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size=5>TRUENORTH CULTURAL ARTS</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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size=5>AUDITIONS</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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size=5>FREEDOM'S LIGHT</FONT></EM></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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size=5>BY KELLY BOYER SAGERT</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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size=5>COMMISSIONED BY THE </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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size=5>LORAIN COUNTY METRO </FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5>PARKS</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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size=5>PREMIERE PRODUCTION / PERFORMANCES:</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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size=5>
5/1,2; 5/7,8,9; 5/14,15,16 7:30
PM CURTAIN</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5> 5/3;
5/10;
5/17 3:00
PM MATINEES</FONT></STRONG> </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>REHEARSALS:
THROUGHOUT MARCH AND APRIL</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><?xml:namespace
prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><STRONG><FONT
size=1></FONT></STRONG></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><STRONG><FONT
size=5>AUDITIONS:</FONT></STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5>Sunday, 2/15<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>4:30
– 6:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5>Monday, 2/16<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>1:00
– 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5>Saturday, 2/21<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>1:00 – 4:00
p.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5>Sunday, 2/22<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>4:30 – 6:30 p.m.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>Characters
in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Freedom’s
Light</I>: For Character Description please see
attachment</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"
align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>White
Men:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>6<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1 male
sings Stephan Foster Songs and Hymns)
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(*4 men playing
multiple roles)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"
align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>African
American Men:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>3<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>(sings
spirituals)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 3">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"
align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>White
Woman:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>4<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>(sings
Stephan Foster Songs and Hymns)<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"
align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>African
American Woman:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>4<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>(sings
spirituals)<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P></SPAN>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=1></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5>TRUENORTH AT FRENCH CREEK</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5>FRENCH CREEK NATURE CENTER</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5><o:p>4530 COLORADO AVENUE (RT. 611)</o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5><o:p>SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO 44054</o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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size=1><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=5><o:p>440.949.5200 / <A
href="http://www.TNCArts.org">WWW.TNCArts.org</A></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><FONT
size=1><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><o:p><FONT
size=5>TrueNorth at French Creek </FONT></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><o:p><FONT
size=5> ... 10 minutes from Crocker
Park </FONT></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG><o:p><FONT
size=5> ... 2.5 miles north and west of the I-90 / Rt. 611
Interchange</FONT></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">In
the days leading up to the Civil War, helping slaves escape to freedom became
increasingly dangerous – especially in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Northern
Ohio</st1:place>. Only the bravest of conductors on the Underground Railroad
continued defying federal orders to stop helping slaves – and Robbins and Eliza
Burrell of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sheffield</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> 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 <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Freedom’s Light: A Stop
on the Underground Railroad</I> suggests one possible way as it shares the story
of Nellie as she courageously flees slavery so that her baby could live in
freedom.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>