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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Actors’
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Presents
English Language Premier of <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Two
Vaudeville’s by Anton Chekhov<i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Actors’ Summit</span></font></b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hudson</st1:place></st1:City>’s Equity Professional Theater,
announces the world English language premiere of two short vaudeville sketches,
discovered and translated by George Malko. Mr. Malko is also the translator of
the other two pieces on the evening’s bill of faire. In addition to the
new pieces (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>In the Spring</span></i> and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Dimwit</span></i>) Actors’ Summit will be
mounting the second professional production of two classic comedies translated
by Mr. Malko – <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Bear</span></i> and
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Marriage Proposal</span></i>. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Russians in Love</span></i> will have a preview
performance on January 15 with the official opening night on January 16, 2009.
The play will have twelve performances through February 1, 2009. <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>The play is performed Thursdays, Fridays,
& Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM at the Actors’ Summit Theater
in downtown <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hudson</st1:City></st1:place>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The Plays<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>In the Springtime</span></font></i></b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> is a brief monologue. In it a
“cat about town” tells the audience about the challenges of his
love life. <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Dimwit</span></i></b>
features a retired military officer who seeks the help of a matchmaker to find
a wife. After discussion he decides that what he needs in a wife is a dimwit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The
Bear</span></i></b>, a merchant pays a call on a widow to collect a debt. She
cannot pay, so he decides to wait in her parlor until he does get paid. The
argument escalates to the level of a duel. The fire shown by the widow brings
about a complete reversal, turning “the bear” into a suitor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>The Marriage Proposal </span></font></i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>turns <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>The Bear</span></i> inside out. A young man asks for his
neighbor’s permission to marry the neighbor’s daughter. Everyone
involved is thrilled. In discussing the fact that their lands adjoin, an old
argument about who owns a meadow breaks out anew to hilarious results.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The Cast<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The four members of the cast are all long-time veteran
members of the Actors’ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place>
company of actors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=BodyText1><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In addition to her 20 plus roles at Actors’ <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>, Sally Groth has
also performed at Porthouse Theatre and Ensemble Theatre. She has performed at
the Shakespeare Theatre in <st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State>, the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Denver</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>, the Wayside Theatre, a
national tour of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Little Pr</span></i>ince
and numerous off-off Broadway shows, commercials and films in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City>. She played fiddle with
several rock bands in NYC and was a founding member of the band, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Garage Ensemble</span></i>, and part of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Naked</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Angels</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Theater</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’s serial
cabaret, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hotkeys</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Frank Jackman<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>has
been seen at Actors’ <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>A Child’s Christmas in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Wales</st1:country-region></st1:place>, Polish Joke, Don’t Hug
Me, Personals, The Gingerbread Lady</span></i>, and others. Frank has done
many commercials, voiceovers, and industrial films for companies such as
Greyhound, Moen, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Time Warner, and American
Greetings. Frank just finished a run of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>All
Shook Up</span></i> at the Carousel Dinner Theatre, where he played the almost
mute Sheriff Earl.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Keith Stevens</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> was seen earlier this season in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Main-Travelled Roads </span></i>and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Sanders Family Christmas.</span></i> Other
Actors’ Summit credits include: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Proof,
Macbeth, Rounding Third</span></i>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A
Child’s Christmas in Wales</span></i>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Musical
of Musicals, The Musical,</span></i> <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The
Thing About Men</span></i>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Picnic</span></i>,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Romeo & Juliet, and I Love You,
You’re Perfect, Now Change.</span></i> In NYC his credits include <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Snob</span></i> (Actors Studio), <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Audience</span></i> (Brooklyn Playwright’s
Collective), <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Last Train to Nibroc</span></i>,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Fool for Love</span></i>, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Honey Makers </span></i>and the world premiere of
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>2:51</span></i> (all at Circle in the Square
Downtown), <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Deserters </span></i>(Bernie West
Theater), <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Loader #26</span></i> (Theater for
a New City) and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Big Al </span></i>(ASDS).
Additional regional credits: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>As You Like
It, Eurydice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Suburbia, </span></i>and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Betrayal</span></i>. Keith holds a MFA in Acting
from The Actors Studio Drama School and a BA in Theater from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. He is a
lifetime member of the Actors Studio.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Constance Thackaberry most recently appeared as June in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Sanders Family Christmas</span></i>, Catherine in
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Proof</span></i>, Madge in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Picnic</span></i>, as Kate in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>She Stoops to Conquer </span></i>and as Polly in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Gingerbread Lady</span></i>. For Actors' Summit
Connie has directed <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nixon's Nixon </span></i>and
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Rounding Third.</span></i> Her work has been
seen in <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State> at Ensemble Studio Theater,
Circle in the Square Downtown, Bowery Poetry Club, and locally with Great Lakes
Theater Festival, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cain</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Cleveland Public
Theater, Cleveland Signstage Theatre, Ensemble Theater, and Porthouse among
others. Connie received her MFA in Acting from The Actors Studio Drama School. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All four members of the cast are proud members of
Actors’ Equity Association.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Performance Schedule</span></font></b></strong><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Russians in Love</span></i> will have its
preview performance on January 15. The opening night performance is
Friday, January 16, and it will be followed by a dessert reception with the
cast. Regular performances continue through Sunday February 1.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Performance
times:<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Performances are given Thursdays, Fridays
& Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM at the theater, located at <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">86 Owen Brown Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Hudson</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:address>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tickets</span></font></b></strong><b><u><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><br>
</span></font></u></b><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'>Preview tickets are $15. Regular performance t</span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>ickets are
$28 on Fridays & Saturdays, $25 on Thursdays & Sundays, with seniors
receiving a $3 discount at regular Thursday and Sunday performances. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>New
this year: ALL full time student tickets (with ID) are $7 at all
performances. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tickets can be purchased by phone at
(330) 342-0800 or from the website at <u>www.actorssummit.org</u>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Web site</span></font></b></strong><u><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
</span></font></u><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Actors’ Summit Theater can be found on the web at <a
href="http://www.actorssummit.org/" target="_blank"
title="http://www.actorssummit.org/"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>www.actorssummit.org</span></font></a>.
Actors' <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>
is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 professional arts
organization. We are seeking volunteers and board members. For more
details please call MaryJo or Neil at (330) 342-0800. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
Actors' <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>
is working under a developmental agreement with Actors' Equity Association (the
Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Actors’ <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City>: Professional
Theater -- <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>
Artists.</span></font></b></strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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