<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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;" style="font-family: Tahoma; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><u>20</u></span></font></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> 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;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">“</span></font></span></b><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I once did a show with a mouth fulla canker sores and
pretty bad case of the clap. And I still got a standing ovation</span></font></b><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">” ~Carolyn Dumont</span></font></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; ">New York songstress <b><u>Sarah Pesek</u></b> returns to Cleveland as Ethel Merman in the world premiere staging of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">C</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><b _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i _mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hristmas Carolyn.</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "> A Vermilion native and graduate of the Baldwin-Wallace Musical Theatre program, Ms. Pesek is a much sought-after voice over artist and cabaret singer in New York City, where her brassy pipes and spot-on impressions gave inspiration for the Ghost of Christmas Present to be portrayed as the one and only Ethel Merman. "If Ethel were alive today even SHE wouldn't be able to tell it wasn't her" says Book and lyric writer Dan Marshall. "I can't imagine doing this world premiere without Sarah, she is The Merm!" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "> <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> (<u>only 20 seats remain</u>) in the Brooks Theatre at The Cleveland Play House, is sure to be the theatrical event of the holiday season!</span></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; ">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-family: Helvetica; "><span _mce_style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma;" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">MSS Artistic Director Pierre-Jacques Brault directs the production starring Cleveland's own Hester Lewellen in the title role.</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></font></p><div style="margin-left: 1.25in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><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></body></html>