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<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b>Date: Monday, February 14, 2011</b></font></font></p>
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<h3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">From: School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration</font></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The University of Akron</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Contact: Brian Marshall</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Phone:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>(330) 972-7895</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Email: <a href="mailto:administration.arts@gmail.com">administration.arts@gmail.com</a></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">For Use: February14-26, 2011</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>(Akron, OH)— The University of Akron School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration invites you to be the first to see the Ohio premiere of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">SHOT! Requiem for a Bullet. </i></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">Recommended for mature audiences, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">SHOT!</i></b> was created from interviews with residents of North Philadelphia’s projects. Rapid-fire poetry, monologues and documentary footage create compelling insights into lives lived in relentless and random danger. </span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Written by Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon in collaboration with Eugene Martin and Douglas C. Wager, this amazing portrayal of real life situations was recently staged at the Kennedy Center and is being directed by UA Theatre Professor Susan Speers. A post-show discussion will happen after each performance lead by the author herself.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span>Performances will be held February 25 and 26, 2011 at 8pm at the intimate Stage Door at E.J. Thomas Hall. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students. A group discount is available in advance for 10 or more patrons. For reservations please contact the E. J. Thomas Ticket Office at (330) 972-7570.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"></span></font></font></p>