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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=5 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'>Contact:</span></font></i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Kathleen Lawry <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> Public Relations and Marketing Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'>Office:</span></font></i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> 440.375.7230 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'>Date:</span></font></i><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> Oct. 22, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><b><font size=5 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Lake Erie</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=5><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'> theatre department to
perform “The Good Woman of Setzuan” <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">PAINESVILLE</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>)
– The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lake Erie</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> theatre
department will take the stage to perform the “Good Woman of
Setzuan” Nov. 8-10 and 15-17 at 8:00 p.m. and Nov. 11 at 2:30 p.m. in the
C.K. Rickel Theatre of the Fine Arts Building. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Lake Erie</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s
production of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Good Woman of Setzuan” is
a children’s fairy tale, a moral fable, a poignant call of distress and a
spur to individual and social action. With life-size puppets, grotesque masks
and a set that surrounds the audience and literally pulls it in, director
Terence Cranendonk, visiting assistant professor of theatre, challenges and
confronts theatergoers with the head on assault of a three-ring circus.
Original music composed exclusively for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Lake Erie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
production completes this unique re-imagining of Brecht’s contemporary
standard. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In
“The Good Woman of Setzuan,” three gods visit a semi-westernized
Chinese city, prompted by the incessant complaints of the earth’s poor
and miserable inhabitants, who find it impossible to follow the gods’
moral precepts for being “good.” Reluctant to change either their
rules or the conditions of the people living on earth, the gods resolve to find
just one good person, as proof that they may leave the world as it is.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
gods find their good person in a young prostitute, Shen-Te, when she offers
them a place to stay for the night. In order to keep her from practicing
prostitution, they give her a thousand silver dollars to support herself and
continue her good deeds. When she tries to help her fellow slum-dwellers;
however, she soon learns that they can be greedy, rapacious and manipulative. Shen-Te,
herself, increasingly turns to deceit and exploitation in order to continue
“to do good.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Originally
produced in 1943, Brecht’s play is a triumphant example of the practical
application of his ideas of an “epic theatre,” in which critical
involvement of the audience is emphasized over empathy for the play’s
characters. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In
Cranendonk’s production at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lake
Erie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
“The Good Woman of Setzuan,” is a vehicle for the exploration of
such questions as “What is goodness?,” “Is it possible to
practice virtue in an unvirtuous world?,” and “Is goodness a
function of social circumstance or of individual character?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tickets
are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and non-LEC students. For information or
to make a reservation, call the box office at 440.375.7450 or e-mail
faboxoffice@lec.edu. Free parking is located off <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Gillett Street</st1:address></st1:Street> near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Andrews</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Osborne</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Founded
in 1856, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lake Erie</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is a dynamic and
progressive institution of higher education. The College offers 27
undergraduate majors, including a new program in equine entrepreneurship
– the first of its kind throughout the country. This coeducational
college, grounded in the liberal arts, enrolls just over 1,100 students of all
ages and is nationally recognized for its equine studies programs and
international learning opportunities for students.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-style:normal'>Kathleen Lawry</span></font></i></em><i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Public
Relations and Marketing Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Lake Erie</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>391
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">W. Washington St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Painesville</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">44077</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Phone:
440.375.7230<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Fax:
440.375.7204<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>E-mail:
<a href="mailto:klawry@lec.edu" title="mailto:klawry@lec.edu"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><span title="mailto:klawry@lec.edu"><span
title="mailto:klawry@lec.edu">klawry@lec.edu</span></span></span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://www.lec.edu/" title="http://www.lec.edu/">www.lec.edu</a></span></font><span
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