<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.17063" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3>N E W S<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>R E L E A S
E<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; tab-stops: 333.0pt"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3>HEIGHTS YOUTH THEATRE TO OPEN 2010-2011 SEASON WITH THE MAGIC OF<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> <SPAN
style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Pippin</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>University Heights, OH –<SPAN
class=style31><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> Heights Youth Theatre (HYT), with
the generous support of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, the Eaton Charitable Fund
and the Ohio Arts Council is proud to announce its 2010-20111 season.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>HYT is opening its upcoming season
(October-November, 2010) with <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><STRONG>Pippin,</STRONG></I> directed by
Nathaniel Motta.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nathaniel
directed last season’s beloved classic <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Oliver!
</I><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
class=style31><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN class=style31><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Heights Youth Theatre is made up of youth, ages
6-18, from all over Greater Cleveland.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The Theatre produces three full length musicals each year, engaging
over 200 youth each season and entertaining thousands. New to our line-up this
season will be the non-musical production <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><STRONG>Our Town</STRONG></I> (December
2010) directed by Nathaniel Motta.</FONT> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>The season will continue with <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><STRONG>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat</STRONG> </I>(January-February, 2011)<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
</I></B>directed by Sean Szaller, director of HYT’s recent whimsical
production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Seussical</I>, and<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>culminate with <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><STRONG>The Wiz</STRONG></I>
(February-March, 2011), directed by Treva Offutt who engaged us with her
larger than life Haitian interpretation of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Once on This Island </I>last
season.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Says Pamela Fine, Executive Director, we
are so excited to have the opportunity to continue to engage our youth
performers and our audience members in many new theatrical endeavors and
experiences!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Heights Youth Theatre has been in
existence for over 55 years, initially being housed at Cain Park and then
relocating to Wiley Middle School, to a theater built to equity standards for
Heights Youth Theatre<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B>Many believe it to be the oldest
children’s theater company in the country.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 6pt 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Since 1954, Heights Youth Theatre (HYT)
has engaged children and youth in a comprehensive theater experience. The
experience at HYT goes beyond the development of musical, technical and acting
skills. Young people who participate in the program enjoy a safe, nurturing
environment and a cooperative learning experience as they work together to put
on a professional production. The youth involved in the program help in the
areas of costumes, set construction, stage crew, stage management and also are
musicians in the pit.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: 333.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">In October 2006, Heights Youth Theatre was
named in <I>Cleveland Magazine</I>'s "Best of Cleveland" issue for tops in
children's theater.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Several HYT
youth have gone on to study Musical Theater/Theater, scenic design and costume
design at universities such as Boston University, Carnegie Mellon, NYU Tisch
School, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Ithaca College
and Skidmore; some have attended summer programs at Interlochen Arts Academy,
Fairmount Performing Arts Camp, Stage Door Manor, Carnegie Mellon and
Northwestern and others have gone on to perform on Broadway in shows such as
the recent tony award winning <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hair,
Mama Mia, Spring Awakening</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wicked</I> and the <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">25<SUP>th</SUP> Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee.<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">For more information on auditions, tickets,
sponsorships and donations<B> </B>visit
<STRONG>www.heightsyouththeatre.org.</STRONG> Details on auditions for
<EM>Pippin,</EM> for children and teens in grades 1 through 12 will
appear on the website in August.</FONT> </FONT><A
href="http://www.heightsyouththeatre.org"></A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>