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RABBIT HOLE Opens Play House's 91st Season
Michael Bloom directs Play House production of Broadway hit of the season

CLEVELAND (September 7, 2006): The Cleveland Play House's 91st season opens
with David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony- 	nominated drama, Rabbit Hole,
September 15-October 8, 2006 in the Drury Theatre. 

Directed by Michael Bloom, Artistic Director of The Cleveland Play House,
Rabbit Hole, the most acclaimed drama of last 	year's Broadway season,
focuses on a couple's attempt to survive and move beyond a deep family loss.

"Rabbit Hole is an intense and emotional play with surprising humor," says
Bloom. "We were extremely fortunate to have 	obtained the rights to
Rabbit Hole very shortly after the play closed on Broadway."

About RABBIT HOLE
Becca Corbett is a devoted wife and mother living in the affluent suburbs of
New York City. Becca's husband Howie is a 	hard-working family man.
Several months before the start of the play, Becca and Howie lose their
four-year-old son Danny.

Becca and Howie handle their grief in different ways: Howie through support
groups and attempts to move on, Becca 	through packing up Danny's things
and sending the dog to live with her mother. Becca's sister Izzy, the
wild-child younger 	sibling, announces her pregnancy, further shaking up
the grieving process. And the teenager driving the car that killed
Danny attempts to make a connection with Howie and Becca. Rabbit Hole
examines the effect of loss on an otherwise 	solid marriage, and presents
the paths to rebuilding a life.

ABOUT THE CAST
	TROY DEUTSCH (Jason) appeared on Broadway as standby for Jason in
Rabbit Hole at the Manhattan 	Theatre Club. 	Regionally he has appeared
in Love's Labour's Lost and A Flea in Her Ear (Chautauqua); and The Goat, Or
Who is 	Sylvia? (Salt Lake Acting Company). Mr. Deutsch's play, Pussycat,
was produced at the University of Utah (ACTF 	regional finalist). He holds
a BFA from the University of Utah Actor Training Program.

GENEVIEVE ELAM (Izzy) appeared on Broadway in Henry IV. She has also
performed in A Lovely
Sunday for Creve Coeur at the Alliance Theatre, Crimes of the Heart, M.
Butterfly and Dracula at Syracuse Stage, 	Bedroom Farce at the Old
Globe, among others. Ms. Elam's other credits include "Sex and the City,"
"Love Monkey," 	Changing Lanes, Neurotica and Spinning Into Butter. She
holds a MFA from the Graduate Acting Program at New York 	University.

ANGELA REED (Becca) appeared on Broadway as standby for Lizzie in The
Rainmaker. Her Off-Broadway credits include 		The Daughter-in-Law
at the Mint Theatre and Therese Raquin at Classic Stage Company. Regionally,
Ms. Reed performed 		in After Ashley at the Denver Center, The
Real Thing and Crimes 	of the Heart at Syracuse Stage, Olly's Prison at
ART, 		Camille at the Round House Theatre, numerous productions at
Actors Theatre of Louisville including How I Learned to
Drive, Angels in America, and Othello, as well as productions at Baltimore
Center Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, Coconut 		Grove Playhouse, and
the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, among others. She has appeared in
television on "Law & 		Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and
"Third Watch."

KATE SKINNER (Nat) appeared on Broadway in The Graduate and Uncle Vanya, and
Off-Broadway she has performed in 	The Mapmaker's Sorrow and Ashes to
Ashes. Regionally she has performed in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The
Lady 	From the Sea, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Taming of the Shrew.
Ms. Skinner's TV/film credits include all versions 	of "Law & Order" and
The Rage: Carrie II. She is happily married to author/actor, Ron McLarty.

DANTON STONE (Howie) appeared on Broadway in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest, Angels Fall and 5th of July. His 	Off-Broadway credits include Mere
Mortals, Balm in Gilead and Extremities. On screen, his film parts include
Crazy 
	People, Eight Men Out, The Human Stain, Once Around and Palindromes.
Mr. Stone has also appeared in episodes of 	"Thirtysomething," "Oz,"
"The Sopranos," "Roseanne," "My So-Called Life," "Hope and Faith" and
"Johnny Zero." He has 	taught at Columbia University, painted houses,
raised a daughter with his wife and co-authored the play 42 Cities in 40
Nights with actor Jeff Daniels.

About the Creative Team
MICHAEL BLOOM (Director) is the eighth Artistic Director of The Cleveland
Play House since the theatre's inception in 	1915. At the Play House, Mr.
Bloom has directed Lisa Kron's Well, A Streetcar Named Desire and Private
Lives. Mr. 	Bloom's regional theatre experience includes American
Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Actor's Theatre of Louisville,
Kansas City Rep, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Williamstown Theatre
Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Alley Theatre, 	Alliance Theatre
Company, Long Wharf Theatre and the Sundance Theatre Institute. He has also
worked with Geki Shobo, 	Inc., and the Aoyama Theatre in Tokyo. Mr.
Bloom's other credits include premieres by Don DeLillo, David Hare, Arthur
Kopit, Neil LaBute, David Lodge, Donald Margulies, David Mamet and Wallace
Shawn; a season as Associate Director at 	American Repertory Theatre;
literary manager for Manhattan Theatre Club; eight years as Head of
Directing for the 	University of Texas at Austin theatre program;
taught at New York University, Harvard University, UCLA, and Scripps
College in Claremont, California; articles for American Theatre Magazine and
The New York Times; author of Thinking Like 	a Director. His awards
include a Drama Desk Award nomination for Sight Unseen (Manhattan Theatre
Club) and the Elliott 	Norton Award for Gross Indecency (Huntington Theatre
Company). Mr. Bloom holds a PhD in Directing/Dramatic Literature 	from
Stanford University.

RUSSELL PARKMAN (Scenic Design) has been a scenic designer for the following
New York City theatre productions: 	Shylock (Perry Street Theatre), The
Gravity of Means (Manhattan Class Company), Uncle Vanya (La Cucaracha), The
Sunday Promenade (New Theatre of Brooklyn), The Game of Love (New Theatre of
Brooklyn), Rules of Love (BACA), Rain, 	Some Fish, No Elephants (New Theatre
of Brooklyn) and A Raisin in the Sun (John Jay College). Regionally, he has
designed for productions at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Portland
Center Stage, Kansas City Rep, Dallas Theatre 	Center, Geva Theatre, Weston
Playhouse, Playmaker's Rep, Municipal Theatre of St. Louis, North Shore
Music Theatre, 	Huntington Theatre, Denver Center School, Yale Repertory
Theatre, Ohio Northern University, Santa Fe Stages, Sage 	Theatre,
Dallas Shakes Festival, Undermain Theatre, New Mexico Rep and El Teatro
Campesino. His opera design credits 	include The Turn of the Screw
(Memphis Opera), Carmen (Santa Fe Stages), and I Pagliacci (Skylight Opera).
Internationally, Mr. Parkman has designed for Don Juan Flamenco (Spain),
Blind Lemon (Paris), Who's Afraid of Virginia 	Woolf? (Teater Ibsen,
Norway), Molly Sweeney (Teater Ibsen, Norway), and Three Sisters (Colombia).

BETH NOVAK (Costume Design) returns to The Cleveland Play House, having
previously designed costumes for Harvey, T	he Guardsman, Seascape,
Twelve Angry Men, Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Grapes of Wrath.
Regionally, Ms. Novak has 	been a costume designer for over 70
productions of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival including Troilus &
Cressida, A 	Winter's Tale, Antony & Cleopatra, Macbeth, Coriolanus,
Hamlet, Richard III, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, 
	Noises Off, Saint Joan, Man of La Mancha, Holiday Memories, Honky
Tonk Angels, Beehive, Dennis Covington's Lizard 	(World Premier),
James McLure's Iago (World Premier), Craig Warner's Disguises (World
Premier), Carlyle Brown's The 	Negro of Peter the Great (World Premier) and
Kia Corthron's The Venus de Milo Is Armed (World Premier). Her other
recent work includes costume design for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's
Heathen Valley, White Devil, Richard II, Much 	Ado About Nothing, and the
Pioneer Theatre Company's My One And Only, Much Ado About Nothing, Cabaret
and 	Macbeth.

MICHAEL LINCOLN (Lighting Design) most recently designed A Streetcar Named
Desire for The Cleveland Play House, 	and was chosen for the 2007 USITT
USA Prague Quadrennial exhibit. His Broadway credits include Copenhagen,
Skylight 	and More to Love. Off-Broadway, he has designed lighting for
People Be Heard, Mr. Goldwyn, Down the Garden Paths, The 	Bubbly Black
Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, If Love Were All, Defying Gravity, Bunny,
Bunny, You Should Be So Lucky, 	Swingtime Canteen and Desdemona. Mr. Lincoln
served as Associate Lighting Designer for the Broadway productions of 	Guys
and Dolls, Six Degrees of Separation and City of Angels. His regional
theatre credits include over 200 productions at 	such venues as
Houston's Alley Theatre, Long Wharf, Indiana Rep, D.C.'s Studio Theatre,
Paper Mill Playhouse, George 	Street Playhouse, Bay Street Theatre,
Berkshire Opera, Ford's Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Playwrights Horizons,
Los 	Angeles Ballet, Santa Fe Opera, Tulsa Ballet and the Venice
Biennale. Mr. Lincoln leads the Ohio University graduate 	lighting
program.

JAMES C. SWONGER (Resident Sound Designer) has designed sound for Cleveland
Play House productions of Dream a 	Little Dream, Custody of the Eyes,
Well, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Christmas Story, I Am My Own Wife, Room
Service, Bad Dates, Restoring the Sun, Rounding Third, The Real Thing, The
Piano Lesson, John Henry, Mitch Albom's 	Tuesdays with Morrie, Plaid
Tidings, Crowns and Hurlyburly. He has designed for professional theatres
around the country, 	some of which include Utah Opera Festival, Utah's
Pioneer Theatre Company, Baltimore's Center Stage, New Jersey's
George Street Playhouse, and the Yale Repertory Theater. Mr. Swonger
designed the premiere productions of The Tragic 	Demise of Whaleship
Essex, Swinging on a Star: A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Burke, Tangents,
and The Count of 	Monte Cristo, adapted by Charles Morey. Mr. Swonger
has designed sound system installations for restaurants, theatres 	and
churches, and was an adjunct professor for the University of Utah's Fine
Arts program.

# # #

As the country's first permanently established professional theatre, founded
in 1915, The Cleveland Play House has produced plays for 91 years. More than
12 million people have attended over 1,300 productions at The Cleveland Play
House - more than 130 of which were American and/or World Premieres. At
300,000 square feet, the Philip Johnson-designed Cleveland Play House
complex houses five performance spaces, making it the largest regional
theatre complex in the United States.

The Ohio Arts Council helped to fund The Cleveland Play House with state tax
dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural
enrichment.

FACT SHEET

What:  	Rabbit Hole
A family drama by David Lindsay-Abaire.

Where:	Drury Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, 8500 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio

When:		Preview Performances:		September 15-19, 2006
		Opening Night:			Wednesday, September 20,
2006
		PRESS OPENING			Wednesday, September 20,
2006		
Final Performance:			Sunday, October 8, 2006

Cast:
Becca	Angela Reed
Howie	Danton Stone
Izzy	Genevieve Elam
Jason	Troy Deutsch
Nat	Kate Skinner

Creative Team:
Playwright:				David Lindsay-Abaire
Director:				Michael Bloom
Scenic Design:				Russell Parkman	
Lighting Design: 			Michael Lincoln
Costume Design:			Beth Novak
Sound Design:				James C. Swonger	

Times:		Tuesday-Saturday Evenings		8:00 p.m.
		Saturday Matinee			4:00 p.m.
		Sunday Matinee			2:00 p.m.
		Weekday Matinee			1:30 p.m. Thursday,
September 28, 2006
		Early Curtain(s)			7:00 p.m. Tuesday,
October 3, 2006

Ticket Prices: Tickets for mainstage productions start at $39.00.

For Single Tickets: Call (216) 795-7000, ext. 4, or visit
www.clevelandplayhouse.com <http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com > 

For Groups of 10 or More: Call Lisa Craig, Group Sales Manager, (216)
795-7000, ext. 235

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<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><B><I><FONT SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">RABBIT =
HOLE</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial"> Opens Play House’s =
91<SUP>st</SUP> Season</FONT></B></P>

<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><B><I><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Michael Bloom directs Play =
House production of Broadway hit of the season</FONT></I></B></P>

CLEVELAND (September 7, =
2006): The Cleveland Play =
House’s 91st season opens with David =
Lindsay-Abaire’s Tony-   nominated drama, =
Rabbit Hole, September 15-October 8, 2006 in the Drury Theatre.

Directed by Michael Bloom, Artistic =
Director of The Cleveland Play House, Rabbit Hole, the =
most acclaimed drama of last         =
year's Broadway season, focuses on a couple’s attempt to survive =
and move beyond a deep family loss.

“Rabbit Hole is =
an intense and emotional play with surprising humor,” says Bloom. =
“We were extremely fortunate to have  obtained the rights =
to Rabbit Hole very shortly after the play closed on =
Broadway.”

<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">About</FONT></B><B><I> <FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">RABBIT HOLE</FONT></I></B>

Becca Corbett is a devoted wife and =
mother living in the affluent suburbs of New York City. Becca’s =
husband Howie is a  hard-working family man. Several months before =
the start of the play, Becca and Howie lose their four-year-old son =
Danny.

Becca and Howie handle their grief in =
different ways: Howie through support groups and attempts to move on, =
Becca       through packing up Danny’s =
things and sending the dog to live with her mother. Becca’s sister =
Izzy, the wild-child younger      sibling, announces =
her pregnancy, further shaking up the grieving process. And the teenager =
driving the car that killed         =
Danny attempts to make a connection with Howie and Becca. =
Rabbit Hole examines the effect of loss on an otherwise =
      solid marriage, and presents the paths to =
rebuilding a life.

ABOUT THE CAST 
        TROY DEUTSCH (Jason) appeared on Broadway as standby for =
Jason in Rabbit =
Hole at the Manhattan  =
Theatre Club.   Regionally he has appeared in Love’s Labour’s Lost and A =
Flea in Her Ear (Chautauqua); =
and The Goat, Or Who is  =
Sylvia? (Salt Lake Acting =
Company). Mr. Deutsch’s play, Pussycat, was =
produced at the University of Utah (ACTF  regional finalist). He =
holds a BFA from the University of Utah Actor Training =
Program.

GENEVIEVE ELAM (Izzy) appeared on Broadway in Henry IV. She has also performed in A Lovely

Sunday for Creve =
Coeur at the Alliance =
Theatre, Crimes of the Heart, M. =
Butterfly and Dracula at Syracuse Stage, =
       Bedroom Farce at =
the Old Globe, among others. Ms. Elam’s other credits include =
“Sex and the City,” “Love Monkey,” =
      Changing Lanes, Neurotica and Spinning Into =
Butter. She holds a MFA from =
the Graduate Acting Program at New York =
       University.

ANGELA REED (Becca) appeared on Broadway as standby for Lizzie =
in The Rainmaker. Her Off-Broadway credits include =
      =
        The Daughter-in-Law at the Mint Theatre and Therese Raquin =
at Classic Stage Company. Regionally, Ms. Reed performed =
            =
in After Ashley at the Denver Center, The Real Thing and Crimes =
        of the Heart at Syracuse Stage, Olly’s Prison at ART,   =
        Camille at the =
Round House Theatre, numerous productions at Actors Theatre of =
Louisville including How I =
Learned to             =
Drive, Angels in America, and Othello, as well =
as productions at Baltimore Center Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, Coconut =
           Grove Playhouse, =
and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, among others. She has =
appeared in television on “Law &      =
        Order,” “Law =
& Order: Criminal Intent” and “Third =
Watch.”

KATE SKINNER (Nat) appeared on Broadway in The Graduate and Uncle =
Vanya, and Off-Broadway she has =
performed in  The =
Mapmaker’s Sorrow =
and Ashes to =
Ashes. Regionally she has =
performed in Who’s Afraid =
of Virginia Woolf?, =
The Lady =
    From the Sea, A Streetcar Named =
Desire, and The Taming of the Shrew. Ms. Skinner’s TV/film credits include all =
versions         of “Law & =
Order” and The Rage: =
Carrie II. She is happily =
married to author/actor, Ron McLarty.

DANTON STONE (Howie) appeared on Broadway in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Angels =
Fall and 5th of July. His  Off-Broadway credits include Mere Mortals, Balm in Gilead and Extremities. On =
screen, his film parts include Crazy 
        People, Eight Men Out, The Human Stain, Once =
Around and Palindromes. Mr. Stone has also appeared in episodes of =
        =
“Thirtysomething,” “Oz,” “The =
Sopranos,” “Roseanne,” “My So-Called =
Life,” “Hope and Faith” and “Johnny Zero.” =
He has    taught at Columbia University, painted houses, =
raised a daughter with his wife and co-authored the play 42 Cities in 40 =
        Nights with actor Jeff Daniels.

<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">About the Creative Team</FONT></B>

MICHAEL BLOOM (Director) is the eighth Artistic Director of =
The Cleveland Play House since the theatre’s inception in   =
1915. At the Play House, Mr. Bloom has directed Lisa =
Kron’s Well, =
A Streetcar Named Desire and Private Lives. =
Mr.       Bloom’s regional theatre =
experience includes American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, =
Actor’s Theatre of Louisville,   Kansas City Rep, South Coast =
Rep, Seattle Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, =
Alley Theatre,    Alliance Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre =
and the Sundance Theatre Institute. He has also worked with Geki Shobo, =
   Inc., and the Aoyama Theatre in Tokyo. Mr. Bloom’s =
other credits include premieres by Don DeLillo, David Hare, Arthur =
  Kopit, Neil LaBute, David Lodge, Donald Margulies, David Mamet =
and Wallace Shawn; a season as Associate Director at     =
American Repertory Theatre; literary manager for Manhattan Theatre Club; =
eight years as Head of Directing for the       =
University of Texas at Austin theatre program; taught at New York =
University, Harvard University, UCLA, and Scripps     =
College in Claremont, California; articles for American Theatre Magazine =
and The New York Times; author of Thinking Like        a =
Director. His awards include a =
Drama Desk Award nomination for Sight Unseen =
(Manhattan Theatre Club) and the Elliott  Norton Award =
for Gross Indecency =
(Huntington Theatre Company). Mr. Bloom =
holds a PhD in Directing/Dramatic Literature   from Stanford =
University.

RUSSELL PARKMAN (Scenic Design) has been a scenic designer for =
the following New York City theatre productions: =
        Shylock (Perry =
Street Theatre), The Gravity of =
Means (Manhattan Class =
Company), Uncle =
Vanya (La Cucaracha), =
The =
        Sunday =
Promenade (New Theatre of =
Brooklyn), The Game of =
Love (New Theatre of =
Brooklyn), Rules of =
Love (BACA), Rain,     Some Fish, No =
Elephants (New Theatre of =
Brooklyn) and A Raisin in the =
Sun (John Jay College). =
Regionally, he has        designed for =
productions at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Portland Center =
Stage, Kansas City Rep, Dallas Theatre =
       Center, Geva Theatre, Weston =
Playhouse, Playmaker’s Rep, Municipal Theatre of St. Louis, North =
Shore Music Theatre,     Huntington Theatre, Denver =
Center School, Yale Repertory Theatre, Ohio Northern University, Santa =
Fe Stages, Sage       Theatre, Dallas Shakes =
Festival, Undermain Theatre, New Mexico Rep and El Teatro Campesino. His =
opera design credits    include The Turn of the Screw (Memphis Opera), Carmen (Santa Fe =
Stages), and I =
Pagliacci (Skylight Opera). =
     Internationally, Mr. Parkman has designed =
for Don Juan =
Flamenco (Spain), =
Blind Lemon (Paris), Who’s Afraid of Virginia  Woolf? =
(Teater Ibsen, Norway), Molly Sweeney (Teater Ibsen, Norway), and Three Sisters =
(Colombia).

BETH NOVAK (Costume Design) returns to The Cleveland Play House, =
having previously designed costumes for Harvey, T      he Guardsman, =
Seascape, Twelve Angry Men, Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Grapes of Wrath. =
Regionally, Ms. Novak has     been a costume designer for =
over 70 productions of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival =
including Troilus & =
Cressida, A     Winter’s Tale, Antony & =
Cleopatra, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Richard III, To =
Kill A Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, 
        Noises Off, Saint Joan, Man =
of La Mancha, Holiday Memories, Honky Tonk Angels, =
Beehive, Dennis =
Covington’s Lizard =
      (World Premier), James McLure’s Iago =
(World Premier), Craig Warner’s Disguises (World =
Premier), Carlyle Brown’s The     Negro of Peter the =
Great (World Premier) and Kia =
Corthron’s The Venus de =
Milo Is Armed (World Premier). =
Her other       recent work includes costume =
design for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Heathen Valley, White Devil, Richard II, Much =
        Ado About =
Nothing, and the Pioneer =
Theatre Company’s My One =
And Only, Much Ado About Nothing, Cabaret and =
      Macbeth.

MICHAEL LINCOLN (Lighting Design) most recently =
designed A Streetcar Named =
Desire for The Cleveland Play =
House,         and was chosen for the =
2007 USITT USA Prague Quadrennial exhibit. His Broadway credits =
include Copenhagen, =
Skylight     =
and More to Love. Off-Broadway, he has designed lighting =
for People Be =
Heard, Mr. Goldwyn, Down the Garden Paths, The   Bubbly Black Girl =
Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, If Love Were All, Defying Gravity, Bunny, =
Bunny, You Should Be So Lucky,    Swingtime Canteen =
and Desdemona. Mr. =
Lincoln served as Associate Lighting Designer for the Broadway =
productions of      Guys and Dolls, Six Degrees of Separation and City of Angels. =
His regional theatre credits include over 200 productions at =
     such venues as Houston’s Alley Theatre, =
Long Wharf, Indiana Rep, D.C.’s Studio Theatre, Paper Mill =
Playhouse, George    Street Playhouse, Bay Street Theatre, =
Berkshire Opera, Ford’s Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Playwrights =
Horizons, Los    Angeles Ballet, Santa Fe Opera, Tulsa Ballet =
and the Venice Biennale. Mr. Lincoln leads the Ohio University graduate =
   lighting program.

JAMES C. SWONGER (Resident Sound Designer) has designed sound =
for Cleveland Play House productions of Dream a   Little Dream, Custody of the Eyes, Well, A =
Streetcar Named Desire, A Christmas Story, I Am My Own Wife, Room =
   Service, Bad Dates, Restoring the Sun, Rounding Third, The =
Real Thing, The Piano Lesson, John Henry, Mitch Albom’s      Tuesdays with =
Morrie, Plaid Tidings, Crowns =
and Hurlyburly. He has designed for professional theatres =
around the country,       some of which include =
Utah Opera Festival, Utah’s Pioneer Theatre Company, =
Baltimore’s Center Stage, New Jersey’s =
      George Street Playhouse, and the Yale =
Repertory Theater. Mr. Swonger designed the premiere productions =
of The Tragic    =
Demise of Whaleship Essex, Swinging on a Star: A Tribute to the Music of =
Johnny Burke, Tangents, and The =
Count of       =
Monte Cristo, adapted by =
Charles Morey. Mr. Swonger has designed sound system installations for =
restaurants, theatres   and churches, and was an adjunct professor =
for the University of Utah’s Fine Arts program.

<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><I><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial Narrow"># # =
#</FONT></B></I></P>

As the country’s first =
permanently established professional theatre, founded in 1915, The =
Cleveland Play House has produced plays for 91 years. More than 12 =
million people have attended over 1,300 productions at The Cleveland =
Play House – more than 130 of which were American and/or World =
Premieres. At 300,000 square feet, the Philip Johnson-designed Cleveland =
Play House complex houses five performance spaces, making it the largest =
regional theatre complex in the United States.

<P><I><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">The Ohio Arts Council helped to fund =
The Cleveland Play House with state tax dollars to encourage economic =
growth, educational excellence and cultural =
enrichment.</FONT></I><I><B></B></I><B></B><B></B></P>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">FACT SHEET</FONT></B>
</P>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">What:   Rabbit =
Hole</FONT></B>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">A family drama by David =
Lindsay-Abaire.</FONT>
</P>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Where: </FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Drury Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, 8500 =
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio</FONT>
</P>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">When:   =
       </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Preview Performances:   =
        September 15-19, 2006</FONT>

<BR>        =
        <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Opening Night:  =
        =
        Wednesday, September 20, =
2006</FONT>

<BR>        =
       <B> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">PRESS OPENING   =
        =
        Wednesday, September 20, =
2006  </FONT></B>        =20

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Final =
Performance:      =
        =
        Sunday, October 8, =
2006</FONT>
</P>

<P><B><U><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Cast:</FONT></U></B>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Becca   Angela Reed</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Howie   Danton Stone</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Izzy    Genevieve =
Elam<BR>
Jason   Troy Deutsch</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Nat     Kate =
Skinner</FONT>
</P>

<P><U><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Creative Team:</FONT></B></U>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Playwright:     =
        =
        =
        David Lindsay-Abaire</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Director:       =
        =
        =
        Michael Bloom</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Scenic Design:  =
        =
        =
        Russell Parkman </FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Lighting Design: =
       =
        =
        Michael Lincoln</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Costume Design: =
        =
        Beth Novak</FONT>

<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Sound Design:   =
        =
        =
        James C. =
Swonger        </FONT>

<BR>        =
        =
        =
       =20

<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Times:  =
       </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Tuesday-Saturday =
Evenings       =
        8:00 p.m.</FONT>

<BR>        =
        <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Saturday =
Matinee        =
        =
        4:00 p.m.</FONT>

<BR>        =
        <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Sunday Matinee  =
        =
        2:00 p.m.</FONT>

<BR>        =
        <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Weekday Matinee =
        =
        1:30 p.m. Thursday, September =
28, 2006</FONT>

<BR>        =
        <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Early =
Curtain(s)        =
        =
        7:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, =
2006</FONT>

<BR>        =
        =
        =
        =
        =
        =
       =20

<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Ticket Prices:</FONT></B><FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> Tickets for mainstage productions start at =
$39.00.</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">For Single Tickets:</FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Call (216) 795-7000, ext. 4, or </FONT><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">visit</FONT><U></U><U><B> =
</B></U><A HREF=3D"http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com "><U><B><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">www.clevelandplayhouse.com</FONT></B></U><U><B></B></U></A=
><U><B></B></U><U></U><U><B></B></U><U><B></B></U><U><B></B></U>
</P>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">For Groups of 10 or More:</FONT></B> =
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Call Lisa Craig, Group Sales Manager, =
(216) 795-7000, ext. 235</FONT>
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