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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Lorain County Metro Parks’ French Creek Theatre is proud to announce…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#5B9BD5">NEW 2017-2018 SEASON!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Tickets on sale now!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#993300">SEASON TICKET SUBSCRIBERS SAVE UP TO 30% ON A 6 SHOW PACKAGE!</span></em><i><span style="color:#993300"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Call (440) 949-5200, purchase
<a href="http://metroparks.cc/french-creek-theatre-tickets.php" target="_blank">online</a> or visit the FCT Box Office, open 10AM-6PM daily.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PERFORMANCES<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">TICKETS*<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Ewing Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">*<i>Romeo & Juliet</i> no cost<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">BONNIE & CLYDE</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">– </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">musical with adult themes</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Book by Ivan Menchell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Lyrics by Don Black<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Music by Frank Wildhorn<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Directed by Brittni Shambaugh Addison<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">October 13-29, 2017 / Ewing Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The Great Depression. As the country’s corporations, banks and institutions crumble, suffering Americans crave a reckoning. Two upstart criminals emerge from the dust of poverty
to become folk heroes for their brazen, lawless and deadly deeds. Strap in for a sleek and sexy musical retelling of the rise and fall of the Barrow Gang. “You've read the story of Jesse James of how he lived and died...here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">ANNIE</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> –
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">musical for the entire family</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Book by Thomas Meehan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Music by Charles Strouse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Lyrics by Martin Charnin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Based on
<i>Little Orphan Annie</i> by permission of The Media Tribune Services, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Directed by Monica Olejko<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">December 1-17, 2017 / Ewing Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Billionaire Oliver Warbucks is a man who thinks he has everything. Eleven-year-old Annie is an orphan with nothing. When the unlikely pair meet, together they find the thing that
was missing in each other. Everyone’s favorite optimist lights up the stage this holiday season in the inspiring musical sensation that will leave audiences singing, “Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, tomorrow! You're always a day away!”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">I’M NOT RAPPAPORT</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">By Herb Gardner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Directed by Jacqi Loewy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">February 2-18, 2018 / Pijor Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">From a bench in Central Park, Nat & Midge, two feisty octogenarians, refuse to disappear into the diminishing twilight of their lives. While Nat’s daughter imperils his independence
with the threat of nursing homes, Midge fights the yuppie forces trying to push him out of his job. Using the wiles and wisdom that only come with age, they make their final stand in this sidesplitting and thoughtful Tony-award winner.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">CHILDREN OF EDEN</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">– </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">musical for the entire family<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Book by John Caird<br>
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz<br>
Based on a concept by Charles Lisanby<br>
Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and Martin Erskine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Directed by Nate Sayatovich<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">March 9-25, 2018 / Ewing Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">In the beginning, Adam and Eve live in a state of perfection with their Father. But when they eat from the Tree of Knowledge, their disobedience sets off a powerful chain of events
spanning generations, and leaves the far reaches of their bloodline searching for the way back to Eden. Forbidden fruit, floods, and forgiveness come together for this sweeping musical saga based on the book of Genesis.</span></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">THE ELEPHANT MAN</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">By Bernard Pomerance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Directed by Ismael Lara<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">May 4-20, 2018 / Pijor Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">In 1886, a horrifically deformed sideshow attraction named John Merrick is taken in by a young English surgeon named Frederick Treves. As Treves endeavors to civilize him by introducing
him to London’s elite, Merrick dreams of being like other men. But when manners and propriety leave Merrick dissatisfied, Treves begins to question his own altruistic pursuits. Achingly poignant and poetic, discover our shared humanity with
<i>The Elephant Man</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">LIONEL BART’S OLIVER!</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Sold from the only life he’s ever known in a toilsome workhouse to be an apprentice coffin-follower for a jocund undertaker, the orphaned and hapless Oliver escapes to find someplace
he truly belongs. Taken in by a band of young pickpockets, Oliver thinks he’s finally found a family until a robbery gone sour incurs the wrath of their menacing leader. Filled with Broadway hits and heart, “consider yourself” invited to Oliver this summer!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">– </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">play for ages 12+<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">By William Shakespeare<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">August 17-19, 2018 / Lakeview Park (all shows @ 7pm)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A young woman is betrothed by her parents against her will. A young man’s honor is bound to hate the household of his love.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">As their families war, together they will bear their devotion beyond the boundaries of death. One of the greatest tragedies of all time, Shakespeare’s tale of passion and calamity is performed
outdoors as Lorain County Metro Parks is transformed into </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">“</span></b><a name="2"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">fair Verona, where we lay our scene</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">…”</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Bonnie & Clyde, Annie, Children of Eden and Lionel Bart’s OLIVER!
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All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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