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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>COACH HOUSE THEATRE</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Box Office: 330-434-7741</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>732 W. Exchange Street</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Akron, OH 44302</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>coachhousetheatre.com</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Broadway veteran will
headline cast of <i>Present Laughter</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>at Coach House Theatre</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Nov. 26, Dec. 19, 2010</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Veteran stage,
screen and television actor <b>Daren Kelly</b>, who has appeared in several
Broadway hits and national touring productions, will headline the cast of Noel
Coward’s charming and clever comedy, <i>Present Laughter</i>, on stage at
Akron’s Coach House Theatre throughout the holiday season. Mr. Kelly comes
to Akron courtesy of Coach House’s Guest Actor grant, donated by the Ohio
Shakespeare Festival. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>In <i>Present
Laughter</i>, Mr. Kelly plays successful and self-obsessed matinee idol Garry
Essendine, who is preparing a world tour of his latest hit play. Amidst a
series of farcical events, Garry must try to resist the many beautiful women
who wish to seduce him, placate his estranged wife, business partners and
long-suffering secretary, cope with a crazed young playwright, and overcome his
fear of his own approaching mid-life crisis. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Mr. Kelly was last
seen in Akron as the Ghost of John Barrymore in Ohio Shakespeare Festival's
2008 production of <i>I Hate Hamlet</i> at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens. He
has been featured in four of Broadway's biggest hits: <i>Deathtrap, Woman of
the Year, Crazy for You</i>, and <i>South Pacific</i> (NYCO). He toured as
Julian in the National Revival of<i> 42nd Street</i>, and as Rev. Moore in <i>Footloose</i>.
For many years Daren played soap opera heartthrob Dan Kennicott on “All
My Children.” Other television credits include the entire “Law and
Order” franchise, as well as “True Blood,”
“M*A*S*H,” “Kate and Allie,” and “Tales from the
Darkside.” Daren has performed Shakespeare, Moliere, Dickens, Chekhov,
Shaw, Ibsen, Albee, Williams, Miller, Guare and Gurney in regional
theatres from Alaska to Florida, and from Maine to California, and he has
had the privilege to perform with Tony Award winners Al Pacino, Richard Kiley,
Lauren Bacall, Sada Thompson, Harriet Harris, John Wood, Susan Stroman, Mike
Ockrent, Karen Ziemba, Stacy Keach, Justino Diaz, John Cullum, Bob Moore and
Barbara BelGeddes. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Having just played
Macbeth for the Hip to Hip Theatre Co., Mr. Kelly is ecstatic to be reunited
with Coach House Artistic Director <b>Nancy Cates</b> for <i>Present Laughter</i>.
Mr. Kelly will be joined by a cast of area theatre veterans including <b>Dede
Klein, Maureen E. Guerin-Johnson, Jeremy Jenkins, Karen Wood, Amanda Davis,
Henry C. Bishop, Holly Humes, Scott Shriner, Vince Richards</b> and <b>Marci
Paolucci.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Present
Laughter</span></i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> will be presented
Nov. 26-Dec. 19. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8
p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m, and one added Saturday matinee, new
this season, on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 2:30pm. Dinner or brunch is available to
all theatre patrons prior to every performance, at the Akron Woman’s City
Club next door. There will be a special $12 preview performance on Friday, Nov.
26 at 8 pm, with official opening night on Sat., Nov. 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:6.75pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Visit us at </span></b><a
href="http://www.coachhousetheatre.com/"><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></b></a><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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