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Please come to the North Cambridge Family Opera's production of David Haines' THE PUZZLE JIGS, an upbeat family opera that presents a multi-colored world inhabited by puzzle pieces. When a little girl falls asleep and finds herself transported into the Jigsaw Puzzle World, xenophobic pieces brand her an outcast! Not until the Puzzle Jigs venture into the Real World, where they themselves are rejected, do they learn the lesson of the importance of accepting people's differences.  This inspiring, original, 1-hour show (plus intermission) is a spectacle of singing and dancing for audiences of all ages, with a breathtakingly beautiful musical score.

Assisting in this production are award-winning choreographer Deborah Mason and acclaimed set designer Peter Watson, with lighting design by former Boston Opera technical director Dale Senechal.

Location & Showtimes:
The Puzzle Jigs will be performed eight times at the King Open School, 850 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA (East Cambridge between Inman and Lechmere):

Saturday, April 5 at 3 PM
Saturday, April 5 at 7 PM
Sunday, April 6 at 1 PM
Sunday, April 6 at 5 PM
Saturday, April 12 at 3 PM
Saturday, April 12 at 7 PM
Sunday, April 13 at 1 PM
Sunday, April 13 at 5 PM

The 130 soloists, chorus members and dancers are drawn from many Greater Boston communities and range in age from 7 to 81.  They are divided into two casts, and both are excellent. Information on which cast members perform in which show can be found at www.familyopera.org/prod/pjs2008/casts.html.

Pricing: Tickets are $5 for children, $10 for adults. 

You can also order tickets online at www.FamilyOpera.org, or through the 24-hour ticket hotline 1-800-838-3006. 
For special group pricing, available for 10 or more attending the same show, call 617-492-4095.

Snacks will be available for purchase at intermission, and sandwiches will also be available at the Sunday 5 PM shows.

T-shirts, CDs and DVDs, and a wonderful selection of puzzles provided by Ceaco of Newton, MA www.ceaco.com/homepage/index.php  will also be available for purchase at intermission.

David Haines is a composer and educator from Devon, England.

The North Cambridge Family Opera performed his science oratorio LIFETIME: SONGS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION at the first Cambridge Science Festival in 2007 and will perform his science oratorio POWERS OF TEN at the second Cambridge Science Festival later this spring.