[NEohioPAL]Mercury Summer Stock opens BIG RIVER this Friday

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MERCURY SUMMER STOCK

Immediate Release Contact: Pierre-Jacques Brault
June 1, 2007 216-771-5862

Big River
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller Book by William Hauptman
Directed and Choreographed by Pierre-Jacques Brault
Opening June 15, 2007
At the Parma Little Theatre

Mark Twain's masterpiece comes alive in song as Mercury Summer Stock=20
opens with the Award winning musical: BIG RIVER, The Adventures of=20
Huckleberry Finn. The winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best=20
Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score, sweeps us down=20
the mighty Mississippi and provides a brilliantly theatrical=20
celebration of pure Americana. This production is a remounting of the=20
critically acclaimed Virginia Musical Theatre production, helmed by=20
Pierre-Jacques Brault and starring Brian Marshall as Huckleberry Finn.=20
=E2=80=9CLively, exuberant=E2=80=A6and down to earth, which is exactly where=
 it=20
belongs=E2=80=9D boasts Mal Vincent of the Virginian-Pilot. =E2=80=9CAn admi=
rable=20
translation of the book onto the stage=E2=80=9D writes Shannon Dunlap of the=
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Portfolio Weekly. Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain, with music and=20
lyrics by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman, BIG RIVER, The=20
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will open on June 15, 2007 at the Parma=20
Little Theatre (6285 W. 54th Street, Parma). This a limited engagement=20
plays through June 30, 2007.

BIG RIVER contains the language of the period and novel in regards to=20
African Americans.

The creative and design team are: Denella Sing and Sara Smith, musical=20
director; Sean Martin, scenic design; Joanna May Hunkins, stage=20
manager.

The cast includes Jack Bartholet (Dick/Lafe/Sherrif Bell), Kelvette=20
Beacham (Ensemble), Mark Cipra (Pap/Uncle Silas), Nicholas Hyland=20
(Simon/Hank), Paul-Jordan Jansen (Ensemble), Max Kantor (Jo Harper),=20
Larissa Laughin (Strange Woman/Susan Wilkes), Judith Lucas (Miss=20
Watson/Aunt Sally), Corey Joseph Mach (Tom Sawyer), Joe MacIntire (Mark=20
Twain), Brian Marshall (Huckleberry Finn), Daniel Marshall=20
(Preacher/Duke), Sara Masterson (Joanna Wilkes), Danielle Renard (Mary=20
Jane Wilkes), Lynette A. Roberson (Alice), Mack Shirilla (Ben=20
Rogers/Andy/The Fool), Tammy Trotter (Alice's Daughter), Joanne=20
Uniatowski (Widow Douglas), Charles Walker (Jim), Christopher Weible=20
(Robinson/Ensemble), Arthur Wise (Teacher/King).

Tickets for BIG RIVER, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are=20
$15.00-$12.00 and available by calling Mercury Summer Stock box office=20
at (216) 771-5862.

At A Glance:

What: Mercury Summer Stock; BIG RIVER: The Adventures of Huckleberry=20
Finn

When: June 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 27, 28, 29 30; All performances=20
at 7:30PM

Where: Parma Little Theatre (Adjacent to Parma Senior High) 6285 W.54th=20
Street, Parma OH 44129

Cost: $15.00 for Adults and $12.00 for Juniors/Seniors

For more information please visit our website at=20
www.mercurysummerstock.com

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