[NEohioPAL]Great Lakes Celebrates Holiday Season with A Christmas Carol

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For Immediate Release:

November 1, 2006

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Great Lakes Theater Festival Celebrates=20

The Holiday 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 24 through December 23,
2006.  The production has delighted an estimated 400,000 people in its
history, making it Northeast Ohio's most-loved and best-attended holiday
entertainment.=20

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 tenth season in the
role of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.  The production sponsors for A
Christmas Carol are The John P. Murphy Foundation, Parker Hannifin and
The Great Lakes Theater Festival Business Alliance.  The production's
media sponsor is Soft Rock 102.1 F.M. WDOK.  Media sponsors for the
Festival's forty-fifth season are Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland
Magazine, WCLV 104.9 F.M. and WCPN 90.3 F.M. ideastream.

"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

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

Great Lakes Theater Festival's resident company of fifteen actors,
augmented by a young acting company of ten, will perform A Christmas
Carol.  Eighteen 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."

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

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.=20

Great Lakes Theater Festival's eighteenth annual production of A
Christmas Carol previews on Friday November 24th at 1:30 p.m. Opening
Night is scheduled for Friday, November 24th 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 26th at 3:00 p.m.  A sign-interpreted performance is
scheduled for Sunday, December 3rd at 3:00 p.m.=20

Single tickets for Great Lakes Theater Festival's production of A
Christmas Carol range in price from $27-$56 (Student tickets $18 - any
performance / any seat) and are available by calling (216) 241-6000, by
ordering online <http://www.greatlakestheater.org/tickets/> at
www.greatlakestheater.org, by visiting the Playhouse Square Center
Ticket 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:

Todd Krispinsky

Marketing and Public Relations Director

(216) 241-5490 x317

tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org

www.greatlakestheater.org

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Shakespeare's Great Company!
Experience Northeast Ohio's Favorite Holiday Tradition. Order your
tickets today!
A Christmas Carol
November 24-December 23, 2006
For tickets, visit www.greatlakestheater.org
<http://www.greatlakestheater.org/> =20
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and The <B=20
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Soft Rock 102.1 F.M. WDOK. =20
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sponsors=20
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Magazine, WCLV 104.9 F.M. and WCPN 90.3 F.M. =
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<SPAN=20
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May</st1:PersonName>, who will=20
stage this season’s production.<SPAN=20
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style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  “We are blessed with an =
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talented cast and a wonderful adaptation that we can’t wait to =
share.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  I am overjoyed to return to =
direct a=20
piece of theater again this season that has meant so much to this =
company and to=20
this community as has A Christmas Carol for over a decade and a=20
half.”   =20
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<SPAN=20
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Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee remarked, “The =
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Gerald Freedman’s <SPAN=20
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and moving <SPAN=20
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<st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">Andrew May</st1:PersonName>’s dynamic =
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are sure to delight audiences, whether they’re attending for the =
first time, or=20
returning to experience this holiday tradition again with friends and =
family.”=20
 <o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Great =
Lakes=20
Theater Festival’s resident company of fifteen actors, augmented =
by a young=20
acting company of ten, will perform A=20
Christmas Carol.  =
Eighteen=20
members of the acting company are Cleveland-based =
actors.<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> “We are especially proud =
to have such a=20
large number of <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> actors in our holiday =
company again=20
this season,” said Charles Fee of his ensemble.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  “I think it clearly =
demonstrates the=20
Festival’s commitment to the local acting community as well as to =
the economic=20
development of the city of <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>.” <SPAN =

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<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Freedman's=20
adaptation of A Christmas Carol is presented as a story within a=20
story.<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">=20
The fictitious Cleaveland family gathers in its Victorian-era parlor on=20
Christmas Eve, to read Mr. Dickens' book. As Mrs. Cleaveland reads the =
story to=20
her family, her youngest child, Master William, reimagines familiar =
faces as=20
characters in the story: the Cleaveland’s crotchety manservant =
becomes Scrooge,=20
Father becomes Bob Cratchit, Mother becomes Belle, and the Cleaveland =
children=20
become the Cratchits, with Master William becoming the beloved Tiny Tim. =
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In all, more than 60 Dickens =
characters are=20
brought to life on stage.=20
 <o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The=20
Festival’s production incorporates theatrical special =
effects<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">=20
to retain a strong sense of the supernatural, <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">emphasizing the novel's origins =
in folk=20
tales and myth. Designers for the GLTF production blend exceptional=20
stagecraft with dramatic effects that evoke the magical and mysterious =
aspects=20
of a classic ghost story. <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Great=20
Lakes Theater Festival’s eighteenth annual production of A =
Christmas=20
Carol previews <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">on=20
Friday November 24th at 1:30 p.m. Opening Night is scheduled =
for=20
Friday, November 24th at 7:30 p.m..<SPAN=20
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style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Curtain =
times for=20
all evening performances will remain at 7:30 p.m., with a 1:30 p.m. =
curtain time=20
for Saturday matinees and a 3:00 p.m. curtain time for Sunday=20
matinees.<SPAN=20
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mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  An audio-described performance =
is=20
scheduled for Sunday, November 26th at 3:00 p.m.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  A sign-interpreted performance =
is=20
scheduled for Sunday, December 3rd at 3:00 p.m.=20
 <o:p></o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Single =
tickets=20
for Great Lakes Theater Festival’s production of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Christmas Carol range in =
price from=20
$27-$56 (Student tickets $18 – any performance / any =
seat)<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and =
are=20
available by calling (216) =
241-6000,=20
by ordering <A =
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/tickets/">online</A> at <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">www.greatlakestheater.org, by =
visiting=20
the Playhouse Square Center Ticket Office or any Tickets.com outlet =
located=20
within all Tops Friendly Markets. Groups=20
of ten or more receive discounts as do educators and students. =
(Consult the=20
enclosed information sheet for complete ticketing and contact details.)=20

<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT=20
size=3D2> <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Since =
1962, Great=20
Lakes Theater Festival has brought the pleasure, power and relevance of =
classic=20
theater to the widest possible audience in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Northern=20
Ohio</st1:place>. The first resident company of <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Playhouse</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Square</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Great Lakes Theater =
Festival has=20
called the Ohio Theatre home since 1982. <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p>
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12.0pt">#<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">   #<SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
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Information:<SPAN=20
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<st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on"><SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
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and Public Relations Director<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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12.0pt">(216)=20
241-5490 x317<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><A=20
href=3D"mailto:tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org">tkrispinsky at greatlakest=
heater.org</A><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><A=20
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org">www.greatlakestheater.org</A></=
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<DIV align=3Dleft>Shakespeare's=20
Great Company!</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft>Experience Northeast Ohio's =
Favorite=20
Holiday Tradition.  Order your tickets today!</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft>A Christmas=20
Carol</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft>November 24-December =
23,=20
2006</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft>For tickets, visit <A=20
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/">www.greatlakestheater.org</A> =

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