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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:26pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Lakeland
Civic Theatre announces</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,153)">Auditions
for the Regional premiere of</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size:48pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(228,108,10)">The
Bridges of Madison County</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Music and
Lyrics by</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Jason
Robert Brown</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Book by</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Marsha
Norman</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Directed
by</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Martin Friedman</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Sets and Lights by</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Trad A Burns</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Musical Direction by</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Jordan
Cooper</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Costumes
by</span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Tesia Benson </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> Sound
by</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Eric Simna</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:purple">The Play:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in;line-height:16.8pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"comic sans ms";color:rgb(37,37,37)">The Bridges of Madison
County </span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"comic sans ms";color:rgb(37,37,37)">Based</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(108,108,108);letter-spacing:0.1pt">
on the best-selling novel, and developed by the Pulitzer- and Tony
Award-winning creative team of Jason Robert Brown (</span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">The Last Five Years</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">,
</span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">Parade</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">, </span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">Songs for a New World</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">) and Marsha Norman. Winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Score
and Orchestrations, this sweeping romance about the roads we travel, the doors
we open and the bridges we dare to cross will leave audiences breathless.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Audition Information:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Auditions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 4 and 5
from 7:15 to 10pm at Lakeland Community College in Building D. Park in the
Faculty/Staff parking lot (gate opens after 7pm). Building D is to the left of
the Clocktower. Callbacks on Thursday, October 6. </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Please: </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:blue">One 32 bar cut in the style
of the show. A strong command of musical styles and vocal athleticism is
greatly needed for this show. </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You need only come to one of the audition dates.<i> YOU DO
NOT NEED AN AUDITION TIME.</i> JUST SHOW UP AT 7:30pm AND WE WILL HAVE YOU
SING and then READ. We will have a CALLBACK, on Thursday, October 6 at 7:15.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">ALL ROLES ARE COMPENSATED. Sorry, no EQUITY contracts for
this show. </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Francesca: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)"> An Italian war bridge; generous, luminous, and funny,
married to a farmer and living in Iowa. Gender: Female Age: 30 to 50.
Soprano.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Richard "Bud" Johnson: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Francesca's husband. An Iowa farmer, a good
guy, diligent and dependable, but always exhausted and irritated. Gender:
Male. Age: 30 to 50. Baritone.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Robert Kincaid: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">A ruggedly handsome photographer. Gender: Male Age: 35 to 50.
Bari-Tenor.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Marian: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Robert's
former wife, a musician. Gender: Female Age: 30 to 50. Mezzo</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Chiara: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Francesca's
sister still living in Italy. Gender: Female Age: 30 to 50. Mezzo</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Kids: The daughter is 14 and the son is 16 or so. The vocal
range is very mature so I am looking for younger looking later teens and
early twenties.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Michael: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Francesca
and Bud's son. Gender: Male. Age: 16 to 16</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Carolyn: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Francesca
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<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Marge: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Francesca's
neighbor. Gender: Female Age: 30 to 60 Vocal range top: C5 Vocal range
bottom: G3. Alto</span></p>
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husband. Gender: Male Age: 40 to 70. Baritone</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(96,98,101)">Ensemble</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:purple">Production and Rehearsal Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,191)">The Bridges of Madison County </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">will open
on Friday, February 3 and run through February 19, 2017. There will be nine (9)
shows; that is three (3) weeks of performances. Rehearsals will begin the
beginning of December based upon your schedules.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"comic sans ms";color:rgb(0,112,192)">For more information, please feel free to contact me, Martin
Friedman at <a href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</span></a> <wbr>or at <a href="tel:216%2F233-5441" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">216/233-5441</span></a>.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"comic sans ms";color:rgb(0,112,192)"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p>
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