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<font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">8400 Fairmount Rd., P.O. Box 80 w Novelty, Ohio 44072 w 440-338-3171</span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">CONTACT Fred Sternfeld at 216-496-6087 </span></b></font></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">June 15, 2010</font></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><br></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman"> <br>
</font><b><font face="Times New Roman">FAIRMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS <br>The Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC) <br>Fred Sternfeld, Artistic Director</font></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Presents:</font></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Children of Eden: July 8 – July 18, 2010</font></span></b></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">All performances - <br>At The Mayfield Village Civic Center <br>6622 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village, Ohio <br>(corner of SOM Center and Wilson Mills Road, just off I-271 and Wilson Mills)</font></font></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Novelty, Ohio</b> — June 15, 2010 — Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory, a program of Fairmount Center for the Arts, will be presenting three productions this summer. In collaboration with the City of Mayfield Village, Fairmount Center has developed an arts training and performance initiative in the newly renovated “Reserve Hall.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The conservatory manages all things theatrical with Fairmount including year round youth and teen productions, an adult professional company and the highly acclaimed summer training program for young people directed by renowned director Fred Sternfeld. The summer productions feature students enrolled in the summer training program.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The first show presented this summer - Children of Eden – July 8 – July 18, 2010.</font></font></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="infocontent"><span style="COLOR: #333333"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Music/Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz – book by John Caird – directed by Fred Sternfeld</font></font></span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From Stephen Schwartz (<b><i>Wicked, Godspell</i></b> and <b><i>Pippin</i></b>) and John Caird (<b><i>Les Miserables</i></b>) comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith... not to mention centuries of unresolved family business! Freely based on the story of Genesis, <b><i>Children Of Eden</i></b> is a frank, heartfelt and often humorous examination of the age-old conflict between parents and children. Adam, Eve, Noah and the "Father" who created them deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers a bittersweet but inspiring message: that "the hardest part of love... is letting go."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The cast of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Children of Eden include -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Jack Bistritz,<span class="apple-converted-space"> Sean Michael Cahill, </span>Siobhan Carroll, Olivia Chan, Rebecca Chaney, Sophia Dennis,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Saige Eitman, Abigail Erwin, Hunter Evans,<span class="apple-converted-space"> Allison Factor, </span>Laura Foster, Andrea Freidberg, Joel Scott Furr,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hannah Gang,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Jessie Gill, Sean Grandillo, David Grant, Ariana Grey Be, Caroline Hatch, Dan Hoy, Elizabeth Hoy, Mollie Kalaycio, Tia Karaplis,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Matt Kohn,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Julia Lang,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Billy Lawrence,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Alivia Lee, Shea Lee, Matthew McAllister,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tessa Murthy,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Ashleigh Nagy, Mark Oet, Joelle Rosenthal, Julia Rossman, Danielle Scharf, Hannah Selhorst, Zoe Simon, Daniel Sovich, Matthew Taylor, Evan Teicher, Emma Weihe, Sam Welch, Hannah Watson, Thomas Weil, and Emily Wirthwein. FPAC faculty members David Robeano and Natalie Green also appear in the production as guest artists.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The show is directed by Sternfeld with Musical Direction by David Williams, Choreography by Bebe Weinberg Katz, Set and Lighting Design by Ben Needham, Costume Design by Craig Tucker and Sound Design by Carlton Guc.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">When: </b>Performances are Thursday and Friday at 7:30 pm, Saturday at 2 pm and 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2 pm.</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Who: </b>Fairmount Center for the Arts (Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory) </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Where: </b>Mayfield Village Civic Center, Mayfield Village, Ohio</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">To order tickets: </b>Call (440) 782-4087, or for additional information, contact Fairmount Center at (440) 338-3171.</font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Honk, Jr.– </b>July 29 – August 1, 2010 – directed by Sarah Clare</font></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Subscriptions are available for all 3 shows – $30 adult, $24 seniors/students, $18 children</font></font></u></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">About Fairmount Center</font></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria">Established in 1970, the Fairmount Center for the Arts is a community arts center that offers programming and instruction in dance, music, fitness, visual arts and theater for students and audiences of all ages. Fairmount Center for the Arts has two campus locations in Novelty and Mayfield Village, Ohio, as well as satellite locations at key locations in Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties. </span>Fairmount Center for the Arts is dedicated to the advancement of the arts in Ohio through excellence in training performance for people of all ages and levels of mastery, from early youth to seasoned professional. FPAC’s programming seeks to challenge, enrich and nurture, providing self-confidence and understanding that encourages each student to thrive as a creative individual. One of FPAC’s goals is to provide high quality educational experiences with socially and educationally relevant productions that reach out to the schools and general public with powerful, contemporary messages. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria"></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Fairmount Center for the Arts: </font></font><a href="http://www.fairmountcenter.org/"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">http://www.fairmountcenter.org/</font></a></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Information about Mr. Sternfeld, the director of CHILDREN OF EDEN and Artistic Director of FPAC, can be found on his professional website at </font><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">www.fredsternfeld.com</font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">.</font></p>
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