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<strong><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman">New World Performance Laboratory to present a festival of exciting theatre on The
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Akron</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> campus<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></strong></p>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">AKRON</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State></st1:place> –The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC) and New World Performance Laboratory (NWPL) have organized PLAY!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Akron</st1:place></st1:City>’s own International Festival of Alternative Theatre from August 13 through August 30, 2009, on the campus of The University of Akron.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>PLAY! includes six exciting theatre events:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> NWPL’s</span> acclaimed production of
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Frankenstein</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">;
a cabaret performance, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Stairway to Paradise:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Songs of Sin and Redemption</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">, featuring NWPL company member Megan Elk and saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio;
two family-oriented productions (NWPL’s </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Looking for Alice</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">
and Theater Ninjas’ </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">);
an open rehearsal of NWPL’s new performance </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Gilgamesh</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">;
and a film and panel discussion with NWPL artistic directors James Slowiak and Jairo Cuesta in celebration of UNESCO’s Year of Grotowski.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Tickets for PLAY!, individual events and festival passes, are available online at
<a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/"><b><font color="#800080">www.BrownPaperTickets.com</font></b></a> or by phone at 1-800-838-3006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Schedule of Events for PLAY!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoSubtitle"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Frankenstein</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>August 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29 at 8PM in Sandefur Theatre, Guzzetta Hall, ($15, $10 under 18 and UA Students)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoSubtitle"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Stairway to
<st1:place w:st="on">Paradise</st1:place></strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>August 21, 22 at 8PM in Sandefur Theatre, Guzzetta Hall, ($15, $10 under 18 and UA Students)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoSubtitle"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Looking for
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alice</st1:place></st1:City></strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>August 15 at 10AM and August 16 at 2PM in Daum Theatre, Kolbe Hall ($10, $5 under 18 and UA Students)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoSubtitle"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>August 22 at 6PM and August 23 at 2PM in Daum Theatre, Kolbe Hall, ($10, $5 under 18 and UA students)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoSubtitle"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Gilgamesh:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>An open rehearsal</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>August 24 at 7:30PM in Studio 194, Guzzetta Hall ($5, UA students free)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoSubtitle"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Year of Grotowski:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A Discussion and Film</strong></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>August 26 at 7PM in Studio 194, Guzzetta Hall ($5, UA students free)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">CATAC</span>/NWPL
will host an opening night reception on August 13 (tickets $20) and a festival closing “friendraiser” to celebrate Mary Shelley’s birthday on August 30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>For more information on these events call 330-867-3299.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">PLAY! is funded in part by the
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><strong>Pittman Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois</strong></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>New World Performance Laboratory works in residence at The University of Akron.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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