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PLAY HOUSE announces <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A CHRISTMAS
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">STORY<SPAN
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DRIVE</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street></I><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Triple Dog Dare to Care” Offers Ticket
Discounts with Food Donations<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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(<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">November 24, 2008</I>) –The Cleveland
Play House kicks off their “Triple Dog Dare to Care” food drive in partnership
with The Cleveland Foodbank to help feed Cleveland families for the holidays.
Starting now through December 21, bring a donation of non-perishable food items
to the Play House box office when purchasing tickets to <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Christmas Story</I> and save $5 per ticket
(with a minimum donation of 5 non-perishable food items) or $10 per ticket (with
a minimum donation of 10 non-perishable food items). <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A
Christmas Story</I></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> is a
live stage adaptation of the family-friendly holiday movie comedy and runs
Friday, November 28 through Sunday, December 21, 2008 in the Bolton Theatre at
The Cleveland Play House. For more information, call the Box Office at (216)
795-7000.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Buying
<I>A Christmas Story</I> tickets online or by phone, or already
purchased tickets? Patrons can still bring </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">non-perishable
food items </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">(in
quantities of 5 or 10) to the box office on the day of their performance of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Christmas Story</I>, and in return the
Play House will give patrons a discount voucher for a future play in their
current season.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Founded
in 1915, The Cleveland Play House is the first permanently established
professional theatre in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. More than 12 million
people have attended over 1,300 productions at The Play House – including more
than 130 American and/or World Premieres. Today, under the leadership of
Artistic Director Michael Bloom and Managing Director Kevin Moore, The Cleveland
Play House is an artist-driven theatre that serves the Greater Cleveland
community by holding true to its mission: <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">To produce plays of the highest professional
standards that inspire, stimulate, and entertain our diverse audiences, and to
conduct training and educational programs that enhance the quality of life for
those we serve and help to insure the future of
theatre.<o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
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Cleveland Play House is generously funded by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> residents through Cuyahoga Arts and
Culture and The Ohio Arts Council helps to fund The Cleveland Play House with
state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and
cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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the <st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City> Foodbank - The Cleveland Foodbank
provides food and critical nonfood products to local nonprofit agencies which
serve hungry individuals across northeast <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>, 31 percent of them being children. In
2007, it distributed more than 20 million pounds of food to more than 440 local
food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other agencies such as child-care
centers and homes for the elderly. To support the Foodbank’s 2008 Holiday Drive,
call 216-738-2059 or visit<SPAN class=948153020-24112008> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A
href="http://www.clevelandfoodbank.org">www.clevelandfoodbank.org</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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