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style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> Nominated
Actress <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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w:st="on">Dee</st1:place> Hoty to Perform at Play
House<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></FONT></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:City w:st="on">Lakewood</st1:City>
Native Returns to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> Play House as Featured Entertainer at
Annual Gala<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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(January 23, 2009) –</SPAN></B><SPAN
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The Cleveland Play House is excited to announce that Dee Hoty, a three-time Tony
Award</SPAN><SPAN
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nominated actress, will be the featured entertainer at their Annual Gala on
Saturday, June 6, 2009. Born and raised in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Lakewood</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>, Hoty began her professional career at
The Cleveland Play House as a member of the repertory company (1975 and 1976).
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The evening begins at 6:30pm and
will include complimentary valet parking, a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres,
dinner, silent and live auction, entertainment and
dancing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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earned Tony Award</SPAN><SPAN
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nominations for her starring roles in <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Footloose</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public</I>,
and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Will Rogers Follies</I>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She recently starred on Broadway in <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Mamma Mia! </I>and continued on the national
tour in<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>eight major <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
cities. She can be heard on the original recordings of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Angels</st1:place></st1:City>, The Will Rogers Follies, The Best
Little Whorehouse Goes Public</I>, and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Footloose</I>, and on the 2CD set of Stephen
Sondheim’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Follies</I> from the Papermill
Playhouse production. She is also featured on the video/DVD of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">My Favorite Broadway: The Leading
Ladies</I>. Other Broadway shows include <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">City of <st1:City
w:st="on">Angels</st1:City>, Me and My Girl, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Big</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, The Five O’Clock Girl</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Shakespeare’s Cabaret</I>. A favorite of
Tommy Tune’s, Hoty starred opposite him in the recent <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> tour of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Doctor Dolittle</I>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She also appeared with Stacy Keach in
the first national tour of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Barnum</I>.
Her <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>
nightclub and cabaret appearances include the Russian Tea Room, Rainbow and
Stars and the Metropolitan Room with Larry Gatlin.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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year’s Annual Gala celebrates The Cleveland Play House and its links to
Broadway, and takes place on Saturday, June 6, 2009. Event co-chairs: Mebby
Brown and Maura Kehoe. Individual tickets are $250 per person with tables
available up to $10,000. Individual tickets for a late-night party, details to
be announced later, are $75. Proceeds benefit the artistic and educational
programming of The Cleveland Play House. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For tickets and information, call
216-795-7000 x226.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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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
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Cleveland Play House is funded through the generosity of <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></FONT></DIV>
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<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lisa
Craig</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Public
Relations Manager</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cleveland Play House</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>8500 Euclid Avenue</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cleveland OH 44106</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Phone (216) 795-7000 x236</FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>FAX (216) 795-7005</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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