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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>Dates:</span></font></b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> January
29, 30 at 3:pm</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> -- </span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>January
30 at 11:am </span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tickets:</span></font></b> $12
General Admission – advance purchase discounts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Location:</span></font></b> Steamer
No.10 Theatre – <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">500 Western
Ave.</st1:Street> <st1:City w:st="on">Albany</st1:City> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">12203</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Info</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>:</span></b> <b><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>(518) 438-5503</span></font></b>
<a href="mailto:info@steamer10theatre.org">info@steamer10theatre.org</a> <a
href="http://www.steamer10theatre.org/">www.steamer10theatre.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><span
lang=EN>By Edith Nesbitt</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Adapted by <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Ric Chesser</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Nearly a century ago
Edith Nesbitt penned a short story that looked at the clash between the
preservation of traditions, and the preservation of living things. In the
story a prince must prove he is worthy of marrying a princess by slaying a
dragon, even if there is only one left. Nesbitt may well have been commenting
on safaris or hunting in general, but for the generation that is growing up
today the idea of saving the last of a species can be as global as saving Polar
Bears, or as local as saving the Karner Blue Butterfly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Last of the Dragons</span></b> is
an original work developed in rehearsal. The show is directed by Eric Rose,
and features Suzie Dunn as the Princess, Jayton <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place> as the Prince, and </span></font><span
lang=EN>Heidi Nathanielsz</span> as both the Queen and the Dragon. The Dragon
is being built by sculptor and mask maker Jeff Brower.<span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>When a Prince and Princess are to be married, the Prince always slays a
dragon to save the princess. It's Tradition! But this dragon is the last
dragon, with no interest in eating Princesses. And the Princess can handle a
sword better than any Prince around. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Princess finds herself confronted by some challenging questions.
Which battles should be fought, and by whom? Does might make right? What is the
value of tradition? Is it more courageous to face a dragon or to stand up to
your friends and family? If this is the last dragon, should it really be slain?
After all, perhaps it's the dragon that needs to be saved, not the Princess?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A short, charming story, The Last of the Dragons gives us a lot to
ponder. Written in 1925, it addresses many issues we face in the present. Our
adaptation is a whimsical take which serves a springboard for discussion as
young people try to sort out many of these issues for themselves, and it
provides some wonder and laughter along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>– 30 –</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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