[NEohioPAL] TRUENORTH CULTURAL ARTS AUDITIONS "FREEDOM'S LIGHT"

[TrueNorth Cultural Arts]

*TRUENORTH CULTURAL ARTS*

*AUDITIONS*

*FREEDOM'S LIGHT*

*BY KELLY BOYER SAGERT*

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*COMMISSIONED BY THE *

*LORAIN COUNTY METRO **PARKS*

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*PREMIERE PRODUCTION / PERFORMANCES:*

*              5/1,2; 5/7,8,9; 5/14,15,16    7:30 PM CURTAIN*

*              5/3; 5/10; 5/17                     3:00 PM MATINEES*

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*REHEARSALS:  THROUGHOUT MARCH AND APRIL*

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*AUDITIONS:*

*Saturday, 2/21  1:00 – 4:00 p.m.*

*Sunday, 2/22     4:30 – 6:30 p.m.*

*Characters in Freedom's Light:     For Character Description please see
attachment*

*White Men:                             6      (1 male sings Stephan Foster
Songs and Hymns)                                                            (*4
men playing multiple roles)
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*African American Men:          3       (sings spirituals)
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*White Woman:                         4      (sings Stephan Foster Songs and
Hymns)*

*African American Woman:     4       (sings spirituals)*

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*TRUENORTH AT FRENCH CREEK*

*FRENCH CREEK NATURE CENTER*

*4530 COLORADO AVENUE (RT. 611)*

*SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO  44054*

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*440.949.5200 / WWW.TNCArts.org <http://www.tncarts.org/>*

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*TrueNorth at French Creek *

*** ... 10 minutes from Crocker Park *

*** ... 2.5 miles north and west of the I-90 / Rt. 611 Interchange*



In the days leading up to the Civil War, helping slaves escape to freedom
became increasingly dangerous – especially in Northern Ohio. Only the
bravest of conductors on the Underground Railroad continued defying federal
orders to stop helping slaves – and Robbins and Eliza Burrell of Sheffield,
Ohio were two of those daring conductors who refused to stop. Federal
marshals raided their home countless times, yet never caught those assisting
fugitives. No one knows how they evaded detection – but *Freedom's Light: A
Stop on the Underground Railroad* suggests one possible way as it shares the
story of Nellie as she courageously flees slavery so that her baby could
live in freedom.
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