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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:24pt">Lakeland Civic Theatre announces</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(51,51,153);FONT-SIZE:24pt">The beautiful, original and compelling musical play</span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(228,108,10);FONT-SIZE:48pt">Violet</span></i></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14pt">Based on </span></b><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(85,142,213);FONT-SIZE:14pt">The Ugliest Pilgrim</span></i></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(85,142,213);FONT-SIZE:14pt"> </span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:14pt">by Doris Betts</span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(128,0,255);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Book and Lyrics by </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(23,55,94);FONT-SIZE:22pt">Brian Crawley</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(128,0,255);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Music and Lyrics by </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(23,55,94);FONT-SIZE:22pt">Jeanine Tesori</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt">Directed by</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Martin Friedman </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt">Set and Lighting Design by</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Trad A Burns</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black"> </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt">Musical Direction by</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Jordan Cooper</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt">Costumes Designed by</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:20pt"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Tesia Benson</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt">Sound Designed by</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:20pt"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Eric Simna</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt">Production Stage Manager</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:20pt"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Nichole Vencl</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt">Technical Director </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:18pt">Stephen Vasse-Hansell</span></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:purple;FONT-SIZE:16pt">The Play:</span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;BACKGROUND:white;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Presented in its original and complete two act form, Violet tells the story of a girl, struck by an axe blade when her father was chopping wood, leaving her with a visible scar across her face. With enough money finally saved, she’s travelling across the 1964 Deep South towards a miracle- the healing touch of a TV evangelist that will make her beautiful again. </span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:purple;FONT-SIZE:16pt">The Roles:</span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Violet</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black"> </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Neely Gevaart</span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Monty</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">: </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Eric Fancher</span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Flick</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black"> </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Eugene Sumlin</span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Young Violet</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black"> </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Emily Kenville/Jade McGee</span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Father</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black"> </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Daniel Simpson</span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Old Lady</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black"> </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Bernadette Hisey</span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Lula</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black"> </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Nikki Rosser Sumlin* </span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:10pt">(courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association)</span></b></p><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:10pt"></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt"><strong><font color="#000099">
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">Preatcher</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black"> </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Robert Pierce</span></b></p></font></strong></span> 
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:14.4pt;BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:red">The Ensemble</span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt"> Andrea Belser,</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:black"> </span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,153);FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Ashley Bossard, Sara Chapman, Sharron Foxx, Stephanie Harden, Joanna May Hunkins, Antoinette Kula, Alicia O’Neill, <span> </span>Will Sanborn, Anthony Williams. </span></b></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:purple;FONT-SIZE:22pt">Production Dates:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191);FONT-SIZE:28pt"> Violet</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt"> <b>will open on Friday, January 30 and run through February15, 2015 at Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, Ohio 44094</b></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Friday, January 30 @ 7:30pm</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Saturday, January 31@ 7:30pm</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Sunday, February 1 @ 2:00pm</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Friday February 6 @ 7:30pm</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Saturday, February 7 @ 7:30pm</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Sunday, February 8 @ 2:00pm</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Friday February 13 @ 7:30pm</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Saturday, February 14 @ 7:30pm</span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt">Sunday, February 15 @ 2:00pm</span></b></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(0,0,191)">Violet</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black"> <b>will open on Friday, January 30 and run through February 15, 2015. There will be nine (9) performances. </b></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:rgb(191,0,95)">Tickets: </span></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND:white" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica;COLOR:black">$15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for all students. Call <a href="tel:440.525.7134" target="_blank" value="+14405257134">440.525.7134</a> for for ticket reservations and information about group discounts. For more information please contact Dr. Martin Friedman at <a href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" target="_blank">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</a>. </span></b></p>
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