[NEOPAL]A very special theatre experience -- " ASKING FOR IT!"

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Please join us at LCCC for " ASKING FOR IT!"
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Directed by Tony nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett, "Asking for It" is a
joyful kaleidoscope of faith and femininity, repression and redemption,
humor and humility.  Spiced with dance and song, actress/writer Joanna
Rush takes her larger-than-life experience and filters it through the
prism of humor.  Portraying a colorful cast of characters ranging from
tyrannical nuns and sexy chorines, to growing boys...of all ages, she is
hilarious, irreverent and moving. "Asking for It" leaves audiences -
male and female, of all ages - invigorated and inspired!

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Here's what members of last night's preview audience had to say ....
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"Asking For IT" is a very powerful performance that takes you on a
roller coaster ride of emotions - one moment you're laughing, the next
you're crying. It was amazing to see one actress play so many roles so
convincingly."
Steve S.
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"The show really tugs at your heart strings. Joanna Rush is fabulous."
Debby J.
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"Asking For It" is absolutely riveting ---  exceptionally well-performed
and well-written. I'm glad I had the opportunity to experience it!  The
intimate setting of our Studio Theatre made this a very special
experience."
Cindy K.
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ASKING FOR IT"=20
Midwest Premiere at the Stocker Arts Center=20
April 26 -30, 2006

WRITER/PERFORMER JOANNA RUSH &

TONY-NOMINATED DIRECTOR, LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT

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Sex, sequins and seminaries...  Was Bernadette O'Connell asking for it?
This powerful and poignant one-woman comedy is a coming of age story
about a feisty dancer and former 'Outstanding Catholic Youth of the
Year' who takes on New York City  --- where her convictions about
religion bump up against reality and sexuality.=20

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"Asking For It" is as relevant in 2006 as it is in 1969 --- when young
Bernie (a former "Catholic Girl of the Year" and a sure bet to enter the
convent) puts her religious vocation on hold, skips out on the nuns, and
joins 35 "sisters" at Radio City Music Hall...the "Rockettes." But her
sexual mis-education leaves her wide open and vulnerable to the twisted,
testosterone-filled world of her new life in the Big Apple, and
ultimately transforms her. Amidst her sexual misadventures, Bernadette
marries, births a child, and lands on Broadway. But as time passes, a
dancer with bum knees and a kid must settle for a slew of raunchy
roles...from a pregnant burlesque queen to star of the filthiest show
Off-Broadway. While fearing and flaunting her sexuality, Bernadette
learns its potent affect on patrons and predators but struggles to
embrace it for herself. After witnessing her full circle transformation,
you'll laugh at what she really asks for...and maybe even gets. =20

As directed by Tony nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett, "Asking for It" is a
joyful kaleidoscope of faith and femininity, repression and redemption,
humor and humility.  Spiced with dance and song, Rush takes her
larger-than-life experience and filters it through the prism of humor.
She portrays a colorful cast of characters ranging from tyrannical nuns
and sexy chorines, to growing boys...of all ages, including her
childhood best friend and adult confidante "Sebastian" --- who
transforms himself from New Jersey's Johnny Iarinno to a gay theatre
director with a British accent!  Hilarious, irreverent and moving,
Joanna Rush's "Asking for It" leaves audiences - male and female, of all
ages - invigorated and inspired.

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Stocker Artc Center performances are Wednesday through Sunday, April
26th through 30th at 7:30pm, with Saturday and Sunday matinees, April
29th and 30th at 3:00pm.  The audiences are invited to participate in
talkbacks, asking questions and giving feedback following each of the
performances, in preparation for a national tour next year.=20

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Tickets for "ASKING FOR IT" are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students
and Golden Buckeye card holders and are on sale now. Seating is limited
to 125 per performance. On performances days, tickets are available
beginning at 6:00pm for evening performances and at 1:30pm for
matinees. Tickets are also on sale at the Stocker Arts Center Box
Office from 12:00 noon to 6:00p.m. Mondays through Fridays, at
440.366.4040 or 1.800.995.5222 ext. 4040, or online at
www.lorainccc.edu/stocker <blocked::http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker> .

The Studio Theatre is located in the Stocker Arts Center, which is on
the campus of Lorain County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road,
Elyria, Ohio 44035. For further information or directions to Stocker,
please call the Box Office or visit the web at www.lorainccc.edu/stocker
<blocked::http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker> click on Special Events. =20

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ABOUT JOANNA RUSH AND LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT=20

Joanna Rush is an award-winning writer and actress, who just recently
completed shooting her latest film, "Saying Goodbye."  She has done
theatre work all over the world co-starring with such actors as Marisa
Tomei and Charles Durning, and has appeared on such television shows as
"Archie Bunker's Place," "Cagney & Lacy" and "Falcon Crest."  Her film
career includes "On the Cliffs," (which was the Winner of the Best Short
Comedy 2004, Ohio Independent Film Festival), "The Night They Raided
Minsky's," directed by William Friedkin, and "A Killing Affair" with
O.J. Simpson.  In addition to writing "ASKING FOR IT," she also is the
co-author of "Irish Whiskey," which was the winner of the 1998 Best
Feature Film award at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival,
and "Mother's Day," a TV movie.

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As a director, Lynne Taylor-Corbett has received two Tony nominations
and a Drama Desk nomination for her direction and choreography of
Broadway's "Swing!" in 2000, and received two American Theatre Wing
"Star" nominations for its National Tour in 2001.  She has also
choreographed two hit shows on Broadway, "Chess" and "Titanic."  Off
Broadway, she directed "Mona Rogers in Person" at the Cherry Lane
Theatre, "Boy's Breath" at LaMama, Etc., "Darlene Love: Portrait of a
Singer" at the Bottom Line Theatre, and the acclaimed "20th Century Pop"
starring Marianne Faithful.  Regionally she has directed shows at The
Cleveland Play House, The Old Globe Theatre, Hartford Stage and The
George Street Playhouse.  Her dance works have been commissioned by New
York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance
Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Philadanco, and companies throughout
the world.  Her feature films include "Footloose," "My Blue Heaven" and
"Bewitched."  In the summer of 2005, she mounted a show for Disney in
their new theatre in Hong Kong.

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crying. It was amazing to see one actress play so many roles so=20
convincingly.<SPAN class=3D771293114-26042006>"</SPAN><BR>Steve<SPAN=20
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<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
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strings.=20
Joanna Rush is fabulous."</FONT></FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
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had the=20
opportunity to experience it<SPAN class=3D448430815-26042006>!  The =
intimate=20
setting of our Studio Theatre made this a very special=20
experience."</SPAN></EM></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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2006</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place></EM></SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>=

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size=3D3>WRITER/PERFORMER JOANNA RUSH=20
&<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial><FONT =

size=3D3>TONY-NOMINATED DIRECTOR, LYNNE=20
TAYLOR-CORBETT<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
<FONT=20
face=3DArial>Sex, sequins and seminaries.<SPAN=20
class=3D582041913-26042006>.. =20
Was Bernadette O’Connell asking=20
for it? This powerful and poignant one-woman comedy is a coming of =
age story=20
about a feisty dancer and former ‘Outstanding Catholic Youth of =
the Year’ who=20
takes on <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">New York=20
City</st1:City></st1:place>  ---=20
where her convictions about religion bump up against reality<SPAN =

class=3D448430815-26042006> and sexuality. 
<FONT=20
face=3DArial><o:p><FONT=20
face=3DArial> </o:p>
<FONT=20
face=3DArial>"Asking For It" =
is as=20
relevant in 2006 as it is in =
1969<SPAN=20
class=3D448430815-26042006> --- when=20
young Bernie (a former =
"Catholic=20
Girl of the Year" and a sure bet to enter the convent<SPAN=20
class=3D448430815-26042006>) puts her religious vocation on hold, =
skips out=20
on the nuns, and joins 35 <SPAN=20
class=3D448430815-26042006>"sisters"=20
at Radio City Music Hall…the “Rockettes.” But her =
sexual mis-education leaves=20
her wide open and vulnerable to the twisted, testosterone-filled world =
of her=20
new life in the Big Apple, and =
ultimately=20
transforms her. Amidst her sexual misadventures, Bernadette =
marries,=20
births a child, and lands on Broadway. But as time passes, a dancer with =
bum=20
knees and a kid must settle for a slew of raunchy roles…from a =
pregnant=20
burlesque queen to star of the filthiest show Off-Broadway. While =
fearing and=20
flaunting her sexuality, Bernadette learns its potent affect on patrons =
and=20
predators but struggles to embrace it for herself. After witnessing her =
full=20
circle transformation, you’ll laugh at what she really asks =
for…and maybe even=20
gets.  <BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break">
<FONT=20
face=3DArial>As directed by Tony nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett, =
“Asking for It” is=20
a joyful kaleidoscope of faith and femininity, repression and =
redemption, humor=20
and humility.  Spiced with =
dance and=20
song, Rush takes her larger-than-life experience and filters it through =
the=20
prism of humor.  She =
portrays a=20
colorful cast of characters ranging from tyrannical nuns and sexy =
chorines, to=20
growing boys…of all ages, =
including=20
her childhood best friend and =
adult=20
confidante "Sebastian" --- who transforms himself =
from New=20
Jersey's Johnny Iarinno to a gay theatre director with a British=20
accent!  Hilarious, =

irreverent and moving, Joanna Rush’s “Asking for It” =
leaves audiences – male and=20
female, of all ages – invigorated and inspired.</FONT></P>
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class=3D448430815-26042006>Artc Center </SPAN>performances <SPAN=20
class=3D448430815-26042006>are</SPAN></SPAN> Wednesday through =
Sunday, April=20
26<SUP>th</SUP> through 30<SUP>th</SUP> at 7:30pm, <SPAN=20
class=3D448430815-26042006>with</SPAN> Saturday and Sunday matinees, =
April=20
29<SUP>th</SUP> and 30<SUP>th</SUP> at 3:00pm.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The audiences <SPAN=20
class=3D448430815-26042006>are</SPAN> invited <SPAN=20
class=3D742114920-17042006>to participate in</SPAN> talkback<SPAN=20
class=3D448430815-26042006>s, asking questions and giving feedback=20
</SPAN>following each of the performances<SPAN =
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in preparation for a national tour next year.</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN=20
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style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“ASKING FOR =
IT”</I></FONT> are $10.00 for=20
adults and $5.00 for students and <SPAN =
class=3D742114920-17042006>Golden=20
Buckeye card holders</SPAN> and </STRONG><SPAN=20
class=3D742114920-17042006><STRONG>are on sale now.</STRONG>  =
Seating is=20
limited to 125 per performance.<FONT size=3D1> </FONT>On performances =
days, t<SPAN=20
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beginning at=20
6:00pm <SPAN class=3D742114920-17042006>for</SPAN> evening<SPAN=20
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for =20
matinees.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>T<SPAN=20
class=3D448430815-26042006>ickets</SPAN> are also on sale<SPAN=20
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TAYLOR-CORBETT </o:p>
Joanna Rush<SPAN=20
class=3D742114920-17042006> is an award-winning writer and=20
actress, who just recently =
completed=20
shooting her latest film, “Saying=20
Goodbye.”  She =
has done theatre=20
work all over the world co-starring with such actors as Marisa Tomei and =
Charles=20
Durning, and has appeared on such television shows as <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Archie Bunker’s =
Place,” “Cagney & Lacy”=20
and “Falcon =
Crest.”<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Her film career includes =
<I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“On the Cliffs,” =
(which was the Winner=20
of the Best Short Comedy 2004, Ohio Independent Film Festival), <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“The Night They Raided =
Minsky’s,”=20
directed by William Friedkin, and “A=20
Killing Affair” with O.J. Simpson. =20
In addition to writing “ASKING FOR=20
IT,” she also is the co-author of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Irish Whiskey,” =
which was the winner of=20
the 1998 Best Feature Film award at the Temecula Valley International =
Film=20
Festival, and “Mother’s Day,” a TV=20
movie.
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As =
a director,=20
Lynne Taylor-Corbett has received two Tony nominations and a Drama Desk=20
nomination for her direction and choreography of Broadway’s <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Swing!” in 2000, =
and received two=20
American Theatre Wing “Star” nominations for its National =
Tour in 2001.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  She has also choreographed two =
hit shows=20
on Broadway, “Chess” and <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Titanic.”<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Off Broadway, she directed <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Mona Rogers in =
Person” at the=20
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Cherry</st1:PlaceName> =

<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Lane</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Boy’s =
Breath”</I> at LaMama, Etc.,=20
</FONT><FONT face=3DArial><I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: =
normal">“Darlene Love:=20
Portrait of a Singer”</I> at the Bottom Line Theatre, and the =
acclaimed <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“20<SUP>th<SPAN =
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</SPAN></SUP></I><I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Century =
Pop”</I>=20
starring Marianne Faithful.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>Regionally she has directed shows at The Cleveland Play House, =
The Old=20
Globe Theatre, Hartford Stage and The George Street Playhouse.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Her dance works have been =
commissioned=20
by New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American =
Dance=20
Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Philadanco, and companies throughout =
the=20
world.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Her feature films =
include <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Footloose,” “My =
Blue Heaven” </I>and <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“Bewitched.”</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>In the summer of 2005, she =
mounted a=20
show for Disney in their new theatre in <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Hong=20
Kong</st1:place>.</FONT></P>
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