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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'>Rabbit Run Theater’s, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>My Way, a Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, </span></i>opens
Friday!<i><span style='font-style:italic'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In an encore performance, Rabbit Run
Theater presents <i><span style='font-style:italic'>My Way, a Musical Tribute
to Frank Sinatra </span></i>at Lakeland Civic Theatre. Celebrating
Sinatra’s musical career that spanned more than 50 years, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>My Way </span></i>opens Friday, Mar. 23 and runs
through Sunday, Apr. 1.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The show, conceived by David Grapes
and Todd Olson, is a review of 56 of Sinatra’s greatest hits, including <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>New York, New York, High Hopes and My Way.</span></i>
Although no one actor portrays Sinatra, the score brilliantly presents his
lifetime career using the talents of two male and two female vocalists set in a
nightclub-like setting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>My
Way </span></font></i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>was
produced in 2010 at Rabbit Run Theater and played to near capacity houses each
night. The same four actors who performed in 2010 are performing in this
encore production.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Playing the male vocalists are <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Brian Altman</st1:PersonName> and James Penca. Altman has appeared
at </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Pickwick and
Frolic’s production of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Forever Plaid </span></i>and
has performed in a number of theaters in the region including the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for the Arts, Lakeland Civic Theatre, Erie Playhouse and Rabbit Run Theater.
Penca, a Musical Theater major at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baldwin</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wallace</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
is currently appearing in The Beck Center’s production of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Spring Awakening </span></i>and has performed in a
number of productions at Rabbit Run and at Baldwin Wallace.<i><span
style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The two female vocalists are Nicole Groah and Lindsey Sandham
Leonard. Groah, currently the choral director at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Madison</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceName>, has appeared previously
at Rabbit Run in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ragtime </span></i>and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Secret</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. </span></i>She
has performed in area theaters including Lakeland Civic Theatre and the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ashtabula</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Arts</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
Leonard </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>is
currently pursuing her Masters of Music in Vocal Performance at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kent</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
She is the 2011 winner of the KSU concerto competition in the graduate division
and is a 2010 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music. Leonard</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>has appeared in productions 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, Rabbit
Run and Lakeland Civic Theatre. <br>
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”</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'>The show is pure musical entertainment,” said Brint
Learned, director of the production. “With nearly 60 songs all
considered popular music standards, the audience will likely be humming along
with the actors throughout the evening. The music is truly the star in the
show. Four wonderful singers and an onstage instrumental
trio performing some of the most engaging popular music of our time make
for a delightful evening of entertainment.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>“While there is no
‘storyline’ the actors do talk about Sinatra and his life.
Both the narration and the music touches on major points in his career, including
his time as a band singer, his recording years with Capitol Records, his film
career and the concerts from later in his life. Even the younger members of
the cast are thrilled to be singing this music. As it happens, each of
the singers chosen for the production feels they have a particular affinity for
Sinatra and his music. For them it has been a labor of love.”</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><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'>Learned is the executive director at Rabbit Run Community
Arts Association, a comprehensive fine arts association in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Madison</st1:City></st1:place>. He has extensive theatrical
experience having directed and performed in area theaters including the
Lakeland Civic Theatre, the Fine Arts Association, the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lake
Erie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ashtabula</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Arts</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ticket reservations alone may be made online at <a
href="http://www.rabbitrunonline.org/">www.rabbitrunonline.org</a> or by
calling 440-428-7092, Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 6 p.m. and Friday and
Saturday, noon to 3 p.m. Tickets may be picked up at Lakeland Civic Theatre
the night of the performance beginning at 6:30 p.m. Show tickets are
$19/adult; $17/senior, student. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lakeland Civic Theatre is located on the grounds 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"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">7700 Clocktower Dr</st1:address></st1:Street>.</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Kirtland. Rabbit Run Theater is operated by Rabbit Run Community Arts
Association, a non-profit comprehensive fine arts association offering
instruction in all the major disciplines of the fine and performing arts.
RRCAA receives partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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