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<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></font></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><st1:date Month="4" Day="28" Year="2008"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white'>April
28, 2008</span></font></st1:date><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;background:white'>Contact: </span></font><st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:
white'>Yvette Hanzel</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white'>, Director of
Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;background:white'>(216) 521-2540 ext. 22</span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;background:white'><a href="mailto:yvette@beckcenter.org"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none'>yvette@beckcenter.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1 align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'>Beck</span></font></st1:PlaceName><span
style='background:white'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style='background:white'>Center</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
style='background:white'> for the Arts</span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";background:white;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1 align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'>Proudly
Presents its 2008/09 Professional Theater Season</span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1 align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Some things old, some things new, some things Sci-Fi <u>AND</u>
inventors of 'The Tube'</span></font></i></b></strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1 align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";background:white;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><st1:place><st1:City><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Lakewood</span></font></b></st1:City><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='background:white;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>, </span></b><st1:State><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='background:white;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Ohio</span></b></st1:State></st1:place><span style='background:white'>
– </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='background:white'>Beck</span></st1:PlaceName><span
style='background:white'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style='background:white'>Center</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
style='background:white'> for the Arts announces its 2008/09 season featuring
the much anticipated return of some ‘oldies but goodies,’ an
electrifying new drama, plenty of scandalous entertainment, and the Mother of
Blues.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";background:
white'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“I feel like we’ve hit the mark yet again!” says
Scott Spence, </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s
Artistic Director, referring to the eclectic mix Beck has become known
for. "Beck continues its tradition of providing Northeast Ohio
audiences with a great balance of titles they know, and area premieres…all directed
by some of the area’s most respected directors."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The season opens with the much anticipated encore production of Tony
Award winner, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:
italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Urinetown The Musical, </span></i>featuring
the return of the original Beck cast that made the show the area’s
must-see production three seasons ago! Also returning are </span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>
legends Dorothy and Reuben Silver in <em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Talking
Heads 2</font></i></em>, Alan Bennett's (<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The History Boys</span></i>)
sequel to his acclaimed BBC monologue series.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Then, with fond memories of Beck’s
beloved production of <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Beauty & the Beast</span></i>…<i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Peter Pan, </span></i>the story of the boy who didn’t want to
grow up is <span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'>Beck’s next amazing
<strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>musical</span></font></b></strong>
adventure for the holidays!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span
lang=EN style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The season continues with two powerful pieces, </span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>
blues legend Ma Rainey sets out to record her latest album in <i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, </span></i>by Pulitzer prize-winning
American playwright, August Wilson and compelling answers come to life as two
ambitious television visionaries race against each other in The <i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Farnsworth Invention</span></i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Also, premiere musical theater director, Victoria <span class=SpellE>Bussert</span>
serves up the NYC Off-Broadway hit and <span class=SpellE>indie</span> favorite
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Grey Gardens</font></i></em>, a musical
telling the tale of the reclusive and fascinating <span class=SpellE>Bouvier</span>
sisters, adding another wild chapter to the Kennedy legacy. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Closing the season, </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> promises a summer of larger
than life – or death – entertainment with cult smash <i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Evil Dead: <span class=GramE>The</span> Musical</span></i> <u>and</u>
cult-gone-mainstream <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Little Shop of Horrors</span></i>.<span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"\30D2\30E9\30AE\30CE\660E\671DPro W3"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1 style='mso-outline-level:1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Theater subscriptions for
the 2008/09 season are now available.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>For more information, contact Linda Hefner at the Beck Center Box Office
at (216) 521-2540, ext. 29.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Individual
tickets sales begin </span></font><st1:date Month="8" Day="1" Year="2008">August
1, 2008</st1:date>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Convenient
free on-site parking is available.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for the Arts is located just 10 minutes west of downtown <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>
at <st1:Street><st1:address>17801 Detroit Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:City><st1:place>Lakewood</st1:place></st1:City>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>www.beckcenter.org</span></font></a>.</span></u></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Urinetown <span class=GramE>The</span> Musical</span></font></i></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Musical by Mark <span class=SpellE>Hollman</span> and Greg <span
class=SpellE>Kotis</span></span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directed by Scott Spence</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>September 12 – </span></font><st1:date Month="10" Day="12"
Year="2008">October 12, 2008</st1:date><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mackey Main Stage</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2002 Tony Award winner for Best Original Score and Best Book of a
Musical</span></font><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Consider it a privilege…If you lived in <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Urinetown </span></i>you’d
have to pay to pee!</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A wild and happy mix of biting satire and loving parody, <i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Urinetown <span class=GramE>The</span> Musical </span></i>transports
audiences to a <span class=SpellE>Gotham</span>-like city where ecological
disaster has made the simplest human necessity, water, more precious than
gold.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Attempting to regulate its
consumption, the government has imposed a bizarre law—the use of private
restrooms is banned and an omnipotent corporation, the Urine Good Company, is
charging citizens money to use the toilet!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Beck's original cast reunites!</span></font><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Talking Heads 2</span></font></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Written by Alan Bennett</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directed by Reuben Silver <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>and
Tracee Patterson, Featuring Dorothy Silver</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>November 7 – </span></font><st1:date Month="12" Day="7"
Year="2008">December 7, 2008</st1:date><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Studio Theater</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>From the author of </span></font></b></strong><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The History Boys</span></font></i></em><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> comes a second round of
monologues created for BBC television. Bennett's magnificent style conveys
British life like no other, providing actors with mini tour-de-forces. The
first couple of </span></font></b></strong><st1:City><st1:place><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Cleveland</span></font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:City><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> <span class=GramE>theater</span>,
again team up to present new pieces in this compelling night of intimate
theater.</span></font></b></strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Peter Pan</span></font></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Based on J.M. Barrie's tale</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Music by Mark <span class=SpellE>Charlap</span> and <span
class=SpellE>Jule</span> <span class=SpellE>Styne</span></span></font></b></strong><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty <span class=SpellE>Comden</span>
and Adolph Green</span></font></b></strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directed by Fred Sternfeld</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><st1:date Month="12" Day="5" Year="2008"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>December 5, 2008</span></font></st1:date>
– <st1:date Month="1" Day="4" Year="2009">January 4, 2009</st1:date><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mackey Main Stage</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This high flying musical story of <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Peter Pan</span></i>, Wendy,
John, and Michael and their adventures in <span class=SpellE>Neverland</span>
is brought to life on </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s Main Stage for the
holidays<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></b>Audiences
<strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>of all ages</span></font></b></strong> will
love this timeless story filled with pirates, fairies, death-defying feats of
flying, and the dastardly Captain Hook.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>An exhilarating journey through <span class=SpellE>Neverland</span> for
the whole family!<span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom</span></font></i></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>By Pulitzer prize-winning American playwright, August Wilson</span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directed by Sarah May</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>January 30 – </span></font><st1:date Month="2" Day="22"
Year="2009">February 22, 2009</st1:date><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mackey Main Stage</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Gertrude
Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey</span></font><span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:
EN'>, better known as </span>Chicago blues legend Ma Rainey sets out to record
her latest album in the only one of Wilson's 10 plays set outside
Pittsburgh.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span lang=EN
style='mso-ansi-language:EN'>The play is set in Chicago in the 1920s and deals
with issues of race, art, religion, and the historic exploitation of black
recording artists by white producers.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>G</span><span class=SpellE>enerational</span> and racial tensions
escalate among Ma Rainey’s band and producers, as the studio explodes in
violence and tragedy<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></b><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Beck honors this year's passing of August </span></font></b></strong><st1:City><st1:place><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Wilson</span></font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:City><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> and the 25th anniversary
of the Broadway production!</span></font></b></strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Grey</span></font></i></b></st1:PlaceName><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> </span></i></b><st1:PlaceName><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Gardens</span></i></b></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> </span></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Book by Doug Wright</span></font></b></strong><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Music by Scott Frankel</span></font></b></strong><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Lyrics by Michael <span class=SpellE>Korie</span></span></font></b></strong><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directed by Victoria <span class=SpellE>Bussert</span></span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>February 27 – </span></font><st1:date Month="3" Day="29"
Year="2009">March 29, 2009</st1:date><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Studio Theater</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2007 three-time Tony Award winner</span></font><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Scandalously entertaining, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Grey Gardens</span></i>
brings to life the alternately hilarious and heartbreaking story of two
indomitable women, Edith <span class=SpellE>Bouvier</span> Beale and her adult
daughter ‘Little’ Edie – the delightfully eccentric aunt and
cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy <span class=SpellE>Onassis</span>, in Broadway's
acclaimed musical smash hit with music composed by Cleveland native, Scott
Frankel.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Once among the brightest
names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became </span></font><st1:place>East
<span class=SpellE>Hampton</span></st1:place><span class=SpellE>’s</span>
most notorious recluses and Jackie O’s most scandalous relatives.<span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'><br clear=all
style='page-break-before:always'>
</span></font>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>The Farnsworth Invention</span></font></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1 style='mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A new play by Aaron <span
class=SpellE>Sorkin</span></span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1 style='mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Directed by Scott Spence</span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1 style='mso-line-height-alt:10.5pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>March 13 – </span></font><st1:date
Month="4" Day="12" Year="2009">April 12, 2009</st1:date><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mackey Main Stage</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The turning point of the 20<sup>th</sup> Century wasn’t ON
television, it WAS television!</span></font><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Separated by two thousand miles, two ambitious visionaries race against
each other to invent and promote a device that would one day be called the “television.”<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Each knowing that if he stops working
the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest invention
of the 20th century:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>the ruthless
media mogul or the self-taught </span></font><st1:State><st1:place>Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>
farm boy?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The answer comes to
compelling life in this new play from Aaron <span class=SpellE>Sorkin</span>,
creator of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The West Wing</span></i>.<span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Evil Dead: The Musical</span></font></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Based on Sam <span class=SpellE>Raimi’s</span> 1980s cult classic
films</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Book and Lyrics by George <span class=SpellE>Reinblatt</span> </span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Music by Frank <span class=SpellE>Cipolla</span>, Christopher Bond,
Melissa Morris, and George <span class=SpellE>Reinblatt</span></span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directed by Scott Spence</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>May 8 – </span></font><st1:date Month="6" Day="14" Year="2009">June
14, 2009</st1:date><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Studio Theater</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What can go wrong when five college students break into an abandoned
cabin in the woods? Apparently a whole heck of a lot! They unleash evil
spirits, turn into demons… and sing show tunes!<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Sam <span class=SpellE>Raimi's</span>
cult classic 1980s films are brought to life in this hilarious, campy show that
will make you crave ‘<span class=GramE>live theater</span>’ again.
With songs such as <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>"All the Men in my
Life keep getting <span class=GramE>Killed</span> by <span class=SpellE>Candarian</span>
Demons"</span></i> and <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>"Do The <span
class=SpellE>Necromonicon</span>"</span></i> - <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Evil Dead</span></i>
is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit!<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Little Shop of Horrors</span></font></i></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Written by Alan <span class=SpellE>Menken</span> and Howard <span
class=SpellE>Ashman</span></span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directed by William <span class=SpellE>Roudebush</span></span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>June 26 – </span></font><st1:date Month="8" Day="2" Year="2009">August
2, 2009</st1:date><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mackey Main Stage</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=section1><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It’s everyone's favorite boy-meets-girl, plant-eats-world
phenomenon.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>From the producers of <i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Hairspray</span></i> and <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Producers</span></i>,
and the songwriters of Disney’s <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Beauty and the Beast</span></i>,
comes the biggest MONSTER hit!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This
musical comedy masterpiece is about a ‘nobody’ <span class=SpellE>kinda</span>
guy, the girl he loves, and the man-eating plant that changes their lives forever<b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></b><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Look out!<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Here Comes Audrey Two!!!</span></font></b></strong><br
style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![endif]></span></font><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Programming at the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is made possible through the
generous support of The Cleveland Foundation, The George <span class=SpellE>Gund</span>
Foundation, The John P. Murphy Foundation, The <span class=SpellE>Kulas</span>
Foundation, The Eva L. & Joseph M. <span class=SpellE>Bruening</span>
Foundation, The Abington Foundation, and the Thomas H. White Foundation.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> gratefully acknowledges <span
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>the citizens of </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Cuyahoga</span></st1:PlaceName><span
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>County</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> for their support through Cuyahoga Arts and
Culture.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1 style='mso-outline-level:1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=section1 align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###</span></font><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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