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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE:24pt">Lakeland Civic Theatre announces </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR:rgb(51,51,153);FONT-SIZE:24pt">A beautiful and compelling musical play</span><span style="COLOR:rgb(51,51,153)"></span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center" align="center"><b><i><span style="COLOR:rgb(228,108,10);FONT-SIZE:48pt">The Light in the Piazza</span></i></b><b><i><span></span></i></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center" align="center"><span style="COLOR:rgb(128,0,255);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Book by </span><span style="COLOR:rgb(23,55,94);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Craig Lucas</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center" align="center"><span style="COLOR:rgb(128,0,255);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Music and Lyrics by </span><span style="COLOR:rgb(23,55,94);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Adam Guettel</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR:red;FONT-SIZE:16pt">A Northeast Ohio professional premiere</span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:20pt"> Directed by</span><span> </span><span style="COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Martin Friedman </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE:20pt">Set and Lighting Design by</span><span> </span><span style="COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Trad A Burns</span><span> </span></p>

<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE:20pt">Musical Direction by</span><span> </span><span style="COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Jordan Cooper</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt"></span></p>

<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE:20pt">Costumes Designed by</span><span> </span><span style="COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Stephanie Fisher</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE:20pt">Sound Designed by</span><span> </span><span style="COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Eric Simna</span></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><b><span style="COLOR:purple;FONT-SIZE:16pt">The Play:</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff" color="#333333"><font size="4"><strong>THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA</strong> takes place in Italy in the summer of 1953. Margaret Johnson, the wife of a well-heeled American businessman, is touring the Tuscan countryside with her daughter, Clara. While sightseeing, Clara, a beautiful yet surprisingly childish young woman, loses her hat in a sudden gust. As if guided by an unseen hand, the hat lands at the feet of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine, who returns it to Clara. This brief episode, charged with coincidence and fate, sparks an immediate and intense romance between Clara and Fabrizio. Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and Fabrizio apart. As <strong>THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA</strong> unfolds, a secret is revealed: in addition to the cultural differences between the young lovers, Clara is not quite all that she appears. Unable to suppress the truth about her daughter, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara's future, but her own hopes as well.</font></font></p>

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<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="COLOR:purple;FONT-SIZE:16pt">The Roles:</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Margaret Johnson</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"> <strong><font color="#000099" size="4">Sandra Emerick* (AEA)</font></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"></span></span><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Clara Johnson</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">: <strong><font color="#000099" size="4">Lindsey Leonard</font></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Fabrizio Naccarelli</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"> <strong><font color="#000099" size="4">Shane Partrick O'Neil</font></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Signor Naccarelli</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial">: </span></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,51,0)"> </span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"><strong><font color="#000099" size="4">Rob Albrecht</font></strong></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Franca Naccarelli</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">: </span></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,51,0)"> </span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,51,0)"><strong><font color="#000099" size="4">Neely Gavaart</font></strong></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,51,0)"></span><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Guieseppi Naccarelli</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"> <strong><font color="#000099" size="4">Eric Francher</font></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"></span></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"></span></span><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Signore Naccarelli</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial">: <strong><font color="#000099" size="4">Liz Huff</font></strong></span></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Roy Johnson</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial">: </span></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"> <span> <strong><font color="#000099" size="4">Michael Rogan</font></strong></span></span></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">The Priest</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial"> </span></span><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red"><font color="#000099" size="4">Brian Mueller</font></span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial">. </span></span></p>

<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">The Ensemble</span></b></span><span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial">: <span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red"><font color="#000099" size="4">Elisha Mueller, Erin McManus, Antoinette Kila, Jacki Komos, Anna White, Vanessa Pintabona, Anna White, Stephanie Harden, Johanna Regan</font></span></b></span></span></span></p>

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<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><b><span style="COLOR:purple;FONT-SIZE:16pt">Production Dates:</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span style="COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:28pt">The Light in the Piazza</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt"> <b>will open on <span>Friday, January 31</span> and run through <span>February16, 2014</span>:</b></span></p>

<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Friday, January 31 @ 7:30pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Saturday, February 1@ 7:30pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Sunday, February 2 @ 2:00pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Friday February 7 @ 7:30pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Saturday, February 8 @ 7:30pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Sunday, February 9 @ 2:00pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Friday February 14 @ 7:30pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Saturday, February 15 @ 7:30pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white"><span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt">Sunday, February 16 @ 2:00pm</span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389632097172_2293"><b><span style="COLOR:rgb(191,0,95);FONT-SIZE:22pt">Tickets: </span></b><b id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389632097172_2292"><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389632097172_2291">$15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for all students. For ticket reservations and information call <a rel="nofollow">440-525-7134</a> or contact Martin Friedman at<span style="COLOR:rgb(191,0,95)"> </span><u id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389632097172_2290"><span style="COLOR:blue" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389632097172_2289"><a id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389632097172_2288" href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</a>. </span></u></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt"></span></p>
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