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</font><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center"><b><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">CAMEO EMBRACES ‘NEXT TO NORMAL’ AS 2017 SUMMER MUSICAL</font></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour
cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be
a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because
the mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years.<br>
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"We are incredibly excited to bring <i>Next to Normal</i> to the
Medina community and the Performing Arts Center stage," says Michael
Sferro, producer for CAMEO and president of the Medina County Arts Foundation.
"We're preparing to explore an emotional powerhouse that addresses
grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life. It is one of
the most powerful pieces of theatre I've ever experienced."<br>
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Now in its 14th season, CAMEO, the 'Artist-in-Residence' of the Medina
Performing Arts Center, will take audiences into the minds and hearts of each
character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy and heart.<br>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">"CAMEO strives to bring relevant, thought-provoking,
and entertaining works to the stage," says Sferro. "Recent
productions of Godspell (2016) and West Side Story (2015) have addressed
political divisiveness and racial divides. Now we're going to tackle the
stigmas of mental health."<br>
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<i>Next to Normal</i>, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom
Kitt, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness.
Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the 2010
Pulitzer Prize, <i>Next to Normal</i> was also chosen as "one of
the year's ten best shows" by critics around the country, including <i>The
Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone</i> and <i>The
New York Times</i>.<br>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><i><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Mission: CAMEO provides
the greater Medina community with quality and artistic opportunities. </font></i></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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****</font></i></b><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="3"> Recommended for Mature Audiences****</font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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PERFORMANCE DATES:</font></span></b><span><br><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">
July 14, 15, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 8 PM<span> </span><br>
July 16, 23, & 30 at 4 PM.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt"><b><span><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">WHERE:</font></span></b><span><br><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">
Medina Performing Arts Center
, 851 Weymouth Road, Medina, OH 44256</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt"><b><span><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">TICKETS: </font></span></b><span><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Available Online-Limited Seating</font><b><br><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">
</font></b><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Adult: $20, Student, Senior, Military: $15</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="Cambria"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">CONTACT: <span> </span></font></font></font></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Michael Sferro</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Phone:<span> </span>330.289.6390</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria"><font size="3">Email:<span> </span></font></font></font><a href="mailto:sferrom@medinabees.com"><font color="#0000ff" face="Cambria" size="3">sferrom@medinabees.com</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria"><font size="3">Web:<span> </span><span> </span></font></font></font><a href="http://www.cameo-medina.org/"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Cambria" size="3">www.cameo-medina.org</font></span></a></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria"><font size="3">Facebook: <span> </span></font></font></font><a href="http://facebook.com/cameo.medina"><font color="#0000ff" face="Cambria" size="3">http://facebook.com/cameo.medina</font></a></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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