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Happy Thanksgiving from More Encore Actors!

Today, we introduce you to more young actors from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus and wish you a very happy holiday!

Name: Lauren Kreeger (Bottom row, third from left)
Age: 12
School: Ore Creek Middle School
Current Role(s): Awgwa
Favorite Encore Play or Camp: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
How does Encore help you outside of theater? Being involved in Encore has helped me outside of theater because I have made many friends.  I have also made many happy memories.  Another way Encore has helped me is in school.  Presentations are not scary,and I know that if I don't know exactly what comes next, I can just move on and say something else.

Name: Miya Mattucci (Top row, second from right)
Age: 13
School: Davidson Middle School
Current Role(s): Claus
Favorite Encore Play or Camp: Drac's Back & The Little Mermaid, Jr.
Most Memorable Experience: My most memorable Encore experience would be when I played Ursula in the Little Mermaid.  It gave me a chance to express my creativity and let my true self shine through!

Name: Kelli Neal (Middle row, first on left)
Age: 14
School: Ore Creek Middle School
Current Role(s): Necile
Favorite Encore Play or Camp: Why did you audition? I wanted to audition for this play as soon as I heard about it. I've been with Encore for about seven years and I have grown so much as an actress.  This has been such a character building experience, and I'm so much more outgoing outside of Encore now. I have made so many friends and memories with Encore.

Tickets to The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (12/6-8) are on sale now at www.hartlandplayers.org or at the main branch of the Cromaine library


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