[NEohioPAL]Three Cleveland actors head to NYC for Anniversary Concert

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Cleveland based actors, Anne  Markt, Devon Turchan, and Adam Kern will be=20
heading to New York  City this coming week to  sing in a concert version of=20
Elizabeth Swados' award winning choral drama  Missionaries. All three actors=
 =20
performed in the Ohio Premiere of Missionaries at the Fine Arts  Association=
 in=20
2004, and audience members gave the show ravishing reviews,  praises, and=20
accolades.

FAA Artistic Director, Fabio Polanco,  was part of the original cast of=20
Missionaries at the
Brooklyn Academy  of Music and brought the show to Cleveland. Recruited in=20
the  audition process, Anne, Devon, and Adam, along with the rest of the  ca=
st=20
(listed  below) spent months analyzing the piece to properly  portray the fo=
ur=20
churchwomen  (2 from Cleveland) who were killed, the  community in El=20
Salvador, and the Archbishop who inspired the people and  was also assassina=
ted. The=20
show is very special to those who witnessed and were  part of it. The concer=
t=20
marks the 25th anniversary of the death  of the churchwomen.

Several of the actors have been  in contact with Composer Swados since the=20
production finished, and she has  offered to bring a few people (due to budg=
et=20
constraints) from the Cleveland cast to perform in  open roles in the=20
production. Adam Kern will resume the role of  Archbishop Romero, Anne Markt=
 will=20
reprise Delfy, and Devon  Turchan will play Carlos.  =20

Concert  dates are December 3rd at 7:30  PM at St.  John the Divine =20
Cathedral, and December 11th at 3:30  PM at St. Lukes at 45th  and 8th.  Tic=
kets can=20
be reserved via _www.ticketweb.com_ (http://www.ticketweb.com)    =20

Anne  Markt (EMC) has been doing theatre throughout Cleveland since she was=20
10  years old.  Some of her favorite  past roles include =E2=80=9CDelphy=E2=
=80=9D in the Ohio=20
Premiere of Missionaries, =E2=80=9CDorothy=E2=80=9D in The Wizard of Oz, and=
 =E2=80=9CSally Brown=E2=80=9D=20
in  You=E2=80=99re a Good Man Charlie Brown.  All of these productions took=20=
place  at=20
the Fine Arts Association.  This  past summer, Anne performed in The Secret=20=
=20
Garden at Cain Park, appeared as =E2=80=9CRobin=E2=80=9D  in the Great Lakes=
 Theatre production=20
of The Merry Wives of Windsor, and attended  the Fairmount Performing Arts=20
Intensive for her second summer.  Anne is currently a senior at Mayfield Hig=
h =20
School and is auditioning at  colleges across the country in hopes to pursue=
 a=20
degree in musical theatre.  =20

Devon Turchan, a junior at Notre Dame-Cathedral  Latin, performs in both=20
community and professional settings around Cleveland. Devon began his career=
 at a=20
young age at  Fine Arts Association in Willoughby with director Fabio Polanc=
o.=20
He is  very thankful to Polanco who gave him the opportunity last spring to=20
be a part  of Missionaries at Fine Arts leading to this opportunity in New =20
York. Over the years Devon has performed  at the Ohio Theatre with Great Lak=
es=20
Theatre Festival in productions such as  A Christmas Carol and Gypsy; The St=
ate=20
Theatre with The Cleveland  Opera in Sampson and Delilah; Dobama Theatre in=20
The Secret Garden  and in Marylin Bianchi=E2=80=99s Kid=E2=80=99s Playwright=
 Festival; Baldwin=20
Wallace College in  Nine; Cain Park in The Music Man and The Sound of Music;=
 =20
Cleveland JCC=E2=80=99s Halle Theatre in Man of La Mancha and Children of  E=
den; Lake=20
Performing Arts in Oliver and The Miracler Worker;  and The Willoughby Fine=20
Arts Association in School House Rock; You=E2=80=99re  a Good Man Charlie Br=
own;=20
Missionaries (in which he received the  Actors Choice Award for Best Support=
ing=20
Actor), and Anyone Can Whistle;  among many others. Devon is ecstatic at the=
=20
opportunity  which has been presented and wishes to thank everyone responsib=
le and=20
all those  who support him.  =20
Adam  Kern is a proud new member  of Actors Equity, and a graduate of Kent=20
State's Musical Theatre  program. He appeared as Archbishop Romero in the Oh=
io=20
premeir of  Missionaries, made his New  York debut last April at  the Classi=
cal=20
Theatre of Harlem's production of Caligula. Adam has gotten the  opportunity=
=20
to work with many Broadway stars, including Andre De Shields, Tom  Wopat,=20
Rent's Karmine Alers, Adrian Zmed, and Gary Cherone. Other regional  credits=
=20
include Deuteronomy (CATS), Judas (Jesus Christ Superstar), Anselmo (Man  of=
 La=20
Mancha) and Big Jule (Guys and Dolls). Check out _www.adam-kern.com_=20
(http://www.adam-kern.com)   !=20
Cleveland  Cast:=20
Carrie Crow (AEA)-Ita  Ford
Gina Shmukler(AEA)-Maura Clarke
Tina Stafford(AEA)-Dorothy  Kazel
Rachel Stern(AEA)-Jean Donovan
Adam Kern(AEA)-Archbishop Oscar  Romero
Beth McGee(AEA)-Country Woman
Ensemble:
Joshua Brown
Rebecca  Brown
Dan DiCello
Maria Eleo
Greg Gnau
Melanie Hauer
Dan  Henning
Evie Koh
Allison Lehr
Anne Markt
Craig Mosier
Eric  Neumore
Sandy Kosovich Peck
Roger Principe
Alex Puette
Laura  Rightnour
Devon Turchan

The Artistic Team
Fabio Polanco,  Direction
Jennifer Paradise, Assistant Direction
Josh Senick, Music  Direction
Janiece Kelley-Kiteley, Choreography
Ben Needham, Scenic  Design
Kristen Buchs, Lighting Design
Russ Borski, Costume  Designer
Corby Grubb, Sound Design
Jennifer Polanco (AEA) , Stage  Management
Sara Bubenik, Production and Company Management
Paul  Gatzke, Prop Design and Technical  Direction

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nne=20
Markt, Devon Turchan, and Adam Kern will be heading to=20
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
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City</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> this coming wee=
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sing in a concert version of Elizabeth Swados' award winning choral dra=
ma=20
<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Missionaries</I>. All three actors=20
performed in the Ohio Premiere of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Missionaries</I> at the Fine Arts=20
Association in 2004, and audience members gave the show ravishing reviews,=20
praises, and accolades.<BR>  <BR>FAA Artistic Director, Fabio Pola=
nco,=20
was part of the original cast of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Missionaries</I> at the<BR>Brooklyn Ac=
ademy=20
of Music and brought the show to </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland</SPAN>=
</st1:place></st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. Recruited in t=
he=20
audition process, Anne, Devon, and Adam, along with the rest of the=20
cast (listed  below) spent months analyzing the piece to properly=20
portray the four churchwomen  (2 from Cleveland) who were killed,=20=
the=20
community in El Salvador, and the Archbishop who inspired the people an=
d=20
was also assassinated. The show is very special to those who witnessed and w=
ere=20
part of it. The concert marks the 25th anniversary of the death=20
of the churchwomen.<BR>  <BR>Several of the actors have=20=
been=20
in contact with Composer Swados since the production finished, and she=20=
has=20
offered to bring a few people (due to budget constraints) from the=20
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland</SPAN>=
</st1:place></st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> cast to perform=
 in=20
open roles in the production. Adam Kern will resume the role of=20
Archbishop Romero, Anne Markt will reprise Delfy, and Devon=20
Turchan will play Carlos. </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black"><FON=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
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Concert=20
dates are December 3rd at </SPAN><st1:time Hour=3D"19" Minute=3D"30"><SPAN=20
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PM</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN=20
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</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
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John</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> the Divine=20
Cathedral, and December 11th at </SPAN><st1:time Hour=3D"15"=20
Minute=3D"30"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Ari=
al">3:30=20
PM</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> at St. Lukes at=
 45th=20
and 8th.  Tickets can be reserved via <FONT color=3D#000000><=
A=20
href=3D"http://www.ticketweb.com">www.ticketweb.com</A></FONT>  =20
<BR>  </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN=
=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anne=20
Markt</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">EMC</B>) has been doing theatre throu=
ghout=20
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland</SPAN>=
</st1:place></st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> since she was 1=
0=20
years old.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Some of her favori=
te=20
past roles include =E2=80=9CDelphy=E2=80=9D in the Ohio Premiere of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Missionaries</I>, =E2=80=9CDorothy=E2=
=80=9D in <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Wizard of Oz</I>, and =E2=80=9CSal=
ly Brown=E2=80=9D in=20
<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">You=E2=80=99re a Good Man Charlie B=
rown.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></I>All of these productions took=20=
place=20
at the Fine Arts Association.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN=
>This=20
past summer, Anne performed in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The=20=
Secret=20
Garden</I> at </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cain</SPAN></st1=
:PlaceName><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=20
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Park</SPAN></st1=
:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, appeared as=20=
=E2=80=9CRobin=E2=80=9D=20
in the Great Lakes Theatre production of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Merry Wives of Windsor, </I>and at=
tended=20
the Fairmount Performing Arts Intensive for her second summer.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Anne is currently a senior at=20
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mayfield</SPAN><=
/st1:PlaceName><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=20
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">High=20
School</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and is audition=
ing at=20
colleges across the country in hopes to pursue a degree in musical theatre.<=
SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><STRONG><SPA=
N=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Devon Turchan</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, a junior at Notre Dame-Cathe=
dral=20
Latin, performs in both community and professional settings around=20
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland</SPAN></st1:place></=
st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Devon</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> began his career at a young a=
ge at=20
Fine Arts Association in </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Willoughby</SPAN></st1:place><=
/st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> with director Fabio Polanco.=20=
He is=20
very thankful to Polanco who gave him the opportunity last spring to be a pa=
rt=20
of Missionaries at Fine Arts leading to this opportunity in=20
</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New=20
York</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. Over the years Devon has per=
formed=20
at the Ohio Theatre with Great Lakes Theatre Festival in productions such as=
=20
<I>A Christmas Carol</I> and <I>Gypsy</I>; The State Theatre with The Clevel=
and=20
Opera in <I>Sampson and Delilah</I>; Dobama Theatre in <I>The Secret Garden<=
/I>=20
and in Marylin Bianchi=E2=80=99s Kid=E2=80=99s Playwright Festival; Baldwin=20=
Wallace College in=20
<I>Nine</I>; Cain Park in <I>The Music Man</I> and <I>The Sound of Music</I>=
;=20
Cleveland JCC=E2=80=99s Halle Theatre in <I>Man of La Mancha</I> and <I>Chil=
dren of=20
Eden</I>; Lake Performing Arts in <I>Oliver</I> and <I>The Miracler Worker</=
I>;=20
and The Willoughby Fine Arts Association in <I>School House Rock</I>; <I>You=
=E2=80=99re=20
a Good Man Charlie Brown;</I> <I>Missionaries</I> (in which he received the=20
Actors Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor), and <I>Anyone Can Whistle</I=
>;=20
among many others. </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Devon</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is ecstatic at the opportunit=
y=20
which has been presented and wishes to thank everyone responsible and all th=
ose=20
who support him</SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>. </FONT>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adam=20
Kern</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is a proud new=20=
member=20
of Actors Equity, and a graduate of </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kent</SPAN></st1=
:PlaceName><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=20
</SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">State</SPAN></st=
1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">'s Musical Theat=
re=20
program. He appeared as Archbishop Romero in the=20
</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ohio</SPAN></st1=
:place></st1:State><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> premeir of=20
Missionaries, made his </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New=20
York</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> debut last Apri=
l at=20
the Classical Theatre of Harlem's production of Caligula. Adam has gotten th=
e=20
opportunity to work with many Broadway stars, including Andre De Shields, To=
m=20
Wopat, Rent's Karmine Alers, Adrian Zmed, and Gary Cherone. Other regional=20
credits include Deuteronomy (CATS), Judas (Jesus Christ Superstar), Anselmo=20=
(Man=20
of La Mancha) and Big Jule (Guys and Dolls). Check out <A=20
href=3D"http://www.adam-kern.com">www.adam-kern.com</A>  !</SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </P=
>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland=20
Cast:</SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Carrie Crow (AEA=
)-Ita=20
Ford<BR>Gina Shmukler(AEA)-Maura Clarke<BR>Tina Stafford(AEA)-Dorothy=20
Kazel<BR>Rachel Stern(AEA)-Jean Donovan<BR>Adam Kern(AEA)-Archbishop Oscar=20
Romero<BR>Beth McGee(AEA)-Country Woman<BR>Ensemble:<BR>Joshua Brown<BR>Rebe=
cca=20
Brown<BR>Dan DiCello<BR>Maria Eleo<BR>Greg Gnau<BR>Melanie Hauer<BR>Dan=20
Henning<BR>Evie Koh<BR>Allison Lehr<BR>Anne Markt<BR>Craig Mosier<BR>Eric=20
Neumore<BR>Sandy Kosovich Peck<BR>Roger Principe<BR>Alex Puette<BR>Laura=20
Rightnour<BR>Devon Turchan<BR><BR>The Artistic Team<BR>Fabio Polanco,=20
Direction<BR>Jennifer Paradise, Assistant Direction<BR>Josh Senick, Music=20
Direction<BR>Janiece Kelley-Kiteley, Choreography<BR>Ben Needham, Scenic=20
Design<BR>Kristen Buchs, Lighting Design<BR>Russ Borski, Costume=20
Designer<BR> Corby Grubb, Sound Design<BR>Jennifer Polanco (AEA) , Stag=
e=20
Management<BR> Sara Bubenik, Production and Company Management<BR>Paul=20
Gatzke, Prop Design and Technical=20
Direction</SPAN></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>

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