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<p style="background:white;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:24pt">Lakeland Civic Theatre</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:24pt">announces </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:24pt">A compelling play</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><span style="color:rgb(228,108,10);font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";font-size:48pt">Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,255);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">By </span><span style="color:rgb(23,55,94);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Edward Albee</span></p>

<p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Directed by</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Martin Friedman</span><span style="color:rgb(23,55,94);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Set and Lighting Design by</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Kirsten Nichole</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Costume
Design by </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Jordan Cooper</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"> </span></p>

<p style="background:white;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Sound Designed by</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Eric Simna</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Production Stage Manager</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">Nichole Vencl</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">Featuring </span></b><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:20pt">Gregory Violand* and Molly McGinnis*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt"><br>
</span></b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">*Courtesy of<b> </b></span><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Actor’s<span>
</span>Equity Association</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">The Play:</span></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"> Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"> Written in 1962 by <a title="Edward Albee" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Albee" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Edward Albee</span></a> <i>Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i> won both the 1963 <a title="Tony Award for Best Play" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Play" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Tony Award for
Best Play</span></a> and the 1962–63 <a title="New York Drama Critics' Circle" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Drama_Critics%27_Circle" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">New
York Drama Critics' Circle</span></a> Award for Best Play. Its stars won the
1963 Tony Awards for Best Actor and Actress as well. It was also selected for
the 1963 <a title="Pulitzer Prize for Drama" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Pulitzer
Prize for Drama</span></a> by that award's drama jury. However, the award's
advisory board – the trustees of <a title="Columbia University" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Columbia University</span></a>
– objected to the play's then-controversial use of profanity and sexual themes,
and overruled the award's advisory committee, awarding no Pulitzer Prize for
drama in 1963. The play was revived on <a title="Broadway theatre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Broadway</span></a> at
the <a title="Longacre Theatre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longacre_Theatre" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Longacre Theatre</span></a>,
opening in March 2005 in previews and closing on September 4, 2005 after 177
performances and 8 previews. Bill Irwin won the 2005 <a title="Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_a_Leading_Actor_in_a_Play" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Tony Award for Best Actor</span></a> for his role. On
December 12, 2010, the <a title="Steppenwolf Theatre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_Theatre" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Steppenwolf Theatre</span></a>
in <a title="Chicago" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Chicago</span></a>, <a title="Illinois" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Illinois</span></a> began performances of the play
featuring <a title="Amy Morton" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Morton" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Amy Morton</span></a> as
Martha, <a title="Tracy Letts" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Letts" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Tracy Letts</span></a> (the <a title="Pulitzer Prize" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Pulitzer Prize</span></a>-winning
playwright of <i><a title="August: Osage County" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August:_Osage_County" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">August:
Osage County</span></a></i>)^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F#cite_note-Pulitzer-16" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">[16]</span></a>} as George.
<span> </span>The dialogue has been hailed by some
critics as some of the greatest in all of the American theatre.</span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">Production Dates:</span></b><b><span style="color:purple;font-size:16pt"> </span></b><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? </span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">will open on Friday, September 18 and run
through October 4, 2015. </span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">The Roles:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:14.4pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Martha</span></b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">:</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:13.5pt">Molly McGinnis*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:14.4pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">George</span></b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">: </span><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:13.5pt">Gregory Violand*</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:14.4pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Nick</span></b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">:</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:13.5pt">Daniel Simpson</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:14.4pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Honey</span></b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">:</span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"> </span><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:13.5pt">Katie Nabors<br></span></b></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:14.4pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:Symbol;font-size:13.5pt"><span>·<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">       
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Courtesy of Actor’s Equity
Association</span></p>

<p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"> </span><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:22pt">Production Dates:</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:28pt"> </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:18pt"><span> </span></span><b><i><span style="color:rgb(228,108,10);font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";font-size:18pt">Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? </span></i></b><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">will open on Friday, September 18 and run through October 4, 2015:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Friday, September 18 @ 7:30pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Saturday, September 19 @ 7:30pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Sunday, September 20 @ 2:00pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Friday, September 25 @ 7:30pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Saturday, September 26 @ 7:30pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Sunday, September 27 @ 2:00pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Friday October 2 @ 7:30pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Saturday, October 3 @ 7:30pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:14pt">Sunday, October 4 @ 2:00pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

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<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(191,0,95);font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Tickets: </span></b><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">$15
for adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for all students. Call <a href="tel:440.525.7134" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">440.525.7134</span></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"><span style="color:blue">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</span></a>. </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:purple;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:16pt">Rodehorst Performing Arts Center:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(191,0,95);font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Building “D” at Lakeland Community College. Free Parking in the
Faculty/Staff Parking Lots. Take I 90 East and exit Route #306. Turn right and
turn left into Lakeland Community College and get into the right land. Turn
right at the stop sign and then take another right at the next stop sign and
then turn left into the parking lot. The theatre is to the left of the large
Clocktower on your left. </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p><br><br>

<p style="background:white;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt">For
more information email Martin Friedman at<span style="color:rgb(191,0,95)"> </span><a href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</span></a><u><span style="color:blue"> </span></u><span style="color:black">or call at <a href="tel:216%2F233-5441" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">216/233-5441</span></a>.</span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></p>

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