[NEohioPAL]GLTF: Hay Fever & The Tempest Set For Spring

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For Immediate Release

February 21, 2007=20

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Cleveland's Classic Theater Company

Concludes 45th Season With Spring Repertory

GTLF Producing Artistic Director, Charles Fee stages Noel Coward's Hay
Fever and=20

Festival Associate Artistic Director Andrew May makes his directorial
debut with Shakespeare's The Tempest.=20

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CLEVELAND, OH - Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will conclude its
forty-fifth season with a new Spring Repertory that features Noel
Coward's classic comedy, Hay Fever (Fever) and William Shakespeare's
fantastic farewell to the theater, The Tempest (Tempest). The
productions will be performed in rotating repertory at the Ohio Theatre,
Playhouse Square Center, March 16 - April 21, 2007. The Spring Repertory
features a single company of eighteen actors performing two alternating
plays on the same stage over six weeks. Festival Producing Artistic
Director, Charles Fee, will direct Hay Fever and GLTF Associate Artistic
Director, Andrew May, will make his GLTF directorial debut with The
Tempest.

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Great Lakes Theater Festival's 2007 Spring Repertory is presented with
generous support from Moen Incorporated and The Reinberger Foundation.
Media sponsors for the Festival's 2006-07 season are Cleveland Free
Times, Cleveland Magazine, WCLV 104.9 and WCPN 90.3 ideastream.=20

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"Our forty-fifth year of producing Shakespeare and the classics has been
artistically remarkable and wildly popular," said Charles Fee, of the
GLTF's current season.  "During the first half of the 2006-07 season,
Fall Repertory attendance grew 13% over last year and A Christmas Carol
exceeded all income projections.  In addition, our subscriber base has
grown again for the second consecutive year. That's an increase of 37%
in season ticket attendance over the last two seasons.  We look forward
to continuing this period of incredible audience growth and artistic
achievement with our upcoming Spring Repertory productions of Hay Fever
and The Tempest.  These great plays are in the hands of a truly gifted
artistic company and I can't wait to share their work with Northeast
Ohio."

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The Festival's Spring Repertory opens with Noel Coward's comedy Hay
Fever.  In Hay Fever, a quiet weekend at the country home of the
delectably dysfunctional Bliss family is decidedly destroyed when an
outrageous assortment of unsuspecting houseguests begin to arrive.
Nothing could have prepared the visitors for the chaos to come.  An
innocent visit with the eccentric Bliss family deteriorates into a
magnificent maelstrom of misguided passions and delightfully disastrous
parlor games. Classic comedy takes center stage in Noel Coward's evening
of blissfully bad behavior.

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 William Shakespeare's The Tempest rounds out the Festival's Spring
Repertory.  Tempted by spirits, teased by sprites, and tormented by
monsters, a King and his party, shipwrecked on a mysterious enchanted
island, must face the wrath of the conjurer, Prospero - a man they
marooned and betrayed years ago.  Along the way, lovers are united,
villainy uncovered, and passions unleashed within the brilliant
framework of a magical comic romance.  William Shakespeare's final
glorious gift to the world is a compelling tale of betrayal, revenge and
redemption. =20

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            The directors of both Spring Repertory productions are
familiar faces for Festival audiences.  GLTF's Producing Artistic
Director, Charles Fee, will celebrate the completion of his fifth season
with the Festival when he directs Noel Coward's Hay Fever to open the
Spring Repertory.  Fever represents the first Noel Coward offering in a
GLTF season since the company's winter 2004 production of Private Lives.
Fee most recently directed Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
for GLTF in 2004.  Andrew May, GLTF's Associate Artistic Director and a
veteran member of the Festival's acting company, will accept a new role
for the Festival when he makes his main stage directorial debut with
William Shakespeare's The Tempest.   Since first appearing with the
Festival in 2003 as Bottom in A Midsummer Night Dream, May has also
played roles in Hamlet, Tartuffe, A Christmas Carol, Private Lives, The
Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, You Can't Take It With
You, Amadeus and Love's Labour's Lost.

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            "We are thrilled to conclude our 45th season with an amazing
pair of classics like Hay Fever and The Tempest," said Charles Fee of
the upcoming Spring Repertory.  "On behalf of everyone at the Festival,
I would like to say 'thank you' to Northern Ohio for making this season
such an exciting and successful one for us.  You've demonstrated that
this community believes in the power of the classics and in the future
of Great Lakes Theater Festival.  From this foundation, we feel poised
to begin an exciting new era - one that will set the course for the
future of this company and revolutionize how audiences experience
theater.  We can't wait to share our bold new plans with you.  In the
meantime, we invite you to join us downtown at the Ohio Theatre for an
amazing night of classic theater...or two...this spring!"

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Opening Night performances of Hay Fever (March 17th) and The Tempest
(March 31st) have been scheduled for Saturday evenings with preview
performances of both productions scheduled for Friday nights. Curtain
times for all evening performances will remain at 7:30 p.m., with a 1:30
p.m. curtain time for Saturday matinees and a 3:00 p.m. curtain time for
Sunday matinees. Both productions in GLTF's Spring Repertory will
continue to offer sign-interpreted and audio-described performances as
well as the popular Director's Night and Playnotes pre-show discussion
series.  (Consult the enclosed production calendar for a complete list
of performance dates and times.)

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Single tickets for Great Lakes Theater Festival productions range in
price from $22-$56 (Student tickets $13 - any performance / any seat)
and are available by calling (216) 241-6000, by ordering online
<http://www.greatlakestheater.org/tickets/> at
www.greatlakestheater.org <http://www.greatlakestheater.org/> or by
visiting the Playhouse Square Center Ticket Office. Students, educators
and groups of ten or more receive discounts.=20

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Since 1962, Great Lakes Theater Festival has brought the pleasure, power
and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience in
Northern Ohio. The first resident company of Playhouse Square Center,
the Festival has called the Ohio Theatre home since 1982.

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Media Contact:

Todd Krispinsky

Marketing and Public Relations Director

(216) 241-5490 x317=20

tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org
<mailto:tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org>=20

www.greatlakestheater.org <http://www.greatlakestheater.org/>=20

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Shakespeare's Great Company!
Catch a pair of classics this spring with our NEW Spring Repertory! =20
Hay Fever & The Tempest
Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center / March 16-April 21, 2007
For tickets, visit www.greatlakestheater.org
<http://www.greatlakestheater.org/> =20
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Tempest</I> (Tempest).</B> The productions will be performed in rotating =

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<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Great =
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Theater Festival’s 2007 Spring Repertory is presented with =
generous support from=20
Moen Incorporated and<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> The Reinberger =
Foundation.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Media sponsors for the =
Festival’s=20
2006-07 season are Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland Magazine, WCLV 104.9 =
and WCPN=20
90.3 ideastream. 
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: =
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<B=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">“Our forty-fifth=20
year of producing Shakespeare and the classics has been artistically =
remarkable=20
and wildly popular,” said Charles Fee, <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">of the =
GLTF’s=20
current season.  =
“<SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black">During the first half of the 2006-07 season, <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Fall Repertory attendance grew =
13% over=20
last year and <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Christmas Carol exceeded all =
income=20
projections.  In =
addition, our=20
subscriber base has grown again for the second consecutive year. =
That’s <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">an increase of 37% in season =
ticket=20
attendance over the last two seasons. =20
We look forward to continuing this period of incredible =
audience=20
growth and artistic achievement =
with our=20
upcoming Spring Repertory =
productions=20
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">of <I=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  These great plays are in the =
hands of a=20
truly gifted artistic company and I can’t wait to share their work =
with=20
<st1:place w:st=3D"on">Northeast =
Ohio</st1:place>.”</DIV>
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<B=20
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Festival’s=20
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comedy Hay =
Fever.<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  In <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hay Fever, a quiet weekend at =
the=20
country home of the delectably dysfunctional Bliss family is decidedly =
destroyed=20
when an outrageous assortment of unsuspecting houseguests begin to =
arrive.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Nothing could have prepared =
the visitors=20
for the chaos to come.  An =
innocent=20
visit with the eccentric Bliss family deteriorates into a magnificent =
maelstrom=20
of misguided passions and delightfully disastrous parlor games. Classic =
comedy=20
takes center stage in Noel Coward’s evening of blissfully bad=20
behavior.
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p></o:p><FONT=20
face=3DArial> 
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> William Shakespeare’s <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Tempest rounds out the =
Festival’s=20
Spring Repertory.<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Tempted by spirits, teased by =
sprites,=20
and tormented by monsters, a King and his party, shipwrecked on a =
mysterious=20
enchanted island, must face the wrath of the conjurer, Prospero – =
a man they=20
marooned and betrayed years ago.  =

</SPAN>Along the way, lovers are united, villainy uncovered, and =
passions=20
unleashed within the brilliant framework of a magical comic =
romance.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>William Shakespeare’s =
final glorious=20
gift to the world is a compelling tale of betrayal, revenge and =
redemption.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The directors of both =
Spring=20
Repertory productions are familiar faces for Festival audiences.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></B>GLTF’s <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Producing Artistic Director, =
Charles=20
Fee,</B> <B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">will celebrate the =
completion=20
of his fifth season with the Festival when he directs Noel =
Coward’s<I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Hay Fever</I> </B>to open the =
Spring=20
Repertory<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">.</I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fever </I>represents the first =
Noel Coward=20
offering in a GLTF season since the company’s winter 2004 =
production of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Private Lives</I>.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Fee most recently directed =
Oscar Wilde’s=20
<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Importance of Being =
Earnest</I> for=20
GLTF in 2004<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></I><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Andrew May, GLTF’s =
Associate Artistic=20
Director and a veteran member of the Festival’s acting company, =
will accept a=20
new role for the Festival when he makes his main stage directorial debut =
with=20
William Shakespeare’s <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The =

Tempest</I>.</B><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">   =
</SPAN>Since first=20
appearing with the Festival in 2003 <SPAN style=3D"COLOR: #050505">as =
Bottom in=20
<I>A Midsummer Night Dream, </I>May has also played roles in <I>Hamlet,=20
Tartuffe, A</I> <I>Christmas Carol, Private Lives</I>, <I>The Taming =
of</I>=20
<I>the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, You</I> <I>Can’t Take It =
With You,=20
Amadeus </I>and <I>Love’s</I> <I>Labour’s =
Lost</I>.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; mso-layout-grid-align: =
none"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: #050505"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN><FONT=20
face=3DArial> </FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; mso-layout-grid-align: =
none"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1">          =20
</SPAN>“We are thrilled to conclude our 45<SUP>th</SUP> season =
with an amazing=20
pair of classics like <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hay =
Fever</I> and=20
<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Tempest</I>,” said =
Charles Fee of the=20
upcoming Spring Repertory.</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>“On behalf of everyone =
at the Festival,=20
I would like to say ‘thank you’ to <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Northern=20
Ohio</st1:place> for making this season such an exciting and successful =
one for=20
us.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>You’ve =
demonstrated that this=20
community believes in the power of the classics and in the future of =
Great Lakes=20
Theater Festival.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>From =
this=20
foundation, we feel poised to begin an exciting new era – one that =
will set the=20
course for the future of this company and revolutionize how audiences =
experience=20
theater.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>We can’t =
wait to share our=20
bold new plans with you.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  =
</SPAN>In the=20
meantime, we invite you to join us downtown at the Ohio Theatre for an =
amazing=20
night of classic theater…or <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: =
normal">two</I>…this=20
spring!”</SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; mso-layout-grid-align: =
none"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><FONT=20
face=3DArial> </FONT></P>
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style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Opening =
Night=20
performances of <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hay Fever</I> =
(March=20
17<SUP>th</SUP>)</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and <B =

style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The=20
Tempest (March 31st) have been scheduled for <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Saturday evenings with =
preview=20
performances of both productions scheduled for Friday nights. Curtain =
times for=20
all evening performances will remain at 7:30 p.m., with a 1:30 p.m. =
curtain time=20
for Saturday matinees and a 3:00 p.m. curtain time for Sunday matinees. =
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Both productions in =
GLTF’s Spring=20
Repertory will continue to offer=20
sign-interpreted and audio-described performances as well as the =
popular <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Director’s Night and =
<B=20
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style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Playnotes pre-show discussion=20
series.  (Consult the =
enclosed=20
production calendar for a complete list of performance dates and=20
times.)
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for Great Lakes Theater Festival productions range in price=20
from <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">$22-$56 =
(Student=20
tickets $13 – any performance / any seat)<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and =
are=20
available by calling <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(216)=20
241-6000<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, by =
<SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black">ordering <A=20
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/tickets/"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black">online</A> at <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A=20
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black">www.greatlakestheater.org</A> or =
by=20
visiting the Playhouse Square Center Ticket Office.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  <B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Students, educators and groups of =
ten or=20
more receive discounts. 
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p></o:p><FONT=20
face=3DArial> 
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Since =
1962, Great=20
Lakes Theater Festival has brought the pleasure, power and relevance of =
classic=20
theater to the widest possible audience in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Northern=20
Ohio</st1:place>. The first resident company of <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Playhouse</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Square</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, the Festival has called =
the Ohio=20
Theatre home since 1982.<o:p></o:p>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">#<SPAN=20
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Arial"><o:p> </o:p>
<B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">Media=20
Contact:<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Todd=20
Krispinsky<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Marketing and Public =
Relations=20
Director<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(216) 241-5490 x317=20
<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A=20
href=3D"mailto:tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: =
black">tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org</A><o:p></o:p>=

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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#ff0000><FONT =
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face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000><STRONG>Shakespeare's Great=20
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Catch a pair of classics =
this spring=20
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color=3D#0000ff><STRONG><EM>Hay Fever</EM></STRONG> & =
</FONT></FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial><EM><STRONG><FONT color=3D#0000ff>The=20
Tempest</FONT><BR></STRONG></EM>Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center / =
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16-April 21, 2007</FONT></DIV>
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