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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: How Do You Spell Hope?\nEvent Url: http://www.artsb
 oston.org/event/detail/40787/How_Do_You_Spell_Hope\nEvent Date Begin: 2009
 -02-13\nEvent Date End: 2009-03-01\n\nUnderground Railway Theater presents
  How Do You Spell Hope?\, a theatrical experience for the whole family bas
 ed on true stories of people who overcame great obstacles to learn to read
 \, playing at the Central Square Theater Friday\, February 13 through Sund
 ay\, March 1.  Written by Melinda Lopez and directed by Underground Railwa
 y Theater Artistic Director Debra Wise\, How Do You Spell Hope? tells the 
 stories of the road to literacy for a Cambridge high school athlete with s
 evere dyslexia\, Frederick Douglass\, and a Latina immigrant who learns to
  read English - all woven together by puppets and actors in a world of gia
 nt pop-up books.  The cast features award winning Boston area actors Vince
 nt E. Siders and Ramona Alexander\, as well as puppeteer Penny Benson.    
 There will be conversations with special guest authors\, the playwright\, 
 and the actors following select performances (see list below).  The specia
 l guest authors include Gregory Maguire\, who wrote 'Wicked\,' the inspira
 tion for the blockbuster Broadway musical of the same name - a show that i
 s now playing in nine cities across the globe.  His recent books have all 
 been New York Times bestsellers: 'Son of a Witch' and 'A Lion Among Men\,'
  volumes 2 and 3 in the 'Wicked Years\,' and 'What-the-Dickens: The Story 
 of a Rogue Tooth Fairy.'  Other authors include Chris Abouzeid ('Anatopsis
 ')\, Kathryn Lasky ('The War of the Ember\,' 'The Guardians of Ga'Hoole\,'
  'One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin')\, 
 and Anita Silvey ('I'll Pass for Your Comrade - Women Soldiers in the Civi
 l War\,' '100 Best Books for Children' & '500 Great Books for Teens').\n\n
 Start time: Performances are Fridays at 7:30 PM with matinees on Saturdays
  and Sundays at 3 PM.  There will be additional matinees during school vac
 ation week on Wednesday\, February 18 and Thursday\, February 19 at 10 AM 
 and 1 PM.\n\nJoin these award-winning authors for post-performance convers
 ations with the whole family:\n2/13 - Chris Abouzeid - from Somerville\, a
 uthor of Anatopsis\, a fantasy novel for young adults.\n2/20 - Anita Silve
 y & Kathryn Lasky - Anita is a professor at Simmons College and St. Michae
 l's College and is author of 100 Best Books for Children and 500 Great Boo
 ks for Teens. Kathryn writes for both children and young adults\, includin
 g her well-known series The Guardians of Ga'Hoole.\n2/21 - Melinda Lopez -
  Playwright\n2/27 - Gregory Maguire - from Concord\, author of Wicked and 
 Son of a Witch.
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SUMMARY:How Do You Spell Hope?
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