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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Friday, July 4, 2008 Stage talk: Wonka golden tickets! Tickets are on sale now for the Whidbey Playhouse summer youth production of "Willy Wonka Jr.," which will run for eight performances from July 31 to Aug. 10 at Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children ages 12 and younger. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. for Sunday matinees. Call the box office at 360-679-2237, check the Web site at www.whidbeyplayhouse.com or e-mail at office@whidbeyplayhouse.com. This production of the Broadway junior adaptation of Roald Dahl's story of a candy man in search of an heir features the characters and songs from the family film "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory," including "The Candy Man" and "Pure Imagination."

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