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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"'>FOR: Rabbit Run Community Arts Association<br> P. O. Box 235, 49 Park St.<br> Madison, OH 44057<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CONTACT: Karen Ziegler, Director of Marketing<br> 440-428-5913<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DATE: July 1, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – <i>The Sound of Music </i>opens at Rabbit Run Theater<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>While Madison has few hills to boast of, the Township will soon be alive with the sounds of music as Rabbit Run Theater presents one of the world’s favorite musicals, <i>The Sound of Music, </i>opening Friday, July 12.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, <i>The Sound of Music </i>is based on the true story of the Von Trapp family who fled their home after the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation" title=Annexation><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'>annexation</span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" title=Austria><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'>Austria</span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> into </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'>Nazi Germany</span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> in 1938. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Since the show’s opening on Broadway over 50 years ago, many of the musical’s familiar melodies like <i>Adelweiss, Do-Re-Mi,</i> and <i>Climb Every Mountain</i> have become standards in the American musical experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Newly widowed and left with seven children Captain von Trapp engages the services of a young postulant, Maria, as the new governess for his children. Unpretentious, unpredictable and possessing a heart of gold, Maria changes the lives of the children and their father forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>The Sound of Music</span></i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> opens Friday, July 12, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 3. The show is directed by Sandy Kosovich Peck with musical direction by Scott Posey, choreography by Jennifer Leinweber Ritz and orchestra conduction by Alice Cable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Playing Maria Von Trapp is Caitlin Van Niel. </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Van Niel has been involved in a number of area theaters including The Cleveland Play House, Cain Park the Fine Arts Association and Rabbit Run Theater both as an actor and a costume designer and has designed over 100 shows as a freelance costume designer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>David Malinowski is portraying Captain von Trapp. Over the past few years at Rabbit Run, Malinowski has had lead roles in <i>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</i>, <i>The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Doubt, a Parable</i> and <i>Frost/Nixon</i>. He has also performed at The Fine Arts Association, Geauga Lyric Theatre Guild and the Chagrin Valley Little Theater.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Other lead roles in the show are Evie Koh as Baroness Shraeder, Roger Principe as Max, Lincoln Sandham as Rolf and Ingrid Balstad as the Mother Abbess. The von Trapp children are played by, in order of age, Stephanie Harden, Bryan Daly, Chrisanna Sandham, Stephen Sandham, Genevieve Urban, Lauren Wiertel and Brynna Wright.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Wednesday, July 24, is a special Sing-A-Long performance. Theater patrons are welcome to sing their favorite songs along with the cast during the show. Lyrics will be provided. Light refreshments will also be provided, beginning at 7:30 p.m., prior to the performance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><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></div></body></html>