[NEohioPAL]Playhouse Square Foundation and Great Lakes Theater Festival Enter Agreement To Study Hanna Theatre As Future Festival Home

Mon Sep 19 11:52:29 PDT 2005

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For Immediate Release:

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Playhouse Square Foundation and=20

Great Lakes Theater Festival Enter Agreement=20

To Study Hanna Theatre As Future Festival Home

The agreement received unanimous support=20

from Playhouse Square Foundation's Board of Trustees.

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(Cleveland, OH) Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) and Playhouse Square
Foundation (PSF) have entered into an exclusive agreement to formally
study the Hanna Theatre as the future home of Great Lakes Theater
Festival.  The first resident company of Playhouse Square Center, Great
Lakes Theater Festival has called the Ohio Theatre home since 1982.  The
agreement, the result of a proposal made by the Festival in August, was
accepted unanimously in a recent vote by the Foundation's Board of
Trustees.

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"We are well aware of the history of Great Lakes Theater Festival and
its importance to the development of Playhouse Square Center," said K.K.
Sullivan, chairman of PSF's Board of Trustees in a recent letter to the
Festival.  "The Hanna Theatre may be the perfect location for Great
Lakes Theater Festival."

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Plans for the study are still in development, but Charles Fee, Great
Lakes Theater Festival's Producing Artistic Director is optimistic.
"With the exciting opening of the Idea Center [at Playhouse Square
Center], the bar has certainly been raised regarding the creation of
unique and exhilarating experiences in the Theater District.  We hope to
build on the momentum and contribute further to the development of the
District as we have done throughout our twenty-three year residence at
Playhouse Square Center.  We're grateful to the Foundation (PSF) for
their vote of confidence.  Our Board of Trustees and staff are
absolutely elated by the recent news and can't wait to begin this
exciting process with Art Falco and his outstanding team."

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K.K. Sullivan echoed Fee's sentiments of optimism in the final lines of
Playhouse Square Foundation's letter to the Festival.  "We look forward
to working together with all of you to create a space and an environment
that will draw greater audiences because your success is very important
to the Theater District."

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Media Contacts:

Todd Krispinsky, Marketing and Public Relations Director, Great Lakes
Theater Festival

(216) 241-5490 x317 / tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org

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Pam Menhenett, Manager of Marketing and Public Relations, Playhouse
Square Center

(216) 664-6032 / pamm at playhousesquare.com

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Todd Krispinsky

Marketing and Public Relations Director

Great Lakes Theater Festival

1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300

(216) 241-5490 x317

(216) 241-6315 Fax

www.greatlakestheater.org

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Festival
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exclusive
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Great Lakes Theater Festival has called the Ohio Theatre home since =
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Trustees.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Square</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>],
the bar has certainly been raised regarding the creation of unique and
exhilarating experiences in the Theater District.  We hope to build =
on the
momentum and contribute further to the development of the District as we =
have
done throughout our twenty-three year residence at <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Playhouse</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Square</st1:PlaceType>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.  =
We’re grateful
to the Foundation (PSF) for their vote of confidence.  Our Board of =
Trustees
and staff are absolutely elated by the recent news and can’t wait =
to
begin this exciting process with Art Falco and his outstanding =
team.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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K.K. Sullivan echoed Fee’s sentiments of =
optimism in the final lines of Playhouse Square Foundation’s letter =
to the
Festival.  “We look forward to working together with all of =
you to create
a space and an environment that will draw greater audiences because your
success is very important to the Theater =
District.”<o:p></o:p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 =
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Festival<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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href=3D"mailto:tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org">tkrispinsky at greatlakest=
heater.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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Relations, <st1:place
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<st1:PlaceType
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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Director</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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Festival</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D3 color=3Dred face=3D"Times =
New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Discover Shakespeare's Great =
Company!</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Fall Repertory (September 16-October =
22)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Amadeus & As You Like =
It</span></font></i></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Visit our website at <a
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org">www.greatlakestheater.org</a> =
to order
tickets or to consult a complete list of performances dates and =
times.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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