*Lakeland Civic Theatre Announces the cast of * *The Last Five Years* *NEELY GEVAART and JASON LEUPOLD* Music and Lyrics byJason Robert Brown Directed by Martin Friedman Musical Direction by Jordan Cooper Sound Designed by Eric Simna Production Stage Manager Reagan Hernon *The Play:* *The Last Five Years* is a musical <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre> written by Jason Robert Brown <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown>. It premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Broadway> in March 2002. The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress. The show uses a form of storytelling in which Cathy's story is told in reverse chronological order (beginning the show at the end of the marriage), and Jamie's is told in chronological order (starting just after the couple have first met). The characters do not directly interact except for a wedding song in the middle as their timelines intersect. *Production Dates:* *The Last Five Years * *will open on Friday, September 16 and run through October 2, 2016. * For more information please feel free to contact me, Martin Friedman at martinfriedman98@gmail.com or at 216/233-5441.