<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Our Own ProductionS, Inc.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Proudly presents<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Shadow Box<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Michael Cristofer</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY HOSPICE </FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(Additional donations may be made to Community Hospice on our website or at any of the performances)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Directed by:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cecelia Gray</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Assistant Director:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jason LaSusa</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Performance dates and times:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">March 19-21 and </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="3" Day="26" Year="2010"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">March 26-28, 2010</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Friday and Saturday nights:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="30"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">7:30</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">; Sunday afternoons:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:time Hour="14" Minute="30"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">2:30</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Emmanuel-Friedens</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Church</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">218 Nott Terrace<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ticket price:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$15<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For tickets or more information:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>356-2306, </FONT><A href="http://oopsny.tripod.com/"><FONT face="Times New Roman">http://oopsny.tripod.com</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">or email us at: </FONT><A href="mailto:ourownproductionsinc@yahoo.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman">ourownproductionsinc@yahoo.com</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The play revolves around a trio of terminally ill patients, each of whom lives in a separate cottage at a hospice. Each is being interviewed about the process of dying.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The first dying person is Joe, a middle-aged, blue-collar family man. Joe seems well-adjusted and has accepted that he is dying. However, his wife Maggie is in denial and has not told their son Steve about his father's condition.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The second dying person is Brian, a bisexual English professor. He is being cared for by his lover, Mark. They receive a visit from Brian's flamboyant, slightly trashy ex-wife Beverly. Beverly's presence lifts Brian's spirits but rankles Mark.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The final dying person is Felicity, an elderly, cantankerous, somewhat senile woman, who is cared for by her long-suffering daughter Agnes. Felicity is in great pain but refuses to die because she remains hopeful that her favorite daughter, Claire, will return to her soon.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN">“A</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">n important, touching and courageous play.... Triumphantly turns up.... Cristofer writes with the compassion of the undamned. An extraordinarily good Broadway play with meaty roles for actors." -N.Y. Times </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"By far the finest play of the </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">New York</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> season, beautifully realized drama of sensitive perceptions often as funny as it is moving." -</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Washington</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Post </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"Extraordinary. An overwhelming emotional experience. Truly startling and in its uncompromising way, very funny." -</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Boston</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Globe </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Winner of a Tony Award for Best Play and a 1977 Pulitzer Prize. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></td></tr></table><br>