PORTLAND – U.S. Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen will be the special guest star in Portland for the all-new Smucker’s Stars on Ice. The perennial crowd favorite will be making her debut in the figure skating production scheduled to make a tour stop March 24 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

A guest appearance by Olympic Gold Medalist Ilia Kulik will also highlight the show.

For the past 20 years, Olympic Champion and figure skating icon Scott Hamilton has thrilled audiences with Smucker’s Stars on Ice. The all-new production, titled “Double Exposure: The Many Lives of Figure Skaters,” will be co-headlined by the world’s most distinguished skating stars, including 2002 Olympic Pair Champions Jamie Salé & David Pelletier; two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva; 2002 Olympic Men’s Champion and four-time World Champion Alexei Yagudin; and World Champion and six-time U.S. National Champion Todd Eldredge.

Also, World Champion and two-time Japanese National Ladies Champion Yuka Sato; World Bronze medalists and three-time U.S. National Pair Champions Kyoko Ina & John Zimmerman; eight-time British National Men’s Champion Steven Cousins; two-time U.S. National Pair Champion Jason Dungjen; six-time Canadian National Ladies Champion Jennifer Robinson; and celebrating their first year with the tour, two-time World Bronze Medalist and three-time U.S. National Men’s Champion Michael Weiss.

In the 2006 season of Smucker’s Stars on Ice, Hamilton took audiences backstage to learn everything there was to know in “A Show … About the Show.”

“In Double Exposure,” he pulls back the curtain even further to reveal the lives of the skaters themselves. Enhanced by a broad spectrum of popular music, intricate lighting, dynamic choreography and state-of-the-art technology, audiences will be witness to the skaters’ secret wishes, personal goals and ultimate dreams in a candid and quick-witted format.

The performance will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $25 and may be purchased at the civic center box office, at Ticketmaster outlets, by logging onto www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling 775-3458 (box office) or 775-3331 (Ticketmaster).