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RELEASE</FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left></FONT><FONT face="CG Times" size=1><STRONG>(330)
836-2626</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=5>Weathervane
Playhouse</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=2><STRONG>1301 Weathervane Lane *
</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT size=2>Akron, Ohio
44313</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=2>330-836-2626</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><A href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com"><STRONG><FONT
size=2>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></STRONG></A></DIV><FONT
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<P align=center></FONT><A
href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery2.php?instanceid=126667771"><FONT
color=#000080 size=6>** Click HERE to see Project STAGE
**</FONT></A></P></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT size=5></FONT></STRONG>
<P>Project STAGE reaches thousands of school children & families each year.
We use live theatrical performances to awaken, enliven and challenge the minds
of students with issues both interesting and relevant to our time. <FONT
color=#ff0000><STRONG>Thanks to the support of the Akron Community Foundation
and the Ohio Arts Council, we are able to offer tickets to school day
performances at the rate of $5 each!</STRONG></FONT> We hope you and your
students can join us for one of this seasons’ many performances.<EM></EM></P>
<P align=center><FONT color=#000080 size=5><EM><STRONG>A Midsummer Night’s
Dream</STRONG></EM></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT color=#000080 size=4><EM>A comedy by William
Shakespeare</EM></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT color=#000080 size=5><STRONG>February 10, 12, 17 & 19
at 10:00 a.m.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P>In collaboration with actors from the <B><U>Ohio Shakespeare
Festival</B></U>, Weathervane’s ensemble of teen actors presents Shakespeare’s
romantic comedy of four young lovers and their interactions with royalty and
fairies who reside in an enchanted moon-draped forest.</P><B><I>
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<P align=center><FONT color=#000080>A Doll’s House</FONT></I><FONT
color=#000080>, A drama by Henrik Ibsen</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT color=#000080>April 1 at 10:00 a.m.</FONT></P></B>
<P align=center>One of the theater’s great masterworks, <I>A Doll’s House</I>
tells the story of Nora Helmer, a childlike housewife who painfully comes of age
and leaves her marriage in an effort to find out who she really is. In a new
adaptation by Mathew Earnest, this classic from 1879 has been transformed into a
remarkably modern work.</P>
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<P><FONT color=#ff0000>As a part of our "Project STAGE" Season (<I>S</B>tudents
<B>T</B>hrough <B>A</B>cting <B>G</B>ain <B>E</B>ducation</I>)<I>,</I> these
productions feature:</FONT></P>
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<LI>Off-site visits to Weathervane performances
<LI>Pre-performance lecture and discussions for your class (by request)
<LI>Study guides to prepare your class for the performance
<LI>Post-performance discussion immediately after the performance with the
director, actors and fellow students.</LI></UL></UL>
<P>We at Weathervane Playhouse dedicate ourselves to the belief that young
people should have the opportunity to participate in theater both as audience
members and as artists. Hope to see you here!</P>
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