{"content":[{"text":"Mar/April \n 2008","bbox":{"left":0.793332,"top":0.049816,"width":0.13332,"height":0.04170800000000001}},{"text":"OBT’s Claim \n to Fame","bbox":{"left":0.714509,"top":0.18525,"width":0.20275300000000007,"height":0.052099000000000006}},{"text":"Nearly a year later after the \n OBT production of \"Much \n Ado About Nothing,\" a \n cast photo appeared in a \n special article in OREGON \n COAST MAGAZINE highlight- \n ing various community \n theaters along the Oregon \n coast and their struggle to \n survive. OBT is proud to be \n a part of that 6 page fea- \n ture in the April 2008 back \n issue.","bbox":{"left":0.695685,"top":0.25667,"width":0.24045400000000006,"height":0.24878099999999997}},{"text":"HE LATE ACTOR Sir Laurence \n Olivier once said, “I believe that in a \n great city, or even a small city or a \n village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an \n inward and probable culture.” If that statement is correct, then \n the Oregon Coast is a bastion of flourishing communities, based \n on the number of theaters that inhabit the many towns and \n cities along the coastline. The coast is home to more than a \n dozen playhouses, thanks in part to the volunteers, contributors, \n and theater-goers that support them. \n Broadway producers, musicals, original plays, and classic \n tales all make their way to the coast. Some annual productions,","bbox":{"left":0.078038,"top":0.689628,"width":0.42390599999999995,"height":0.19364500000000007}},{"text":"like North Bend’s Little Theater on the Bay’s Little Ole Opry \n and Country Christmas, celebrate the season with music, \n dance, and comedy while others like Astor Street Opry Com- \n pany’s Shanghaied in Astoria, portray Oregon Coast history. \n “Theater allows us to see ourselves in each other. Telling \n stories allows us to remember who we are,” says Nancy Mont- \n gomery from Astoria’s River Theater. “Theater isn’t some- \n thing that’s separate from reality. On the contrary, it mirrors \n reality back to us so we can rage, laugh, cry, identify with our- \n selves, with each other.” \n Theater is the expression of these individual communities, \n and they offer it with true artistic style that is pure entertain- \n ment.","bbox":{"left":0.511763,"top":0.686295,"width":0.41371100000000005,"height":0.19879600000000008}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.83098,"top":0.100606,"width":0.065882,"height":0.061212},{"left":0.058822,"top":0.039697,"width":0.720392,"height":0.136667},{"left":0.073332,"top":0.181818,"width":0.602745,"height":0.342727}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.83098,"top":0.100606,"width":0.065882,"height":0.061212},{"left":0.058822,"top":0.039697,"width":0.720392,"height":0.136667},{"left":0.073332,"top":0.181818,"width":0.602745,"height":0.342727}]}