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      CM Cosmos on June 10, 2010

      YIPPEE!!!

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      jack hemby on June 8, 2010

      All the best Erika .... make your dad proud

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      Gina Yolango on June 7, 2010

      Best of luck and do brilliant, beautiful things!

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      James and Rozz Grigsby on May 21, 2010

      We are so excited to see great new theatre projects from The ALT! We love you and wish you the best!

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      Yuko Takeda on May 12, 2010

      My best wishes to you both. Dream on :)

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      Chantry Banks on May 11, 2010

      Sending Love and Light to you! Dream big!

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      Beth Marshall on May 7, 2010

      Sending much positive energy, spirit, love and light!
      Here's to dreams coming true and goals being exceeded!

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ALT will send you a signed program or poster of "Bombs, Babes and Bingo."

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To express our gratitude, ALT will make you a very special Thank You Very Much video. Just tell us if you'd like it posted on Facebook!

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All of the above, plus an invitation to a rehearsal of "Bombs, Babes and Bingo." If you are far away, we will send you footage in your video!

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All of the above, plus we will send you the amazing sketches and renderings of the designs of "Bombs, Babes and Bingo," by designer and ALT founder, Alan Edward Schwanke.

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All of the above, plus you get to help us create our next show! ALT loves formulas, and we will ask you to create a formula, theme, or question for our next piece. AND we will perform it for you and your friends. If you are far away, we will make you a video of the piece!

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Erika Wilhite, Co-Artistic Director of ALT:
Erika is an actor and producer. She produced and performed in the one-woman show "X: The Rise and Fall of an Asylum Star," by Jill Dowse, with which she won the Newbie Award at the Orlando International Theatre Fringe Festival. She produced and developed "Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds," an exploration of media- induced fear through the perspective of the Public. Check out her work at www.erikawilhite.com.

Alan Edward Schwanke, Co-Artistic Director of ALT:
Alan received his MFA in Scenic Design from Northwestern University in Chicago and his BFA in Theatre Technology and Design from the University of Central Oklahoma. In the Spring of 2008, Alan was chosen to display his work at the USITT Young Designer’s Forum in Houston and Ming Cho Lee’s “Clambake,” a juried portfolio review, in New York City. Some of Alan’s favorite designs have included Knute Rockne: All American and Footloose (Theatre at the Center in Chicago), The Chicago Sound Connection (B&B Promotions), Willy Wonka: The Musical (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Glengarry Glen Ross (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre) and Pippin (Northwestern University). Alan’s latest work has included To Kill A Mockingbird and Mauritius (Salem Repertory Theatre), Oliver! (Lakewood Theatre) Getting To Know You (Broadway Rose Theatre) and A Christmas Carol (Bag&Baggage Productions). Currently, Alan is the resident scenic designer for Bag&Baggage Productions in Hillsboro, Oregon and an Adjunct Professor of Theatre at Linfield College. Visit www.alanedwardschwankedesign.com to learn more about Alan and his design work.

Merri Biechler’s, visiting artist/playwright:
Merri’s plays have been read, workshopped, and produced around the country including New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Plays include Bombs, Babes and Bingo (Semi-finalist, P73 Playwriting Fellowship; Finalist, Clubbed Thumb Theater Biennial commission); Occupation (Finalist, Perishable Theatre’s International Women’s Playwriting Festival); Real Girls Can't Win! (Nominee, Stavis Playwriting Award); Dolley Madison and the Secret History Club (Kennedy Center/White House Historical Association commission); and The Bathtub Play (Winner, Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award). She worked at ABC Television for three years writing scripts and treatments for their Movie-of-the-Week division.

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