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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>COACH HOUSE THEATRE</span></i></b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Box Office: 330-434-7741</span></i></b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>732 W. Exchange Street</span></i></b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Akron, OH 44302</span></i></b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>coachhousetheatre.com</span></i></b><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><i><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span></i></b><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> Love a good mystery?</span></b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>"Deathtrap" will
keep you guessing!</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>At Coach House Theatre
October 1-18</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>$10 Preview Performance,
Thursday, Oct. 1 only</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>Coach House opens its season with the spellbinding
“Deathtrap,” a by Ira Levin, a comedy/thriller full of twists and
turns that will delight audiences hungry for a good mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>“Deathtrap,” by Ira Levin, holds the
record as the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway. A popular 1982 movie
starred Christopher Reeve, Michael Caine, and Dyan Cannon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>The show stars <b>Terry Burgler</b> (one of Coach
House’s two Artistic Directors) as Sidney Bruhl, a washed-up Broadway
playwright who desperately needs a hit to revitalize his career. A promising
young writer named Clifford Anderson (<b>Andrew Cruse</b>, known to Northeast
Ohio audiences for his many leading roles with the Ohio Shakespeare Festival)
delivers Sidney a terrific new play, which could be just the break he needs.
Sidney tells his wife Myra (Coach House favorite <b>Holly Humes</b>) that he
thinks the play might even be worth killing for. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>But things do not exactly goes as planned …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>DEATHTRAP will be onstage
at Coach House Theatre Oct. 1-18, 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Playwright<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>Ira Levin</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'> (August 27, 1929 – November 12,
2007), has written several well-known novels, including <i>Rosemary's
Baby, The Boys from Brazil</i> and <i>The Stepford Wives.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>His novel <i>A Kiss Before Dying</i>, earned him
the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was turned into a movie twice,
first in 1956, and again in 1991. In 1968, <i>Rosemary's Baby</i> was made
into a now-classic horror film starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>“Deathtrap,” his best known
play, brought Levin his second Edgar Award. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>Nancy Cates</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'> is beginning her second year as one of Coach
House’s two Artistic Directors, In past seasons here she has directed <i>Steel
Magnolias</i>, <i>Barrymore’s Ghost, Tonight at 8:30, Driving Miss Daisy,
Oh, Coward!</i>, and <i>Hay Fever</i>. She is also one of the two Artistic
Directors of the Ohio Shakespeare Festival, which performs each summer at Stan
Hywet Hall & Gardens, as well as periodically at Coach House and the
Players Guild of Canton. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif"'>Nancy is a member of Stage Directors and
Choreographers Society (SSDC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Cast<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Andrew Cruse </span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>(Clifford Anderson)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Terry Burgler </span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>(Sidney Bruhl)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Holly Humes </span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>(Myra Bruhl)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Dede Klein </span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>(Helga ten Dorp)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Tom Stephan </span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>(Porter Milgrim)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.35pt'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>"Deathtrap" will
be presented October 1-18. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8
p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Dinner or Brunch is available to all
theatre patrons prior to every performance at the Akron Woman’s City Club
next door.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Tickets are $16. The box
office opens one hour before the show. Coach House Theatre is located at 732 W.
Exchange Street, in Akron, next to the Akron Woman’s City Club, and at
the corner of W. Exchange and N. Portage Path. Reservations are recommended by
calling our box office at 330-434-7741.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.35pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>And join us for the rest
of our fantastic new season, which includes:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:6.75pt'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“You
Can’t Take It With You” -- Dec 3 - Dec 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:6.75pt'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Witness
for the Prosecution” -- Feb 5 - Feb 28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:6.75pt'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Doubt”
-- Mar 25 - Apr 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:6.75pt'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Leading
Ladies” -- May 13 - Jun 6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:6.75pt'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Visit us at <a
href="http://www.coachhousetheatre.com">www.coachhousetheatre.com</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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