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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">By <b>Anne Washburn</b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Music by <b>Michael Friedman</b></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Directed by <b>Mark A.
Zimmerman</b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Choreography by <b>Marissa
Leenaarts</b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Music Direction by <b>Barbara
Bellamy</b></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Thursday, October 8, 2015, 7:30 p.m.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Friday, October 9, 2015, 7:30 p.m.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Saturday, October 10, 2015, 7:30 p.m.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Firestone High School</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Akron School for the Arts</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">333 Rampart Avenue</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Akron, Ohio 44313</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">What will endure when the cataclysm arrives—when the grid
fails, society crumbles, and we’re faced with the task of rebuilding?</span></p>

<p style="margin:15pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Anne
Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy propels us forward nearly a century,
following a new civilization stumbling into its future.</span></p>

<p style="margin:15pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">After
the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin
to piece together the plot of "The Simpsons" episode "Cape
Feare" entirely from memory. 7 years later, this and other snippets of pop
culture (sitcom plots, commercials, jingles, and pop songs) have become the
live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society, sincerely trying to hold onto
its past. 75 years later, these are the myths and legends from which new forms
of performance are created.</span></p>

<p style="margin:15pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">A
paean to live theater, and the resilience of Bart Simpson through the ages,<span class=""> </span><em>Mr. Burns</em><span class=""> </span>is
an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the
mythology of another.</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Mark A. Zimmerman,<br>Theatre Director<br><br>Harvey S. Firestone High School<br>333 Rampart Avenue<br>Akron, Ohio 44313<br><br>330.873.3408<br><a href="http://www.FirestoneTheatre.com" target="_blank">www.FirestoneTheatre.com</a></div>
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