[NEohioPAL]Great Lakes Theater Festival Wraps Up Season With A Christmas Carol

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October 28, 2005

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Great Lakes Theater Festival

Wraps Up Season With A Christmas Carol

Festival's gift to Northeast Ohio is region's best-loved holiday
entertainment.

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CLEVELAND, OH - The stage of the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center
will glow with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes
Theater Festival (GLTF) presents its annual production of Charles
Dickens' A Christmas Carol, running November 25 through December 23,
2005.  The production has delighted an estimated 375,000 people in its
history, making it Northeast Ohio's most-loved and best-attended holiday
entertainment.=20

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Great Lakes Theater Festival's Associate Artistic Director, Andrew May,
will stage former Artistic Director Gerald Freedman's heartwarming
adaptation of this classic tale.  The production features a
multi-generational cast of actors, singers and dancers led by veteran
Cleveland actor Dudley Swetland, returning for his ninth season in the
role of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.  The production sponsors for A
Christmas Carol are Heinen's Fine Foods, The John P. Murphy Foundation
and Parker Hannifin Corporation. The production's media sponsor is Soft
Rock 102.1 F.M. WDOK.  Media sponsors for the Festival's 2005 season are
Cleveland.com, Cleveland Free Times, WCLV 104.9 F.M. and WCPN 90.3 F.M.
ideastream. Great Lakes Theater Festival's 2005 season is dedicated to
the memory of James O. Roberts (GLTF Trustee 1984-2005).

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"It's exciting for us as a company of artists to revisit this great,
classic, holiday story," said Andrew May, who will stage this season's
production.  "We are blessed with an immensely talented cast and a
wonderful adaptation that we can't wait to share.  I am overjoyed to
return to direct a piece of theater again this season that has meant so
much to this company and to this community as has A Christmas Carol for
over a decade and a half."   =20

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GLTF Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee remarked, "The combination
of Gerald Freedman's inspired and moving adaptation, Andrew May's
dynamic gifts as an artist, our remarkable design team and our talented
cast are sure to delight audiences, whether they're attending for the
first time, or returning to experience this holiday tradition again with
friends and family."=20

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Great Lakes Theater Festival's resident company of fifteen actors,
augmented by a young acting company of ten, will perform A Christmas
Carol.  Nineteen members of the acting company are Cleveland-based
actors.  "We are especially proud to have such a large number of
Cleveland actors in our holiday company again this season," said Charles
Fee of his ensemble.  "I think it clearly demonstrates the Festival's
commitment to the local acting community as well as to the economic
development of the city of Cleveland."

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Freedman's adaptation of A Christmas Carol is presented as a story
within a story. The fictitious Cleaveland family gathers in its
Victorian-era parlor on Christmas Eve, to read Mr. Dickens' book. As
Mrs. Cleaveland reads the story to her family, her youngest child,
Master William, reimagines familiar faces as characters in the story:
the Cleaveland's crotchety manservant becomes Scrooge, Father becomes
Bob Cratchit, Mother becomes Belle, and the Cleaveland children become
the Cratchits, with Master William becoming the beloved Tiny Tim. In
all, more than 60 Dickens characters are brought to life on stage.=20

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In 2003, Gerald Freedman recounted his thoughts on developing the
adaptation of GLTF's first production of A Christmas Carol in 1989.
"Now I know you may find this hard to believe, but I was in my fifties
and I had never read A Christmas Carol, being a young Jewish fellow from
Lorain, Ohio, and I had never seen it," admitted Freedman.  "I'd never
seen any version of it.  So the first thing I had to do was read the
book.  And it stunned me, which may seem odd to many who grew up with it
as children, and an oft told tale.  It just stunned me at what a
beautiful work it was and how seriously Dickens had invested in the
story.  It has come to so many of us encrusted with mythology, and
holiday good spirit and sweetness and light - all of which is part of it
- but I hadn't realized what a great, great story it was.  What I saw in
it was a story of redemption; that it is never too late for any of us to
find the kernel of compassion, of humanity within us."

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The Festival's production incorporates theatrical special effects to
retain a strong sense of the supernatural, emphasizing the novel's
origins in folk tales and myth. Designers for the GLTF production blend
exceptional stagecraft with dramatic effects that evoke the magical and
mysterious aspects of a classic ghost story. GLTF resident designer John
Ezell and Gene Emerson Friedman designed the scenery. The richly
detailed costumes are by James Scott, lighting is by Mary Jo Dondlinger
and is recreated this season by Cynthia Stillings. Sound design is by
Tom Mardikes and Stan Kozak. Music was written by Robert Waldman, with
Stuart Raleigh as musical director. Dances for A Christmas Carol were
conceived by David Shimotakahara and staged by Pandora Robertson.=20

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Great Lakes Theater Festival's seventeenth annual production of A
Christmas Carol previews on Friday November 25th at 1:30 p.m. Opening
Night is scheduled for Friday, November 25th at 7:30 p.m..   Curtain
times for all evening performances will remain at 7:30 p.m., with a 1:30
p.m. curtain time for Saturday matinees and a 3:00 p.m. curtain time for
Sunday matinees.  An audio-described performance is scheduled for
Sunday, November 27th at 3:00 p.m.  A sign-interpreted performance is
scheduled for Sunday, December 4th at 3:00 p.m.=20

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Single tickets for Great Lakes Theater Festival's production of A
Christmas Carol range in price from $26.50-$55.00 (Student tickets
$17.50 - any performance / any seat) and are available by calling (216)
241-6000, by ordering online <http://www.greatlakestheater.org/tickets/>
, by visiting the Playhouse Square Center Box office or any Tickets.com
outlet located within all Tops Friendly Markets. Groups of ten or more
receive discounts as do educators and students. (Consult the enclosed
information sheet for complete ticketing and contact details.)=20

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Since 1962, Great Lakes Theater Festival has brought the pleasure, power
and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience in
Northern Ohio. The first resident company of Playhouse Square Center,
Great Lakes Theater Festival has called the Ohio Theatre home since
1982.

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For More Information:

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Todd Krispinsky

Marketing and Public Relations Director

Great Lakes Theater Festival

1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300

(216) 241-5490 x317

(216) 241-6315 Fax

www.greatlakestheater.org

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Celebrate the season with the ones you love!

The Holiday Tradition (November 25-December 23)

A Christmas Carol

Visit our website at www.greatlakestheater.org to order tickets or to
consult a complete list of performances dates and times.

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is</span></font><font
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best-loved </span></font><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
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CLEVELAND,
OH - The stage of =
the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center =
will
glow with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) presents =
its
annual production of Charles Dickens' A
Christmas Carol, running =
November 25 through December 23, 2005.  The production has delighted an estimated =
375,000 people
in its history, making it <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Northeast =
Ohio</st1:place>’s
most-loved and best-attended holiday entertainment. =
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Great
Lakes Theater Festival’s Associate Artistic Director, <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">Andrew =
May</st1:PersonName>,
will stage former Artistic Director Gerald Freedman’s heartwarming
adaptation of this classic tale. 
The production features a multi-generational cast of actors, singers and
dancers led by veteran <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City> actor =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Dudley</st1:place> Swetland, returning for his ninth =
season
in the role of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.  The production sponsors =
for A Christmas Carol are Heinen’s Fine Foods, =
The John P. Murphy Foundation and =
Parker Hannifin Corporation. The
production’s media sponsor is Soft Rock
102.1 F.M. WDOK.  Media =
sponsors for
the Festival’s 2005 season are Cleveland.com, Cleveland Free =
Times, WCLV
104.9 F.M. and WCPN 90.3 F.M. ideastream. Great Lakes Theater =
Festival’s
2005 season is dedicated to the memory of James O. Roberts (GLTF Trustee
1984-2005).<o:p></o:p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal =
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200%'><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
200%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>“It’s exciting for =
us as a
company of artists to revisit this great, classic, holiday story,” =
said <st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">Andrew May</st1:PersonName>, who will stage this =
season’s
production.</span></font></b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'>  “We are blessed =
with an
immensely talented cast and a wonderful adaptation that we can’t =
wait to
share.  I am overjoyed to return to direct a piece of theater again =
this season
that has meant so much to this company and to this community as has =
<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>A Christmas Carol </span></i>for over a =
decade and a
half.”    <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'>GLTF
Producing Artistic Director <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Charles =
Fee</span></b>
remarked, “The combination of Gerald Freedman’s =
</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:
Arial'>inspired and moving </span></font><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'>adaptation,=
 <st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">Andrew May</st1:PersonName>’s dynamic gifts as an =
artist, our
remarkable </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'>design team and our talented =
</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:
Arial'>cast are sure to delight audiences, whether they’re =
attending for
the first time, or returning to experience this holiday tradition again =
with
friends and family.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Great Lakes Theater Festival’s resident company =
of
fifteen actors, augmented by a young acting company of ten, will perform =
<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>A Christmas Carol.</span></i>  Nineteen =
members of
the acting company are Cleveland-based actors.</span></font></b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'> =
 “We
are especially proud to have such a large number of <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> actors in our holiday =
company again
this season,” said Charles Fee of his ensemble.  “I =
think it
clearly demonstrates the Festival’s commitment to the local acting
community as well as to the economic development of the city of =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>.”<o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>

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size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

Freedman's
adaptation of A Christmas =
Carol
is presented as a story within a story. The fictitious Cleaveland family
gathers in its Victorian-era parlor on Christmas Eve, to read Mr. =
Dickens'
book. As Mrs. Cleaveland reads the story to her family, her youngest =
child,
Master William, reimagines familiar faces as characters in the story: =
the
Cleaveland’s crotchety manservant becomes Scrooge, Father becomes =
Bob
Cratchit, Mother becomes Belle, and the Cleaveland children become the
Cratchits, with Master William becoming the beloved Tiny Tim. In all, =
more than
60 Dickens characters are brought to life on stage. =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>In 2003, Gerald Freedman recounted his thoughts on =
developing
the adaptation of GLTF’s first production of <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:
italic'>A Christmas Carol </span></i>in 1989.</span></font></b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'> <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'> </span></i>“Now I know you may =
find this hard
to believe, but I was in my fifties and I had never read <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>A Christmas Carol</span></i>, being a young =
Jewish
fellow from <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Lorain</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>, and I had never seen =
it,”
admitted Freedman.  “I’d never seen any version of =
it.  So the
first thing I had to do was read the book.  And it stunned me, =
which may seem
odd to many who grew up with it as children, and an oft told tale.  =
It just
stunned me at what a beautiful work it was and how seriously Dickens had
invested in the story.  It has come to so many of us encrusted with =
mythology,
and holiday good spirit and sweetness and light – all of which is =
part of
it – but I hadn’t realized what a great, great story it =
was.  What
I saw in it was a story of redemption; that it is never too late for any =
of us
to find the kernel of compassion, of humanity within =
us.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

The
Festival’s production incorporates theatrical special effects to =
retain a
strong sense of the supernatural, emphasizing the novel's origins in =
folk tales
and myth. Designers for the GLTF production blend exceptional stagecraft =
with
dramatic effects that evoke the magical and mysterious aspects of a =
classic
ghost story. GLTF resident designer John
Ezell and Gene Emerson =
Friedman
designed the scenery. The richly detailed costumes are by James Scott, lighting is by =
Mary Jo Dondlinger and is =
recreated this
season by Cynthia =
Stillings. Sound
design is by Tom Mardikes =
and Stan Kozak. Music was written by =
Robert Waldman, with Stuart Raleigh as musical =
director. Dances
for A Christmas Carol =
were
conceived by David =
Shimotakahara
and staged by Pandora =
Robertson. <o:p></o:p>

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size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

Great Lakes Theater Festival’s seventeenth =
annual
production of A Christmas =
Carol previews
on Friday November =
25th
at 1:30 p.m. Opening Night is scheduled for Friday, November =
25th at
7:30 p.m.. =
  Curtain times for all evening performances will remain at 7:30 =
p.m.,
with a 1:30 p.m. curtain time for Saturday matinees and a 3:00 p.m. =
curtain
time for Sunday matinees.  An
audio-described performance is scheduled for Sunday, November =
27th
at 3:00 p.m.  A sign-interpreted performance is scheduled for =
Sunday, December
4th at 3:00 p.m. <o:p></o:p>

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size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

Single tickets for Great Lakes Theater =
Festival’s
production of A Christmas =
Carol
range in price from $26.50-$55.00 (Student tickets $17.50 – any
performance / any seat) and are =
available
by calling (216) 241-6000, by ordering <a
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/tickets/">online</a>, by =
visiting the
Playhouse Square Center Box office or any Tickets.com outlet located =
within all
Tops Friendly Markets. Groups of ten =
or more
receive discounts as do educators and students. (Consult the
enclosed information sheet for complete ticketing and contact details.) =
<o:p></o:p>

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size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

Since
1962, Great Lakes Theater Festival has brought the pleasure, power and
relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience in =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Northern Ohio</st1:place>. The first resident company of =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Playhouse</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">Square</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
Great Lakes Theater Festival has called the Ohio Theatre home since =
1982.<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>#   #   =
#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold'>For More
Information:</span></font></b><b><font face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Todd =
Krispinsky</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Marketing and Public Relations =
Director</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Great Lakes Theater =
Festival</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address =
w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2
  face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1501 =
Euclid
  Avenue, Suite =
300</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(216) 241-5490 x317</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(216) 241-6315 Fax</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a =
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org">www.greatlakestheater.org</a></=
span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D3 color=3Dred face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Celebrate the season with the ones =
you love!</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Holiday</st1:place> =
Tradition
(November 25-December 23)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>A Christmas =
Carol</span></font></i></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Visit our website at <a
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org">www.greatlakestheater.org</a> =
to order
tickets or to consult a complete list of performances dates and =
times.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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