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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Local
Actors to Share a Stage with Broadway Professionals at LCCC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Local actors will flex their thespian
muscle alongside Broadway actors in the premier of Joanna Rush’s newest
play, “Home Sweet Homeland” at Lorain County Community
College. <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 New Roman","serif"'>Performances
are at 7:30 p.m., January 29 and January 30 in the Studio Theatre at
LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center. 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></span><a
href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
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><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><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 New Roman","serif"'>An
acclaimed actress and playwright, 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. Directed by
Tony Award nominated director/choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett<span
style='color:#333333'> (Broadway – “<em><span
style='font-style:normal'>Swing!”</span></em><i>,</i> film –
“<em><span style='font-style:normal'>Footloose”</span></em></span>),
the play follows the lives of five neighbors as they attempt to make sense of
the tragedy.<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 New Roman","serif"'>Local
actors cast in the production include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Joey
Stefanko </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'>of<b> Brooklyn Heights</b>, will play bright and
curious 10-year-old Frankie Devlin. Joey is no stranger to the stage and has
filled several major roles in Northeast Ohio theater, including the lead role
of “Ralphie” in “A Christmas Story” at The Cleveland
Play House.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Shenal
Hathurusinghe, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>an LCCC international student from Sri
Lanka who now lives in<b> Elyria, </b>will play the role of Groundzero
Newstand/Café manager Faisel Ahsan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Timothy
Kinzel</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'>, a former LCCC student from <b>Cleveland</b>, and <b>Meryem
Errouiam</b>, an LCCC international student from Morocco who now lives in <b>North
Ridgeville</b>, will play members of the National Guard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>David
Shimotakahara</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> of <b>Cleveland Heights</b>, will play
Mr. Kosomoto and a tenant. Shimotakahara is the artistic director for
Groundworks Dancetheater.<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 New Roman","serif"'>Members
of the ensemble will include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>David
Arrendondo </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>(also understudy for Ben Friedlander and
Faisel Ahsan), LCCC Coordinator of International Recruitment and Support
Services from <b>Lorain</b>; <b>Trevor Carter</b>, LCCC student from <b>Westlake</b>;
<b>Kaitlin Lavella Kelly</b> (also understudy for Ellen Fine and Paula Baines
Friedlander), LCCC student from <b>Lakewood</b>; <b>Colin McCauley</b>, LCCC
student from <b>Avon</b>; <b>Lisa Palinkas</b>, LCCC student from <b>Avon Lake</b>;
<b>Sara Rhodes</b>, LCCC student from <b>Elyria</b>; and <b>Aidan Wilson </b>(also
understudy for Frankie Devlin), 11-year-old from <b>Olmsted Twp</b>.<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 New Roman","serif"'>Rush
will play a lead role as Paula Baines Friedlander, the manager of a comedy club
who is married to Ben Friedlander, a composer. Ben will be played by Robert
Cuccioli, who was the star of “Jeckyll and Hyde” 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 New Roman","serif"'>Broadway
actress Erin Leigh Peck will play the role of Ellen Fine, the stand-up comic
mother of 10-year-old Frankie. Leigh Peck appeared in “Brighton Beach
Memoirs” on Broadway and is currently starring in “The Toxic
Avenger” Off 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 New Roman","serif"'>Local
actors were selected based on audition videos that were reviewed by Rush,
Taylor-Corbett and Stocker Arts Center staff.<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 New Roman","serif"'>The
productions of “Home Sweet Homeland” are the culmination of a
10-day residency that Rush and Taylor-Corbett will hold at LCCC. Their stay
will kick off with Rush’s performance of her one-woman play,
“Asking for It” at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 22 and Saturday,
January 23 in Stocker Arts Center’s Studio Theatre. Tickets are $15 each
and <span style='color:#333333'>can be ordered online at </span></span><a
href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
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.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><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 New Roman","serif"'>Rush
and Taylor-Corbett will discuss the realities of a career in the arts during a
Meeting Great Minds event at 6:30 p.m. Monday, January 25 at Stocker Arts
Center. The pair will also hold several workshops for LCCC students throughout
the week. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#333333'>Taylor-Corbett and Rush’s residency is sponsored by the<i>
</i><em><span style='font-style:normal'>Beth K. Stocker Trust, the LCCC Foundation
Grants Program and with the support of the Meeting Great Minds Program and the
Holiday Inn Elyria/Lorain. For more information on their visit, go to </span></em></span><a
href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</span></a><em><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;
font-style:normal'>.</span></em><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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