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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cast
members from the<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Aurora
Community Theatre </span></i></b>upcoming production<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b></span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>of <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>RENT</span></i></b> will sing excerpts from the
award-winning musical at <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CLEVELAND PRIDE: 25<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Celebration,</span></b> Saturday evening, June 29. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Special price</span></font></b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> for opening weekend of <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>RENT</span></i></b>, just $9 per
ticket by entering <u>coupon code: </u><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>july56</span></b>
buy online 24/7 <a href="http://www.auroracommunitytheatre.com/">www.auroracommunitytheatre.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Special performance
night</span></font></b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> to
accommodate schedules of actors, singers, dancers, behind-the-scenes artists
and other weekend performers at 8 pm MONDAY July 15. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><b><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;text-transform:
uppercase;font-weight:bold'>Aurora Community Theatre<br>
</span></font></b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<b><font size=5><span style='font-size:
16.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b>June 22, 2013<b><font size=5><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Christine
Patronik-Holder<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>330-562-1818<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Sizzling,
Sensational Musical<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>RENT<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Opens July 5<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:111%'><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:111%'>AURORA----</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><b><i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:111%;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'> </span></font>RENT</i></b>, the sensational rock musical
about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today opens at 8 pm
July 5 for a seven-show run Fridays and Saturdays through July 20 and Monday
July 15 at Aurora Community Theatre, 115 E. Pioneer Trail.<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:111%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%'>Winner
of the Tony Award for “Best Musical” and the Pulitzer Prize for
Drama, <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>RENT</span></i></b>
has become a pop culture phenomenon. Loosely based on Puccini's opera <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>La Bohème</span></i></b>, Jonathan
Larson’s <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>RENT</span></i></b>
is set in modern times and follows a year in the life of a group of
impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in <st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State>'s <st1:place w:st="on">Lower East Side</st1:place>,
under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:111%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%;
font-weight:bold'>Denise Astorino</span></font></b> directs this stirring
musical that the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>New York Times</span></i>
calls an “exhilarating, landmark rock opera” with musical direction
by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jon Krol</span></b> and choreography by <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Mary Lee Baker</span></b>. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Marianne Paul</span></b> and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Lexie
Haubrich</span></b> serve as co-producers, <o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:111%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%'>The plot
revolves around the lives of eight key characters played by young local actors:<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Scott Zolkowski</span></b> (Angel), <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Chris Hatala</span></b> (Benny), <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Anthony Williams</span></b> (Collins), <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Courtney Marshall</span></b> (Joanne), <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>John Doyle</span></b> (Mark), <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Jordan Renee Malin</span></b> (Maureen), <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Emily Schrader </span></b>(Mimi) and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Adam Kapis</span></b> (Roger).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:111%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%'>A strong
ensemble of talented performers including <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Greta
Rothman, <span style='background:yellow'>Anthony Covatta,</span> Alex Orvosh,
Jennifer Cull, Shannon Sharkey, Rachel Roth </span></b>and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Nick Alder </span></b>showcase the play’s
diverse popular music featuring electric rock, salsa, Motown, bebop and reggae,
with respectful nods to Stephen Sondheim and Burt Bacharach. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%;
font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:111%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%;
font-weight:bold'>Cody Steele </span></font></b>and <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Christi Labib </span></b>head up behind-the-scenes duties as co-stage
managers, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Craig Kollai </span></b>designed
the lighting with <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Austin Hopson </span></b>on
the lighting board. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Maggie Hamilton</span></b>
is in charge of sound. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Marianne Gingras</span></b>
was in charge of costumes, and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Paul Chechak</span></b>
constructed the sets.<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>RENT </span></font></i></b>was
first seen in a limited three-week workshop production at New
York Theatre Workshop in 1994. This same off-Broadway theatre
was also the musical's initial home following its official January 25, 1996
opening. The show's creator, Jonathan Larson, died suddenly the night before
the off-Broadway premiere. <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>RENT</span></i></b>
moved to Broadway's larger Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996,
where it gained critical acclaim closing on September 7, 2008 after a
12-year run of 5,123 performances, the ninth longest-running Broadway
show at the time, and grossing over $280 million. The show’s success
led to several national tours and numerous foreign productions. In 2005 it was
adapted into a motion picture that features most of the original cast
members.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The show’s theme of love striving to endure
beyond all obstacles remains current for all generations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:
white'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:
white'>“Indeed, this vigorous tale of a marginal band of artists in <st1:City
w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:City>'s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, a contemporary answer
to </span></font><b><i><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>La Bohème</span></font></i></b><font size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white'>,
rushes forward on an electric current of emotion that is anything but
morbid.” <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>New York
Times<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>AUDIENCE
ADVISORY: This play contains coarse language and adult subject matter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>RENT</span></font></i></b> is presented with permission from
Music Theatre International. <o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tickets at $16 for adults are available online,
including seat selection, at <a href="http://www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com/">auroracommmunitytheatre.com</a>,
or call the box office at 330-562-1818. Group discounts are available by
calling the box office. Opening night tickets include a complimentary
after-show gala and the opportunity to meet cast and crew. <br>
<br>
Aurora Community Theatre is located at 115 E. Pioneer Trail, near the
intersection of SR 43 and 306, at the gazebo, in the center of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Aurora</st1:City></st1:place>. ACT extends
appreciation to The Denise G. & Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation for
their generous underwriting of the Wells Main Stage. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>ACT, celebrating 54 successful seasons in 2013-14, annually
presents three regular season shows, a benefit play, a summer stock production
plus two children’s summer workshops, reaching an annual audience of
nearly 7,000. ACT showcases the region’s top actors, musicians, costume
and set designers, construction, lighting, sound and backstage crews -- all of
whom generously donate their time and talent. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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