<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><div><div style="text-align: center;">First Grace United Church of Christ Presents <br>Heads Up Productions’<br>1,000 Hills<br></div><br> (September 22nd, 2010….For Immediate Release) First Grace United Church of Christ is hosting Heads Up Productions’ staged reading of 1,000 Hills, a new work written by Akron native India Burton. 1,000 Hills is directed by Heads Up Productions’ Artistic Director, Benjamin Rexroad. Performances will be held at First Grace, located at 350 S. Portage Path in Akron. Performance dates are Wednesday, October 20th, Thursday, October 21st, and Friday, October 22nd. All performances are at 8 pm. Tickets are $5 and available at the door or by calling 330.990.5138. (If you bring in a canned food item Heads Up will take
$1 off of your ticket price. Canned food items will be donated to the First Grace Food Pantry).<br> <br> 1,000 Hills was written by India Burton, who recently directed Heads Up Productions’ The Laramie Project and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, which was touted as “absolutely, by far, the best thing I have ever seen in my 10 years at UA,” by Dr. Boisseau of the University’s History Department.<br><br>Formulated around the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, 1,000 Hills follows three tourists who, while visiting Rwanda, become entangled in the midst of the ensuing chaos and mayhem. As tensions begin to rise, the tourists, who bond with the locals, have their morals and emotions put to the test<br><br>The ensemble includes: <br>TJ Jozsa from Stow, Ohio<br>Kim Woodworth from Aurora, Ohio<br>Nici Romo from Stow, Ohio<br>Caorl Eutsey from Akron, Ohio<br>Sarah Taylor from Cleveland, Ohio<br>Avery
McCullough from Akron, Ohio<br>Rosilyn Jentner from Akron, Ohio<br><br>Director: Benjamin Rexroad from Coventry, Ohio<br>Assistant Director: Heather Beyer from Tallmadge, Ohio<br>Assistant Director: Greg Grimes from Tallmadge, Ohio<br>Stage Manager: Nick Kannel from Akron, Ohio<br>Writer: India Burton from Akron, Ohio<br><br>Heads Up Productions is Akron’s newest and boldest theatre company, originating from the minds of university students. Our mission is to engage the Akron community in dialogues about diversity and social issues through dynamic live performances.<br><br>This is our fifth production. <br> <br>**End**<br><br></div>
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