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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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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:
May 31, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<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 Opens 2011 Season with<i><span style='font-style:italic'> Tintypes<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rabbit Run Theater in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Madison</st1:City></st1:place>
opens its 31<sup>st</sup> consecutive summer season with the musical <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Tintypes. </span></i>Conceived by Mary Kyte
with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tintypes </span></i>is
a delightful musical revue that chronicles the exuberance and monumental growth
of turn-of-the century <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
through the music of the times.<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'>Told through the eyes of five socially diverse characters, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Tintypes </span></i>gives the audience a snap-shot
view of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>
during this tumultuous time of great expansion, patriotic optimism,
industrialism and class conflict. <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'>Much of the music is familiar and well loved featuring songs
by Scott Joplin, George M. Cohan and John Philip Sousa. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>You’re a Grand Old Flag, America the Beautiful </span></i>and
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Alexander’s Rag Time Band</span></i>
tempt the audience to sing along. <i><span style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>Throughout
the show over 50 musical numbers are tied together with charming pantomime
skits in a Charlie Chaplin-like fashion accompanied with ragtime tunes.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Appearances by Teddy Roosevelt, anarchist Emma Goldman and
entertainer Anna Held, wife of Florenz Ziegfeld of Ziegfeld Follies are
interspersed through the show. These famous person vignettes give the
audience a real feel for the passions and popular sentiments of the
times. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Theater veteran <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Sandy Kosovich</st1:PersonName> Peck is the director for <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Tintypes. </span></i>Peck began performing at
the age of ten and has participated in over <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>one hundred productions as either an actor, director,
choreographer, or <span class=yshortcuts>stage manager</span>. She has
performed or directed at numerous areas theaters including Chagrin Valley
Little Theater, Lakeland Civic Theatre, Fine Arts Association and Rabbit Run
Theater. Peck is a member of <span class=yshortcuts>Fine Arts Association</span>’s
theatre faculty and is the director of their Theatre Arts Camp and Young Actors
Ensemble as well as the coordinator of Chili Con Comedy improv troupe.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tintypes </span></i>is
just a sweet, gentle show that reminds us all of our roots as Americans”,
said Peck. “Many of the songs in the show are familiar, but
forgotten, and the show is a nice remembrance of where we have come from, what
it was like for our forefathers and where we are going as a nation.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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 style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“No one actor shines above another in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Tintypes. </span></i>They truly all shine;
I’m fortunate to have a cast with such a depth of experience and
talent. At one point in the show they sing <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>America</span></i></st1:country-region></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, the Beautiful</span></i>, and the resonance and
blending of their voices is an absolute joy to hear.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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 style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Unlike the cast requirements for many musicals, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Tintypes </span></i>utilizes the talents of only five
actors. Looking at the talent of the five actors assembled for this
production, only five are needed. Heather Arata, Maria Thomas Lister and
Lindsey Sandham are the female performers with Brian Altman and Lincoln Sandham
providing the male vocals. All five are seasoned actors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Arata, a naturalist by day for <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Metroparks</st1:PlaceName>, has appeared in Rabbit
Run’s productions of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Once on This <st1:place
w:st="on">Island</st1:place>, Titanic, the Musical </span></i>and<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> The Light in the Piazza. </span></i>Lister has
appeared in shows at Great Lakes Theater Festival, Lakeland Civic Theatre, Fine
Arts Association and Rabbit Run. Altman played Smudge at Pickwick and
Frolic’s production of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Forever Plaid </span></i>in
2010. He has also made appearances at Erie Playhouse, The Beck Center for
the Arts, Lakeland Civic Theatre and Rabbit Run.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Lindsey Sandham, a 2010 graduate of <span class=yshortcuts>Baldwin-Wallace
Conservatory of Music</span>, has performed at The Beck Center for the
Arts, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cain</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, The Fine Arts Association, Geauga
Lyric Theater, and Lakeland Civic Theatre and Rabbit Run. Sandham has
also performed as a vocalist at Trinity Cathedral in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> for its weekly concert series, the <span
class=yshortcuts>Cleveland Natural History Museum</span>, and the <span
class=yshortcuts>Cleveland Indians</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Lincoln Sandham, a home schooled high school student, is a
seasoned performer despite his youth having acted at The Beck Center for the
Arts, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cain</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Fine Arts Association as well as
Rabbit Run.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Musical direction is provided by Ed Leonard. Sarah Ruple is
the show’s choreographer, and Ray Beach is the technical director.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Tintypes </span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-family:Arial'> runs from Friday, June
3, through June 11. Tickets are available by calling the box office at
440-428-7092, Wednesday through Sunday, 3 to 7 p.m. Tickets may also be
reserved on line at <a href="http://www.rabbitrunonline.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.rabbitrunonline.org/"><font face="Times New Roman"
title="blocked::http://www.rabbitrunonline.org/"><span
title="blocked::http://www.rabbitrunonline.org/"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>www.rabbitrunonline.org</span></span></font></a>.
All shows begin at 8 p.m. Rabbit Run Theater is located at <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">5648 W. Chapel Rd.</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Madison</st1:City></st1:address>, and is one of the few remaining
barn theaters in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The production is made possible in part through the generous
support of Fredon Corporation, Phoenix Residential, SFI Electrical, NPR radio
WKSU and 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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