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color=#800000>Weathervane Playhouse’s ‘Breaking the Code’ Examines the Enigmatic
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><EM><FONT color=#008080 size=5
face=Arial>Tony-winner Michael Rupert Directs Weathervane
Ensemble</FONT></EM></H1>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Weathervane
Playhouse’s 2010-2011 Founders Theater season continues with the intriguing
historical drama <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaking the Code</I> –
live on stage from Oct. 7 to 24, 2010. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Breaking
the Code</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
examines the incredible life and tragic downfall of British mathematician Alan
Turing, whose intricate code-breaking work during World Ward II played a major
role in enabling Allied forces to foresee German
maneuvers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Weathervane
Playhouse welcomes Tony Award-winning actor <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Michael Rupert</B> as the guest director of
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaking the Code</I>. Rupert is the
inaugural guest director in the Playhouse’s new <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Brennan Guest Director program</B>, which
is sponsored by Akron philanthropist <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Ann
Amer Brennan</B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Breaking
the Code</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
is a biographical drama about a man who broke many codes throughout his life.
The play’s focus is on Alan Turing, who was born in London, England in 1923. An
eccentric genius and cryptographer, Turing cracked the complex German “Enigma”
cipher (or “code”) during World War II. Turing’s covert operation for the
British government directly aided the Allied victory over the Axis
powers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">During
the war years, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at
Bletchley Park, which was Britain’s secret codebreaking agency. Since his work
was classified as top secret for years after the war, no one knew how much was
owed to him when he was put on trial for breaking another code – the code
against homosexuality, which was illegal at that time in
Britain.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Turing
was criminally charged with “gross indecency” and was sentenced in 1952 to
undergo estrogen hormone treatments. (Homosexuality was not decriminalized in
England until 1967.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">On
June 8, 1954, Turing’s cleaning woman discovered his lifeless body. An
investigation by British authorities determined Turing’s death to be a suicide
by cyanide poisoning, but many other people (including Turing’s mother) insisted
that his death was accidental. Following a popular Internet campaign to clear
Turing’s name, the then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered an official
public apology on behalf of the British government in September 2009 for
Turing’s treatment by authorities in the post-war years.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Playwright
Hugh Whitemore’s<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Breaking the Code</I> is
about Turing as a person, what happened to him, and the lasting impact of his
life.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Breaking
the Code</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
is sponsored by the Gay Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation
in memory of Paul A. Daum. The proceeds from a benefit performance (Thursday,
Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m.) will be shared among the following groups and
organizations: CANAPI (the merged organization formed between Community AIDS
Network and the Akron Pride Center), Violet’s Cupboard (an Akron agency serving
people with HIV and/or AIDS), PFLAG Akron (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and
Gays), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fusion</I> magazine (a Kent State
University student-produced publication addressing sexual-minority issues) and
Weathervane Playhouse (the producer of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaking the Code</I>).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H3
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaking the Code </I>Cast and their Ohio
Hometowns<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Richard
Worswick </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Bath Township) … Alan Turing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Robert
Branch </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Grafton)<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>… Mick
Ross<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Harriet
DeVeto </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Akron)<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>… Sara
Turing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Gabe
Riazi </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Akron)<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>…Ron
Miller<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Alex
Cikra</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Hartville) … Dilwyn Knox<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Tom
Stephan</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Stow) … John Smith<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jennifer
Klika</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Cuyahoga Falls) … Pat Green<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Nicholas
Varricchio</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Mentor) … Christopher Morcom and Nikos<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About
the Show’s Director</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">MICHAEL
RUPERT </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">–
a</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">three-time
Tony Award-nominee and Tony Award-winner (for Best Supporting Actor in Musical
for the 1986 revival of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sweet
Charity</I>) – is directing Weathervane Playhouse’s production of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaking the Code</I>. As an actor, his
Broadway credits include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Legally
Blonde</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ragtime</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Falsettos</I> (Tony nomination), <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">City of Angels</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Mail</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sweet Charity</I> (Tony Award, Drama Desk
Award), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Pippin</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Happy Time</I> (Tony nomination). His
off-Broadway performance credits include <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Elegies</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Putting It Together</I>. As a composer, his
works include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Mail</I> (L.A. Drama
Critics nomination) and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">3 Guys Naked from
the Waist Down</I> (Drama Desk nomination).</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaking the Code</I> Backstage Team and
their Ohio Hometowns<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Stage
Manager – Martha Kaltenbach</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Costume
Designer – Jasen J. Smith</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sound
Designer – Ian S. Haberman</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Sharon Center)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Properties
Co-Designers –</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Dane C.T. Leasure </B>and<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Jonathon Hunter</B> (of
Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face=Arial><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Scenic
Designer and Lighting Designer – Alan Scott Ferrall</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> (of Cuyahoga Falls)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face=Arial><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dialect Coach
– Catherine Burke</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> (of
Kent)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Assistant
Technical Director – Kathy Kohl </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About
the Show and its Creators<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U><FONT
face=Arial>About the Play’s Production History<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></H2>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Breaking
the Code</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
premiered in England on Sept. 15, 1986, at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (in the
Surrey County town of Guildford) under the direction of Clifford Williams. The
play then transferred to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London’s West End
theater district, where it opened Oct. 21, 1986. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">With
the same director, the play opened on Broadway Nov. 15, 1987, at the Neil Simon
Theatre, where it played for 169 performances before closing April 10, 1988.
Original London cast members Derek Jacobi (as Alan Turing) and Michael Gough (as
Dilwyn Knox) reprised their roles in New York.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The New York production received three
Tony Award nominations (Jacobi for Best Actor in Play, Gough for Best Featured
Best Actor in Play and Williams for Best Direction of a Play) and two Drama Desk
Award nominations (Jacobi for Outstanding Actor in a Play and Gough for
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Lead-actor
Jacobi repeated his critically acclaimed role of Alan Turing for a 1996 United
Kingdom film version of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaking the
Code</I>, which won a 1998 Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Drama. In
America, the film was broadcast on PBS-TV. (In a clever bit of casting, Nobel
Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter played the role of John Smith in the film
version.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H6><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><U>About
the Playwright<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></H6>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">HUGH
WHITEMORE</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
is an English playwright and screenwriter who was born in Tunbridge Wells in
1936 and was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. For television, he
won an Emmy Award and a Writers Guild of America Award for HBO's <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Gathering Storm</I>. His additional TV
credits include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">My House in Umbria</I>,
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Dance to the Music of Time</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Concealed Enemies</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Nixon: The Final Days</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rebecca</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Elizabeth R</I>. In addition to <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Breaking the Code</I>, his stage plays
include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Stevie</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Pack of Lies</I>, and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Letter of Resignation</I>. His screenplays
include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All Creatures Great and
Small</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Jane Eyre</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Utz</I>, and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">84 Charing Cross Road</I>. He is a two-time
recipient of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Ticket
and Performance Information<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Breaking
the Code</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
plays on the Weathervane Playhouse Founders Theater stage between Oct. 7 and 24,
2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
low-cost preview performance is Thursday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m.; the official
opening-night performance is Friday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Between
Oct. 7 and 24, 2010, performance days and times are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.,
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Tickets
for the Oct. 7 preview performance only are $15 each. Tickets for performances
after Oct. 7 are $21 each. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">$19
tickets for seniors and college students are available for Thursday and Sunday
performances. Tickets for children ages 17 or younger are $17 at all
performances after Oct. 7. Discounts for groups of 12 or larger are also
available.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Thursday, Oct. 21 performance (at 7:30 p.m.) is a benefit performance whose
proceeds will be shared among the following groups and organizations: CANAPI,
Violet’s Cupboard, PFLAG Akron, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fusion</I> magazine and Weathervane
Playhouse. Normal ticket prices apply for this
performance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Breaking
the Code </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">is
recommended for ages 13 and older. For tickets, call the Weathervane Box Office
at (330) 836-2626 or connect online to <A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><FONT
color=#800080>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">*
* *<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Weathervane
Playhouse and its dedicated volunteers offer vital performing arts resources for
the people of Northeastern Ohio. We create exciting and thought-provoking shows
with impressive production values. Through educational programs and volunteer
opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds, Weathervane serves the
theater community, our patrons and our volunteers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to
encourage economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for all
Ohioans.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>Additional 2010-2011 season sponsors<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></U></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>89.7 WSKU-FM<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>OMNOVA Solutions Foundation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>Sisler McFawn Foundation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>Akron Community Foundation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=2>Mary S. and David C. Corbin
Foundation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of
Advancement<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com"><FONT
size=2>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>