<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydp46efb557MsoNormal">The Academy for Dramatic Arts in Berea is pleased to
announce the cast for their Spring production of “The Lion King, Jr” The show
runs April 18<sup>th</sup>-21<sup>st</sup>. Tickets on sale March 18<sup>th</sup>.</p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">The Lion King, Jr-Cast</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Rafiki</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Emmeline Chen</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Mufasa</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Liz Curtis</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Zazu</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Skylar Sparks</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Scar</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Sophia Albrecht</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Young Simba</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Luca Brasacchio</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Gazelle</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Rachel Blackburn</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Young Nala</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Gianna Fiscella</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Shenzi</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Mary Daley</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Banzai</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Nico Thornton</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Ed</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . James Wilson</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Timon</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Charlie Greuloch</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Pubmaa</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Reese Reichel</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Simba</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Madde Curtis</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Nala</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Sami Avon</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Sarabi</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Layla Farah</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Sarafini</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">. . . . Julia McNulty<br>
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<i>Lioness Ensemble- </i>Giana Spremulli, Kira Farah, Gigi Andolina, Julianna
Hannan, Francesca Incorvaia, Layla Farah, Nikki Welsh, Julia McNulty</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Hyena Ensemble-</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black"> Adeline Filipic, Connor McNeely, Rachel Blackburn,
Eliza Medved, Caleb Montgomery, Joey Andolina, Clara Gingo, James Wilson, Will
Greuloch, Nico Thornton, Mary Daley</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">Company-</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black"> Liv Hoffman, Danica
Starbuck, Bailey Carnes, Kerry Gompf, Presley Athey, Ceilidh Montogomery,
Reagan Bentkowski, Piper Weinzimmer, Ally Roth, Allison Rice, Selah Landis</span></p>
<p class="ydp46efb557MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Based on the 1994 Disney animated feature film of the
same name and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Lion King is the story of
Simba, an adventurous and energetic lion cub who is next in line to be king of
the Pride Lands, a thriving and beautiful region in the African savanna. When
Simba’s father Mufasa is killed by his uncle Scar, though, Simba is led to
believe that his father’s death is his fault, and he is encouraged to run away
forever. Scar seizes power and with his already unstable mind deteriorating,
the Pride Lands experiences a darkness and desolation from which only Simba can
save the animals of the kingdom.</span></i><span></span></p>
<p class="ydp46efb557MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Featuring classic songs from the film such as “Circle
of Life,” “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King,” “Hakuna Matata,” and “Can You Feel
the Love Tonight,” The Lion King is a story and a spectacle about identity,
family, and responsibility that is enjoyed worldwide by people of all ages.</span></i><i><span></span></i></p>
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experience that exists to serve youth and their families by providing safe
spaces to learn and create regardless of income, background or experience.</span><span style="background:white"></span></p>
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