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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Locals
to be Cast to Perform with Broadway Actors Robert Cuccioli and Erin Leigh Peck
in LCCC Premier of “Home Sweet Homeland”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Several
talented northeast Ohio actors will be given the unique opportunity to act
alongside Broadway professionals in the new play “Home Sweet
Homeland” at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center.
Tony Award nominated director/choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett will direct
the production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Broadway
actors Robert Cuccioli and Erin Leigh Peck have been cast to play two roles in
the play. Cuccioli was the star of “Jeckyll and Hyde” on Broadway
and is currently appearing in “A Moon to Dance By” at the George
Street Playhouse. Peck is currently starring in “The Toxic Avenger”
off-Broadway, and was previously in “Brighton Beach Memoirs” on
Broadway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Performances
are at 7:30 p.m., January 29 and January 30 in the Studio Theatre at
LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Playwright
and actress Joanna Rush wrote the play based on her experiences on and
following September 11, 2001. Living in an apartment across the street from the
World Trade Center, Rush saw the world she knew crumble. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>“Home
Sweet Homeland” <span style='color:#333333'>follows five neighbors through
the events of that day – from the attack, to their evacuation and
eventual return to or abandonment of their homes at Ground Zero. All are
devastated and full of doubt about the world and each other. What is the truth?
At what cost will the truth be uncovered? What is “safe”? Will we
ever laugh again? Together, a young boy, a musician, a financial analyst and a
couple of comediennes stumble through the pathways of mind and heart to seek
the truth and find their way back to trust and laughter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Local
actors will be cast to fill at least five roles in the play and will also be
used as understudies for the roles being filled by Rush and other Broadway
professionals. One of the large roles being cast locally is that of Frankie
Devlin, the bright and curious 10-year-old son (or daughter) of a stand-up
comic. More information of parts available and how to submit video auditions
can be found at <a
href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/Stocker+Arts+Center/Home+Sweet+Homeland+Auditions.htm">http://www.lorainccc.edu/Stocker+Arts+Center/Home+Sweet+Homeland+Auditions.htm</a>.
All auditions must be received by December 18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Those
selected must be able to attend rehearsals, which are scheduled for 10 a.m. to
10 p.m. Sunday, January 24 and 7-11 p.m., Monday, January 25 through Thursday,
January 28. Though all the actors may not be scheduled to be at rehearsal all
of the hours, they must be available during those time periods in case they are
called for rehearsal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>For more
information on auditions and casting, please contact Jeremy Benjamin at (440)
366-7120 or at <a href="mailto:jbenjami@lorainccc.edu">jbenjami@lorainccc.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Tickets
for the play are $7 for adults; $6 for LCCC students, faculty, staff and
seniors 65 and older; and $5 for groups of 15 or more. Tickets <span
style='color:#333333'>can be ordered online at </span><a
href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker">www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</a><span
style='color:#333333'>, or by calling the Stocker Arts Center box office at
800-995-5222 (ext. 4040) from 12-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are
also available at the box office, located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts
Center.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>The
“Home Sweet Homeland” performances are the final event in a 10-day
residency with Joanna Rush and Lynne Taylor-Corbett at LCCC. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Their
stay begins with Rush’s one-woman play “Asking for It” at
7:30 p.m., January 22 and January 23 at the Studio Theatre. Tickets are
$15 each and <span style='color:#333333'>can be ordered online at </span><a
href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker">www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</a><span
style='color:#333333'>, or by calling the Stocker Arts Center box office at
800-995-5222 (ext. 4040) from 12-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are
also available at the box office, located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts
Center. This production contains mature material and may not be suitable for
children under 13. More information on the play and the residency can be found
at </span><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker">www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</a><span
style='color:#333333'> or at </span><a href="http://www.askingforitonline.com">www.askingforitonline.com</a><span
style='color:#333333'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Kim Carrasquillo<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Writer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Marketing and Outreach<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Lorain County Community College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(440) 366-4822<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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