<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(75, 181, 193); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2" style="margin-bottom: 16px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td styleclass="style_MainText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1" style="color: rgb(75, 181, 193); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Theater Ninjas returns with our fourth season of plays, puppets and ninjas!</span></font></span></div><font color="#4bb5c1" size="2" face="Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(75, 181, 193); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br>Starting in just a few weeks</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">, we're bringing back crowd-favorites <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; ">The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> who will be making appearances at the Akron PLAY! festival and CPT's Pandemonium 09 - stay tuned for where they will pop up next! On 'All Hallows Eve'</span>, we open George Buchner's </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; ">Woyzeck</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; "> or "A Proper Murder</span>", a dark hallucinatory tale about madness. In January, we're partnering with Cleveland Public Theatre to present Lisa D'Amour's <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Anna Bella Eema</span> which combines Americana folk lore and social commentary to tell a magical, modern day parable. Finally, next year, we'll be premiering pieces of a new work called <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">A Beginner's Guide to Weird Theater</span>, a crash-course in 20th century theater movements that doesn't require a Ph.d to understand or enjoy.</span><br></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">-------------------------------------------- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Season Four</span></font></span> --------------------------------------------</span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(75, 181, 193); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3" style="margin-bottom: 16px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td styleclass="style_MainText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1" style="color: rgb(75, 181, 193); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font color="#4bb5c1" size="2" face="Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(75, 181, 193); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font size="4"><font size="2"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">PLAY! Akron International Festival of Alternative Theatre</span></font></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">August 22-23<br></span></font><span style="font-style: italic; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Join us for</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> favorite scenes from our original play, "The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm".</span></font><br><br><font size="4">Pandemonium 09</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">September 12<br></span></font><span style="font-style: italic; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Catch the Ninjas as they perform at this fun-filled event as well as unveil their newest creation, "The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm & The Gift of Fire".</span></font></span><br><br></font>Woyzeck<br><font size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">October 30 - November 15<br></span></font><span style="font-style: italic; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">George Buchner's classic story of a poor soldier driven mad by the world.</span></font></span><br><br></font>Anna Bella Eema</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">January 28 - February 13<br></span></font><span style="font-style: italic; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">This mesmerizing tale is a co-production with Cleveland Public Theatre.</span></font><br><br></span><font size="4">A Beginner's Guide to Weird Theater<br><font size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">2010<br></span></font><span style="font-style: italic; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Avant-garde! Take a journey with the Ninjas through the last 100 years of artistic -isms, -ologies and -ostmoderns.</span></font></span><br></font></font></span></span></div></font></td></tr></tbody></table><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div></font></span><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Find out more at <a href="http://www.theaterninjas.com">www.theaterninjas.com</a> where you can also join our Mailing List,<b> F</b><b>acebook</b> Group, <i>Twitter Feed</i> and more!</span></font></div></div></body></html>