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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>COACH HOUSE THEATRE</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Box Office: 330-434-7741</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>732 W. Exchange Street</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Akron, OH 44302</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>coachhousetheatre.com</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Love to laugh? </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>See "Leading
Ladies" at Coach House Theatre May 13-June 6</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>($10 Preview Performance,
Thursday, May 13 only)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Akron's
Coach House Theatre will cap its successful 82nd season with the comedy <i>Leading
Ladies</i> May 13-June 6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>In
this hilarious show from the award-winning author of <i>Lend Me A Tenor</i> and
<i>Moon Over Buffalo</i>, a pair of down-on-their-luck Shakespearean actors
learn of a dying old lady who plans to leave her fortune to two long-lost
English nephews. They decide to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives,
but when they learn the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces, their plans
change as drastically as their clothing!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>In the crazy
cross-dressing tradition of<i> </i><i>Some Like it Hot</i> and Shakespeare's <i>Twelfth
Night, Leading Ladies </i>will have Coach House audiences rolling in the
aisles!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>There will be a
special $10 preview performance Thursday, May 13 only, at 8 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><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"'>LEADING LADIES</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande","serif"'><br>
</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>will
be onstage at Coach House Theatre </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>MAY 13 to JUNE 6, 2010.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><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:11.25pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Meg — <b>Margaret Morris</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Leo — <b>Scott Shriner</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Jack — <b>Jonathan Fletcher</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Audrey — <b>Holly Humes</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Florence — <b>Maureen E. Guerin
Johnson</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Butch — <b>Alex Nine</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Duncan — <b>Mark Stoffer</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Doc Myers — <b>Tom Stephan</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> The Director</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>One of our two
Artistic Directors, <b>Nancy Cates</b> directed Coach House’s season
opener this past fall, <i>Deathtrap, </i>and the theater’s critically
acclaimed production of<i> Doubt: a Parable </i>earlier this spring. In past
seasons 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Nancy
has directed two previous Ken Ludwig shows, which were both hits at Weathervane
Playhouse in recent years: <i>Lend Me A Tenor</i> (2006) and <i>Moon Over
Buffalo </i>(2008). She is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers
Society (SSDC).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Playwright</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-family:
"Times","serif"'>Ken Ludwig</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>
was born in York, Pennsylvania, where the majority of <i>Leading Ladies </i>takes
place. His first Broadway play, <i>Lend Me A Tenor </i>(1989), was nominated
for a Tony award, and <i>Crazy For You </i>(1992) won him a Tony for Best Book
of a Musical. Other credits include <i>Moon Over Buffalo</i>, <i>Twentieth
Century</i>, <i>Be My Baby, Shakespeare in Hollywood</i> and adaptations of <i>The
Three Musketeers</i> and <i>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</i>. Ludwig has also
earned an Olivier award, two Helen Hayes awards, the Edwin Forest Award, and an
honorary doctorate from York University. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.25pt'><i><span style='font-family:
"Times","serif"'>Leading Ladies</span></i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>
premiered at the Cleveland Playhouse in 2004, directed by Ludwig himself.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Show Information</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Leading Ladies</span></i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> will be presented May 13-June 6.
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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Tickets are $16. 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
may be made by calling our box office at 330-434-7741, or at
coachhousetheatre.com.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>And join Coach House for our just-announced
2010-11 season:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Gin Game </span></b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>by D.L. Coburn, Sept. 30 - Oct. 17</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Present Laughter </span></b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>by Noel Coward, Nov. 26 - Dec. 19</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Unexpected Guest </span></b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>by Agatha Christie, Jan. 27 - Feb. 20, 2011</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Lettice and Lovage </span></b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>by Peter Shaffer, March 24 - April 17, 2011</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Sleuth </span></b><span style='font-family:
"Times","serif"'>by Anthony Shaffer, May 12 - June 5, 2011</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:6.75pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Visit us at </span></b><a
href="http://www.coachhousetheatre.com/"><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></b></a><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>— END —</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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