<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Cambria>Our Own ProductionS, Inc. will present the musical SPRING AWAKENING in the Hart Theatre at the Empire State Performing Arts Center at The Egg.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Based on the controversial 19<SUP>th</SUP> century play by German playwright Frank Wedekind, SPRING AWAKENING’s </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3 face=Cambria>music is written </FONT><A href="" name=_GoBack></A><FONT size=3><FONT face=Cambria>by Duncan Sheik with book/lyrics by Steven Sater. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Cambria>Ticket prices are $21 for Seniors/Students, $26 for adults, and groups of 10 or more are $18.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tickets may be obtained through The Egg box office or at </FONT><A href="http://www.theegg.org/"><FONT size=3 face=Cambria>www.theegg.org</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face=Cambria>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For additional information visit </FONT><A href="http://www.ourownproductions.com/"><FONT size=3 face=Cambria>www.ourownproductions.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face=Cambria>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Cambria>The production is being directed and designed (Lighting and Set Design) by Matthew T. Teichner who helmed the company’s multiple award winning production of RENT in 2011 (winner of Best Musical for 2011 in the Times Union Reader’s Poll).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Joining the team are Matthew Streifert as musical director (Mark from 2011’s RENT) and Gregory Theodore Marsh as choreographer.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Cambria>SPRING AWAKENING opened on Broadway in December of 2006 and won 8 Tony Awards including best musical, and 3 Drama Desk Awards.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Cambria>This new and groundbreaking production of this popular show features a fresh new look with costumes designed by Susan Preiss with the assistance of and supplied, in part, by the landmark store Trash & Vaudeville on St. Mark’s Place in New York City.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Trash and Vaudeville supplied costumes for such Broadway shows as Green Day’s American Idiot, Rock of Ages, and RENT (New World Stages), to name just a few.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Cambria>The production’s overall look, stellar cast, and surprise elements will certainly make this the most spectacular theatrical event ever seen on stage in the Capital District.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></div>
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