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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>For Immediate
Release<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>For
additional information contact: </FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Neil Thackaberry
(330) 342-0800</SPAN></STRONG><BR><st1:City w:st="on"><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hudson</SPAN></STRONG></st1:City><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Actors’
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>
Announces<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Officers
for 2007 - 2008</SPAN></STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">At
its annual meeting, Actors’ <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City> elected new officers for the upcoming
season. Kathie Franks, secretary of the board last year, was named President of
the Board of Trustees. All three Vice Presidents were reelected: Dennis Rich,
John Rampe, and Jim Hackney. Kent McMath was elected as the new treasurer, and
Peter Gerber was elected as the secretary of the
corporation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Neil
Thackaberry and MaryJo Alexander, co-artistic directors, reported that the
theater had finished the season in the black and that total attendance had
climbed to over 13,000 for the 2006-2007 season.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Elected to the board for a
new three year term was Susan Delahanty of <st1:place
w:st="on">Peninsula</st1:place>. Reelected to the board were Howard Bankhurst,
Al Brock, Paul DuMont, Dick Piersoll, and Larry Santon of <st1:City
w:st="on">Hudson</st1:City>, and Tom Henretta of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Akron</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Don & Karen Nelsch of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cuyahoga Falls</st1:place></st1:City> were
special guests at the meeting and received a proclamation from the board and
special team jackets in recognition of their donations and volunteer work at the
theater.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Web
site<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></H2>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=3><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Actors’
Summit Theater can be found on the web at <U>www.actorssummit.org</U>. Actors'
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place> is a
professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 professional arts organization. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are seeking volunteers and board
members. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more details please
call MaryJo or Neil at (330) 342-0800. </SPAN></STRONG><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3>Actors' <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> is working under a
developmental agreement with Actors' Equity Association (the <st1:place
w:st="on">Union</st1:place> of professional Actors and Stage
Managers.)</FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
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