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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face=Arial> Preview
- Thursday. March 24 at 7:30 p.m.</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Arial>Opening - Friday,
March 25 at 8 p.m.</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Arial>Saturday, March 26 at
8 p.m.</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Arial>Sunday, March 27 at
2:30 p.m.</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></o:p></I> </H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Arial>Other
performances:</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Arial>Thursdays at 7:30
p.m.</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Arial>Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m.</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Arial>Sundays at 2:30
p.m.</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></o:p></I> </H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Arial>Project STAGE
performance: Wednesday, April 6 at 10 a.m. (for students and teachers) Special
ticket price $5.</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT size=5
face=Arial></FONT></o:p></I> </H4>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Weathervane
Playhouse to Stage<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">‘A
View from the Bridge,’ Arthur Miller’s<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Classic
Drama about Truth, Deception and Love<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><EM><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Sean
McConaha – Former Weathervane Staff Member</FONT></EM></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><EM><FONT size=4 face=Arial>and
Co-Founder of The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company – </FONT></EM></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><EM><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Returns
to Direct Weathervane Ensemble</FONT></EM></H1>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Weathervane
Playhouse’s 2010-2011 Founders Theater season continues with <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A
View from the Bridge</I> </B>– the<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
</I>powerful, affecting drama about deeply buried secrets of the heart – written
by American theater legend Arthur Miller. See it live on stage between March 24
and April 10, 2011.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Set
in the 1950s, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge</I></B> tells the
story of Eddie Carbone, a proud longshoreman who labors on the shipping docks in
the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Here, Eddie and his wife,
Beatrice, eke out a humble living in tough times. Together, they have raised
their young niece, Catherine, since her childhood – and they love her as dearly
as they would their own child.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">At
the center of the play stands the complicated relationship between Eddie and
Catherine. Still young but on the brink of womanhood, Catherine craves her
uncle’s approval even as she aspires to spread her fledgling wings and fly from
the safety and comfort of her home. Eddie, however, is an articulate man who
cannot begin to grasp the full extent of his deep love for his niece and foster
daughter. Like a tragic hero from the plays of the ancient Greeks, Eddie remains
blind to his faults as he grapples with the secrets locked inside his heart.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Trouble
ensues when the Carbone family agrees to house two illegal-immigrant cousins,
who have traveled to America from Italy. When one of the cousins falls in love
with Catherine and proposes marriage, Eddie erupts in a passionate, jealous rage
that he can neither control nor comprehend. Will Eddie betray his family and
report his illegal relatives to the government authorities?
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Against
the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View
from the Bridge </I>plays out<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>as a
modern-day Greek tragedy, illuminating master playwright Miller’s themes of
truth, deception and love. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Weathervane
Playhouse welcomes Sean McConaha the guest director of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge</I>. Now a freelance
director in Northeast Ohio, McConaha was the co-founding artistic director of
The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company, which performed in venues in both
Akron and Cleveland between 2005 and 2010. He was also served as a member of the
Weathervane Playhouse professional staff between 1998 and 2006 as its director
of education.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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>
<H3
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>The <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge
</I>Cast and their Ohio Hometowns<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; 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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Scott
Shriner </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Akron) … Eddie Carbone<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Alexandra
Tlapa </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Kent)… Catherine<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Marie
Smith </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Doylestown)<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>…
Beatrice<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Alex
Funk </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Akron )<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>…
Rodolpho<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Robert
Showalter </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Akron) … Marco<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jason
B. Maurer</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Akron) … Louis<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Vince
Richards</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Uniontown) … Alfieri<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mike
Groom</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Barberton) … Mike<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Daniel
P. Cotter</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Rocky River) …Immigration Officer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Barbie
Trotter</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Akron) … Mrs. Lipari<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">John
Cotter</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
(of Strongsville) … Mr. Lipari<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge</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: 6pt; 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"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Stage
Manager – Maryanne Arcuri Cotter</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> (of
Strongsville)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; 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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Costume
Designer – Jasen J. Smith</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; 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: 6pt; 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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sound
Designer – Michelle Adelina Conner</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; 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: 6pt; 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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Properties
Designer –</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<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: 6pt; 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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Lighting
Designer – David Ruggles </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(of
Cuyahoga Falls)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; 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=MsoBodyText><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Scenic
Designer/Technical Director – Alan Scott Ferrall</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> (of
Cuyahoga Falls)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Assistant
Technical Director – Kathy Kohl </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><FONT
size=3><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About the
Show’s Director</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">SEAN
McCONAHA</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
was the co-founding artistic director of The Bang and the Clatter Theatre
Company, which performed in venues in both Akron and Cleveland between 2005 and
2010. He was a member of the Weathervane Playhouse professional staff from 1998
to 2006 as the director of education. He holds a bachelor's degree in theater
performance and pre-law from West Virginia Wesleyan College and a Master of Arts
in Theater from The University of Akron. His previous Weathervane Playhouse
directorial credits include <EM>Romeo and Juliet</EM> (in 2000), <EM>The King of
the Kosher Grocers</EM> (in 2000), <EM>The Chosen</EM> (in 2002) <EM>A Lesson
Before Dying</EM> (in 2004), <EM>Angels in America: Millennium Approaches</EM>
(in 2005) and <EM>Angels in America: Perestroika</EM> (in
2006).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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=MsoBodyText><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About the
Playwright<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ARTHUR
MILLER</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
was born Oct. 17, 1915, in New York City. Until his death on Feb. 10, 2005, he
remained one of the most prominent playwrights, authors, essayists and
intellectuals in American letters. Frequently, Miller’s dramatic characters
wrestle with conflicts of power, and one of his over-arching themes is a
responsibility to the self versus a responsibility to society at large. Among
his many plays are <EM>All My Sons </EM><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal">(1947), </SPAN>Death of a Salesman </EM><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal">(1949)</SPAN></EM>, <EM>The Crucible </EM><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal">(1953)</SPAN></EM>, <EM>A View from the Bridge
</EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">(1955)</SPAN></EM>, <EM>After the Fall
</EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">(1964)</SPAN></EM>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Price</I> (1968) and <EM>Broken Glass
</EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">(1994)</SPAN></EM>. A winner of five
Tony Awards during his lifetime, he was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize for
Drama in 1949 for <EM>Death of a Salesman</EM> and in 1984 received the Kennedy
Center Honors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About the
Play’s History<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; 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=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">According to
several accounts, playwright Arthur Miller drew his inspiration for <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge</I> from the true
story of a story of a Brooklyn dockworker and union activist named Pete Panto
(1911 – 1939), a man who dared to expose and speak out against his corrupt union
bosses. Panto had worked the docks along Columbia Street in Brooklyn’s Red Hook
neighborhood (the very neighborhood in which Miller would eventually set his <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge</I>). As a
consequence of his activism, Panto was killed (presumably by the organized-crime
bosses he had vilified so openly). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In the late
1940s, as Miller researched the story of Panto’s life and the circumstances
surrounding his death, he learned about another man who belonged to the
International Longshoreman’s Association. This longshoreman had betrayed two of
his relatives, both of them brothers, by reporting their illegal status to U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services. In the story Miller heard, the dockworker
became angered when one of the brothers announced an intention to marry the
man’s niece. As a result of ratting out his relatives, the man drew scorn from
everyone in his tightly knit community, and he disappeared mysteriously. Rumors
flew that one of the brothers had killed him.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Inspired by
these real-life events along the Brooklyn shipping docks, Miller wrote a
screenplay that he titled <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Hook</I>.
In 1950, Miller and the theater and film director Elia Kazan (who had directed
the first production of Miller’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All My
Sons</I>), went out west to Hollywood to shop their screenplay to the movie
studios. The men struck a deal with Columbia Pictures, but studio chief Harry
Cohn insisted that he needed to show the script first to a union official and
the FBI. In his memoir, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Timebends: A
Life</I> (published in 1987), Miller recalled this meeting in
Hollywood:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoBodyTextIndent><FONT
face=Arial>“Cohn wanted some changes; if I agreed, the film would be doable, he
said. The main one was that the bad guys in the story, the union crooks and
their gangster protectors, should be Communists…Roy Brewer, the head of all the
Hollywood unions had been brought into the matter – by the FBI, presumably; he
had read the script and said flatly that it was all a lie, that he was a
personal friend of Joe Ryan, head of the International Longshoreman’s
Association, and that none of the practices I described took place on the piers.
Finally, he informed Cohn that if the film was made he would pull all the
projectionists across the country out on strike so that it could never be shown.
The FBI, moreover, regarded it as a very dangerous story that might cause big
trouble on the nation’s waterfronts at a time when the Korean War was demanding
an uninterrupted flow of men and material.’’</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Faced with
this complaint of writing an “un-American” screenplay – and against the backdrop
of the Communist-hunting efforts of the House Un-American Activities Committee –
Miller and Kazan split over whether to agree to such changes. Miller refused to
make any of the changes that Cohn wanted, and he withdrew the script.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In the
aftermath of Miller’s refusal, he and Kazan parted ways creatively. Whereas
Miller detested the politics of Hollywood, Kazan went in another direction
altogether. In fact, two years later, when Kazan was called before the House
Un-American Activities Committee, he testified that he had cut all of his ties
with the Communist party after a brief affiliation 15 years earlier. Moreover,
Kazan also “named names” of Communist party members and sympathizers. (Miller,
meanwhile, would not be summoned to testify before HUAC until 1956; he refused
to cooperate and name names, and consequently he was convicted of contempt of
Congress.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In the years
following his HUAC testimony, Kazan continued to find work, acclaim and full
acceptance in Hollywood: He revisited the setting of the Brooklyn shipping yards
as the director of the 1954 Academy Award winner for best picture, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">On the Waterfront</I>. Based on a series of
articles in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The New York Sun</I>, but
echoing the themes in the script that he and Miller had sold to Columbia
Pictures, Kazan’s celebrated film dealt with the subject of mob violence and
union corruption.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In
the aftermath of his split from Kazan, Miller encountered great critical acclaim
for his 1953 play, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Crucible</I>,
whose depiction of the Salem witch trials of the late 1600s symbolized the
modern-day “witch hunts” by the HUAC. Fresh off the success of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Crucible</I>, Miller shifted gears and
turned back to his screenplay for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The
Hoo</I>k, re-shaping it into a one-act play that he entitled <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the
Bridge</I>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Miller
conceived his play as a sort of modern-day Greek tragedy, and he wrote it
completely in verse (similar to a play written by the ancient Greeks or
Shakespeare). On Sept. 29, 1955, Miller's play opened at the Coronet Theatre on
Broadway in New York City. The play was part of a double bill; with <EM>A View
from the Bridge </EM>audiences also saw a second one-act play of Miller's
entitled <EM>A Memory of Two Mondays</EM>. Martin Ritt directed both one-act
plays. Van Heflin originated the role of Eddie Carbone, and Eileen Heckart
originated the role of Beatrice Carbone. This double bill played on Broadway for
a total of 149 performances, closing on Feb. 4, 1956.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In
1956, Miller dropped the play’s verse dialogue and changed it to prose,
re-shaping <EM>A View from the Bridge</EM> into a two-act drama (which is the
version that has emerged as the standard one produced since that time). The
first production of Miller's two-act version of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge</I> opened in London
in October 1956.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In
1962, Sidney Lumet directed a motion-picture adaptation of the play titled <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vu du pont</I>; produced with French and
Italian financing but filmed mostly in New York City, Raf Vollone played Eddie,
Maureen Stapleton played Beatrice and a young Carol Lawrence (Broadway's
original Maria in <EM>West Side Story</EM>) played
Catherine.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">After
the success of the London production, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A
View from the Bridge</I> returned to its city of origin, New York City. On Jan.
28, 1965, an off-Broadway production of the play opened at the Sheridan Square
Playhouse with Robert Duvall as Eddie Carbone, who won an Obie Award for his
performance. Under the direction of Ulu Grosbard, this production was also
assistant directed by a young man named Dustin Hoffman and ran for a total of
780 performances before closing on Dec. 11, 1966.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In
the years since, <EM>A View from the Bridge</EM> has been revived on Broadway a
number of times:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">•
A 1983 revival, directed by Arvin Brown, starred Tony Lo Bianco as Eddie.
Opening on Feb. 3, 1983, it ran for 149 performances before closing on June 12,
1983, and was nominated for two Tony Awards. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">•
In 1997, New York City's not-for-profit Roundabout Theatre Company transferred
its production to a commercial run in a Broadway house. With Anthony LaPaglia as
Eddie and Allison Janney as Beatrice, the production ran for 239 performances
before closing on Aug. 30, 1998. The play won the 1998 Tony Award for Best
Revival of a Play, and LaPaglia won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Actor Tony Danza eventually replaced LaPaglia as Eddie.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">•
In 2010, Liev Schreiber as Eddie and Scarlett Johansson as Catherine headlined a
limited-run revival at the Cort Theatre on Broadway, playing for 81 performances
before closing on April 4, 2010. The production was nominated for six Tony
Awards, and Johansson won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a
Play.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A
View from the Bridge</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
has also been adapted into an opera. With music by composer William Bolcom and a
libretto by Arthur Miller, the opera version of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge</I> received its
world premiere at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1999. Subsequent productions of the
opera were staged by the Metropolitan Opera in 2002 and the Washington National
Opera in 2007. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In February
2005, show-biz publication <EM>Variety</EM> reported that film director Barry
Levinson (<EM>Good Morning, Vietnam</EM> and <EM>Rain Men</EM>) would helm a
big-screen movie adaptation of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View
from the Bridge</I>. At the time, <EM>Variety</EM> reported that actors Anthony
LaPaglia, Scarlett Johansson and Frances McDormand were attached to the project.
Since then, plans have changed. <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Variety</I> reported in January 2011 that a
new director, Robert Connolly, has been hired by the film’s producer, actor
LaPaglia (who still intends to reprise his Tony Award-winning role as Eddie).
Also headlining the cast will be Vera Farmiga (<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Up in the Air</I>) as Beatrice and Mia
Wasikowska (Tim Burton’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Alice in
Wonderland</I>) as Catherine. Filming is scheduled to begin in June in Melbourne
(Australia) and New York City. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>Weathervane’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the
Bridge</I> Ticket and Performance Information<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; 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><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A
View from the Bridge </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">plays
on the Weathervane Playhouse Founders Theater stage between March 24 and April
10, 2011.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The low-cost
preview performance is Thursday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.; the official
opening-night performance is Friday, March 25 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Between
March 24 and April 10, 2011, 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. In addition, a 10
a.m. performance will be offered on Wednesday, April 6; discounted tickets for
school groups are available for this daytime performance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Tickets
for the March 24 preview performance only are $15 each. Tickets for performances
after Feb. 3 are $21 each. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; 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 $17.00 at all
performances after Feb. 3. Additional discounts for groups of 12 or larger are
also available.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A
View from the Bridge</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
is recommended for audiences ages 13 and older.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Weathervane Playhouse Box Office is open Mondays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and is also open
beginning one hour before each performance. For tickets, visit or call the
Weathervane Box Office at (330) 836-2626 during Box Office hours or connect
online to <A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; 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: 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; 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: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; 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; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">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></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
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></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Additional
2010-2011 season sponsors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">89.7
WSKU-FM<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; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company<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; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">OMNOVA
Solutions Foundation<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; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sisler
McFawn Foundation<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; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Akron
Community Foundation<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; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Kenneth
L. Calhoun Charitable Trust<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; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation</SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mary
S. and David C. Corbin Foundation</SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Arial></FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of Advancement<BR>Weathervane
Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>