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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FOR: Rabbit Run Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>P. O. Box 235<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Madison, OH 44057<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> 440-428-7092 (box office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> 440-428-5913 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>DATE: June 10, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – <i>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying </i>Hits the Boards at Rabbit Run Theater</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>Before Dunder-Mifflin and before Mad Men, there was J. Pierrepont Finch, the lead of <i>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, </i>opening Friday, June 14, at Rabbit Run Theater in Madison.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'> has had three successful runs on Broadway, most recently featuring Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame in a 2011 revival. Winner of seven Tony Awards and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the show comes to Rabbit Run as this summer’s Young Adult Production, featuring some of northeast Ohio’s most talented actors, 21 and under.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>Young and ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, or “Ponty”, does not know much about corporate skullduggery, but he becomes a quick learner when he happens upon the “how to” book <i>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying </i>and decides to act upon the book’s advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>Entering the World Wide Wicket Company in search of a job, he accidently bumps into company president, J. B. Biggley, and secures a position in the mailroom. Following the book’s step-by-step guidelines, Ponty has a riotous and meteoric rise on the corporate ladder making lots of friends and a few enemies along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>How to Succeed </span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>is based on the book of the same title by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. The show is directed by Brint Learned, and musical direction by Roberta Whitely and choreography by Jennifer Leinweber Ritz.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“This is the 50th anniversary of the original Broadway production”, said Learned. “It seemed a perfect time for Rabbit Run to offer a production, and the show seems particularly well suited to our young cast. The choreography is tremendously challenging and their youth and endurance are a definite plus in meeting the demands of the production. They have done their homework as well and watched movies from the early 1960's to get a sense of the period, clothing styles, and even slang.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>Playing the lead, J. Pierrepont Finch, is Mentor High student Jason Goldston. Goldston has performed in Rabbit Run’s productions of <i>The Mystery of Edwin Drood </i>and<i> Urinetown, the Musical. </i>Lake Catholic senior Paige Heidrich is playing Rosemary, Finch’s love interest. Heidrich is a familiar face at Rabbit Run and has appeared in the theater’s productions of <i>Chicago, Urinetown, the Musical, Oliver! </i>and <i>A Christmas Carol.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>Mr. Biggley is portrayed by Matt Super, a junior drama major at Kenyon College, with Lincoln Sandham as Bud Frump, Biggley’s nephew. Super has performed in numerous productions at Rabbit Run including <i>Urinetown, the Musical, Chicago, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby </i>and <i>Oliver! </i>Sandham not only performs regularly at Rabbit Run but has appeared in productions at The Beck Center, The Fine Arts Association as well as other theaters in Northeast Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>The show runs from Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 30. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tickets for all performances are available by calling the box office at 440-428-7092, Wednesday through Sunday, 3 to 7 p.m. or on line at </span><a href="http://www.rabbitrunonline.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.rabbitrunonline.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. Tickets are $21/adult and $19/senior, student. For group packages and rates call 440-428-5913.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All shows begin at 8 p.m. Rabbit Run Theater is located at 5648 W. Chapel Rd., Madison, and is one of the few remaining barn theaters in Ohio. Rabbit Run receives partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>