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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>FOR: Rabbit Run Community Arts Association<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">P. O. Box</st1:Street> 235</st1:address>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">49 Park St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Madison</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">44057</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CONTACT: Karen Ziegler, Publicist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 440-428-5913<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>DATE: March 21, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Rabbit Run
Theater’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A Walk in the Woods </span></i>at
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lakeland</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rabbit Run Theater, in a collaborative effort with <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lakeland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, opens its production
of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A Walk in the Woods </span></i>at
Lakeland Civic Theatre, Friday, Apr. 1.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Written by Lee Blessing <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A
Walk in the Woods </span></i>is a strikingly original and deeply perceptive
work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Two diplomats, one </span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Russian one American, are engaged in nuclear
disarmament negotiations. As the bargaining continues, they take informal walks
in the woods. Their profoundly absorbing and revealing conversations bring a
deeper understanding between them. Wonderfully insightful and ringing with
truth, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A Walk in the Woods</span></i> takes
an unexpectedly humorous look at the nature of mankind.</span></font><b><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Unique to this production is the
casting of Actors’ Equity actor George Roth in the lead role of Andrey
Botvinnik, the Soviet diplomat. Roth has performed locally at </span></font><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>The <st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>
Play House, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cain</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>; Jewish Community Center, The Beck
Center for the Arts, the Great Lakes Theater Festival and Cleveland Public
Theatre. Regionally he has appeared in productions at Contemporary American
Theater of Columbus, Sacramento Theatre Company and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. He has several
international theatre credits including performances at the Royal National Theatre
of Great Britain, the Aldwych Theatre (London West End) and Viceroy Theatre
(London), to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>On television Roth has appeared <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>in Murphy Brown, Love and War, Doing Time on Maple
Drive, Get a Life, The Human Factor, Capital City, Tailspin, Fully Clothed,
Non-Dancing Girls, A&E Biography of Isaac Newton, A&E Biography of
Howard Carter, Civil War Journals, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and
Mummies </span></i>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Roth has also had roles in major
motion pictures including </span></font><i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Batman</span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>The Russia House</span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Nightbreed </span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>and </span></font><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Foreign Body</span></font></i><i><font
face=Helvetica-Oblique><span style='font-family:Helvetica-Oblique;font-style:
italic'>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Playing opposite Roth as the
American diplomat is Brint Learned, executive director of Rabbit Run Community
Arts Association. </span></font><font face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-family:Arial'>Learned has extensive theatrical experience and acted
and directed at numerous theaters in the area, including The Fine Arts Association,
Lake Erie College, The Beck Center for the Arts, Lakeland Civic Theatre,
Ashtabula Arts Center as well as Rabbit Run Theater.<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>A Walk in the Woods </span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-family:Arial'>is directed by Robert Gibb.
</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Gibb has
performed and directed at many theaters in <st1:place w:st="on">Northeast Ohio</st1:place>,
including performing in the regional premiers of <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Rags, Falsettos, Chess, Assassins, Tommy </span></i>and<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> A New Brain.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></i></span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> Gibb
authored <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Lush Life,</span></i> a cabaret
act performed at Kennedy's at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Playhouse
Square</st1:address></st1:Street> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Cain</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Alma</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Theater</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.
</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>He also
serves on the Dobama Theatre Board of Directors. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic'>A Walk
in the Woods</span></font></i><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> opens Friday, Apr. 1, and runs through
Sunday, Apr. 10. Evening performances on Apr. 1, 2, 8 and 9 begin at 7:30
p.m. Matinees on Sunday, Apr. 3 and Apr. 10 begin at 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>All tickets are general seating and are
$15/adult, $12/senior and $7/student. Seating for each performance is limited.
Tickets may be reserved by calling Rabbit Run Community Arts Association at
440-428-5913. </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tickets may also be purchased the night
of each performance at the Lakeland Civic Theatre box office. The box
office will be open one hour prior to curtain. </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>The Lakeland
Civic Theatre is located on the campus of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Lakeland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">7700 Clocktower Dr.</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Kirtland.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>RRCAA is a non-profit corporation
offering year-round instruction in all the major disciplines of the fine and
performing arts and receives partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council.</span></font><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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