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<p><font face="Kantipur"><font size="5"><em><img style="width: 88px; height: 83px;" alt="" src="http://nemea.meccahosting.com/%7Ea0001f7b/images/LOGO/NBTC_Art_Logo2.bmp" height="0" hspace="0" width="0">&nbsp; </em></font></font></p><font face="Kantipur"><br></font><p><font face="Kantipur"><font size="5"><font color="#006600" size="6"><strong><em>New Branch Theatre Company</em></strong></font>&nbsp; </font><font face="Verdana" size="3">was founded in the Spring of 2003 when several African American actors from Chicago's theater community wanted to work together to produce theater that comes from the heart and not from expectations of what others think theater should be.&nbsp; It is out of this respect for the theater that New Branch Theatre Company was born.</font></font></p><font face="Kantipur"><br><font size="4"><br></font></font><font size="4"><br>2008 <span style="font-family: Arial;">Update coming</span><br></font><br><p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><font size="5"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><strong><a target="_blank" href="07hist1.html" class="RE">2007</a></strong></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><br></font></font></font><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"></font></font><p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><font size="5"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><strong><a target="_blank" href="06hist.html" class="RE">2006</a></strong></font></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><br></font></font></font><p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><strong><a target="_blank" href="05hist.html" class="RE">2005</a></strong><span></span></font></font></font></font></font></p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><br></font></font></font><p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><b><a target="_blank" href="04hist1.html" class="RE">2004</a></b><span></span></font></font></font></font></font></p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><br></font></font></font><p><font face="Kantipur"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><strong><span class="RE"><a target="_blank" href="03hist.html" class="RE">2003</a></span></strong><span></span></font></font></font></p><font face="Kantipur"><br></font><p><font face="Kantipur"><font size="5"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"></font></font></font></font>&nbsp;</p>

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