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WSHS Show History

The Lightning Thief - Spring 2022

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Rick Riordan.


This rock musical follows Percy Jackson, a teenager who newly discovers that he is a demigod and goes on an epic quest to find Zeus's missing lightning bolt and prevent a war between the Greek gods.


The Cast

Adyson Allbee - Mrs. Dodds 

Ava Gem Anderson - Annabeth 

Fiona Armstrong - Silena Beauregard

Tyler Baerwaldt - Dead Musician

Sam Bennett - Ares

Paul Bentler - Chiron / Mr. Brunner

Sebastian Borges - Mr. D, aka Dionysus 

Maggie Burco - Thalia

Owen Finley - Grover

Ethan Hicks - Luke

Kai Longmeier - Dead Musician

Cooper Margell - Gabe Ugliano

Reese Murray - Newscaster

Charlie O’Neal - Sally Jackson

Tanner Payne - Dead Musician

Rory Stavorgina - Katie Gardner

Olivia Walum - Charon

Sophia Wilke - Clarisse 

Lucy Warren - The Oracle

Tera Winter - Percy Jackson



The Crew

Sophie Aidlin - Cameraperson

Grace Allen - Build Crew 

Bri Browne - Costume Crew

Ash Byford - Cameraperson

Angel Castro - House Crew

Ella Cerone - Stage Hand

Gaia Corvino - Soundboard Op

Avery Darwin - House Crew

Ciella Holmes - Stage Hand

Gavin Horton - Spot Op

Kit Ewing - Video Switcher

Adrien Freeman - House Crew

Isabelle Greenberg - House Crew 

Addie Greinhour - Costume Crew

Joaquin Huerta - Light Design Tech

Celia Jensen - Costume Lead

Ash Johnston - Sound Design Lead 

Lauren Kimball - Prod. Support

Beckett Lacey - Spotlight Op

Finnegan Liddell - Asst Stage Manager

Sophie Largent - Asst Stage Manager

Isabel Moreland - Stage Hand

Amelia Myrick - Light Design Lead

Ethan Murray - Spot Op

Elliott Neves - Build Crew

Will Pyfer - House Crew

Lucas Smith - Tech Support 

Evelyn Wyatt Draher - Stage Manager

Siena Wyatt Draher - Build Crew



The Band

Theo Halpern - Guitar

Miles MacDonald - Guitar

Nicholas Piraino - Keyboards

Zach Hanczyc - Keyboards

Johanna Duncan - Bass

Eva Wyman - Drums

Hugo Rasmusson - Drums



Artistic Staff

Sarah Brown* - Choreographer 

Jenn Devenyns - Production Manager

Andrew Finley - Director

Taylor Fritts - Vocal Music Director

Jody Jinneman* - Costume Designer

Ethan Thomas - Band Director

Alex Wren* - Technical Director



Special Thanks to:

Bianca! Custer*

Curt Gerston

Gyros Heroes

Paul Jinneman

Vi Johnson

Design4Excellence and DiJulio Consulting


* WSHS Alumni

The Nerd - 2022 Student-Directed Production

An aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. He has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, “you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you” — so Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. But his delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless “nerd” —a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading to one uproarious incident after another.


The Cast

Noah Shampain as Willum Cubbert

Galaxy Saskill as Tansy McGinnis

Rylee Malloy as Axel Hammond

Cosmo Davis as Rick Steadman (The Nerd)

Roy Keller as Warnock Waldgrave

Lucy Gerston as Clelia Waldgrave

Sophia Wilke as Thor Waldgrave




Artistic Staff

Quincy Koch & Lachlan Swanson - Student Directors

Alex Wren* - Technical Director



Special Thanks to:

Bianca! Custer*

Jenn Devenyns

Curt Gerston

Shellie Moomey

Tenacious Ventures and DiJulio Consulting

The 39 Steps - 2021 Fall production

A comedy thriller, Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, is packed with nonstop laughs and over 150 eccentric characters (played by a combination of actors), the play is about a man with an ordinary life who meets a woman with a strong accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale. A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure.


The Cast

Ava Gem Anderson - Compere

Tyler Baerwaldt - Pilot 1

Samantha Benammar - Porter

Dominick Borges - Prof. Jordan

Gaia Corvino - Heavy 1

Mac Davido - Richard Hannay

Caden Elliott - Paperboy

Owen Finley - Mr. Memory

Taylor Gardner - Inspector

Lucy Gerston - Annabella Schmidt

Molly Gerston - Mrs. Higgins

Izzy Greenberg - Pamela

Ethan Hicks - Sheriff 

Evelyn Hicks - Mrs. McGarrigle

Esme Jablonsky - Mrs. Jordan

Taylor Martin - Milkman, Mr. McGarrigle

Makenna Menashe - Margaret 

Tanner Payne - Heavy 2

Gwyneth Ramsey - Police Officer 2 

Ava Rose Repanich - Salesman 1

Lucia Shiffler - McQuarrie

Rory Stavrogina - Police Officer 1

Eile Swain - Chief Inspector Albright 

Lachlan Swanson - Crofter (McTyte) 

Quinn Voellger - Salesman 2

Parker Warborg - Pilot 2 

Lucy Warren - Dunwoody

Sophia Wilke - BBC Radio Announcer


The Crew

Malia Barker

Sam Bennett

Sebastian Borges

Zavion Brigham

Abby Brown 

Angel Castro 

Ella Cerone

Maya Chuc Chay 

Avery Darwin

Archer Ercambrack

Addie Grienauer

Taylor Hartstone 

Cassidy Hayes-McQueen 

Rhiannon Hayes-McQueen 

Felix Helm

Celia Jensen 

Ash Johnston 

Roy Keller 

Lauren Kimball 

Quincy Koch

Finn Liddell 

Lucy LeBaron 

Aspen McKean 

Hannah Moomey

Leah Morgan 

Reese Murray

Amelia Myrick 

Stella Nunelley

Evan Odell

Jeremiah Pepper

Raiden Perez 

Cece Pyfer

Will Pyfer 

Mila Raynolds

Persie Rosales

Noah Shampain 

Ricky Shearer

Mollie Slatkin 

M. Smith

Deryn Tanaka

Nye Vance 

Sophia Waldow


Artistic Staff

Andrew Finley - Producer

Jody Jinneman* - Costume Designer

Dan Wiener - Director

Alex Wren* - Technical Director



Special Thanks to:

Sarah Brown* (The 39th Step)

Bianca! Custer*

Jenn Devenyns

Curt Gerston

Theodoric Greenleaf*

Shellie Moomey

Tenacious Ventures and DiJulio Consulting

Buffering - A zeitgeist Mixtape - Spring 2021

WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?

Using sourced pieces, Buffering explores the experience of living through this extraordinary time in our lives - the highs and the lows, the connection and the separation that has come with a global health threat, political upheaval, consciousness shifting, and just living through these times.


Many thanks to the talented folks who helped make this vision a reality:

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The TWilight Zone Radio Dramas - Fall 2020

"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone.

Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

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Walking Distance

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The Secret Garden - 2020 Spring Musical*

*Canceled due to COVID School Closure

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The story is set in the early years of the 20th century. Mary Lennox, a young English girl born and raised in the British Raj (India), is orphaned by a Cholera outbreak when she is ten years old. She is sent away from India to Yorkshire, England, to live with relatives whom she has never met. Her own personality blossoms as she and a young gardener bring new life to a neglected garden, as well as to her sickly cousin and uncle.

Read more here

Stage Manager: Devon Darwin

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Harvey - 2020 Student Directed Play

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Elwood P. Dowd is a wealthy drunk who starts having visions of a giant rabbit named Harvey. Elwood lives with his sister Veta and her daughter. Veta worries that Elwood has gone insane. In the process of trying to have him committed, Veta admits that she occasionally sees Harvey herself. The director of the mental home, Dr. Chumley, tries to reconcile his duty to help Elwood with his own growing experiences with Harvey.

Read more here

Student Director: Bianca! Custer

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A Few Good Men - Fall 2019

PG-13 for Mature Language & Themes

Aaron Sorkin’s groundbreaking debut tells the story of a group of military lawyers assigned to defend two Marines in Guantanamo Bay. During the course of the trial, they uncover a high-level conspiracy designed to eliminate weaker soldiers in the name of patriotism.

Read more here

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Into the Woods - Spring 2019

As the result of the curse of a once-beautiful witch, a baker and his wife are childless. Three days before the rise of a blue moon, they venture into the forest to find the ingredients that will reverse the spell and restore the witch's beauty: a milk-white cow, hair as yellow as corn, a blood-red cape, and a slipper of gold. During their journey, they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack, each one on a quest to fulfill a wish.


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Fools - Fall 2018

Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He's landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for 200 years and Leon's job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays over 24 hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes Stupid. But, he has fallen in love with a girl so stupid that she has only recently learned how to sit down.

Read more here

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Chorus Line - Spring 2018

A Chorus Line examines one day in the lives of seventeen dancers, all vying for a spot in the “chorus line” of a Broadway musical. After the first round of cuts, Zach, the director and choreographer, asks each dancer to speak about themselves. Discomfort opens into revelation, confession leads to redemption, and within the bright, outwardly homogeneous chorus, the audience begins to see each dancer’s individuality. From Cassie, the star who just needs the “music and the mirror and the chance to dance,” to Val, a small-town girl with a brand-new big-town body, to Mike, who took his sister’s place in dance class, saying “I can do that.” Based on real Broadway dancers’ stories, as told to fellow dancer and choreographer Michael Bennett, A Chorus Line is funny, heartbreaking, and refreshingly honest.

Read more here

West Seattle Blog feature story


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Star Wars - verily a new hope - Fall 2017

Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike.  Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearsome Stormtroopers, signifying...pretty much everything.

Read more here

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Bonnie & Clyde - Spring 2017

A thrilling musical with a non-traditional score combining blues, gospel and rockabilly music. 

At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America's most renowned folk heroes and Texas law enforcement's worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless and alluring, the Tony-nominated Bonnie & Clyde, from the legendary Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Civil War, Dracula) is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country.

When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual craving for excitement and fame immediately sets them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behavior turns the young lovers' thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, putting themselves and their loved ones in trouble with the law. Forced to stay on the run, the lovers resort to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo's fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer.

Read more here

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bright room called day - Fall 2016

In 1930s Berlin, a group of left-leaning friends struggle to understand the world around them as Hitler rises to power. However, while they claim to have lofty ideals, they do not partake in active resistance against Hitler. The main character, Agnes, is mainly concerned about keeping her rent-controlled apartment. Meanwhile, these events are contrasted with a parallel presentation of events in America in the present day by a modern day activist, Zillah, who insists on taking action to fight repression and authoritarianism.

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Addams Family - Spring 2016

That lovable family of creepy kooks is alive and well and living in their super-spooky mansion in Central Park. The Addams family, led by the elegantly gaunt and seemingly undead Morticia and her ever-devoted husband Gomez, is in turmoil. Their daughter Wednesday, now 18, finds herself falling in love—a sensation that is unsettling for both her and her family of endearing misfits. When the teen invites her new boyfriend, Lucas Beineke, over with his “normal” family to get better acquainted with the Addams household, comic chaos (including everything from an amorous giant squid to mixed-up potions to a scorching tango) ensues.

Read more here

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The Dead Guy - Fall 2015

The Pitch: You get one million dollars to spend over the next seven days. A camera crew follows your every move and broadcasts your adventures on national television. The Hook: At the end of the week…you die. The Best Part: The viewing audience gets to vote on the method of your death! For hard-luck Eldon Phelps, the deal is irresistible. But does America have the stomach for this much reality? What would you do if you had one week until you became…"The Dead Guy"? Stay tuned…

Read more here

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Pajama Game - Spring 2015


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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Fall 2014 

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You're a good man charlie brown - Spring 2014 

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The Brothers Grim Spectaculathon - 2014 Student Directed Production

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon  ~ The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories ranging from classics likeSnow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Devil's Grandmother andThe Girl Without Hands. A wild, free-form comedy with lots of audience participation and madcap fun.

Read more here

Diary of Anne Frank - Fall 2013

The Diary of Anne Frank ~ The story of a Jewish family hiding from the German occupying forces in war-torn Amsterdam. To escape the horrors of Nazi persecution, Otto Frank hides with his wife and two daughters in attic rooms above an Amsterdam warehouse for two years. Also hiding with the Franks are four other people - the Van Daans, their son Peter, and a dentist, Mr Dussel. In her diary Anne recorded an account of the trials and tribulations of the people around her, alltrying to live a normal life in cramped attic accommodation, whilst under the constant threat of discovery by the Gestapo. This is a story made all the more dramatic because it is based on a true account, and concerns the lives of real people who lived at a time of unspeakable horror for the Jewish population in many European countries.

Read more: Stage Agent

  

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25th annual putnam county spelling bee - Spring 2013

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.

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Lend me a tenor - fall 2012

In this classic farce, its a historic night at the Cleveland Opera Company, world-famous tenor Tito Merelli is to perform in Otello. Through a series of mishaps, Tito receives a double dose of tranquilizers, causing the house manager to believe he is dead and setting off a chain reaction of slapstick and mistaken identity.


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Bye Bye Birdie - Spring 2012

BYE BYE BIRDIE is one of the most captivating musical shows of our time. It is a satire done with the fondest affection, and tells the story of a rock and roll singer who is about to be inducted into the army. An English Teacher, What Did I Ever See in Him?, Put on a Happy Face, One Boy, A Lot of Livin' to Do, Kids, Rosie and Spanish Rose are musical theatre classics. This is the tops in imagination and good old fashion fun.


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Desperate Hours - Fall 2011

The story of a home invaded by three escaped criminals and of civilized people being driven to violence. The Hilliards are a typical family living on the outskirts of Indianapolis. Suddenly, their pleasant home becomes a pressure cooker of cunning and violence.*

Get more information here

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Oklahoma! - Spring 2011

Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. 

Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!

The music and lyrics have proven to be some of the best in musical theatre with songs that include "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top", People Will Say We're in Love, "I Can't Say No", "Oklahoma! and many more, making this a musical treat for the whole family. 

Synopsis Source

Fun Facts about Oklahoma!

A Little Murder Never Hurt Anybody  - 

2011 Student Directed Production

Student Director: Lacey Ballard

It’s New Year’s Eve at the Perry mansion.  Julia and Matthew Perry seem to have it all. Still, Matthew wants something more -- to be rid of his wife, Julia, so he can have some real fun!  He resolves to murder Julia by the end of the year, and tells her so. She vows to stay alive, and tells him so. And so the game begins and of course hilarity ensues. 

While Julia cleverly dodges Matthew’s devious murder attempts, the Perry friends and staff are dying off mysteriously. It seems Matthew is successful in murdering everyone but Julia. As the bodies are falling, dim-witted daughter Bunny contemplates calling off her wedding to unwitting Donald since all the intended gift-bearing guests are dying. Enter Detective Plotnik -- a Sam Spade reincarnation who suspects everyone, but hasn’t a clue. That is, not until Donald stumbles upon Julia and gentlemanly butler Buttram in what Donald mistakenly perceives as a compromising situation. Donald jumps to the conclusion that Julia is the murderer -- trying to murder Matthew! 

12 Angry people - Fall 2009 

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Once upon a mattress - Spring 2010 

A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed. No one in Prince Dauntless’s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows — a problem hindered by the fact that the prince’s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately smitten by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that’s sure to send his marital plans awry.


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Invasion from mars - Fall 2009 

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The Shadow – “Isle of Fear”

 

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Merrily we roll along - Spring 2009 

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Musical comedy murders of 1940 - Fall 2008 

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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum - spring 2008


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Crucible - fall 2007 

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Carousel - spring 2007 

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Midsummer Night's dream - Fall 2006 

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Footloose - spring 2006 

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Laramie Project - Fall 2005

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Pippin - spring 2005 

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Rumors - fall 2004 

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THe Boyfriend - spring 2004 

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     - Meaghan Braymar

     - Gail Considine

     - Brianna Correa

     - Portia Fisher

     - Sorin Hanson

     - Amanda Harrison

     - Ahmed Herei

     - Tia Himmelman

     - Chantal McCargo

     - Brandon Thornton

     - Taysia Vega

     - Erin Williams

     - Marianna Zhandarmova


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Bright Room Called Day - fall 2003 

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Grease - spring 2003

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     Girl #1: Rebecca Sharp

     Girl #2: Ahna Shockey

     Girl #3: Emily Hiraki


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