[NEohioPAL]Audio Described Performances

Thu Aug 16 14:00:41 PDT 2007

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NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Benjamin Rexroad

Weathervane Ticket Office (330) 836-2626

Weathervane Playhouse Offers

AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES

(August 13, 2007, Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Release) Weathervane =
Playhouse announces AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES for six Main Stage and =
two Young Actors Series productions of the 2007-2008 season.=20

Audio Description is a service we provide to allow the visually impaired =
to experience theatre more fully. During the performance a trained =
volunteer speaks into a microphone between the spoken dialogue to =
describe the show's visual aspects and the movement on the stage. This =
narration is transmitted to small headsets, which are provided to =
audience members who request the Audio Description service. Only patrons =
with these headsets can hear the Audio Description narration.=20

Each consumer and his or her driver will receive special discounted =
tickets at half-price. Please call to reserve seats prior to the =
performance and mention that you are attending for the audio description =
so that equipment is available. Seating is very limited. Also, we ask =
that consumers for audio description arrive 30 minutes prior to the =
performance to meet their describer and become comfortable with the =
equipment.=20

The schedule of described performances follows.

AUDIO DESCRIPTION

I Do! I Do!

Musical by Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones

Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.

The Lion in Winter

Drama by James Goldman

Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Young Actors Series

Musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber

Sunday, November 2, 2007 at 3:30 p.m.

Friday, December 14, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

Moon Over Buffalo

Comedy by Ken Ludwig

Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.

Children of a Lesser God

Drama by Mark Medoff

Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Young Actors Series

Comedy by Oscar Wilde

Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.

Enchanted April

Drama by Matthew Barber

Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.

Ragtime

Musical by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, & Lynn Ahrens

Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.

***30***

Benjamin Rexroad
Public Relations and Outreach Assistant
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2626 x15
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<P>NEWS RELEASE</P></I></FONT><FONT face=3DHelvetica size=3D1>
<P>Contact: Benjamin Rexroad</P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
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<P align=3Dcenter>Weathervane Playhouse Offers</P><I>
<P align=3Dcenter>AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES</P></FONT><FONT =
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size=3D2>
<P align=3Dcenter></P></B></I></FONT><FONT face=3DHelvetica size=3D1>
<P>(August 13, 2007, Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Release) <B>Weathervane =

Playhouse announces AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES for =
six Main=20
Stage and two Young Actors Series productions of the 2007-2008 season. =

Audio Description is a service we provide to allow the visually =
impaired=20
to experience theatre more fully. During the performance a trained =
volunteer=20
speaks into a microphone between the spoken dialogue to describe the =
show=92s=20
visual aspects and the movement on the stage. This narration is =
transmitted to=20
small headsets, which are provided to audience members who request the =
Audio=20
Description service. Only patrons with these headsets can hear the Audio =

Description narration. </P>
<P>Each consumer and his or her driver will receive special discounted =
tickets=20
at half-price. Please call to reserve seats prior to the performance and =
mention=20
that you are attending for the audio description so that equipment is =
available.=20
<B>Seating is very limited.</B> Also, we ask that consumers for audio=20
description arrive 30 minutes prior to the performance to meet their =
describer=20
and become comfortable with the equipment. </P>
<P>The schedule of described performances follows=85</P></FONT><B><FONT=20
face=3DHelvetica size=3D1>
<P align=3Dcenter>AUDIO DESCRIPTION</P></B></FONT><I><FONT =
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<P align=3Dcenter>I Do! I Do!</P></B></I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Musical by Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter></P><B><I>
<P align=3Dcenter>The Lion in Winter</P></B></I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Drama by James Goldman</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter></P><B><I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</P></B>
<P align=3Dcenter>Young Actors Series</P></I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Sunday, November 2, 2007 at 3:30 p.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Friday, December 14, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter></P><B><I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Moon Over Buffalo</P></B></I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Comedy by Ken Ludwig</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.</P>
<P> </P><B><I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Children of a Lesser God</P></B></I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Drama by Mark Medoff</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter></P><B><I>
<P align=3Dcenter>The Importance of Being Earnest</P></B>
<P align=3Dcenter>Young Actors Series</P></I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Comedy by Oscar Wilde</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter></P><B><I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Enchanted April</P></B></I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Drama by Matthew Barber</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter></P><B><I>
<P align=3Dcenter>Ragtime</P></B></I></FONT><FONT face=3DHelvetica =
size=3D1>
<P align=3Dcenter>Musical by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, & =
Lynn=20
Ahrens</P></FONT><FONT face=3DHelvetica size=3D1>
<P align=3Dcenter>Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.</P></FONT><FONT=20
face=3DHelvetica size=3D2>
<P align=3Dcenter>***30***</P></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Benjamin Rexroad<BR>Public Relations =
and Outreach=20
Assistant<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2626=20
x15</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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