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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, serif, EmojiFont;">Contact: Pierre-Jacques Brault, Artistic Director</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, serif, EmojiFont;">Mercury Theatre Company, 216.771.5862</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont;">June 9-24, 2017</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, serif, EmojiFont;">South Euclid, OH – Mercury Theatre Company, Cleveland’s professional summer theatre at Notre Dame College, opens its 19<sup>th</sup> Season with a reimagined production of the Rodgers and
Hammerstein classic musical, <i>Carousel</i>, June 9 - 24.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">After a bank robbery gone wrong, carousel barker Billy Bigelow is given a second chance to make things right for the love-of-his-life Julie Jordan and the child he never got to meet. Carousel features some
of the pair’s best-loved songs: “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “If I Loved You,” and the seven-minute powerhouse, “Soliloquy”. <i>Time Magazine</i> calls this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic tale of love and redemption the “greatest musical of the twentieth century.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">“It’s got unforgettable characters, moments of pure theatrical magic and the lushest and most resonant music Rodgers and Hammerstein ever wrote, centered on a passionate quest for redemption,” says Mercury
Theatre Company Artistic Director Pierre Brault. “I’m trying not to feel too much pressure, but it’s kind of the greatest musical of all time.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;">The cast is led by Ryan Everett Wood as Billy Bigelow and MTC favorite Jennifer Myor as Julie Jordan. Fresh off the <i>Beauty and the Beast</i> national tour, Ryan Everett Wood is making his Mercury Theatre
Company debut in his “dream role to end all dream roles.” Jennifer returns to Mercury for her 7<sup>th</sup> season, having just been awarded the Best Featured Actress in a Musical award for her performance as Agnes Gooch in Virginia Musical Theatre’s production
of <i>Mame</i> in February. The pair heads a cast of 26, including Lynnette Turner as Nettie Fowler.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, serif, EmojiFont;"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont; font-weight: 700;">What: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont; font-weight: 700;">Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont; font-weight: 700;">When: June 9-24, 2017</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont;"> June 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, and 24 at 7:30 pm </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont;"> June 11 and 18 at 2:00 pm<br>
June 15 and 22 at 7:00 pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont; font-weight: 700;">Where: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont;">Regina Hall, Notre Dame College. 1857 South Green Rd., South Euclid, 44121<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont; font-weight: 700;">Cost: $20 Adults, $16 Seniors (60+), $16 children and students (with valid ID)<br>
How: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont;">For tickets call </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, serif, EmojiFont; font-weight: 700;">216.771.5862 or order online at www.mercurytheatrecompany.org </span></p>
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