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THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Lebanon Theatre Company
Nov. 3-12
[Lebanon]

Directed by Kurt Percy

Cast: Abby Kinnebrew Smith as Francesca, Josiah Miller as Robert, Evan Smith as Bud, Shree Chattopadnyay as Carolyn, Maxwell Collins-Posa as Micheal, Karen Oehler as Marge, Brian Trainer as Charlie & Abbie Miller as Marian
Ensemble: Jessica Armour, Rebekah Hardison, Jessica Basham, Becca Shelley & Scott Mussari

Francesca Johnson, a beautiful Italian woman who married an American soldier to flee war-ravaged Italy, looks forward to a rare four days alone on her Iowa farm when her family heads to the 1965 State Fair. When ruggedly handsome, National Geographic photographer, Robert Kincaid, pulls into her driveway seeking directions, though, what happens in those four days may very well alter the course of Francesca’s life.

• Fri-Sat, Nov. 3-4 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Nov. 5 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, Nov. 10-11 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Nov. 12 at 2pm

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SOUVENIR
Lebanon Theatre Company
Aug. 25-Sept. 3
[Lebanon]

Directed by Saul Caplan
Produced by Kate Edington

For more than half a century the name Florence Foster Jenkins has been guaranteed to produce explosions of derisive laughter. Not unreasonably so, as this wealthy society eccentric suffered under the delusion that she was a great coloratura soprano when she was in fact incapable of producing two consecutive notes in tune. Nevertheless, her annual recitals in the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton hotel brought her extraordinary fame. Her growing mob of fans packed her recitals, stuffing handkerchiefs in their mouths to stifle their laughter—which Mrs. Jenkins blissfully mistook for cheers. SOUVENIR, by turn hilarious and poignant, tells her story through the eyes of her accompanist, Cosme McMoon. Eyewitness accounts of their concerts vary so wildly it is almost impossible now to separate fact from gossip. Hence this fictional “biography,” in which we follow the story of their partnership from its earliest days to their infamous concert in Carnegie Hall and its aftermath. With each new imagined triumph Florence’s confidence soars. Faced with her boundless certainty, Cosme comes to revise his attitude, not only towards her singing but to the very meaning of music itself. A musical odd-couple for the ages.

• Fri-Sat, Aug. 25-26 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Aug. 27 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, Sept. 1-2 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Sept. 3 at 2pm

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