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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">TRUENORTH CULTURAL ARTS</font></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><i><font size="5">FREEDOM'S LIGHT</font></i></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">BY KELLY BOYER SAGERT</font></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">COMMISSIONED BY THE </font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">LORAIN COUNTY METRO </font></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">PARKS</font></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">PREMIERE PRODUCTION / PERFORMANCES:</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5"> 5/1,2; 5/7,8,9; 5/14,15,16 7:30
PM CURTAIN</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5"> 5/3; 5/10; 5/17 3:00
PM MATINEES</font></b> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>REHEARSALS:
THROUGHOUT MARCH AND APRIL</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">AUDITIONS:</font></b></span></p><br><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">Saturday, 2/21<span> </span>1:00 – 4:00
p.m.</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">Sunday, 2/22<span> </span>4:30 – 6:30
p.m.</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="left"><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';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>Characters
in <i>Freedom's Light</i>: For Character
Description please see attachment</b></span></span></p>
<p 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';"><b>White
Men:<span> </span><span> </span><span>
</span>6<span> </span>(1 male sings
Stephan Foster Songs and Hymns)
<span> </span>(*4 men playing multiple
roles)<span>
</span></b></span></p>
<p 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';"><b>African
American Men:<span> </span>3<span> </span>(sings spirituals)<span>
</span></b></span></p>
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Woman:<span> </span><span> </span>4<span> </span>(sings Stephan Foster Songs and
Hymns)</b></span></p>
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American Woman:<span> </span>4<span> </span>(sings
spirituals)</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">TRUENORTH AT FRENCH CREEK</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">FRENCH CREEK NATURE CENTER</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><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';"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">4530 COLORADO AVENUE (RT. 611)</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO 44054</font></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">440.949.5200 / <a href="http://www.tncarts.org/" target="_blank">WWW.TNCArts.org</a></font></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5">TrueNorth at French Creek </font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5"> ... 10 minutes from Crocker Park </font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><font size="5"> ... 2.5 miles north and west of the I-90 / Rt. 611
Interchange</font></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" align="justify"><span 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 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 <i>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.</span></p></font>