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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>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
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>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span
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"'>WHO DUNNIT? </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"'>Find out in Coach House
Theatre's <i>The Unexpected Guest</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"'>Jan. 27-Feb. 20. 2011</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:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>$12 Preview Performance,
Thursday, Jan. 27 only</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:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Two Saturday matinees,
Feb. 5 and 19, 2:30 p.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Get
your tickets early for this winter’s murder-mystery thriller from
"Queen of Crime," Agatha Christie. <i>The Unexpected Guest</i> will
perform at Akron's Coach House Theatre Jan. from 27-Feb. 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>On
a foggy night, Michael Starkwedder enters the home of the Warwicks through a
window in the study. He finds the dead body of Richard Warwick, and finds Warwick's
wife, Laura, holding a gun that supposedly killed him. Despite the murder being
obvious, and overwhelming evidence pointing towards her guilt, Laura claims
innocence, and the two decide to place the blame on one of Richard’s many
enemies from the past.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Unexpected
Guest, </span></i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>directed by
acclaimed local actor Andrew Cruse, will be presented Jan. 27 to Feb.
20. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., with Sunday
matinees at 2:30 p.m. 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 Thursday, Jan. 27 only, at 8
p.m. There will be two extra Saturday matinees Feb. 5 and 19, at 2:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Christie's
murder mysteries at Coach House have become a hugely popular Akron tradition,
and our four-week run will likely sell out quickly. So reserve your seats now!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Tickets
are $18. The box office opens one hour before the show. Coach House Theatre is
located at 732 W. Exchange Street, in Akron, next to the Akron Woman’s
City Club, and at the corner of W. Exchange and N. Portage Path. Tickets may be
purchased 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"'>, or by calling our box office at
330-434-7741.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Cast</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Michael Starkwedder — <b>Scott
Shriner</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Laura Warwick — <b>Holly Humes</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Laura Warwick (alternate) — <b>Tess
Burgler</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> Mrs. Warwick — <b>Maureen
E. Guerin-Johnson</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> Richard
Warwick — <b>Jerry Mirman</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> Jan Warwick — <b>Benjamin
Fortin</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> Miss Bennett </span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>— </span><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Marci Paolucci</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>
Julian Farrar — <b>Mark Stoffer</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> Inspector
Thomas — <b>Robert Branch</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Sergeant Cadwallader — <b>Geoffrey
Darling</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Henry Angell — <b>Jim Fippin</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;
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:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> The Director</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Andrew Cruse</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> is a professional actor and director in
Cleveland. A native of Allentown, Pa., he has worked on stages large and small
in New York City and across the country, including Playwrights Horizons, The
Kennedy Center, North Shore Music Theatre, The Public Theatre of Maine, and The
Cape Playhouse, Dobama Theatre and Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland. He serves as
associate artistic director of Ohio Shakespeare Festival, and was the assistant
director for last season’s murder mystery at Coach House, <i>Witness for
the Prosecution. </i> He was seen on stage in last season’s <i>Deathtrap</i>
at Coach House, and in <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i> and <i>King Lear</i> last
summer at Ohio Shakespeare Festival, as well as <i>Humble Boy</i> at Dobama
this fall. Andrew earned a BFA in Theatre from Boston University, and an MFA
from Kent State. He has been a proud member of Actors' Equity since 1989.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-family:"Times LT Std","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>The Playwright<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Plays authored by <b>Dame</b> <b>Agatha
Christie </b>are longtime favorites of Coach House audiences. In the past
decade, the theater has staged sell-out productions of <i>Witness for the
Prosecution, The Mousetrap, Ten Little Indians, Murder on the Nile, A Murder is
Announced,</i> and <i>Appointment with Death.</i> Often referred to as the
"Queen of Crime," Christie is considered one of the most important
and innovative writers in the murder mystery/crime genre.</span><b><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-family:
"Times","serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>And join Coach House for the rest of our
exciting 2010-11 season:</span></b><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-family:"Times","serif"'>Lettice and Lovage </span></b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>by Peter Shaffer, March 24 - April 17, 2011</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Sleuth </span></b><span style='font-family:
"Times","serif"'>by Anthony Shaffer, May 12 - June 5, 2011</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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"'>!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span
style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </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:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> </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:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>— END —</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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