<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">February 22 through March 10, 3 weekends, 12 performances<u></u><u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<u></u> <u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Friday morning performances for students<u></u><u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

Friday and Saturday evenings, 7:30 p.m.<u></u><u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Sunday Matinees, 3:00 p.m.<u></u><u></u></p>

<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i><u></u> <u></u></i></b></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

Rehearsals begin the week of January 14, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m., Sunday through Thursday<u></u><u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<u></u> <u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Director and Choreographer, Martin Cespedes<u></u><u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

Music Director, Heidi Herczeg<u></u><u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

TrueNorth is located at French Creek Nature and Arts Center, 10 minutes west of Crocker Park, off of I-90 on Rt. 611 (Colorado Avenue) in Sheffield Village.<u></u><u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<u></u> <u></u></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please call for an audition / appointment, <a href="tel:440.949.5200%20x%20221" value="+14409495200" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">440.949.5200 x 221</a>, or e-mail Artistic Director Rick Fortney, <a href="mailto:rfortney@metroparks.cc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">rfortney@metroparks.cc</a><u></u><u></u></p>

<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i><u></u> <u></u></i></b></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<b><i>Ain't Misbehavin'<u></u><u></u></i></b></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>Music by <a href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000002" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial;font-size:inherit!important">Thomas "Fats" Waller</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>

<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Conceived by  <a href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000002" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial;font-size:inherit!important">Murray Horwitz</span></a> and <a href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000002" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial;font-size:inherit!important">Richard Maltby, Jr.</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>

<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Original Broadway Version (1978)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:justify;background-color:white">

<br>The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930's Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway's best.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:justify;background-color:white">

<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:justify;background-color:white">The inimitable <a href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000002" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial;font-size:inherit!important">Thomas "Fats" Waller</span></a> rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the Cotton Club, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that jumpin' new beat, Swing. Although not quite a biography, <strong><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-size:inherit!important">AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'</span></strong> evokes the delightful humor and infectious energy of this American original as a versatile cast struts, strums and sings the songs he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages in the U.S., Canada and Europe.<u></u><u></u></p>

<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:inherit!important">The musical is a tribute to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" title="African American" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">black musicians</span></a> of the 1920s and '30s who were part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance" title="Harlem Renaissance" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">Harlem Renaissance</span></a>, an era of growing creativity, cultural awareness, and ethnic pride, and takes its title from the 1929 Waller song "Ain't Misbehavin'". It was a time when<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">Manhattan</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">nightclubs</span></a> like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Club" title="Cotton Club" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">Cotton Club</span></a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_Ballroom" title="Savoy Ballroom" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">Savoy Ballroom</span></a> were the playgrounds of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_class" title="Upper class" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">high society</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenox_Avenue" title="Lenox Avenue" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">Lenox Avenue</span></a> dives were filled with piano players banging out the new beat known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif!important;font-size:inherit!important;color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">swing</span></a>. Five performers present an evening of rowdy, raunchy, and humorous songs that encapsulate the various moods of the era and reflect Waller's view of life as a journey meant for pleasure and play.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:inherit!important">Character Breakdown</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td>

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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ANDRE<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td valign="top" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 6pt;min-height:38.65pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:11.25pt;font-size:inherit!important;color:inherit!important"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">An unrepentant party hound. A flirt and a bit of a womanizer. <br>

Male, 25-45 yrs old <br>Bass – Baritone - Range: G2 - E6<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="min-height:49.3pt"><td valign="top" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 6pt;min-height:49.3pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:11.25pt;font-size:inherit!important;color:inherit!important"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ARMELIA<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">A voluptuous and sassy woman. Very strong-willed and not afraid to share her thoughts. <br>Female, 25-45 yrs old <br>Soprano - Range: G3 - C6<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">CHARLAINE<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td valign="top" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 6pt;min-height:38.65pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:11.25pt;font-size:inherit!important;color:inherit!important"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">A sweet, young lady. Very innocent. <br>

Female, 18-25 yrs old <br>Alto - Range: G3 - G5<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="min-height:38.65pt"><td valign="top" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 6pt;min-height:38.65pt">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:11.25pt;font-size:inherit!important;color:inherit!important"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">KEN<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Jovial, cheerful, and loud. Larger than life. <br>Male, 25-45 yrs old <br>Bass - Range: D3 - C6<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="min-height:39.3pt">

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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">NELL<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td valign="top" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 6pt;min-height:39.3pt">
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Confident and charming. A knowledgeable woman of the world. <br>Female, 30-45 yrs old <br>Alto - Range: F3 - F5<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr>

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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></td><td valign="top" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 6pt;min-height:18.65pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:11.25pt;font-size:inherit!important;color:inherit!important">

<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Mistral;font-size:16pt;color:inherit!important">Richard A. Fortney<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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