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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">‘The
Sum of Us’<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Is
a tender examination of the ties that bind<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><EM>Comic
drama on the John L. Dietz Theater Stage January 14 – 30, 2010 - Seating
Limited</EM></SPAN></H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(Dec.
21, 2009 – Akron, Ohio – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – Weathervane Playhouse presents
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Sum of Us</I></B>, a comic drama by
David Stevens, live on the John L. Dietz Theater stage between January 14 – 30
,2010. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">The
production is <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">made possible by the Gay
Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation in memory of Paul
Daum.</I></SPAN></B> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
setting is Footscray, and industrial suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The play
introduces us to a gay man and his straight father who support and cajole each
other in a comic and tender examination of the ties that bind. Harry Mitchell is
a middle-aged widower searching for love – and so is his son, Jeff, a plumber
and amateur footballer. But can Jeff’s new boyfriend and Harry’s new girlfriend
accept this unusual father-and-son relationship? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Before
its off-Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The
Sum of Us</I></B> was produced at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and at A
Director’s Theatre in Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
New York production opened October 16, 1990, and ran for 335 performances before
closing on August 4, 1991. The play won the 1991 Outer Critics Circle Award for
Best Off-Broadway Play.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In
1994, playwright David Stevens adapted his play for an Australian film version,
which starred Russell Crowe as Jeff and Jack Thompson as Harry. The film was
nominated for six Australian Film Institute Awards (and it won one for best
adapted screenplay). When the film played the 1995 Cleveland International Film
Festival, festival audiences honored it with the Audience Choice Award for Best
Film. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About
the Playwright<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">David
Stevens was born in Palestine in 1940, raised in the Middle East and Africa, and
then began his career as a writer in England before moving to New Zealand and
then Australia. At present, he lives in California.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A
playwright, director, writer and producer, Stevens has worked extensively in
both film and television. For television, he directed the miniseries <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Town Like Alice</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Thousand Skies</I>. His screenwriting
credits for television include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Jackie,
Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Merlin</I> (for which he received an Emmy
nomination), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Thorn Birds: The Missing
Years</I> and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Alex Haley’s Queen</I>. He
also co-wrote the Oscar-nominated <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaker
Morant</I>, the 1980 film that depicts the trial of three Australian soldiers
tried by a British military court for the murder of 12 prisoners and a German
missionary during the Boer War in South Africa in 1901.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Cast
and their Roles<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">John
Q. Bruce</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">…Harry<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Dane
Lee</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">…Jeff<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Dane
Leasure</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">…Greg<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Margo
Parker</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">…Joyce<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Creative
Team</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ERIC
VAN BAARS</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(director) previously directed<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> <I>The Wiz</I></SPAN> for
Weathervane. As Assistant Artistic Director of Porthouse Theatre, he’s
directed <I>Pump Boys and Dinettes</I> and <I>Dames at Sea</I> and
choreographed <I>Forum,</I><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Once on the Island</SPAN></I> and <I>Big
River</I>. Eric choreographed for the Halle Theater (<I>Joseph</I> and
<I>A, My Name will Always be Alice</I>), St. Louis Repertory (<I>Into The
Woods</I>), Connecticut Rep (<I>Once On This Island</I>) and Cain Park (<I>Big
River, Fiddler on the Roof</I> and <I>The Sound of Music</I>)<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> </SPAN>and directed productions of <I>The
Melody Lingers On</I> for Berea Summer Theatre, and <I>Tintypes</I> and
<I>Grease</I> for Cain Park. At Kent State University, where he is a professor
in the School of Theatre and Dance, Eric’s directorial credits include <I>The
Diviners, Lysistrata, On The Verge, The Wild Party</I><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> </SPAN>and<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> <I>A New Br</I>ain</SPAN>.<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Dialect
Coach – Katherine Burke<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Stage
Manager – Lane Smerglia<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Assistant
Stage Manager – Mike Emerson (Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Costume
Designer – John S. Catlos<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Lighting
Co-Designers – Erin Katz Ford and Jerry Dorton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sound
Designer – David Ruggles<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Properties
Designer – Jonathon Hunter<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Scenic
Designer/Technical Director – Alan Scott Ferrall<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Assistant
Technical Director – Kathy Kohl (Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">Ticket and
Performance Information<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Sum of Us</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
plays on the Weathervane Playhouse Founders Theater stage between January 14 –
30, 2010, with performances Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8
p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. (The closing performance is on Sat., Jan.
30.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Tickets
are $18. For tickets, call the Weathervane Box Office at 330/836-2626 or connect
online to <A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">*
* *<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Weathervane
Playhouse and its dedicated volunteers offer vital performing arts resources for
the people of Northeastern Ohio. We create exciting and thought-provoking shows
with impressive production values. Through educational programs and volunteer
opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds, Weathervane serves the
theater community, our patrons and our volunteers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for all
Ohioans.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Additional
2009-2010 season sponsors:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">89.7
WSKU-FM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1590
WAKR<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company – Young Actor Series<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Margaret
J. Dietz – The Dietz Series</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of
Advancement<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>