by Haddon Kime</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Lyrics by Haddon Kime, Kirsten Brandt, & Rick Lombardo</span></em><i><br>
</i></span><em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;font-weight:normal">Additional Music by Rick Lombardo</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h6>
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<strong><span style="font-family:Knockout;color:#00B0F0;font-weight:normal">THE FIRST CHILDREN’S PRODUCTION IN NEAR WEST’S NEW HOME:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Knockout;color:#00B0F0"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-family:Knockout;color:#00B0F0;font-weight:normal">A FRIENDSHIP IS TESTED BY THE QUEEN OF SNOW HERSELF</span></strong><span style="font-family:Knockout;color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">“Each step you’ll ever take, from your first move to your worst mistake, will guide you from here to eternity.”</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><br>
</span></b><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">– from “Eternity”</span></em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Be spirited away by this new musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fantastical coming-of-age adventure, which inspired the hit Disney movie<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Frozen</span></em>.
Join Gerda on a dangerous, magical and whimsical quest to save her best friend Kai before he is trapped forever in the Snow Queen’s palace. With an original pop rock score, alluring ballads, urban steam punk flair, and the enigmatic Snow Queen, you’ll soon
see this is not your average bedtime story!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Performances: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">September 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 & 27.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">For Tickets, click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nearwesttheatre.org/tickets/">here</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or call our Box Office at 216-961-6391.<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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