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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="6" style="font: 24.0px Arial"><b>Mercury Summer Stock </b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Immediate Release Contact: Brian Marshall</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">June 22, 2009 (216)-771-5862</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Arial"> </font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="6" style="font: 24.0px Arial"><b>Cinderella</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Lucida Grande" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Lucida Grande">Music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Directed and Choreographed by Pierre-Jacques Brault</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Musical Directed by Eddie Carney</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"> </font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><b>Opening Friday June 12th, 2009</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">At the Parma Little Theatre</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">6285 W 54</font><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Arial"><sup>th</sup></font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"> Street, Parma, OH 44129</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"> </font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"><b><i> </i></b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"><b><i>Impossible things are happening every day!</i></b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial">Mercury Summer Stock kicks off its 11</font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><sup>th</sup></font><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"> Season with the new "Enchanted" version of the magical musical classic: Cinderella. Playing June 12</font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><sup>th</sup></font><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"> through the 27</font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><sup>th</sup></font><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"> in the Parma Little Theatre, this timeless, enchanting fairy tale will have you reminiscing about living happily ever after and remembering your childhood fairy tales, right alongside your children (and grandchildren!).</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial">Written and first staged for a live television broadcast in 1957, starring Julie Andrews and Celeste Holm, t</font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Helvetica">he Rodgers and Hammerstein version has been seen countless times around the world and is one of the most beloved tale stories brought to the stage. </font><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial">This timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is being reborn again this summer on Mercury’s stage with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial">Wearing the glass slippers in the MSS production is recent Interlochen Arts Academy graduate Emily Grodzik alongside her prince, B-W Music Theatre student, Nick Varricchio. Also featured in the cast are local favorites Kelvette Beacham and Jen Myers as the zany Stepsisters and Rob Gibb filling the heels of the wicked Stepmother. As adapted for the stage, with great warmth and more than a touch of hilarity, the hearts of children and adults alike still soar when the slipper fits. Rated G.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Arial; min-height: 20px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial">This marks the Ohio Premiere of Cinderella: "Enchanted". </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Arial; min-height: 20px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 17.0px Arial">Tickets for<b> </b><i>CINDERELLA</i> are available by calling the Mercury Summer Stock box office at <b>(216) 771-5862</b>. Group discounts available.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><u> </u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial"><b>At A Glance</b><u>:</u></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">What: <b>Mercury Summer Stock</b> presents: <b> <i>CINDERELLA</i></b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">When: June 24, 25, 26, & 27. All performances at 7:30PM</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Where: Parma Little Theatre (Adjacent to Parma Senior High) 6285 W. 54</font><font face="Arial" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Arial"><sup>th</sup></font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">, Parma OH 44129</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Cost: $15.00 for Adults and $12.00 for Students (college and under) /Seniors (60 and up)</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">For reservations and more information please call (216) 771-5862, order online at TicketLeap.com, or visit our website at <a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com/"><font color="#0000f0" style="color: #0000f0"><u>www.mercurysummerstock.com</u></font></a>.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div></div> </body></html>