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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Helvetica color=#ff0000><STRONG><EM>"It was the
music of something beginning…an era exploding…a century spinning
–</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Helvetica color=#ff0000><STRONG><EM>and the people
called it</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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size=7><STRONG><EM>Ragtime!"</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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color=#ff0000></FONT></EM></STRONG> </DIV><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>Ragtime</FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff> – the stirring epic musical depicting an explosive era of change
and transformation in America in the early 1900s –</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>takes to the Weathervane
stage June 4 to 29, 2008</FONT>.</FONT> </DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#ff0000>Featuring a large cast of 36 performers, <I>Ragtime</I>
is directed by <STRONG>Terry Burg</STRONG>ler, the co-artistic director of the
Ohio Shakespeare Festival. Musical direction is by <STRONG>John Ebner</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>Summa Health System Foundation</STRONG> sponsors the
production.</FONT></P><I><FONT face=Helvetica size=2>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff>Ragtime</FONT></I><FONT color=#0000ff> plays on the
Weathervane Mainstage between <STRONG>June 4 and 29, 2008</STRONG>. Low-cost
preview performances are June 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.; the official opening-night
performance is June 6 at 8 p.m. Other performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.,
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. (with no performances
on June 8 and 26). Tickets range between $17 and $23. For tickets, call the
Weathervane Box Office at 330/836-2626 or visit </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com"><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Helvetica size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff>.</FONT></FONT></P>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000>Weathervane
Playhouse</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000>1301 Weathervane
Lane, Akron OH 44313</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Helvetica size=2><FONT face=Arial
color=#ff0000>330-836-2626</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of
Advancement<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>