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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">For additional
information contact: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
<b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Neil
Thackaberry (330) 342-0800</span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Hudson</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">, Ohio</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><font size="6"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; color: red;">The Belle of Amherst</span></i></b></font></u><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"></span></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Actors’
Summit, Hudson’s
professional theater, presents a special bonus production of <i>The Belle of Amherst</i> for 4 performances
only May 20th through the 23rd.<span> </span>The show,
an intimate evening with Emily Dickinson, was written by William Luce.<span> </span>The play will be performed Thursday, Friday,
& Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 PM. The theater is
located in downtown Hudson.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This production is a bonus
for season subscribers who received free tickets with their subscription.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">About the Play</span></u></b></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">The
Belle of Amherst,</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> written and first performed by Julie Harris, is a
whimsical one-woman show based on the life of Emily Dickinson.<span> </span>The play gives a voice to one of America's
greatest and most enigmatic poets. Drawn from Emily's poetry and letters, <i>The Belle of Amherst</i> is a living
autobiography of a true nonconformist. The play gives Emily the chance, using a
stream of conscious flow of poetry and musings, to introduce herself to a new
generation of readers.<span> </span>From her recipe
for fruit cake to the process by which her poems were published, Emily shares
her personal life and her career as a woman of letters.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Cast</span></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Performing
Emily is <b>MaryJo Alexander</b>,
Co-artistic director of Actors’ Summit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Belle of Amherst</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> is the third time MaryJo has performed solo.<span> </span>She also performed as Fannie Kemble in <i>Shame the Devil</i>, and as Joan Didion in <i>The Year of Magical Thinking</i>. She holds
an MA from the University
of New Orleans where she
was a member of the Resident Acting Company. <span> </span>Locally, she has performed at Actors’ Summit, Ensemble Theatre, Porthouse, Cain Park,
and Stan Hywet Shakespeare.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Performance times:</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Performances will
be given Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM at
the theater, located at 86 Owen
Brown Street, Hudson, Ohio. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ticket Prices</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Regular performance t</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">ickets
are $29 on Fridays & Saturdays, $26 on Thursdays & Sundays, with
seniors receiving a $3 discount at regular Thursday and Sunday
performances.<span> </span>Additional discounts are
available to groups of ten or more.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">ALL full time
student tickets (with ID) are $7 at all performances. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Tickets can be
purchased by phone at (330) 342-0800 or from the website at <u><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org" target="_blank">www.actorssummit.org</a></u>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Web site</span></b><u><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br>
</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Actors’ Summit Theater
can be found on the web at <a href="http://www.actorssummit.org/" title="http://www.actorssummit.org/" target="_blank"><span>www.actorssummit.org</span></a>. Actors' Summit is a professional, not for profit,
501-c-3 professional arts organization.</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></p>
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