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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>FOR: Rabbit Run Community Arts Association<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">P. O. Box</st1:Street> 235</st1:address>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">49 Park St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Madison</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">44057</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CONTACT: Karen Ziegler, Publicist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 440-428-5913<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>DATE: June 23, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></font></b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> – <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Les Miserables, School Edition</span></i> Comes to Rabbit <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> Run
Theater<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What story has more appeal than one of restoration and redemption?
Victor Hugo’s epic work <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Les Miserables</span></i>
is just such a story. Considered a classic for 150 years, it is the
inspiration for the Broadway musical by the same name.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Les Miserables, School Edition</span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, opens at Rabbit Run Theater in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Madison</st1:City></st1:place> Thursday, June
25. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Les Miserables</span></i>, </span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>a musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel
Schönberg, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, was a
smash Broadway hit in 1987 and received eight Tony awards including Best
Musical.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The musical is specially performed by young adults and
contains all the familiar and best-loved melodies from the Broadway production
including </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <i><span
lang=EN style='font-style:italic'>I Dreamed a Dream, One Day More, </span></i><span
lang=EN>and<i><span style='font-style:italic'> Do You Hear the People Sing?<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Set in early 19<sup>th</sup> century France, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Les Miserables</span></i> is an epic story of
redemption and restoration. A convict for 19 years for stealing a loaf of
bread, Jean Valjean breaks parole and is relentlessly pursued for 20 years by
prison guard, become police official, Javert. Valjean gains responsibility for
an orphan girl and struggles to provide and protect her while eluding the
persistent Javert all amidst student turmoil and revolution in the streets of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Some of <st1:place w:st="on">Northeast Ohio</st1:place>’s
most talented young actors are part of the cast. <st1:place w:st="on">Lake</st1:place>
Catholic graduate (2009), James Penca portrays Jean Valjean. Penca was most
recently seen as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Catholic</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’s
spring musical, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Jekyll and Hyde</span></i>.
He has also appeared in the Rabbit Run productions of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Titanic, the Musical</span></i> and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Swing</span></i>. Javert is played by another <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Catholic</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
student, Kyle Lorek. This is Lorek’s first appearance at Rabbit Run.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Caitlin Rose, 2009 graduate of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Madison</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
is Fantine. Rose has made numerous appearances in area community theaters
including G. B. CommunityTheater, Geauga Lyric Theater Guild in addition to
Rabbit Run. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cossette is portrayed by Mayim Hamblen, recently seen in
Geauga Lyric Theater Guild’s production of <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Once On This <st1:place w:st="on">Island</st1:place>. </span></i>Kelly
Smith is cast as Eponine. Smith’s theatrical credits include The Beck
Center, Fine Arts Association as well as Rabbit Run Theater. The student
Marius is played by Adam Cooper in his first appearance at Rabbit Run.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“We’ve wanted to do <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Les Miserables, School Edition</span></i> for awhile,” said show
director Brint Learned and executive director of Rabbit Run Community Arts
Association. “The timing was right to take on this epic show. Normally
our young adult production’s run for one week, but this show is so
popular and familiar to people, and with the cast we have put together, one
week just wouldn’t be enough.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Les Miserables, School Edition</span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-family:Arial'> opens Friday, June 26 and
runs through July 11. All shows begin at 8 p.m. Historic Rabbit Run Theater
is located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5648 W. Chapel Rd.</st1:address></st1:Street>
in <st1:City w:st="on">Madison</st1:City> and is one of the few remaining barn
theaters in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tickets may be reserved by calling the box office at
440-428-7092, Wednesday through Sunday, 3 to 7 p.m. Tickets may also be
purchased on line at <a href="http://www.rabbitrunonline.org/">www.rabbitrunonline.org</a>.
Special rates and packages are available for groups of 20 or more and may be
reserved by calling RRCAA at 440-428-5913.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rabbit Run Theater is operated by Rabbit Run Community Arts
Association, a comprehensive fine arts organization. RRCAA is partially funded
by the Ohio Arts Council. Additional funding has been provided by
Brotzman’s Nursery, Phoenix Residential, Inc., Walmart and NPR radio,
WKSU. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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