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<p class="NoParagraphStyle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#003A77">Kent State University at Stark announces the 2012-13 theatre season<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="NoParagraphStyle">Kent State University at Stark has announced the scheduled theatre performances for the 2012-13 academic year. The upcoming productions will be performed at the Kent State Stark Fine Arts Theatre, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson
Township. <o:p></o:p></p>
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The opening night of each theatre production is Scholarship Night. Proceeds from those performances will benefit students in the Kent State Stark theatre and music programs. Tickets may be conveniently purchased online by visiting
<a href="http://www.stark.kent.edu/theatre">www.stark.kent.edu/theatre</a>. Theatre patrons may also obtain reservations and ticket orders through the Fine Arts Theatre Box Office by calling 330-244-3348, Monday – Friday, 1 – 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#003A77">Buried Child</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%">
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">By Sam Shepard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">November 2, 3, 9 and 10, 2012 at 8 p.m.
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November 4 and 11, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. (American Sign Language interpretation will be provided at the November 11 performance.)<br>
Ticket Prices: $10 adults; $7 students under 17 and senior citizens; KSU students free with current ID<br>
Tickets will be available online and at the Fine Arts Theatre Box Office, beginning on October 22.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle">Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama takes a macabre look at the disintegration of the American dream. Mystery and humor combine in the Midwestern home of a dysfunctional family with a very dark secret that plunges them into
bizarre degeneration and finally, toward hope. <b><i>For mature audiences only.</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><b><i><span style="color:#003A77"><br>
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#003A77">I Love You Because<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">Music by Joshua Salzman Book and Lyrics by Ryan Cunningham<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">February 15, 16, 22 and 23, 2013 at 8 p.m.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">February 17 and 24, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. (American Sign Language interpretation will be provided at the February 24 performance.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">Ticket Prices: $14 adults; $10 students under 17 and senior citizens; KSU students free with current ID<br>
Tickets will be available online and at the Fine Arts Theatre Box Office, beginning on January 28.
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<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">In this romantic musical’s modern twist on Jane Austen’s
<i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, a young, uptight greeting card writer’s life is changed when he meets a flighty photographer. Along with their eccentric friends and siblings, they learn to love each other, not in spite of their faults, but because of them.<i>
<b>For mature audiences only.</b></i><b><i><span style="color:#003A77"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#003A77">Voices from Hurt Street</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">By Kent State University at Stark Students<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">April 12, 13, 19, and 20, 2013 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">April 14 and 21, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. (American Sign Language interpretation will be provided at the April 21 performance.)<br>
Ticket Prices: $10 adults; $7 students under 17 and senior citizens; KSU students free with current ID<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">Tickets will be available online and at the Fine Arts Theatre Box Office, beginning on April 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle">Written by students from Kent State University at Stark’s
<i>Devising Theatre</i> course, this multi-genre theatre piece enacts true and personal stories of abusive relationships and social injustice that move the characters through the hopeful journey from hurt to healing.
<b><i>For mature audiences only.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003A77">The Crucible</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:#003A77"><br>
</span></i></b><i>An opera adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">Music by Robert Ward Libretto by Bernard Stambler<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">June 7 and 8, 2013 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">June 9, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. (American Sign Language interpretation will be provided at the June 9 performance.)<br>
Ticket Prices: $14 adults; $10 students under 17 and senior citizens; KSU students free with current ID<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="line-height:normal">Tickets will be available online and at the Fine Arts Theatre Box Office, beginning on May 28.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="NoParagraphStyle">An unfaithful husband’s life turns tragic in this operatic version of an American classic that examines justice, honor and courage. He finds himself fighting against a monstrous political and religious “witch hunt” and is forced
to face his past and reconcile his actions before the power of the court. <b><i>For mature audiences only.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle">Directing Kent State Stark’s theatrical productions is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Theatre Director Brian Newberg. Louis Williams is the scenic and lighting designer, Susan Blurton is the costume designer and Ron Jarvis is
the sound designer. The music director for <i>I Love You Because</i> is<i> </i>Associate Professor of Music Laurel Seeds and Judith Ryder is the music director for
<i>The Crucible</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">For additional information about the 2012-13 Kent State Stark theatre performances, including audition dates and production team opportunities, visit
<a href="http://www.stark.kent.edu/theatre">www.stark.kent.edu/theatre</a> or call 330-244-5151.<o:p></o:p></p>
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