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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><b>The Independent Eye
presents William Shakespeare's<i> King Lear</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><b>January 30, 2016, 7pm</b></span><br clear="ALL">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">Lear and The Fool are
accompanied by nearly 30 life-sized, hand, and finger puppets operated by
veteran actors</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><b>Conrad Bishop</b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"> and<b> Elizabeth Fuller</b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
JA">Lear is the puppeteer of his own puppet show, obsessively playing out his
loss of family, power, friendship, shelter, sanity, and hope. In his mind, he
is the only real human in his motherless kingdom of power and commodity, where
love is merchandise for barter. The Fool, an acid clown who goads Lear in his
desperation, stage-manages his story until they both succumb to Lear's madness.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
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</b></span><a href="file://localhost/watch"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
color:#0000E9;mso-fareast-language:JA"><b>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ8Vjd_eaI8</b></span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
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JA">The Independent Eye's<b><i> Lear</i></b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
mso-fareast-language:JA"> premiered in San Francisco last April and was also
featured at the San Diego Puppetry Festival. In the fall, it played an
11-city tour in the Midwest and East Coast, with universally strong response. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
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– no intermission, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">Doors open 6:15p, seating at
6:45p<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">Donations graciously accepted
after the performance.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">Bring libations, sweet or
savory finger foods to share and enjoy before and after the event.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
JA"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><b>RSVP to Rebecca Evert at </b></span><a href="mailto:revert@sonic.net"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
JA"><b>revert@sonic.net</b></span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
JA"><b>, address<a name="_GoBack"></a> will be provided.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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