<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">TRUENORTH CULTURAL
ARTS</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><em><b><i><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FREEDOM'S
LIGHT</span></font></i></b></em></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BY KELLY BOYER
SAGERT</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">COMMISSIONED BY
THE </span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">LORAIN COUNTY
METRO PARKS</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">PREMIERE
PRODUCTION / PERFORMANCES:</span></font></b></strong></p>
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5/1,2; 5/7,8,9;
5/14,15,16 </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">7:30 PM</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> CURTAIN</span></font></b></strong></p>
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5/3; 5/10;
5/17 </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">3:00 PM</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> MATINEES</span></font></b></strong> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">AUDITIONS:</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font color="navy" size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: navy;">Wednesday, March 4th, </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color="navy" size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: navy;">6:00 - 8:00 p.m.</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font color="navy" size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: navy;">Saturday, March 7th, </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color="navy" size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: navy;">11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Characters
in <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Freedom’s Light</span></i>:
For Character Description please see attachment</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><b><font color="black" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">White Men:<span> </span><span> </span>6<span> </span>(1 male sings Stephan Foster Songs and
Hymns)
<span> </span>(*4 men playing multiple roles)<span>
</span></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><b><font color="black" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">African American Men:<span> </span>3<span> </span>(sings spirituals)<span> </span></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><b><font color="black" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">White Woman:<span> </span>4<span> </span>(sings Stephan Foster Songs and Hymns)</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><b><font color="black" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">African American Woman:<span> </span>4<span> </span>(sings spirituals)</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">TRUENORTH AT
FRENCH CREEK</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">FRENCH</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">CREEK</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">NATURE</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">CENTER</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">4530 COLORADO
AVENUE</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> (RT. 611)</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">SHEFFIELD
VILLAGE</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">OHIO</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">44054</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"></span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">440.949.5200 / <a href="http://www.tncarts.org/" target="_blank">WWW.TNCArts.org</a></span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">TrueNorth at
French Creek</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">... 10 minutes
from </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Crocker</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Park</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">... 2.5 miles
north and west of the I-90 / Rt. 611 Interchange</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the days
leading up to the Civil War, helping slaves escape to freedom became
increasingly dangerous – especially in </span></font>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><span style="font-style: italic;">Freedom’s
Light: A Stop on the Underground Railroad</span></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.</p>