<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>MERCURY SUMMER STOCK<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial">Immediate Release<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Contact: Pierre-Jacques Brault<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial">July 29, 2008<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>(216)-771-5862<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black">Book by Clark Gesner and Nagle Jackson.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Music and lyrics by Clark Gesner.</span><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-family:Arial">Directed and Choreographed by Pierre-Jacques Brault<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-family:Arial">Musical Directed by Lori Anne Elias<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Opening Friday August 8th, 2008<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-family:Arial">At the Parma Little Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-family:Arial">6285 W 54<sup>th</sup> Street, Parma, OH 44129<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial">Have You Ever Wondered What Happens Behind Closed Doors at an All-Girls School?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial">We <b>Know</b></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> You Have!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mercury Summer Stock concludes its 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Season with the <span style="color:black">whimsical musical about nutty mischievousness in an all-girls school: THE UTTER GLORY OF MORRISSEY HALL</span>. Playing August 8<sup>th</sup> through the 23<sup>rd</sup> in the Parma Little Theatre, this British import will have you rolling in the aisles with laughter. Part Carol Burnett sketch comedy, part Harry Potter, all fantastic family fun! <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Morrissey Hall is not a very well-known school, or even an especially exceptional one. It is more your average, run-of-the-mill English school for girls: noble, anonymous, persevering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The day that we look into is not an exceptional one either, that is if one finds sorcery, passion, bombs, slavery, dead chickens, and all-out warfare part of everyday school life. This is just a touch of the tangling web of misunderstanding, misinformation, over reaction and counter productive countermeasures of comic and benign lunacy that make for a delightful evening of theatre mayhem. There is no end to the hilarity at Morrissey Hall! </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial">Tickets for<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"><i>THE UTTER GLORY OF MORRISSEY HALL</i></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> are available by calling Mercury Summer Stock box office at <b>(216) 771-5862</b></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial">.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><u style="text-underline: words"> <o:p></o:p></u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b><u style="text-underline: words">At A Glance</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><u style="text-underline:words">: <o:p></o:p></u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">What: <b>Mercury Summer Stock</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial"> presents: <b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i>THE UTTER GLORY OF MORRISSEY HALL</i></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">When: July 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, & 23.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All performances at 7:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Where: Parma Little Theatre (Adjacent to Parma Senior High) 6285 W. 54<sup>th</sup>, Parma OH 44129<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Cost: $15.00 for Adults and $12.00 for Students (college and under) /Seniors (65 and up)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">For reservations and more information please call (216) 771-5862. 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