[NEohioPAL]Lorain County Community College Theatre Program Presents "Nickel & Dimed"

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The Lorain County Community College Theatre Program

Presents...

"NICKEL AND DIMED" Written by Joan Holden, based on "NICKEL AND DIMED,
ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Directed by Carlyn Cahill

Monday-Saturday

March 26 through 31, 2007 - 7:30pm

Stocker Center - STUDIO THEATRE*

FREE ADMISSION

*PLEASE BE ADVISED: =20
this show contains adult language - specifically profanity.

THE STORY: Can a middle-aged, middle-class woman survive, when she
suddenly has to make beds all day in a hotel and live on $7 an hour?
Maybe. But one $7-an-hour job won't pay the rent: she'll have to do
back-to-back shifts, as a chambermaid and a waitress. This isn't the
first surprise for acclaimed author Barbara, who set out to research
low-wage life firsthand, confident she was prepared for the worst.
Barbara Ehrenreich's best-seller about her odyssey is vivid and witty,
yet always deeply sobering. Joan Holden's stage adaptation is a focused
comic epic shadowed with tragedy. Barbara is prepared for hard work but
not, at 55, for double shifts and nonstop aches and pains; for having to
share tiny rooms, live on fast food because she has no place to cook,
beg from food pantries, gulp handfuls of Ibuprofen because she can't
afford a doctor; for failing, after all that, to make ends meet; or for
constantly having to swallow humiliation. The worst, she learns, is not
what happens to the back or the knees: it's the damage to the heart. The
bright glimpses of Barbara's co-workers that enliven the book become
indelible portraits: Gail, the star waitress pushing fifty who can no
longer outrun her troubles; Carlie, the hotel maid whose rage has burned
down to disgust; Pete, the nursing home cook who retreats into fantasy;
Holly, terrified her pregnancy will end her job as Team Leader at Magic
Maids, and with it her 50-cent raise. These characters wage their life
struggles with a gallantry that humbles Barbara, and the audience. The
play shows us the life a third of working Americans now lead, and makes
us angry that anyone should have to live it.

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County
Community College Theatre =
Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></em></p>

<p class=3Dtext><em><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>Presents...=
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<p class=3Dtext><em><i><font size=3D5 face=3D"Arial Black"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
20.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'>“NICKEL AND =
DIMED”</span></font></i></em><em><i><font
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style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'>
</span></font></i></em><b><i><font size=3D1 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Written by =
Joan
Holden, based on "NICKEL AND DIMED, ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN =
<st1:place
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w:st=3D"on">AMERICA</st1:country-region></st1:place>"
by Barbara Ehrenreich<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3Dtext><b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Directed by <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">Carlyn
 Cahill</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3Dtext><b><font size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Monday-Saturday<o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></b></p>

<p class=3Dtext><b><font size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>March 26 through 31, 2007 =
–
7:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3Dtext><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on"><b><font size=3D4
  face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Stocker</sp=
an></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font
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style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
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w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> - STUDIO THEATRE*<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3Dtext><b><font size=3D4 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>FREE =
ADMISSION<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3Dtext><strong><b><font size=3D3 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;background:yellow'>*PLEASE BE ADVISED:  =
</span></font></b></strong><b><font
face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-family:Verdana;background:yellow;font-weight:
bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=3DVerdana><span style=3D'font-family:Verdana'>this =
show
contains adult language - specifically =
profanity.</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><b><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

THE STORY: Can a middle-aged, middle-class =
woman
survive, when she suddenly has to make beds all day in a hotel and live =
on $7
an hour? Maybe. But one $7-an-hour job won’t pay the rent: =
she’ll
have to do back-to-back shifts, as a chambermaid and a waitress. This
isn’t the first surprise for acclaimed author Barbara, who set out =
to
research low-wage life firsthand, confident she was prepared for the =
worst.
Barbara Ehrenreich’s best-seller about her odyssey is vivid and =
witty,
yet always deeply sobering. Joan Holden’s stage adaptation is a =
focused
comic epic shadowed with tragedy. Barbara is prepared for hard work but =
not, at
55, for double shifts and nonstop aches and pains; for having to share =
tiny
rooms, live on fast food because she has no place to cook, beg from food
pantries, gulp handfuls of Ibuprofen because she can’t afford a =
doctor;
for failing, after all that, to make ends meet; or for constantly having =
to
swallow humiliation. The worst, she learns, is not what happens to the =
back or
the knees: it’s the damage to the heart. The bright glimpses of
Barbara’s co-workers that enliven the book become indelible =
portraits:
Gail, the star waitress pushing fifty who can no longer outrun her =
troubles;
Carlie, the hotel maid whose rage has burned down to disgust; Pete, the =
nursing
home cook who retreats into fantasy; Holly, terrified her pregnancy will =
end
her job as Team Leader at Magic Maids, and with it her 50-cent raise. =
These
characters wage their life struggles with a gallantry that humbles =
Barbara, and
the audience. The play shows us the life a third of working Americans =
now lead,
and makes us angry that anyone should have to live =
it.<o:p></o:p>

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w:st=3D"on">County</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">Community College</st1:PlaceType> | <st1:Street =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address
 w:st=3D"on">1005 N Abbe Rd</st1:address></st1:Street> -- =
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Elyria</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">OH</st1:State> =
<st1:PostalCode
 w:st=3D"on">44035</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></b> <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

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