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align=left><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">November 16,
2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Great Lakes Theater Festival Board
Votes Unanimously </SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Launch</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Capital Campaign</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <BR></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Parker Hannifin Foundation
</SPAN></I></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Announces Generous $1.5 Million Gift
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CLEVELAND, OHIO -
November 16, 2007 - Great Lakes Theater Festival’s (GLTF) Board of Trustees
voted unanimously to move forward with the classic theater company’s plans for a
capital campaign.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Festival’s <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Re-Imagine a Classic </I>campaign will 1) <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">transform the Theater District’s historic
Hanna Theatre </B>into an innovative theater experience featuring a thrust stage
and flexible 550-seat house which will become the <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">permanent home for GLTF,</B> 2) <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">establish an endowment for the Festival
</B>to ensure that the classics continue to thrive in Cleveland for future
generations and 3) <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">provide support for
Festival programming</B> that reaches over 75,000 adults and students
annually.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Re-Imagine a Classic </I>campaign, a
culmination of Great Lakes Theater Festival’s 25-year commitment to downtown
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> and
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Playhouse
Square</st1:address></st1:Street>, is the first capital campaign in GLTF’s
46-year history. </SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Festival
commenced its <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> campaign with a generous<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> $1.5 million gift from Cleveland-based
Parker Hannifin Foundation.</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
gift from Parker Hannifin, the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of
motion and control technologies, is <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">the
largest single award to an arts organization in the corporation’s history.<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Timothy K.
Pistell, </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Parker Hannifin, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">will chair Great Lakes Theater Festival’s
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Re-imagine a Classic
</I>campaign.</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“We at Parker are
proud to play a leadership role in Great Lakes Theater Festival’s <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> campaign by pledging a significant
gift to the project.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We believe the
Festival’s endeavor will be an important contributor to the redevelopment and
vitality of downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> and our region as a whole.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“This is an
exciting day for Great Lakes Theater Festival, ,” said <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Charles Fee</B>, Great Lakes Theater
Festival Producing Artistic Director, following the historic GLTF Board
vote.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“This kind of opportunity
presents itself once in a lifetime.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Today’s vote is more than simply a sign of our confidence in this
project.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is an </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">affirmation of
our belief in the power of partnership, our determination to make this community
a better place to live for current and future generations and our commitment to
producing classic theater of the highest quality.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The creative opportunities that the
‘re-imagined’ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> will afford our artists and our
audiences are absolutely extraordinary.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I can’t wait to share this new theater experience with <st1:place
w:st="on">Northeast Ohio</st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>We remain forever grateful to Art Falco and his entire team at
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Playhouse
Square</st1:address></st1:Street> for sharing this journey with us.”</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Re-Imagine a Classic Campaign</I> is the
fruit of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">a visionary partnership</B>
between <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Playhouse Square Foundation</B>
and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Great Lakes Theater
Festival</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The first resident
company of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Playhouse
Square</st1:address></st1:Street>, Great Lakes Theater Festival has called the
Theater District home since 1982.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>As part of the partnership, Great Lakes Theater Festival and Playhouse
Square have ratified an agreement that will<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> afford the Festival full control over its
performance calendar</B> and enable GLTF to <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">create a recognizable brand identity</B>
for the classic theater company on the interior and exterior of its new space
through a distinctive lobby design and permanent signage including an East
14<SUP>th</SUP> Street marquee denoting the Hanna Theatre as the home of Great
Lakes Theater Festival.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">name of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> will remain unchanged</B> as will
the theatre’s historic vertical blade sign above the marquee.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Playhouse Square will continue to own</B>,
manage and maintain the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Art
Falco</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Playhouse Square Foundation, lauded Great Lakes
Theater Festival’s efforts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>“Twenty-five years ago, Great Lakes Theater Festival came aboard as the
first resident partner of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Playhouse
Square</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Today, the Festival is leading the effort as a genuine partner to
transform the Hanna into a truly unique and innovative performance space that
will set a new national standard for audience experience, engagement and
comfort.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The new <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> will enhance the vitality of the
Theater District.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We at <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Playhouse Square</st1:address></st1:Street>
applaud Great Lakes Theater Festival’s vision, energy and determination and look
forward to working with the Festival’s staff and Board of Trustees to bring this
exciting project to fruition.”</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The “re-imagined”
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> is designed to be
dynamic, vibrant and interactive – from the street to the stage.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A team of architects from <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cleveland-based architectural firm
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Westlake</st1:place></st1:City> Reed
Leskosky </B>(WRL)<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>have collaborated
with GLTF resident artists to conceive and create a world-class space that will
welcome the visitor, stimulate the imagination and infuse the 1920’s theater
with a contemporary sensibility while retaining its classic architectural
elements.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The final phases of the
project’s design process are currently underway.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Design details including renderings will
be released in January of 2008.</SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paul
Westlake</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, FAIA, principal
in charge and principal designer of Westlake Reed Leskosky, described the
project as a “re-imagination” as opposed to a “renovation.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“While our office has worked on many
theatre facilities, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">this is the first
project that employs a design strategy that integrates the artist and audience
experience into one realm </B>and dissolves the formal separation between the
social experience of the lobby and the artistic experience of the stage.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The design is <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">very contemporary in its attitude</B>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Throughout the design process, we have
been inspired by the insight and creativity of Great Lakes Theater Festival’s
resident artistic company.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We
believe that, together, we have captured the essence of this vision in our
re-imagination of this great classic theater space.”</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Support for the
campaign has been robust, according</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">to</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Great Lakes Theater Festival Executive
Director, Bob Taylor</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“The
response to the campaign from across our region has been overwhelmingly
positive. We’re so pleased with the community’s confidence in us and we
look forward look to sharing more good news.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We have a lot of exciting work ahead of
us.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>According to <st1:City
w:st="on">Taylor</st1:City>, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">more
details regarding the scope and structure of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> campaign will be announced in the
new year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Natalie Epstein, Co-
Chair of GLTF's Board</B> added, "We are grateful to all of our early supporters
and especially proud of the dedication, unanimous endorsement and 100%
participation in the campaign from our Board of Trustees."</SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“This project is
an important piece of the fabric of downtown,” said <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">David Goldberg, Chairman of the Downtown
<st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place>.</B> “The Hanna renovation is a
critical asset to make downtown a terrific place to work and live.
<st1:place w:st="on">Great Lakes</st1:place> and <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Playhouse Square</st1:address></st1:Street>
have worked on this for a long time so I am thrilled that it is finally going to
happen.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m pleased that GLTF is
bringing it to fruition.”</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It has long been
a dream of the Festival to have a distinctively designed, permanent home that is
right-sized for its audience, uniquely appropriate for classic theater
productions and branded with a strong GLTF identity. This campaign will make
that dream a reality.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Forty-six
seasons ago this company was founded by a group of parents, civic leaders and
educators in the hope of providing a lasting and meaningful cultural resource
for their children and their grandchildren,” said <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">William W. Jacobs, GLTF’s Board
President</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“The Board and I are
proud to play a role in continuing their legacy today with our important
historic vote to proceed with the Hanna Theatre campaign – creating a
revolutionary theater experience for the next generation of theater-goers and
realizing the Festival’s long-time goal of providing a permanent home for the
classics in Northeast Ohio.”</SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Media Contact</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>Todd S. Krispinsky, Marketing
and Public Relations Director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(216) 241-5490 x317 / <A
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Great Lakes Theater
Festival<BR></SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
mission of Great Lakes Theater Festival is to bring the pleasure, power and
relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience in northern
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><o:p></o:p></U></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Since the company’s inception in
1962, programming has been rooted in Shakespeare, but the Festival’s commitment
to great plays spans the breadth of all cultures, forms of theater and time
periods including the 20th century, and provides for the occasional mounting of
new works that compliment the classical repertoire. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Classic theater holds the capacity
to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature
and actions, revel in eloquent language, preserve the traditions of diverse
cultures and generate communal spirit. On its mainstage and through its
education program, the Festival seeks to create visceral, immediate experiences
for participants, asserting theater’s historic role as a vehicle for advancing
the common good, and helping people make the most joyful and meaningful
connections between classic plays and their own lives. This <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> theater company
wishes to share such vibrant experiences with people across all age groups,
creeds, racial and ethnic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds.
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highest standards in all areas of its operation, including theater production,
education and outreach, management and governance, and to creative problem
solving and innovation.</SPAN><SPAN
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Corporation</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>With annual sales exceeding $8
billion, Parker Hannifin Corporation is the world's leading diversified
manufacturer of motion and control technologies, providing systematic,
precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile,
industrial and aerospace markets. The company's products are vital to virtually
everything that moves or requires control, including the manufacture and
processing of raw materials, durable goods, infrastructure development and all
forms of transport. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol "PH," Parker is strategically diversified,
value-driven and well positioned for global growth as the industry consolidator
and supplier of choice.</SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
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Foundation</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
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not-for-profit performing arts center whose mission is presenting and producing
a wide variety of quality performing arts, advancing arts education and creating
a theater district that is a superior location for entertainment, business and
housing, thereby strengthening the economic vitality of the
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