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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For more information, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Neil Thackaberry <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>330-342-0800<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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> to Honor<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'>Ensemble
Theatre’s Season Subscription Tickets<i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Following the announcement that Ensemble Theatre in <st1:City
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City> has cancelled the remainder of its season,<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Actors’ Summit</span></b>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hudson</st1:place></st1:City>’s Equity Professional Theater, has
announced that it will honor season tickets and coupons for Ensemble patrons.
On a show by show basis, Actors’ <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>
will admit Ensemble patrons at no charge when they present an Ensemble season
ticket.<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'>“It feels like we’ve been here before,”
said Kathie Franks, president of the board of trustees of Actors’ <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City>. “As we did
with the Carousel’s closing, we hope that we can soften the blow to Ensemble’s
patrons.<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'>Ensemble patrons will need to call Actors’ <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Summit</st1:place></st1:City> (330-342-0800) to
reserve tickets. Tickets for <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Beauty of the
Father,</span></i> scheduled to open this Friday, February 27th, will be
accepted at <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Year of Magical Thinking</span></i>
or <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Spoon River Anthology</span></i>, and
tickets for the final production of Ensemble’s season, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Radio Golf, </span></i>scheduled to open Friday,
April 10 will be honored at the world premiere production of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Tremont</span></i></span></font>.<o:p></o:p></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'>“With the earlier losses of Carousel and Kalliope
theaters, this is a further blow both for audiences for professional theater and
for the artists who create theater,” said Co-Artistic director MaryJo
Alexander. “We hope that some of Ensemble’s patrons will enjoy the
intimacy of Actors’ <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> and discover
some of the fabulous restaurants in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hudson</st1:place></st1:City>.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></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>
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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>
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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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