Hi Everybody,<div><br></div><div>You have the opportunity to see the extraordinary work of almost 50 of FPAC's students in our upcoming production of <i><b>Les Miserables: School Edition</b></i>, running July 7 - 17, Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:00pm.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Biographies of the Company and ticket ordering information: <a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/lesmizbrodiebig.htm">http://www.fredsternfeld.com/lesmizbrodiebig.htm</a><br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">PLAYBILL for LES MIZ,
JEAN BRODIE & BIG<br>
<br>
A LETTER FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FRED STERNFELD<br>
<br>
On October 8, 2011, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Les Miserables</i> will
have been running for 26 years, making it the longest-running musical in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Globally, it has played in almost
300 cities and has reached a total audience of 55 million people.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Les
Miserables School Edition</i>, launched in 2001, has already played in 2500
schools.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>These impressive stats beg a
simple question...why?<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Certainly
a lot of it has to due with the music.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Claude-Michel </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Schönberg has
provided us</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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with some of the most inspiring and moving music ever created in musical
theatre.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It’s impossible to even count
the number of times artists have recorded songs like “On My Own.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But it’s the timeless themes and compelling
characters, adapted from the original Victor Hugo novel by </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Alain Boublil,</span><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> that make this show so special.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Les
Miserables </i>is all about the human struggle—about adversity, poverty, betrayal,
loss and despair, sacrifice and redemption, obsession and tyranny—it is a story
that is both heartbreaking and uplifting.<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Against the backdrop
of the French Revolution, we follow Jean Valjean’s journey to redemption, his relentless
pursuit by the </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
EN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">obsessed policeman
Javert, the story of his adopted daughter Cosette’s love of the student
revolutionary, Marius, and the struggles of an oppressed people.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bringing to life a story this epic is no
small task for student actors.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:
AR-SA"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But the few last years, with our
student productions of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Joseph …
Dreamcoat, Romeo & Juliet, Rent: Student Edition, Into the Woods, The
Laramie Project, Thirteen, Children of Eden</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Honk! Junior,</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Pride and
Prejudice </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Pippin</i>, have
reinforced my belief of how capable young people are to create fully-realized
and dynamic characters.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It's not only
been exhilarating to watch them grow, it's been an honor.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><br>
<br>
The Fairmount Performing Arts
Conservatory was created to provide high-caliber training to Cleveland's finest
aspiring artists.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We've produced theater
professionals who have continued their training at prestigious programs and
theatres throughout the country, and become successful professionals—even
appearing on Broadway.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This year we can
boast almost 200 students, and a new West Side program as well.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We've also expanded our adult professional
efforts with the recent hit, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Company</i>,
and the upcoming <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">A Little Night Music</i>.<br>
<br>
Our students are very lucky to be working with such experienced and respected
instructors and directors, such as Bernadette Clemens, who will direct <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</i>, and Carol
Pribble, who is directing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Big The
Musical,</i> as well as our entire roster of theatre specialists<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></i>Supported
by<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i>their efforts, we are dedicated to
continue bringing both you, our audience, and these bright young talents, an
experience to be savored and remembered.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>We hope you enjoy the fruits of this process as much as we have.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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AR-SA"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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AR-SA">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><br clear="all">MORE info about FPAC's Summer Training: <a href="http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html">http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br>-- <br>Fred Sternfeld<div>Artistic Director, Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC)</div><div>Fairmount Center for the Arts<br>8400 Fairmount Road, PO Box 80<br>Novelty, Ohio 44072<br>440-338-3171<br>
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