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“And what better gift than a spectacular adventure through incredible places, peopled by astonishing creatures? Here we learn that everyone can be the hero of the story. Imagination will live on, and the story begins again… “Winter is a time of wonder, belief, and fantasy a time when we all try to share a little more of ourselves with each other,” says SCT Artistic Director Linda Hartzell. But it is with Bastian’s belief in the story that Fantastica has found its true savior.

Atreyu’s adventure takes him to the far corners of Fantastica, through the Swamp of Sadness, the cave of a giant spider, and the maze of the Southern Oracle, aided by the happy Luck Dragon, Falkor. The Nothing engulfs everything in its path, and the Childlike Empress sends the unlikely hero Atreyu, a boy of Bastian’s age, on a quest to find the one who can save them all. But when an old bookseller gives Bastian a most amazing book, he finds refuge in the story on its pages. The play opens with young Bastian, a bookish boy tormented by school bullies. It was number one on West Germany's highly respected Der Spiegel bestseller list for 113 weeks, and remained on the list for 332 weeks.

The play, adapted from the novel by Michael Ende and featuring new original music from the rock band Heart, runs through Januin SCT’s Charlotte Martin Theatre. The Neverending Story was first published under the title Die unendliche Geschichte in 1979 by West German publisher Thienemann Verlag.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NovemContacts: Jim Jewell, PR Manager (206) 443-0807 x1107, Leslie Jackson, Marketing Manager (206) 443-0807 x1104, THE NEVERENDING STORY Michael Ende’s Fantastic Tale of the Triumph of Imagination (Seattle, WA) – Seattle Children’s Theatre is excited to announce the opening of The Neverending Story Friday December 7, 2007.

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