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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HOLY HANNA!<BR></SPAN></I></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Great Lakes Theater Festival
</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Opens<STRONG> New
Home </STRONG><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">At
The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Hanna</B></st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></B></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>With<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">A</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Night of Surprises<BR></B></I></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">GLTF’s Grand Opening Gala is slated
for September 20, 2008.</SPAN></I></B></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">CLEVELAND</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OHIO</st1:State></st1:place>)</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> - <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Great</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will
celebrate the opening of its new home</B> in the re-imagined <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Hanna</B></st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></B></st1:place> at PlayhouseSquare with <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Holy
Hanna! A Night of Surprises</I></B>, a Grand Opening Gala presented with
generous support from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">National City</B></st1:place></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">,</B> on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">September 20, 2008</B>. </SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Holy Hanna! A Night of
Surprises</B></SPAN></I><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">an exciting
evening filled with unique surprises around every corner, will commence with <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 6:00
p.m.</B> within the Festival’s new home at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The event will continue on the
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName>’s newly configured thrust stage with <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">a theatrical presentation featuring a
performance by a surprise international artist</B> that will make his <st1:place
w:st="on">Northeast Ohio</st1:place> debut.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Revelers will complete their evening by
enjoying a gourmet dinner and dessert from <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Marigold Catering</B> followed by <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">dancing under a starry sky on <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">East 14<SUP>th</SUP>
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> to the melodies of Dennis Samson and the
Nightbreeze Band.</B></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>GLTF’s <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Benefit Chair Robyn
Barrie</B> lauded the event saying “<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Holy
Hanna! </I>will be the party of the year!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It’s the perfect way to open our new home.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">If you’ve
never been to a <st1:place w:st="on">Great Lakes</st1:place> benefit before,
this is certainly the year to join us.”</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>The result of a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">partnership
between</B> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Great Lakes Theater
Festival</B> and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">PlayhouseSquare</B>,
the new <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hanna</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> boasts an intimate
550-seat thrust stage configuration, seven different seating experiences and a
revolutionary Great Room design concept. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Developed by Westlake Reed Leskosky, one
of the nation’s leading architectural firms, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">the new Hanna is a theater experience
unique to the region.</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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</SPAN>Proceeds from <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Holy Hanna! A Night of Surprises</I></B>
will benefit GLTF’s newly created Endowment Fund, which will support Festival
operations, including the company’s renowned educational program.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>GLTF programming serves 85,000 adults
and students annually. </SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Individual tickets for <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Holy Hanna! A Night of Surprises</I> start
at $300.</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Corporate tables for the event are $5,000
and $10,000.</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For ticket
reservations or additional information, call <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Katherine Hart, GLTF Special Events
Manager, at (216) 241-5490, ext. 321 </B>or visit
www.greatlakestheater.org/holyhanna.<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG>Media Contact:
</STRONG><BR>Todd Krispinsky, Marketing and Public Relations
Director<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(216)
241-5490 x317 / <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">tkrispinsky@greatlakestheater.org</st1:PersonName></SPAN><SPAN
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