<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div class="m_4862016056838022971iNotesHistory m_4862016056838022971iNotesForward" style="padding-left:5px"><div style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;border-left:solid black 2px"><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div class="m_4862016056838022971iNotesHistory m_4862016056838022971iNotesForward" style="padding-left:5px"><div style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;border-left:solid black 2px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="Trebuchet MS,Default Sans Serif,Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"><br></font><div dir="ltr"><font face="Trebuchet MS,Default Sans Serif,Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:26pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Lakeland Civic Theatre </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""><font color="#e46c0a">The Bridges of Madison County</font></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center">"<font face="Trebuchet MS,Default Sans Serif,Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#cc0099" size="5">"So let’s make one thing perfectly clear: One could not ask for a more beautiful
musical rendering of this show, since the two leads, Trinidad Snider as
Francesca and Shane Patrick O’Neil as Robert, deliver Brown’s evocative songs
with power, tenderness and deep feeling. Indeed, the entire cast under the
well-crafted musical direction of Jordan Cooper has a chance to display their
estimable vocal talents in a number of genre-varied tunes." <font color="#000000">Christine Howey, "Raves and Pans" </font><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><br><b><i><span style="font-size:48pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif""></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: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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif""><font color="#0000bf">Jason Robert Brown</font></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: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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif""><font color="#0000bf">Marsha Norman</font></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:9.5pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><font color="#0099cc" size="5"><font face="Trebuchet MS,Default Sans Serif,Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">"</font></font><font face="Trebuchet MS,Default Sans Serif,Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#0099cc" size="5">In addition to Friedman's attraction to underdogs, he also has an
affinity for finding the heart in everything he stages, particularly the
underdogs. Which is why his Northeast Ohio premiere production of “The
Bridges of Madison County” works so well." <font color="#000000">Bob Abelman, "The Cleveland Jewish News and The News Herald"</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS,Default Sans Serif,Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#0099cc" size="5"><font color="#000000"></font></font><br><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 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">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""><font color="#0000bf">Martin Friedman</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
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<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">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""><font color="#0000bf">Trad A Burns</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><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 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">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""><font color="#0000bf">Jordan Cooper</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><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 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">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""><font color="#0000bf">Tesia Benson </font></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: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 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""><font color="#0000bf">Eric Simna</font></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""><font color="#0000bf"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS,Default Sans Serif,Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#990000" size="5">"As they did in their remarkable 2014 production of “The Light at the
Piazza,” Friedman and designer Trad A Burns manage to bring a European
flavor and a palatable sense of longing to the stage, despite this
play’s Iowa setting and the realistic covered bridge built to house all
the play’s action. They do this through unhurried pacing, rich lighting
and the long, dramatic shadows it creates, and the confidence to linger
during the significant silences in romantic moments before finally
fading to black." <font color="#000000">Bob Abelman, "The Cleveland Jewish News and The News Herald"</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS,Default Sans Serif,Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#990000" size="5"><font color="#000000"></font></font><br><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif""><font color="#0000bf"></font></span><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: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 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms"">The
Bridges of Madison County</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms""> is based on the best-selling novel,
and developed by the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning creative team of Jason
Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade and Songs for a New World) and Marsha
Norman (The Secret Garden, ‘Night Mother and The Color Purple) who went on to
win the Tony Award for Best Score and Orchestrations in 2014 for this stunning
romance. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"comic sans ms"">On
a quiet farm in America’s heartland, an immigrant Italian war bride becomes an
Iowan housewife. That is, until a National Geographic photographer
seeking directions to the area’s historic covered bridges knocks on her door. As
she helps him find the locations for the photo shoots, an unexpected, yet
powerful connection grows. A sweeping romance about the roads we travel, the
doors we open and the bridges we dare to cross will leave audiences breathless.
<b>The Bridges of Madison County</b> is a Tony-award winning and Northeast Ohio
local premiere. Be swept away…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#9bbb59">Roles:</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";color:red">Francesca Johnson :</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#606265">
</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><font color="#606265">Trinidad Snider</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#00b050">Richard "Bud" Johnson</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#606265">: </font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><font color="#606265">Scott Esposito</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#0070c0">Robert Kincaid</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#606265">: </font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><font color="#606265">Shane O'Neill</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#002060">Marian/Chiara</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#606265">: </font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><font color="#606265">Amanda Tidwell</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#7030a0">Michael Johnson:</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#606265"> </font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><font color="#606265">Frank Ivancic</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";color:red">Carolyn Johnson</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#606265">: </font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><font color="#606265">Anna Barrett</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#c00000">Marge:</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#606265"> </font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><font color="#606265">Amiee Collier</font></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#00b050">Charlie:</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif""><font color="#606265"> </font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><font color="#606265">Brian Altman</font></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:22pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:purple">Production Dates:</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""><font color="#0000bf">The Bridges of Madison
County </font></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)
performances. </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">February 3, 4, 10, 11, 17,
and 18, 2017 @ 7:30 PM<span> </span>February
5, 12 and 19, 2017 @ 2:00 PM.</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"><font color="#351c75">Tickets:</font> <wbr> <wbr> <wbr> $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><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"verdana","sans-serif""><a href="tel:440-525-7134" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue">440-525-7134</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> or contact Martin Friedman at <a href="mailto:martinfriedman98@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">martinfriedman98@gmail.com</span></a> </span></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""><font color="#990000">Order tickets on-line at </font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="http://www.lakelandcc.edu/arts" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.lakelandcc.edu/arts</span></a>.</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"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"comic sans ms""><font color="#0070c0">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>. FREE PARKING.</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p>
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