[NEohioPAL]Great Lakes Launches Shaw Touring Production

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For Immediate Release:

February 27, 2006

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Great Lakes Theater Festival Launches

Free Touring Production of

Shaw's The Dark Lady of the Sonnets

The Festival's 2006-07 outreach touring production=20

will visit twenty venues throughout northern Ohio.

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Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will present George Bernard Shaw's
comedy The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (Dark Lady), a free outreach touring
production scheduled to visit twenty neighborhood venues throughout
northern Ohio, to kick off the company's 2006-07 series of Surround
programming.   The production features a touring company of four actors
and is directed by Festival Associate Artistic Director, Andrew May.
The Dark Lady tour begins March 3 and continues through May 7, 2006.
All performances of the production are free and open to the public.
(Visit www.greatlakestheater.org/education/surround/  for a complete
list of performance venues, dates and times.)

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"A program like the outreach touring production affords communities the
unique opportunity to experience art where they live...right in their
backyards...in their neighborhoods," remarked Daniel Hahn, Great Lakes
Theater Festival's Director of Education, when asked about the
Festival's annual tour.  "There are a lot of people that don't go or are
unable to go downtown for a variety of reasons... preventing them from
experiencing the plays on our main stage.  The outreach tour offers us
[GLTF] a unique opportunity to connect with these people and their
communities."

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"The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is an ideal play for Great Lakes Theater
Festival to send out into the community," said Andrew May.  "Being able
to unlock and illuminate a great classic playwright like Shakespeare
through the eyes of another great classic playwright like Shaw, and
laugh the whole while that you're doing it, is part of what is so
exciting for me about this year's touring production.  Shakespeare is
the kind of playwright that is traditionally held in high esteem, placed
high on a pedestal and revered.  Shaw, however, didn't quite see it that
way.   He is completely unwilling to treat Shakespeare in this fashion.
It wasn't that Shaw questioned Shakespeare's genius...he didn't.  It was
just his opinion that Shakespeare wasn't the only genius on the block.
The exciting result of this bold choice offers us as audience members a
chance to glimpse of William Shakespeare and his work in a whole new
light.  Shaw's portrayal of the Bard is a very human one.  In Dark Lady,
Shaw essentially brings the greatest playwright that perhaps ever lived,
back to earth...down to our level...providing us an exclusive
opportunity to witness Shakespeare's creative process at work.  It is an
exaggerated but fair treatment with great comic payoff and I know that
audiences will absolutely love it."

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In The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, George Bernard Shaw explores the comic
possibilities inherent in a chance meeting between Queen Elizabeth I,
William Shakespeare, and the mythical Dark Lady of the Sonnets during
one midsummer night on a terrace overlooking the Thames.=20

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The outreach touring production is an extension of Great Lakes Theater
Festival's core mission and values as a theater company, according to
May.  "I think that what is most exciting about a project like the
outreach tour for me is that it is a perfect hybrid of the things that
are central to the mission of Great Lakes Theater Festival - producing
great classic plays of the highest quality possible and reaching out to
our community in consistently meaningful ways to bring diverse groups of
people closer to one another and to the classics through our education
programming.  This play is a little nugget of the kind of work that we
do regularly throughout the year on our main stage and throughout
northern Ohio."

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The four-actor touring ensemble features Cleveland actors Magdalyn
Donnelly, Anne McEvoy, David Hansen and Michael Regnier.  The design
trio of Mark Cytron (scenic design), Melanie Bowman (costume design) and
Richard Ingraham (sound design) complete the play's production team.  "I
couldn't be more proud of the talented touring company that we have been
able to assemble for this project," said may of his artistic
collaborators.  "It is a great challenge to live up to the words of
George Bernard Shaw...to give them life in an entertaining and
illuminating way.  The company has performed brilliantly and I can't
wait to share their work with our twenty partner venues throughout
northern Ohio." =20

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Shaw's comedy argues for a dramatic revolution in the way that societies
regard art and artists in their communities.  "In Dark Lady, Shaw is
essentially writing a treatise in favor of the creation of a nationally
funded theater to support the works of playwrights like William
Shakespeare," said May in a recent interview.  "One has to remember that
this was all still just a dream in Shaw's time.  It wasn't until fifty
years after Dark Lady that this actually became reality.  Taken in a
larger sense, the idea of a nationally funded theater speaks to the
importance that a society assigns to art and to the way that art is
created.  For theater to be funded nationally really attests to how
highly regarded this art form is in other countries.  Unfortunately, it
is a rather alien concept to us here in the United States.  However, I
think there are some real lessons to be learned as a community from
Shaw's 'dream become reality.'  His argument for the creation of a
nationally funded theater encourages us to embrace the idea of 'raising
the artistic bar.'  In Dark Lady, he challenges us as a community to
provide a sustainable environment for the arts where artists are free to
take bold risks, incite important dialogues around difficult issues and
pose important questions to one another and to the larger populous about
the community and world in which we live.  It is, in some sense, a
mini-commercial for thinking about bigger and better things
artistically.  Who better to write a commercial in support of such noble
ideas and of the public's responsibility to support that environment
than George Bernard Shaw?  He was quite the visionary."

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The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is a forty-five-minute program that
includes an introduction and post-performance discussion. Times and
dates are subject to change.  Call individual venues for more
information about the performances.  (Visit
www.greatlakestheater.org/education/surround/  for a complete list of
performance venues, dates, times and contact information.)=20

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The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is part of Three-Fold Love, a series of
community programs surrounding Great Lakes Theater Festival's recently
announced production of Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
(September 29 - October 20, 2006 at the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square
Center).  Held throughout northern Ohio from March through October, the
2006-07 Surround is designed for audiences of all backgrounds and ages.
All Surround events are free and open to the public.  For more
information, visit the Great Lakes Theater Festival website at
www.greatlakestheater.org/education/surround/ or call the Festival's
education department at (216) 241-5490 x307.

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Media Contact:

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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Subscribe to our NEW 2006-07 Season!

Visit www.greatlakestheater.org <http://www.greatlakestheater.org> for
complete information.

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D5 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:19.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Shaw’s <b><i><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic'>The Dark Lady of the =
Sonnets</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The =
Festival’s
2006-07 outreach touring production =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>will visit twenty =
venues
throughout northern <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b=
></p>

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face=3DArial><span
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nt></p>

Great
Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will present George
Bernard Shaw’s comedy The =
Dark Lady of
the Sonnets (Dark Lady), a free outreach touring production =
scheduled
to visit twenty neighborhood venues throughout northern <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:State
 w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>, to kick off the =
company’s
2006-07 series of Surround
programming.   =
The production features a =
touring
company of four actors and is
directed by Festival Associate Artistic Director, Andrew =
May.  The Dark Lady tour begins March 3 and continues through May 7, =
2006.  All performances of the production are free =
and
open to the public. (Visit
<a
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/education/surround/">www.greatla=
kestheater.org/education/surround/</a>
 for a complete list of performance venues, dates and =
times.)<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>“A program like the outreach touring production =
affords
communities the unique opportunity to experience art where they =
live…right
in their backyards…in their =
neighborhoods,”</span></font></b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial'> remarked Daniel Hahn, Great Lakes Theater Festival’s =
Director of
Education, when asked about the Festival’s annual tour.  =
“There are
a lot of people that don’t go or are unable to go downtown for a =
variety
of reasons… preventing them from experiencing the plays on our =
main stage. 
The outreach tour offers us [GLTF] a unique opportunity to connect with =
these
people and their communities.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>“<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>The Dark =
Lady of
the Sonnets</span></i> is an ideal play for Great Lakes Theater Festival =
to
send out into the community,” said Andrew =
May.</span></font></b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial'>  “Being able to unlock and illuminate a great classic =
playwright
like Shakespeare through the eyes of another great classic playwright =
like
Shaw, and laugh the whole while that you’re doing it, is part of =
what is
so exciting for me about this year’s touring production.  =
Shakespeare is
the kind of playwright that is traditionally held in high esteem, placed =
high
on a pedestal and revered.  Shaw, however, didn’t quite see =
it that
way.   He is completely unwilling to treat Shakespeare in this =
fashion.  It
wasn’t that Shaw questioned Shakespeare’s genius…he
didn’t.  It was just his opinion that Shakespeare =
wasn’t the only
genius on the block.  The exciting result of this bold choice =
offers us as
audience members a chance to glimpse of William Shakespeare and his work =
in a
whole new light.  Shaw’s portrayal of the Bard is a very =
human one.  In<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'> Dark Lady</span></i>,<i><span =
style=3D'font-style:
italic'> </span></i>Shaw<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'> =
</span></i>essentially
brings the greatest playwright that perhaps ever lived, back to
earth…down to our level…providing us an exclusive =
opportunity to
witness Shakespeare’s creative process at work.  It is an =
exaggerated but
fair treatment with great comic payoff and I know that audiences will
absolutely love it.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

In The Dark Lady =
of the
Sonnets, George Bernard Shaw explores the comic possibilities
inherent in a chance meeting between Queen =
Elizabeth I,
William Shakespeare, and the mythical Dark Lady of the Sonnets during =
one
midsummer night on a terrace overlooking the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Thames</st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></fon=
t></p>

The outreach touring production is an extension of =
Great
Lakes Theater Festival’s core mission and values as a theater =
company,
according to May.  &#822=
0;I think
that what is most exciting about a project like the outreach tour for me =
is
that it is a perfect hybrid of the things that are central to the =
mission of
Great Lakes Theater Festival – producing great classic plays of =
the
highest quality possible and reaching out to our community in =
consistently
meaningful ways to bring diverse groups of people closer to one another =
and to
the classics through our education programming.  This play is a =
little nugget
of the kind of work that we do regularly throughout the year on our main =
stage
and throughout northern <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>.”<o:p></o:p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>The four-actor touring ensemble features <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> actors Magdalyn Donnelly, =
Anne
McEvoy, David Hansen and Michael Regnier.</span></font></b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>  The
design trio of<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'> Mark Cytron (scenic =
design), Melanie
Bowman (costume design) and Richard Ingraham (sound design) =
</span></b>complete
the play’s production team.<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'> =
 </span></b>“I
couldn’t be more proud of the talented touring company that we =
have been
able to assemble for this project,” said may of his artistic
collaborators.  “It is a great challenge to live up to the =
words of
George Bernard Shaw…to give them life in an entertaining and =
illuminating
way.  The company has performed brilliantly and I can’t wait =
to share
their work with our twenty partner venues throughout northern <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:State
 w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>.”  =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Shaw’s comedy argues for a dramatic revolution =
in the
way that societies regard art and artists in their =
communities.</span></font></b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial'>  “In<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'> Dark =
Lady</span></i>,
Shaw is essentially writing a treatise in favor of the creation of a =
nationally
funded theater to support the works of playwrights like William
Shakespeare,” said May in a recent interview.  “One has =
to remember
that this was all still just a dream in Shaw’s time.  It =
wasn’t
until fifty years after <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Dark =
Lady</span></i>
that this actually became reality.  Taken in a larger sense, the =
idea of a nationally
funded theater speaks to the importance that a society assigns to art =
and to
the way that art is created.  For theater to be funded nationally =
really attests
to how highly regarded this art form is in other countries.  =
Unfortunately, it
is a rather alien concept to us here in the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region
 w:st=3D"on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>.  =
However, I think
there are some real lessons to be learned as a community from =
Shaw’s ‘dream
become reality.’  His argument for the creation of a =
nationally funded
theater encourages us to embrace the idea of ‘raising the artistic =
bar.’ 
In <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Dark Lady</span></i>, he =
challenges us as
a community to provide a sustainable environment for the arts where =
artists are
free to take bold risks, incite important dialogues around difficult =
issues and
pose important questions to one another and to the larger populous about =
the community
and world in which we live.  It is, in some sense, a =
mini-commercial for
thinking about bigger and better things artistically.  Who better =
to write a commercial
in support of such noble ideas and of the public’s responsibility =
to
support that environment than George Bernard Shaw?  He was quite =
the visionary.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><i><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Dark Lady of the =
Sonnets</span></font></i></b><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'> is a forty-five-minute program that includes an
introduction and post-performance discussion.</span></font></b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>
Times and dates are subject to change.  Call individual venues for =
more
information about the performances.  </span></font><i><font =
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-style:i=
talic'>(Visit
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'><a
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/education/surround/">www.greatla=
kestheater.org/education/surround/</a>
</span></b> for a complete list of performance venues, dates, times =
and contact
information.)</span></font></i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><i><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Dark Lady of the =
Sonnets</span></font></i></b><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'> is part</span></font></b><b><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:=
bold'>
of <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Three-Fold Love, </span></i>a =
series of
community programs surrounding Great Lakes Theater Festival’s =
recently
announced production of <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Love’s
Labour’s Lost </span></i>by William Shakespeare =
</span></font></b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial'>(September 29 – October 20, 2006 at the Ohio Theatre, =
Playhouse
Square Center).  Held throughout northern <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:State
 w:st=3D"on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> from March through October, =
the 2006-07
S<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>urround</span></i> is designed for
audiences of all backgrounds and ages.  <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>All <i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Surround</span></i> events are free and open =
to the public.</span></b> 
For more information, visit the Great Lakes Theater Festival website at =
</span></font><b><i><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><a
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/education/surround/">www.greatla=
kestheater.org/education/surround/</a>
</span></font></i></b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>or call the Festival’s =
education department
at <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>(216) 241-5490 =
x307.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center;line-height:150%'><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial'>#     #     =
#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center;line-height:150%'><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold'>Media =
Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Marketing and Public Relations =
Director</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address =
w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2
  face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1501 =
Euclid
  Avenue, Suite =
300</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(216) 241-5490 x317</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(216) 241-6315 Fax</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a =
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org">www.greatlakestheater.org</a></=
span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Subscribe to our NEW 2006-07 =
Season!</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Visit <a =
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org"><font
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'>www.greatlakestheater.org</span></font></a>
for complete information.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Buy One Get One =
Free</span></font></i></b></strong><em><i><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> on NEW
subscription package purchases.</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>

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