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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:72.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">CONDOLA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:40.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:50.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">& THE STOOP KIDS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Announce Debut Album<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">The Letter 9<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Available January 21, 2014!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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and the Stoop Kids</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">, the alternative rock band formed in November 2013 by two-time TONY nominee,
<b>Condola Rashad</b>, will release their debut album, <b><i>The Letter 9</i></b>, in January 2014. Condola spent two weeks in Sweden working on the collection with producers
<b>MachoPsycho</b> and the end result recalls the likes of No Doubt, India Arie, Alanis Morisette and Lauryn Hill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">The band features Scott Ferreira (guitar), Peter Rodriguez (bass), Matt Riggs (keys), Jake Boulay (drums) and Kristina Nicole Miller, Vanjah Boikai and Injoy
Fountain. The group’s first single, <b>“Save,”</b> was released on October 31<sup>st</sup>, 2013 via iTunes.
<b><u><a href="https://soundcloud.com/press_here_publicitymusic/save">PRESS HERE</a></u></b> to check it out.
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Condola Rashad received 2012 and 2013 Tony Nominations for her performances in
<b><i>Stick Fly</i></b>, produced by <b>Alicia Keys</b> and <b>Nelle Nugent</b> and directed by
<b>Kenny Leon</b>, and <b><i>The Trip to Bountiful</i></b> starring opposite <b>Cicely Tyson</b>,
<b>Vanessa Williams</b> and <b>Cuba Gooding, Jr</b>. Previously, she received rave reviews for her performance in
<b>Lynn Nottage</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">s Pulitzer Prize winning play,
<b><i>Ruined</i></b>, for which she received a </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Theatre World Award as well as a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. Her other theater credits include
<b><i>Tambourines To Glory</i></b> at the Alliance Theatre, directed by <b>Kenny Leon</b>, and
<b><i>Pearl</i> </b>at the Kennedy Center, directed by <b>Debbie Allen</b>. Rashad</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">s film and TV
credits include <b><i>30 Beats</i></b> opposite </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Justin Kirk</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> and
<b>Lee Pace</b>, <b><i>Sex and the City 2</i></b>, <b><i>Law and Order: Criminal Intent</i></b>,
<b><i>Smash</i></b>, <b><i>Georgetown</i></b>, and <b><i>The Good Wife</i></b>. Rashad recently starred opposite
<b>Queen Latifah</b> and <b>Alfre Woodard</b> in Lifetime</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">s “Steel
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> Magnolias”. Ms. Rashad currently plays Juliet in
<b>David Leveaux’s</b> <b><i>Romeo and Juliet</i></b> opposite <b>Orlando Bloom</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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