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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><em><font size="5">FREEDOM'S LIGHT: A Stop Along the Underground Railroad</font></em></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><font size="5">BY KELLY BOYER SAGERT</font></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><font size="5"> 5/1,2; 5/7,8,9; 5/14,15,16 7:30 PM CURTAIN</font></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="left"><span 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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><font size="5">call Rick Fortney, 440.724.7189 for further info.</font></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" 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></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" 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></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" 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)</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><font size="5">440.949.5200 / <a href="http://www.tncarts.org/">WWW.TNCArts.org</a></font></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><font size="5">TrueNorth at French Creek </font></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong></strong></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><font size="5"> ... 10 minutes from Crocker Park </font></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong></strong></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><font size="5"> ... 2.5 miles north and west of the I-90 / Rt. 611 Interchange</font></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><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 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.</span></p>
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