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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The Ohio Community Theatre Association (OCTA) is proud to present its annual </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>NorthEast Regional Theatre Festival Competition, to be held June 19-20 at the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place>Trumbull</st1:place></st1:City> </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>New Theatre (TNT). TNT is located at <st1:Street><st1:address>5883 Youngstown-Warren Road</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place><st1:City>Niles</st1:City>, <st1:State>OH</st1:State></st1:place>. </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>This year’s theme is a trip back to the 70’s: “Peace, Love and Theatre!” Tickets for </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>patrons are $12 for a two-day pass.</FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The NorthEast region of OCTA has 25 community theatre members and this </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>year’s Festival will feature six of its theatres excerpting play from this past season. The </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>theatres presenting excerpts are:</FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>n</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Aurora Community Theatre (<st1:City><st1:place>Aurora</st1:place></st1:City>): <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Foreigner</I></FONT></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>OCTA Festival, to be held Labor Day weekend in <st1:place><st1:City>Perrysburg</st1:City>, <st1:State>OH</st1:State></st1:place>.</FONT></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>In addition to the day of great theatre, it’s an opportunity to talk and network with </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>community theatres throughout <st1:place>Northeast Ohio</st1:place>. This is a wonderful chance to see and </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>learn about the productions your local community theatre has in store for its upcoming </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>To learn more about the regional festival, visit OCTA’s website </FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>(ohiocommunitytheatre.org) , or contact any of the following NorthEast Reps:</FONT></div>
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