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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe (330)
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=5><STRONG>Weathervane
Playhouse</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>1301 Weathervane Lane *
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Akron, Ohio 44313</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=5><STRONG>Performing
Shakespeare</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4><EM><STRONG>In
partnership with Ohio Shakespeare</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>September 27, October 4, 11
& 25</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Saturdays, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Ages 13 ~
18</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Tuition
$100</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4><STRONG>Instructor:
Terry T. Burgler, AEA, SSDC, Artistic Director of Ohio Shakespeare
Festival</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4> Learn the fundamentals of
acting Shakespeare through text analysis, Elizabethan vocabulary, scansion and
character analysis. Students will have the opportunity to apply these
skills through monologues and/or scenework, and will receive feedback for their
work. No experience necessary! An excellent preparation
class for this February's Midsummer Night's Dream!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><EM><SPAN
id=categories_staff_list__ctl0_staff_body_label>Terry Burgler is a professional
director, actor, writer and educator with a notable record of achievement over
the past thirty years. He has performed on the Globe Theatre stage in
London, and has acted and directed at numerous regional theatres across the
country, including McCarter Theatre, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival,
Stage/West and TheatreVirgina, where he served for 13 seasons and still ranks as
the most successful Artistic Director in that theatre's 50 year history.
For four years he was Artistic Director at Porthouse Theatre here in Northeast
Ohio, presiding over record-breaking seasons that garnered significant critical
praise as well. He resigned his position there to be able to pursue his
passion for Shakespeare as one of the two founding Artistic Directors of the
Ohio Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Burgler holds a BA with Honors from
Princeton University and an MFA from the University of Virginia. He is a
member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC) and Actors'
Equity Association (AEA). Previous Shakespearean roles include Polonius,
Falstaff, Prospero, Touchstone, Sir Toby Belch, Mercutio, Bottom, and
Iago.</SPAN> </EM></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=5>Register by phone:
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=5>-or-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=5>Online: </FONT><A
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=5>Space is
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