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<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a
name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>For
Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:normal'>For additional information contact: </span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
</span></font><strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Neil Thackaberry (330) 342-0800</span></font></b></strong><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><strong><b><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hudson</span></font></b></strong></st1:City><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Black";color:black'>Classic 1940’s Comedy<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><b><i><font
size=5 color=fuchsia face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black";color:fuchsia;font-style:italic'>BORN YESTERDAY<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></strong></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Black";color:black'>Opens at Actors’ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Born Yesterday</span></font></i></b><i><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:
italic'>, </span></font></i><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Garson Kanin’s classic screwball
comedy<i><span style='font-style:italic'>,</span></i> will be presented by
Actors’ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place>
from May 1 through May 18. The May 1<sup>st</sup> performance is a preview with
the official opening on Friday, May 2. Performances are given on Thursdays,
Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The
Play<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Garson
Kanin (husband of actress Ruth Gordon) wrote Born Yesterday just after the end
of World War II. Set against the background of post-war <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>,
t</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>he play twists the
myth of Pygmalion into a comedy. Billie Dawn, a role immortalized on stage and
screen by Judy Holliday, is the mistress of Harry Brock, a junkyard baron with
the voice and vocabulary of a gangster and the moral fiber—and
ambition—of a thug. With Billie in tow, he has come to a swank hotel to
work out a deal with a senator, who has been bought and paid for. To help
Billie fit in with <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
society, Brock hires an investigative reporter to smooth out her rough edges
with unanticipated consequences. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The Cast<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Equity
actors Neil Thackaberry, Dana Hart and Peter Voinovich play the three men who
surround the beautiful former chorus girl Billie Dawn played by Alicia Kahn.
Thackaberry portrays Harry Brock the junk dealer / millionaire. Hart plays the
inebriated lawyer Jim Devery. Peter Voinovich takes on the role of Paul Verral,
the reporter Brock hires to take the “rough edges” off of his
girlfriend. Steve and Linda Ryan play Senator and Mrs. Norval Hedges. The cast
is completed with Actors’ <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>
regulars Jocelyn Roueiheb and Scott Thomas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><b><u><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;background:white'>Performance Schedule</span></font></u></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white;font-weight:bold'><br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Born Yesterday</span></i></span></font></b><strong><b><i><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white;font-weight:normal'>will have a preview performance on May 1. The
official opening on Friday, May 2 will be followed by a reception with the
cast. Regular performances continue through May 18, Thursdays, Fridays
& Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Following each
performance, there will be an opportunity for the audience to discuss the play
with the director and cast.</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><b><u><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;background:white'>Tickets</span></font></u></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:
white;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Tickets
are $25 on Fridays & Saturdays, $22 on Thursdays & Sundays. College
students and seniors receive a $2 discount at all regular Thursday and Sunday performances.
Students under age 18 are admitted for half price at all performances. Remainder
of season subscriptions are available. Group discounts are available for
parties of 10 or more.</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Tickets can be purchased on
line at www.actorssummit.org or by phone by calling (330) 342-0800. </span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h2 style='page-break-after:avoid'><b><u><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Web site<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Actors’
Summit Theater can be found on the web at <u>www.actorssummit.org</u>.</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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