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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><b><font size="4"><i><span style="line-height:115%">"The Last Five Years</span></i><span style="line-height:115%"> gets major kudos for taking chances,
and for its sly knowledge of the entertainment business. And director Martin
Friedman wisely lets his actors take charge of the stage," </span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="line-height:115%"><font size="2">Christine Howey <u><i><b>Rave and Pan</b></i></u></font><br></span></font></span></p><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(51,51,153)">Lakeland Civic Theatre presents</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size:48pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(228,108,10)">The Last Five Years</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Music and Lyrics by </span><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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Featuring</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue">NEELY GEVAART and JASON LEUPOLD</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><b><font size="4">"Gevaart immediately wins over the audience upon uttering her first lines of
lament over the failed marriage. The lyric “Jamie is over and Jamie is
gone/Jamie’s decided it’s time to move on” is profoundly heart-wrenching and
beautiful when executed by this gifted singer. She has remarkable vocal control
and though she does devastation well, Gevaart handles elation even better. Her
rendition of “I Can Do Better Than That” is delightful." </font></b><font size="4"><font size="2">Bob Abelman. <b><u><i>The Cleveland Jewish News</i></u></b></font><br></font></span></p>
<font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">"His (Jason Leupold) rendition of “The Schmuel Song” – a pep
talk to Cathy that encourages her to follow her dreams in the form of a fairy tale
about a tailor too busy to dream – is absolutely charming." </span></b><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Bob Abelman. <u><b>The Cleveland Jewish News</b></u></i></font></span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><br><b><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue"></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Sound Designed 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)">Eric Simna </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Lighting Designed 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)">Christina Pierce <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Costume Designed 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)">Jordan Cooper </span><br><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(0,0,191)"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" 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">Production Stage Manager</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)">Reagan Hernon <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><b><font size="4">"Fortunately
for Lakeland audiences, Jason Leupold (Jamie) and Neely Gevaart (Cathy) are not
only wonderful vocalists, but are talented actors. Without their
abilities, the production could have been a disaster. . . Bravo to Leupold and
Gevaart!" </font></b><font size="4"><font size="2">Roy Berko</font></font></span></span><br><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(0,0,191)"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p><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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:purple">Production Dates:<span> <wbr> <wbr> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(0,0,191)">The Last Five Years </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">will open on Friday, September 16 and run
through October 2, 2016<span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(49,132,155)"><span> <wbr>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(0,32,96)">Friday, September 30 @
7:30pm<span> </span><span></span>Saturday,
October 1 @ 7:30pm <span> <wbr>
</span>Sunday, October 2 @ 2:00pm<span> </span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(191,0,95)">Tickets:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">$15 for adults, $13 for
seniors and $7 for all students. For ticket reservations and information call</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span></b><a href="tel:440-525-7134" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue">440-525-7134</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> or contact Martin Friedman at</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:rgb(191,0,95)"> </span></b><a href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</span></b></a><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue">.<wbr> </span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue">OR </span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif";color:rgb(153,0,0)">Order tickets on-line at <span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="http://www.lakelandcc.edu/arts" target="_blank">www.lakelandcc.edu/arts</a>.</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif";color:rgb(153,0,0)"></span></b><a href="http://www.lakelandcc.edu/arts" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif";color:blue"></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif";color:rgb(153,0,0)"><br></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
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</div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><b>"One creative choice that works particularly well is having the wonderful
orchestra – a piano (conductor Jordan Cooper), violin (Rachel Gante), cello
(Olivia Clark) and bass (Tim Keo) – on stage behind the performers, which
reinforces the play’s emphasis on song over dialogue and adds to the sound
quality. Their silhouettes under Christina Pierce’s lighting design are
gorgeous." </b><font size="2">Bob Abelman, <u><b><i>The Cleveland Jewish News</i></b></u></font></span></font></div>
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