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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><A title='"Classical Theater Guild, Inc." ' href="http://ctg.pogostickstudios.com/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #990000; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><SPAN style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><IMG height=42 alt=http://ctg.pogostickstudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ctg_logo_red1.png src="cid:57dd9df1.61cc.40ef.ad93.b1cb04c01e30" width=360 border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_i1026"></SPAN></SPAN></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Rockwell Extra Bold','serif'"><STRONG><FONT size=5>The Schenectady Theater for Children </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT face=Calibri>(Show Dates: November <SPAN style="COLOR: #333333">5, 6, 7 and 12, 13, 14 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Calibri>at Proctors in Schenectady<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> ) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">World Premiere </SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">of </SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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<DIV align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Rockwell Extra Bold','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl">The </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 44pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Rockwell Extra Bold','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl">Giant </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 28pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Rockwell Extra Bold','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl">Hoax<o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Rockwell Extra Bold','serif'; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl"><IMG height=114 alt=giant src="cid:4cf5f74c.ab54.47d8.93cd.1c03fecf9b88" width=338 border=0 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Rockwell Extra Bold','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: FrankRuehl"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Kit Goldstein’s new musical based on the true story <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>of Cooperstown’s Cardiff Giant, <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>the New York State “prehistoric marvel” that amazed the nation!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Directed by Criss Macaione-Bilodeau<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Musical Direction by Rebecca Benjamin<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium Cond','sans-serif'">parts for men, women and children</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium Cond','sans-serif'">all ages<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Please be prepared to read from the script <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>and sing 16 bars of a song of your choice<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>(a cappella or accompanied - accompanist will be provided – <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>please <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>provide sheet music for accompanist)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: #333333; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<DIV><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #333333; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Cast:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Emily (our heroine); Emily’s mother; Mrs. Hawthorne (mother’s friend); Beth, Matilda and John Hawthorne; William “Stub” Newell (farmer turned conman); Mrs. Martin (a scientist); PT Barnum; Carl F Otto (sculptor); reporter; judge; Rev. Turk; George Hull (conman); Cardiff Giant; Barnum’s giant; Dr. Boynton; Jack; Emma Ogden; Mohrmann; Salle; <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> plus </SPAN>additional chorus of townspeople/circus performers/Jury<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #333333; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Rockwell Extra Bold','serif'">For additional information call 312-6883 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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