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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>Friday,
November 09, 2007</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.65pt'><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>Contact:
Jessica Schuster, Communications Specialist, ideastream, (216) 916-6134</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Tim Bryan, V.P. of Institutional Advancement, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hiram</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
(330) 569-5288</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1 style='margin-left:9.0pt'><b><font size=3 face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>90.3 WCPN
ideastream<sup>sm</sup> AND <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">HIRAM</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">COLLEGE</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> COLLABORATE TO
PRESENT </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h1>
<h1 style='margin-left:9.0pt'><b><font size=3 face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>“THE MACHINE
STOPS” – AN EXCLUSIVE ONE-HOUR RADIO DRAMA</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Book"'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Book"'>Premieres Friday, November 16, 9pm on 90.3 WCPN;
Re-airs Monday, November 19, noon</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>90.3
WCPN ideastream and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hiram</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> have partnered
together on the production and broadcast of “The Machine Stops,” a
radio drama adapted from the remarkably clairvoyant short story written by E.M.
Forster in 1909. The one-hour <i><span style='font-style:italic'>AROUND NOON</span></i>
special premieres on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Friday, November 16 at
9pm on 90.3 WCPN</span></b>. (An encore presentation will air on Monday,
November 19 at noon.). </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>Recorded
in August in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Idea</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s Westfield
Insurance™ Studio Theatre before a live studio audience, the story was
dramatized by the local professional theater team of playwright Eric Coble,
director David Hansen and actors Nick Koesters, Rasheryl McCreary, Dawn Youngs,
Jazmin Corona and Tim Keo. The production includes original music by
local composer Dennis Yurich.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>“The
Machine Stops” </span></font><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>describes a
world where life on the surface of the earth is so inhospitable that the human
population lives below ground </span></font><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>in
small, hive-like apartments with all human communication moving through
“the machine.” The story focuses on </span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>two characters, Vashti and her son Kuno,
who live on opposite ends of the world.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>“The
Machine Stops” grew out of a symposium on Human Enhancement sponsored by
the Center for Literature, Medicine and the Biomedical Humanities at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hiram</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
Eric Coble, working with theater educator Jodi Maile, led symposium
participants in sessions responding to the original story and his adaptation.
A few months later, in September 2005, a cast of professional actors
performed a dramatic reading of “The Machine Stops” for <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>’s
inaugural Ingenuity Festival. Shortly after a second performance, Coble was
approached by David Hansen, to adapt the story for radio. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Book"'>Eric Coble and David Hansen will join Dee Perry during <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>AROUND NOON</span></i> November 16 at noon for a
preview of the broadcast airing at 9pm that evening (and repeating November 19
at noon).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Book"'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Book"'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Book"'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>“The
Machine Stops,” dramatized by Eric Coble, is based on “The Machine
Stops” by E.M. Forster.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";
font-weight:bold'>ideastream</span></font></b><font size=2
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<em><i><font face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";
font-style:normal'>is a multiple-media public service organization with a
mission to strengthen our communities by providing distinctive,
thought-provoking programs and services that enlighten, inspire, educate and
entertain. The organization was formed by the merger of public broadcasting
stations WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN in July of 2001. The organization operates
public television and radio stations in Cleveland with an audience of some 2.8
million viewers and listeners, an Educational Service group serving schools
with nearly one half million students and manages the Ohio Public Television
and Radio Statehouse News Bureau and Ohio Government Telecommunications in
Columbus. For more information, visit wviz.org or wcpn.org.</span></font></i></em></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Book"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book"'>Founded
in 1850, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Hiram</span></b></st1:PlaceName><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></span></b></st1:place>
continues today as one of the nation’s most respected liberal arts
institutions. Hiram offers students unmatched opportunities for study abroad
and hands on learning through an academic calendar which is unique to the nation.
The College’s Tuition Guarantee makes college costs predictable.
Hiram’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Weekend</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> enables working
adults to earn their degree by taking classes on alternate weekends. For more
information, visit <a href="http://www.hiram.edu/" title="http://www.hiram.edu/">www.hiram.edu</a>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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