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<p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ohio Shakespeare Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>507 E. Crain Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kent, OH 44240<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>330-673-8761 box office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="http://www.ohioshakespeare.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.ohioshakespeare.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Ohio Shakespeare Festival Prepares to Tame a Shrew<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ohio Shakespeare Festival,
performing for the ninth summer at beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron,
will present William Shakespeare’s merry comedy <i>The Taming of the
Shrew</i>, beginning July 8, and running until July 24.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Taming of the Shrew</span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> will feature favorite, long-time OSF Company members
Lara Knox and Andrew Cruse as Kate and Petruchio, Shakespeare’s most
popular feuding lovers. Lara and Andrew played Ophelia and Hamlet opposite one
another in the 2008 season, as well as husband and wife in <i>The Comedy of
Errors</i>. Directed by Artistic Director Terry Burgler, <i>Shrew</i> features
a rarely-performed set of opening scenes, in which an inebriated beggar named
Christophero Sly is expelled from a tavern, and falls asleep in the street. A
Lord and his retinue happen upon him, and decide for their evening’s
entertainment to dress him as a nobleman, and convince him he has forgotten his
life. The actual<i> Taming of the Shrew</i> is Shakespeare’s play within
a play, performed for the new nobleman’s enjoyment. Sly will be played
by new Company member Geoffrey Darling. Others in the cast include Timothy
Champion, Tess Burgler, Tom Stephan, Henry Bishop and Brian McNally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Taming of the Shrew</span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> will preview on July 8, with special $12 pricing for
all seats (festival seating.) Regular performances begin Friday, July 9 and
run through Saturday, July 24. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday nights at 8pm, with a Greenshow of songs, dances and skits performed by
the younger OSF Company members each evening at 7:30. Stan Hywet’s
grounds open at 6pm for picnicking in a wide variety of scenic locations, and
concessions are available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tickets are $30 for
reserved seating (the first 100 seats closest to the stage), or $25 for
festival (open) seating. Student tickets are $15, and further discounts on
adult tickets are available for OSF and Stan Hywet Members. Stan Hywet Hall
& Gardens is located at 714 N. Portage Path in Akron. Reservations may be
made any time through OSF’s web site at </span><a
href="http://www.ohioshakespeare.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.ohioshakespeare.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>, or by calling the box office at (330) 673-8761 daily
(except Mondays) between noon and 5pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>-- End --<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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