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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>November 24, 2008<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>TIMES WERE HARD IN 1860’S ENGLAND TOO, BUT
CASSIDY’S “SCROOGE” SHOWS </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>THAT HOLIDAY JOY CAN OVERCOME TOUGH ECONOMY<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><i>Parma Hts.</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> – Cassidy Theatre, Inc. presents the holiday musical
Scrooge. The show will run at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays
Dec.5 through Dec. 21 at Cassidy Theatre, 6200 Pearl Rd. Parma Hts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tickets are on sale now for $20 for
adults and $15 for seniors and Students and can be purchased by calling the
Cassidy Theatre at (440) 842-4600.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><i>Scrooge</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> features book,
music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Cassidy production is Directed and Choreographed by Lester Currie,
with Musical Direction by Kira Seaton.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><i>Scrooge</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> is the stage adaptation of the movie musical
retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic <i>A Christmas Carol</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> in which cold-souled Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of
heart after spirit visitations on Christmas Eve. Renowned
writer-composer-lyricist Bricusse adapted <i>A Christmas Carol</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, into a movie musical in 1970 starring Albert Finney
as Scrooge. In 1992, the stage musical adapted from the film was mounted in the
U.K. under the title <i>Scrooge: The Musical</i></span><span style="font-size:
10.0pt"> featuring the Bricusse songs and starring Anthony Newley.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“I think the message of the
show is particularly important now when we are in hard times” says Alex Nalbach
who plays Scrooge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“The
characters in the show – Scrooge included – are people who are living through
hard times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What keeps the community
going…is that they always reach out, they always help each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s a nice undercurrent of the show
that it’s community that counts.” In addition to Nalbach, the Cassidy
production also stars:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Don Pedley as Jacob Marley <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Brad Andersen as Bob
Cratchitt <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Karen Hunaday as Ethel
Cratchitt/Ghost of Christmas Past II<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Aaron Kastanis as Harry
Burnet/Young Ebenezer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kayla Bruzinski as Kathy
Cratchitt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Evan Ozimek/Jacob Fekete as
Tiny Tim<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Emily Tabar as Ghost of
Christmas Past I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Danny Woods as
Beggerman.Ghost of Christmas Present I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Thomas F. Majercik Sr. as Old
Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Carol Broquet as Mrs.
Fezziwig<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kent Overton as Ghost of
Christmas Yet to Come<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Joe Delaney as Wine
Merchant/Phantom/Dick Wilkins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Debbie Lenarz as Isabel/Helen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Nick Tabar as Peter Cratchitt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kayla Maggard as Belinda
Cratchitt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Zac Hudak as Thom Jenkins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Jennifer Nageotte as Mary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Joe Mcintyre as
Grandfather/Mr. Pringle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sue Overton as Mrs. Dilber<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Julie Dombrowski as Miss
Dilber<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Joshua Herrmann as Bissett
the Butcher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Stephanie Malfarn as
Joycelynn Jollygoode<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Vicki Arnello as Hermione
Hardy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tom Malone as Harry Topper/Phantom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Paul Montgomery as Punch and
Judy/Phantom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dawn Culp as Beggar Woman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Caitlin Nageotte, Gabby
Halligan and Brielle Giomini as Shoppers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">FOR INFORMATION: Geoffrey
Short, <a href="mailto:geoffshort@sbcglobal.net">geoffshort@sbcglobal.net</a>,
440-263-1156<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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