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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'><B>Roles are still available for Premier Production of “Home Sweet Homeland.”<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Don’t miss a once in a lifetime opportunity to work alongside Broadway professionals in the new play <B>“Home Sweet Homeland”</B> at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center. Tony Award nominated director/choreographer <B>Lynne Taylor-Corbett</B> will direct the production. This opportunity comes with a very limited time commitment (see below)! The audition deadline has been extended to December 22.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Broadway actors <B>Robert Cuccioli</B> and <B>Erin Leigh Peck</B> 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.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Playwright and actress <B>Joanna Rush</B> 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. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><B>“Home Sweet Homeland”</B> <FONT COLOR="#323232">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.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>More information of parts available and how to submit video auditions can be found at <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><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></U></FONT>. All auditions must be received by December 22.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>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.<BR>
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Performances are at 7:30 p.m., January 29 and January 30 in the Studio Theatre at LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>For more information on auditions and casting, please contact Jeremy Benjamin at (440) 366-7120 or at <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="jbenjami@lorainccc.edu">jbenjami@lorainccc.edu</a></U></FONT>.</SPAN></FONT>
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