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<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: garamond, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 19px"><SPAN><FONT size=5><FONT color=#007f40><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><FONT color=#0000bf size=4><B>"<SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT color=#0000ff>The Lakeland production, under the adept direction of Martin Friedman, with the set and light innovations by Trad Burns, is mesmerizing....</FONT></SPAN></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT size=5><FONT color=#007f40><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" class=yiv1400412482ms__id2675><FONT color=#0000bf size=4><B><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"><SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT color=#0000ff>The composite cast is outstanding.<SPAN> </SPAN>Amiee Collier wraps herself in the role of Dianna.<SPAN> </SPAN>She is so real that the character’s pain is Collier’s
pain.<SPAN> </SPAN>She sings meanings, not words.<SPAN> </SPAN>She makes us writhe in suffering, her suffering.<SPAN> </SPAN>This is a performance which rivals Clevelander Alice Ripley’s amazing Tony winning Broadway presentation."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" color=#0000bf face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"Next to Normal” is most certainly somber and thought-provoking and, under Martin Friedman’s sensitive direction, this production is emotionally taxing and thoroughly engaging from start to finish.<SPAN> </SPAN>It is so engaging that you forget to blink during much of the show and forget to breathe during most of it. <SPAN> </SPAN>It is so emotionally taxing that the person you hear fighting back tears throughout the performance is you"</SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal align=center><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301133><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Music by</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301135><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301137><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #31849b; FONT-SIZE: 36pt">Tom Kitt</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The Cast</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #033d3d"><FONT size=3>Diana: </FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Amiee Collier</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b2a1c7; FONT-SIZE: 36pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><VAR id=yiv1400412482yui-ie-cursor><VAR id=yiv1400412482yui-ie-cursor></VAR></VAR></SPAN></B> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal align=center><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301175><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Directed by</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301177><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yshortcuts><SPAN id=yiv1400412482lw_1351708588_0><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #0000bf; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Martin Friedman</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301181><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #0000bf; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal align=center><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301195><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Set and Lighting Design by</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301197><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301199><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #0000bf; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Trad A Burns</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301201><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: #6000bf; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Next to Normal: </SPAN></B><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black">Following their acclaimed productions of <B><I>Sweeney Todd</I>, <I>Assassins, Anyone Can Whistle</I></B> and <B><I>Death of a Salesman</I></B>, set and lighting designer Trad A Burns and Friedman again pick up the gauntlet to present their take on the Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of <SPAN class=yiv1400412482yshortcuts><SPAN id=yiv1400412482lw_1351708588_1>mental illness</SPAN></SPAN> and the family in <B><I>Next to Normal. </I></B>With music by <B>Tom Kitt</B> and book and lyrics by <B>Brian Yorke</B>y, this 2008 Tony Award-winning musical concerns a mother whose struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness
has on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry and suburban life. According to the Pulitzer Board, <B><I>Next to Normal</I></B> is a "powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals." </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301389><FONT color=#7f007f size=3 face="Times New Roman">Friday, February 8 @ 7:30pm</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301389><FONT color=#7f007f size=3 face="Times New Roman">Friday, February 15 @ 7:30pm</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301389><FONT color=#7f007f size=3 face="Times New Roman">Saturday, February 16 @ 7:30pm</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301389><FONT color=#7f007f size=3 face="Times New Roman">Sunday, February 17 @ 2:00pm</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301389></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301389><FONT color=#3b5738 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>Immediately following each performance there will be a post-play discussion. </B></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" id=yiv1400412482yui_3_7_2_16_1358508133589_53 class=yiv1400412482MsoNormal><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301515><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">For more information please feel free to either email me, Martin Friedman, at </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301517><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><A href="http://us.f368.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=martinfriedman98@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301519><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #003399">martinfriedman98@yahoo.com</SPAN></B></SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301521><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> <B>or call my cell 216/233-5441. <VAR
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in the right lane in this access road. Turn right at the stop sign. Turn right at the next stop sign. Turn left into the faculty/staff parking lot. Parking in the Faculty/Staff parking lot is free after </SPAN><SPAN id=yiv1400412482lw_1351708588_6 title="Add an event at this date"></SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yshortcutsycalshortcuts><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">7:00pm</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1400412482yui320281348757283301521><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">. The gate will open at 7:00pm. Park at the other end of the parking lot. The PAC is just past and to the left of the Clocktower. </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></DIV>
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