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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Last Two
Days to See:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:22.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Berea</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font
size=6><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Grindstone Players</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Present<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:bold'>“Wash
the Spider Out”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Written
and Directed by Tim Peebles<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Wash the Spider Out</span></font></i>,
a drama written and directed by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berea</st1:City></st1:place>
playwright Tim Peebles.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Showtimes are 8:00 pm May 7 and 8 at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">23114 West Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, on
the border of <st1:City w:st="on">Berea</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Olmsted</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
Admission is $10.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Wash the Spider Out</span></font></i>
was first performed off-Broadway in 1995, produced with the aid of the Bertolt
Brecht Estate and directed by Obie award winner William Hunt. <o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It deals with the adult children of an abusive family as they seek
peace and meaning to their lives. Rachel Baker, recently fired from her college
professor job, and haunted by the death on her twin brother, returns to the
family home to visit her younger brother Tom, a Broadway actor, from whom she
has been estranged for years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Before they have the chance to bond, Mother descends upon them and they
spent the weekend examining their lives and broken dreams as they search for
something meaningful to hold on to.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The somber, but uplifting drama captures much of the angst of
today’s generation of young adults caught up in a life filled with
materialism and loneliness. It also offers hope and reason in a world that
often seems to be spinning out of control.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The cast includes Roberta Barnes who positively inhabits the role of
Rachel like her own skin. Every gesture, each flick of the eyebrow means
something. Kristen Levy takes a supporting role and makes it an equal partner
to everyone else on stage. Cheryl McConnell is brilliant as the abusive mother
lost in a dark maze of her own creating. Kevin Vaughan is absolutely superb,
miles above the “standard” community theater performance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face=ArialMS><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:ArialMS'>Tim Peebles is a member of the New
York Dramatists Guild and has written television</span></font><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'> </span></font><font
face=ArialMS><span style='font-family:ArialMS'>scripts for Mark Lender
Productions. He has written two other plays that have been performed</span></font><font
face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:Helvetica'> </span></font><font
face=ArialMS><span style='font-family:ArialMS'>by community theaters and is
currently working on a novel.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For reservations call 440-954-4195. Tickets are also on sale at
Naturally Gifts, 2 Berea Commons. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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