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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> <FONT size=5>IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF A GOOD LAUGH AND RELEASE FROM THE 'REAL WORLD' </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT size=5>COME OUT AND SEE <EM>LEND ME A TENOR </EM>AT THE CASSIDY THEATRE</FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=blue><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lend Me A Tenor </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">by Ken Ludwig is the Tony Award winning play set in 1934, in Cleveland, Ohio. The world famous tenor Tito Merelli is set to perform Otello in hopes of putting the Cleveland Grand Opera Company on the operatic map. When he is late for the rehearsal and overdoses on cold medicine it is up to Max, an aspiring singer, to save the day. When Tito wakes up their worlds are turned upside down. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Comedy of the Year.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lend Me A Tenor runs</SPAN></I></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> May 29 through June 17, 2009 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. at the Cassidy Theatre, 6200 Pearl Rd. Parma Hts.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Tickets are $15 for adults and $14 for students and seniors</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>and can be purchased by calling the Cassidy box office at (440) 842-4600.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Directed by Dan Sekanic<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Starring:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Amy Smialek as Maggie Saunders<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tim Hirzel as Max <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">David Hundertmark as Saunders<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chris Bizub as Tito Merelli<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pam Mathews as Maria Merelli<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Andrew Gorgeny as The Bellhop<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Shelli K. Sharp as Diana<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">and Laura Starnik as Julia<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Cassidy Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>FOR INFORMATION CALL: The Cassidy Theatre Box Office at 440-842-4600<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P></BODY>