<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px; ">Christmas Carolyn</span></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-family: Tahoma; ">A World Premiere Musical</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Book and Lyrics by James Yates and Daniel Marshall<span _mce_style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Music by Ok Kyun Kang</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Directed and Choreographed by Pierre-Jacques Brault</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Musical Direction by Eddie Carney</span></p><div style="margin-left: 1.25in; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px; ">Two Performances Only:</span></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> Monday Dec. 13</span><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> - </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><u>SOLD OUT</u></span></font></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><sup></sup>Tuesday Dec. 14 - </span><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><u>30 SEATS REMAINING!</u></span></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Both Performances at 7:30 PM</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">At The Brooks Theatre in the Cleveland Play House</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="text-align: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in;" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106</span></p><div style="text-align: center; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="margin-left: 1.25in; text-align: center;" align="center" style="margin-left: 1.25in; text-align: center; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">“You should have seen me at that age, scrounging for work, sluggin’ it out in the chorus, getting pushed down the stairs by Angela Lansbury…” ~Carolyn Dumont</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="margin-left: 1.25in; text-align: center;" align="center" style="margin-left: 1.25in; text-align: center; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="margin-left: 1.25in;" style="margin-left: 1.25in; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">If Charles Dickens and Jacqueline Susann had a creative love child; and if that child could sing and dance it would be <b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas Carolyn</i></b>, the campy backstage adaptation of the classic, <b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas Carol</i></b>. Conceived and written by Baldwin-Wallace graduate and MSS Artistic Associate Daniel Marshall, <b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas Carolyn</i></b>, ushers in the holiday season with cheer, and more than a few laughs. The World Premiere staged reading, playing December 13<sup>th</sup> (SOLD OUT) and 14<sup>th</sup> (only 30 open seats) in the Brooks Theatre at The Cleveland Play House, is sure to be the theatrical event of the holiday season!</span></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="margin-left: 1.25in;" style="margin-left: 1.25in; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">How many actresses dream of playing Hamlet, Willy Loman and Sweeney Todd? In <b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas Carolyn,</i></b> a campy backstage redux of the beloved <b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas Carol </i></b>Cleveland-based actress Hester Lewellen gets a chance to tackle her dream role...Ebeneezer Scrooge. <br><br>On Christmas Eve in Deerfield, Iowa the tired bus and truck company of ‘Sassy Lassy,’ is stranded in a blizzard. Carolyn DuMont, the star of 'Sassy Lassy' and the most hated woman in show business, has just completed her 9,999th performance in the title role. When she demands that her cast skip their Christmas Holiday for a much needed brush-up rehearsal, the cast members revolt, locking her in the theatre overnight. Trapped alone on the stage, and guided by two ghosts (and the spirit of Ethel Merman), Carolyn faces her past and her demons to discover the true meaning of showbiz…oh and Christmas too!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" _mce_style="margin-left: 1.25in;" style="margin-left: 1.25in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Cleveland stage legend Hester Lewellen leads a top-notch cast including Kelly and Joe Monaghan, Dan Dicello, Joanna May Hunkins, Brian Marshall, Jonathan Ramos, Abby Allwein, Cindi Verbelun, Kelvette Beacham, and Sarah Pesak as Ethel Merman! MSS Artistic Director Pierre-Jacques Brault directs the production with Eddie Carney serving as Musical Director.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" _mce_style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" _mce_style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; ">Tickets for<b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas Carolyn </i></b>are available by calling the Mercury Summer Stock box office at <b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(216) 771-5862</b>.</span></span></span></font></p><div style="margin-left: 1.25in; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Tickets for<b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas Carolyn </i></b>are available by calling the Mercury Summer Stock box office at <b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(216) 771-5862</b>.</span></p><div><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u _mce_style="text-underline: words;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">At A Glance</span></u></b><u _mce_style="text-underline: words;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">:</span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">What: Mercury Summer Stock presents the World Premiere of<b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas Carolyn</i></b><i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">When: December 13 (sold out) & 14.<span _mce_style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Performances are at 7:30PM</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Where: The Brooks Theatre in The Cleveland Play House. 8500 Euclid Ave. Cleveland. 44106</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Cost: $15.00.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">For reservations and more information please call 216.771.5862.</span></p></div><br></body></html>