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<DIV><FONT size=5><FONT color=#800000 size=2><STRONG>NEWS RELEASE
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><STRONG>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe (330)
836-2626</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><A href="http://www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com"><FONT
size=2><STRONG>www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=5><STRONG>Weathervane
Playhouse</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=2>1301 Weathervane Lane *
</FONT><FONT size=2>Akron, Ohio 44313</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT
color=#ff0000>NEW!!</FONT> Shakespeare Performance Intensive</STRONG> is a
summer workshop designed as a <STRONG>crash course </STRONG>in Shakespearean
language and performance. Students will learn how to approach Shakespeare's text
as well as fundamentals of acting Shakespearean plays, specific memorization
techniques and characterization methods. Specific skills include: Acting with
iambic pentameter and scansion, using operative words and level of commitment -
both physical and linguistic. Collaboratively, students will create a
performance for the final day of class. <STRONG>Karen Sabo</STRONG>
has studied Shakespeare at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco,
and at Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts. She has played numerous roles
in Shakespeare productions, and directed her own adaptation of The Tempest for
the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre in Tennessee. She has taught Shakespearean
acting techniques to private students and as part of traditional acting classes
for many years. Karen is currently teaching at Baldwin-Wallace
College.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=4>Shakespeare Performance
Intensive</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM><FONT size=3>Prerequisite: Previous class or performance
experience required.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>13 to 18 years old </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>July 12 - 23</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Mondays - Fridays</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Instructor: Karen Sabo, AEA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Tuition $300</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM><FONT size=3>Please pack a
lunch!</FONT></EM></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=5>Additional Summer Camps
2010</FONT></STRONG></DIV></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=3><STRONG>Musical
Theater</STRONG> is a summer session custom designed to meet the needs of
individual students.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080 size=3>The class will build skills in
voice, dance, and audition technique. Each student can work at his or her own
pace.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>Musical Theater, Act
One</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Ages 5 to 9</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>July 19 - 30</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Mondays - Fridays</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Instructor: Sarah Bailey, M.M.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Tuition $220</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM><FONT size=3>Please pack a snack!</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080 size=3>The <STRONG>Broadway Dance
Camp</STRONG> is a summer session custom designed to meet the needs of beginning
and intermediate students.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080 size=3>Theater training in movement for
the stage, dance steps and combinations, acting & audition techniques allows
each student to advance at his or her own pace.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080 size=3>Collaboratively, students create a
performance for the final day of class.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>Broadway Dance Camp, Act
One</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Ages 7 to 16</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>July 5 - July 9</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Monday - Friday</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Instructor: Karen Sabo</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Tuition $160</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM><FONT size=3>Please pack a lunch!</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3><STRONG>Broadway Dance Camp, Act
Two</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Ages 7 to 16</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>July 26 ~ 30</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Monday - Friday</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>10:00 a.m. ~ 1:00 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Instructor: Kristen Benner</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Tuition $160</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM><FONT size=3>Please pack a
lunch!</FONT></EM></DIV></FONT><FONT size=5></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><EM></EM> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080><STRONG>New Kids on the Block</STRONG> is
a summer session for 3 to 5 year olds.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080>Students use their creativity to explore
theater arts through games, storytelling and creative drama.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG>New Kids on the Block: Puppets &
Plays</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center>Ages 3 to 5</DIV>
<DIV align=center>July 5 - 9</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Monday - Friday</DIV>
<DIV align=center>10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Instructor: Kristin Benner</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Tuition $110</DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM>Please pack a snack!</EM></DIV>
<DIV align=center> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080><STRONG>Kids Take the Stage</STRONG>
Summer Camps engage students in acting, improvisation, staging, auditioning and
technical theater.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080>The class uses theater games to teach the
fundamentals, and focuses on collaboratively creating a performance for the
class day.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Kids Take the Stage! Act Two</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center>8 to 10 years old </DIV>
<DIV align=center>July 5 - July 16</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Mondays - Fridays</DIV>
<DIV align=center>10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Instructor: Rachel Galambos</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Tuition $260</DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM>Please pack a lunch!</EM></DIV>
<DIV align=center> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Kids Take the Stage! Act Three</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center>10 to 12 years old</DIV>
<DIV align=center>July 19 - 30</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Mondays - Fridays</DIV>
<DIV align=center>10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Instructor: Rachel Galambos</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Tuition $260</DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM>Please pack a lunch!</EM></DIV></DIV>
<DIV align=center> </DIV>
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<DIV align=center><EM></EM></DIV><FONT color=#000080><STRONG>Vocal Music
Technique</STRONG> covers the fundamentals of vocal technique, and is suitable
for beginners to intermediate singers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080>Specific topics include posture, breathing
and support, eliminating muscular tension, resonance, and diction.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080>Each student will apply these techniques
through work on 2 vocal pieces, a musical theater number and a classical
piece.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080>Time is allotted for group exercises and
voluntary solo singing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Vocal Music Technique, Session I</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center>Ages 10 to 14<BR>July 12 - July 16</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Monday - Friday</DIV>
<DIV align=center>10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon</DIV>
<DIV align=center>
<DIV align=center>Instructor: Sarah Bailey, M.M.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Tuition $110<BR><EM>Please bring bottled water & a snack!</EM></DIV>
<DIV align=center> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG>Vocal Music Technique, Session II</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center>Ages 14 to 18</DIV>
<DIV align=center>July 12 - July 16</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Monday - Friday</DIV>
<DIV align=center>1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=center>
<DIV align=center>Instructor: Sarah Bailey, M.M.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Tuition $110<BR><EM>Please bring bottled water & a snack!</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080><STRONG>Summer Stock</STRONG> is a workshop designed
for students who have already had some theatrical experience.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080>Students will produce and design a full
production to be performed on our mainstage.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080>The title of this piece is TBA – check our
website for more information.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000080>The final performances will be held on
August 6 & 7 at 7:00 p.m. Space is limited!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Summer Stock 2010</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><EM>It's All in the Timing</EM> by David
Ives</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center>Ages 13 to 18</DIV>
<DIV align=center>July 26 to August 7</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Mondays - Fridays</DIV>
<DIV align=center>10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Directed by Robert Putka</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Technical Direction by Charles Korecki</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Tuition $325</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><EM>Please pack a lunch!</EM></DIV></DIV>
<DIV align=center>Performances: Friday, August 6th and Saturday, August
7th</DIV>
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