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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Main-Travelled Roads</span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, a delightful 4 character musical
in the mold of “Little House on the Prairie” has a preview
performance TONIGHT and runs through October 5. <b><u><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The
Play<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Main-Travelled Roads,</span></font></i></em><em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal'> the winner of the
2007 Richard Rogers Award, </span></font></i></em><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>is a bright, funny, romantic musical based on the
short stories of Hamlin Garland. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Garland</st1:City></st1:place>
was born 7 years before and a few miles south of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s
birth date & place. Set in turn-of-the-century <st1:State w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State>,
the warm and honest portraits of life in the rural <st1:place w:st="on">Midwest</st1:place>
are lively, touching, heartfelt, and timeless. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hamlin Garland was
born in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">West Salem</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State></st1:place>, in 1860. After moving with his
family to a succession of homesteads in <st1:State w:st="on">Iowa</st1:State>
and <st1:State w:st="on">South Dakota</st1:State>, he went to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place> in 1884, determined to embark on a
literary career. His first success was <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Main-Travelled
Roads</span></i>, a collection of short stories published in 1891. He moved to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> in 1893, lectured
widely on literary topics, and agitated for a realistic American literature
through a number of essays, some of which were revised into his 1894 manifesto,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Crumbling Idols</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Main-Travelled Roads</span></i> was developed in part
at the Stages 2006 Festival of New Musicals in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> and at Madison Repertory
Theater’s Fall Festival of New Plays.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><u><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white'>Performance
Schedule</span></font></u></b></strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white;font-weight:bold'><br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Main-Travelled Roads</span></i></span></font></b><strong><b><i><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white;font-weight:normal'>will have a preview performance on September 18. The
official opening on Friday, September 19 will be followed by a reception with
the cast. Regular performances continue through October 5, Thursdays,
Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Following each
performance, there will be an opportunity for the audience to discuss the play
with members of the cast.</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><b><u><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;background:white'>Tickets</span></font></u></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Tickets
are $28 on Fridays & Saturdays, $25 on Thursdays & Sundays. All full
time students with ID are $7 at all performances. Seniors receive a $3 discount
at all regular Thursday and Sunday performances. Season subscriptions and
discounted coupon books are available. Group discounts are available for
parties of 10 or more.</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Tickets can be purchased on
line at www.actorssummit.org or by phone by calling (330) 342-0800. </span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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