Student's Fable To Be Produced on Stage - Aesop's Fables winner announced

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October 21, 2004

CINCINNATI, OH — The Children's Theatre presented a special award to Amanda Weiglein, a seventh grader at Nagel Middle School in the Forest Hills School District, last week.

During the 2003-2004 school year, The Children's Theatre held a contest for local Tri-state students in 3rd to 6th grade to submit original fables in the hopes that one would be selected to be produced. Amanda Weiglein's original fable, "The Bee and the Bear" was selected from almost 90 submissions to be produced on stage as part of The Children's Theatre production of Aesop's Fables in March 2005.

Amanda, now in seventh grade, won the contest. The award presentation was a total surprise - presented Ed McMahon Prize Patrol style! She received the award in front of her team of teachers and students - about 125 seventh graders.

"The Bee and the Bear" details the trials and tribulations of a group of animals trying to move a log in the forest. The moral of her story is: It doesn't matter how strong you are, brain power can overrule physical strength.

In 1997, the winning fable, "The Poor Old Mouse," was written by Wilson Elementary School fourth-grader, Krista Johnson.

(l-r) Children's Theatre artistic director Jack Louiso; fable winner Amanda Weiglein; Mrs. Weiglein; Mr. Weiglein; The Crow (one of the puppet stars of Aesop's Fables) and Children's Theatre education director Spring Starr Pillow.

This production of Aesop's Fables will continue The Children's Theatre's 81st season. Jack Louiso directs the show along with Mel Hatch of Madcap Puppet Theatre, the rest of the production is written by, and features the puppets of, Joe Kovacs, with incidental music by Terry Labolt.

Aesop's Fables is ideal for family, ideally with children ages 4+. It will be presented for the public at the Taft Theatre on Friday, March 18, 2005 at 7:30 PM.; Saturday, March 19, 2005 at 2 PM and 5 PM; and Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 2 PM at the Taft Theatre, 5th and Sycamore Streets, in downtown Cincinnati.

Single tickets for each production are $18, $16, and $7 and will be available at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Kroger locations, by calling (513) 562-4949, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Aesop's Fables is made possible by the generous support of the H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Foundation and the Fine Arts Fund. The Children's Theatre's 2004/2005 Season Sponsor is the Charles H. Dater Foundation. Media sponsors are The Cincinnati Enquirer, Time Warner Cable, LOCAL 12 and ExactTarget.

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