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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#800000>NEWS
RELEASE</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left>(330) 836-2323</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=5>Weathervane
Playhouse</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=1>1301 Weathervane Lane * Akron, Ohio
44313</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Proudly Presents</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><A
href="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=104768620&ver=102906"><FONT
color=#800000 size=4><STRONG>~~PRESS PHOTOS HERE~~</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Formal Script" size=7>The Importance of
Being Earnest</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>A trivial comedy for serious
people</STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM><FONT size=3></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><EM>A Young Actor Series
Production</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>March 27 ~ April 6,
2008</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=3>For Tickets:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=3>330-836-2626 or <A
href="http://www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com">www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>Tickets: $8</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Oscar Wilde's deliciously satiric masterpiece!
Considered by many to be the funniest play in the English language, it boasts
memorable characters and sparkling wit in a romantic farce that turns on
mistaken identity, Victorian manners and the sheer brilliance of this
fantastically witty British playwright. <I>Earnest </I>is by all accounts, a
masterpiece of modern comedy.Earnest tells a tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon
Moncrieff. Both young men have taken to bending the recipe for truth in order to
add a dash of excitement to their lives. Jack invents an imaginary brother,
Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull home in the country to
frolic in town. Algernon uses the same technique, only in reverse; his imaginary
friend, Bunbury, provides a convenient and frequent method of taking adventures
in the country. Their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series
of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits: Jack of his love
Gwendolyn Fairfax, and Algernon of his belle Cecily Cardew.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Formal Script" size=6>The Importance of
Being Earnest</FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>Performance
Schedule</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>March 27, ~ April 6, 2008</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Thursday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m. (Project
STAGE)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Friday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Saturday, March 29 at 8:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Sunday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Tuesday, April 1 at 10:00 a.m. (Project
STAGE)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Thursday, April 3 at 10:00 a.m. (Project
STAGE)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Friday, April 4 at 8:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Saturday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Sunday, April 6 at 2:30 p.m.</FONT></DIV><I></I>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>Tickets can be purchased at
weathervaneplayhouse.com</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>Charge by phone at Weathervane’s Ticket
Office at 330-836-2626.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Call between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>Tickets: $8</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=3><STRONG>Our Directors</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3><STRONG>Melanie YC Pepe, Director:
</STRONG>As Director of Education and Young Actor Series Producer at
Weathervane, Melanie is thrilled to direct for the second time at Weathervane.
Melanie holds a BFA in Theater Arts from Kent </FONT><FONT size=3>Weathervane’s
Earnest </FONT><FONT size=3>State University, and has spent the last 10 years
teaching and designing. She is currently returning to her life in the theater
after the births of her three beautiful children.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=3><STRONG>John C. Davis, Movement & Dialect
Coach:</STRONG> </FONT><FONT size=3>An award winning, certified fight
director and actor who recently relocated to the Cleveland-Akron scene, Davis
has just completed his sixth tour with the USO, where he presented more than
four thousand performances and toured in more than 16 countries worldwide. He
will be teaching as an adjunct professor at Oberlin College this coming
fall.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=3><STRONG>Our Designers</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mistress <B>Erin Bennett</B> and <B>Miss Julie
Jensen</B>, Property Designers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>Alan</B> <B>Scott Ferrall</B>, Resident
Scenic Designer and Technical Director</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Miss <B>Kristi Hagenbush</B>, Lighting
Designer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mistress <B>Sandra Harding</B>, Costume
Designer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>Daniel Jankura</B>, Sound DesignerOur
Management Team</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>Michael Pistrui</B>, Production Stage
Manager </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>Benjamin Fortin</B>, Assistant Stage
Manager</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=3><STRONG>Our Performers</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>Jason Davis </B>as Algernon
Moncrieff</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>Richard Crafton </B>as Lane and
Gribsby</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>Keith Foster </B>as Jack Worthing,
J.P.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Miss <B>Amanda Davis </B>as Lady
Bracknell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Miss <B>Amanda Morrow </B>as Hon. Gwendolen
Fairfax</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Miss <B>Lily Romestant </B>as Miss
Prism</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Miss <B>Sarah Brazier </B>as Cecily
Cardew</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>James Gurney</B> as Rev. Canon Chasuble,
D.D.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3>Mister <B>Daniel Rylander</B> as
Merriman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=3></FONT><EM><FONT size=3></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><EM>The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this
program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><EM>education excellence and cultural enrichment
for all Ohioans.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Project STAGE Sponsors</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>The Akron Community Foundation – Shaw
Fund</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>OMNOVA Solutions Foundation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>The Sisler McFawn Foundation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><A href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><FONT
size=3>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A></DIV>
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