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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>WordStage Literary Concerts announces the opening of its 2021-22 Season with the riotous Victorian farce <b><i>BOX and COX</i></b> by John Maddison Morton on Friday, September 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Box and Cox</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>was first produced at the </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum_Theatre,_London" title="Lyceum Theatre, London"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>Lyceum Theatre</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>, London, on 1 November 1847, billed as a "romance of real life." The play became very popular and was revived frequently through the end of the nineteenth century, with occasional productions in the twentieth century. It was adapted as a one-act </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_opera" title="Comic opera"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>comic opera</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> in 1866 by the dramatist </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand" title="F. C. Burnand"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>F. C. Burnand</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> and the composer </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Sullivan" title="Arthur Sullivan"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>Arthur Sullivan</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>, prior to his association with W.S. Gilbert.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Featuring Agnes Herrman, Paul Slimak and Tim Tavcar with musical interludes from the Burnand and Sullivan Operetta <b><i>Cox and Box</i></b> performed by violinist Mary Beth Ions and pianist Patrick Wickliffe, this effervescent entertainment is sure to provide our audience with a laugh-filled evening of merry mayhem and melodious music.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>WordStage performances are in the Wright Chapel of the Lakewood Presbyterian Church – 14502 Detroit Ave. in Downtown Lakewood, OH. The Church and Chapel are fully accessible and ADA compliant. We request that all our audience members come with a mask unless medical reasons prevent them from doing so. We will have free masks available at our Box Office for anyone who needs them.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Tickets are $20.00 for adults/$10.000 for students and senior and WordStage maintains a policy of pay what you can so that our performances are accessible to all who want to see them. Currently, our box office accepts cash or check only</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Reservations can be made by calling 440-857-0717 or at the door the evening of the performance. You can also visit our website at </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.wordstageoh.com"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>www.wordstageoh.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> and leave us a message on our “Contact Us” page.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>