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class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><b>Artistic Director<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Pierre-Jacques Brault<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><b>Managing Director<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Brian Marshall<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><b>Associate Artistic <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><b>Director<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Daniel Marshall<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><b><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><b>Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Pam Grodzik<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><b>President<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Christine Martin<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:12.75pt'><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'><i>Vice President<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal 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style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;z-index:2; mso-position-vertical-relative:page' from="-27pt,137.5pt" to="-27pt,722.5pt" strokeweight=".25pt"> <w:wrap anchory="page"/> </v:line><![endif]--><span style="mso-ignore:vglayout;position: absolute;z-index:1;left:0px;margin-left:-28px;margin-top:137px;width:3px; height:587px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">July 29, 2010</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span></span></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Contact: Pierre-Jacques Brault, Artistic Director<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Mercury Summer Stock</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> presents</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b>The Scarlet Pimpernel<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Book and Lyrics by Nan Knighton<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Music by Frank Wildhorn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Directed and Choreographed by Pierre-Jacques Brault<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Musical Direction by Eddie Carney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b>Opening Friday August 6, 2010<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">At The Brooks Theatre in the Cleveland Play House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b>Lies! Torture! Betrayal!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.25in .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><b>Just your typical romantic comedy!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Mercury Summer Stock concludes its season’s offerings at the Cleveland Play House with the international hit musical <b><i>The Scarlet Pimpernel</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">. <span class="textexposedshow">MSS Artistic Director Pierre-Jacques Brault promises a unique and exciting rendition of this sweeping romantic adventure. The show, playing August 6-21<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the Brooks Theatre, boasts a score by Frank Wildhorn with lyrics and book by Nan Knighton, and is based on the classic novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. Set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, <b><i>The Scarlet Pimpernel </i></b></span><span class="textexposedshow">is a brilliant precursor to the spy fiction and the superhero genres, where the hero hides beneath a ‘foppish’ alias. Filled with a luscious score, heart-pounding action, and side-splitting wit, <b><i>The Scarlet Pimpernel </i></b></span><span class="textexposedshow">takes the stage by storm and is an evening of theatre not-to-be-missed!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Donning the mask of ‘The Pimpernel’ is Cleveland actor Brian Marshall, whose area credits include <b><i>Forbidden Broadway SVU</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> at PlayhouseSquare and <b><i>My Fair Lady</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> at The Cleveland Play House. MSS favorites Shane O’Neill and Jennifer Myor as Chauvelin and Marguerite create the dangerous love triangle that threatens to tear apart the very world The Pimpernel and his men are trying to save. Also featured among the cast of sixteen are regional actors Jonathan Ramos (Armond), Kate Michalski (Marie) and Jeff Grover (The Prince). Don’t miss the limited MSS run of this sweeping epic masterpiece. Ten performances only!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in;tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">Tickets for<b> <i>The Scarlet Pimpernel </i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>are available by calling the Mercury Summer Stock box office at <b>(216) 771-5862</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">. Group discounts available. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:6.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"><b><u style="text-underline:words">At A Glance</u></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><u style="text-underline:words">: <o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:6.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">What: Mercury Summer Stock’s<b> <i>The Scarlet Pimpernel</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:6.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">When: August 6-7, 11-14, & 18-21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All performances at 7:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:6.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">Where: The Brooks Theatre in The Cleveland Play House. 8500 Euclid Ave. Cleveland. 44106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:6.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">Cost: $15.00 for Adults and $12.00 for Students (college and under) /Seniors (60 and up)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Wednesday performances (August 11 and 18<sup>th</sup>) – All tickets $10!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:.25in"><span style="font-size:6.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">For reservations and more information please call 216.771.5862, or order online at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">www.mercurysummerstock.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <!--EndFragment--> <br><div> <div><div>Pierre-Jacques Brault</div><div>Artistic Director</div><div>Mercury Summer Stock</div><div>216.771.5862</div><div><a href="mailto:mercuryss@mac.com">mercuryss@mac.com</a></div><div>www.mercurysummerstock.com</div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>