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`Aesop's Fables' get modern twist

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19961108
Author:Sue Ontiveros

`Aesop's Fables' Through Dec. 15 Raven Theatre, 6931 N. Clark

$5; group discounts offered (773) 338-2177 Parents often try to interject little sermons into conversations with their children. Getting to the moral of the story without their eyes glazing over is a real skill. Right now, a trio of performers at Raven Theatre is doing its part to help parents out on presenting life's lessons. And the day we saw Raven's adaptation of of "Aesop's Fables," there wasn't a bored kid in the crowd. The show starts with the performers explaining to the audience that Aesop was a Greek storyteller who ...

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