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lang=EN-CA>AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Call 330-836-2626<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>3 guys naked from the waist down<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Musical by Jerry Colker & Michael Rupert<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>The three guys are stand up comics. Wild and crazy and very hip,
their unique blend of intellectual and slap stick humor propels them from unpaid
neophyte performers to the Johnny Carson Show, instant stardom and their own
television show. Then, commercial success evaporates the
magic.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Audition Dates:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Sunday, May 1 by appointment from 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Monday, May 2 from 7
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Callbacks: Monday, May 9 at 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Rehearsals begin July 31<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Run Dates: Sept. 8 - 25, 2011<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>12 performances<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-CA>Thursdays, Sept. 8, 15, 22 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Fridays, Sept. 9,16, 23 <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Saturdays, Sept. 10, 17, 24 <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Sundays, Sept. 11, 18, 25 at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">PREPARATION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Please prepare 16
bars of TWO songs – 1 up tempo, 1 ballad – from<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">contemporary Broadway
musical repertoire (after 1965).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">NO RODGERS &
HAMMERSTEIN OR SONDHEIM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Please bring your
calendar with you to the auditions in order to declare any potential conflict
dates that you may have. Conflicts reported after casting may result in
re-casting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Casting Requirements: 3 Men 20s – 30s<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Director --
</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">MARC
MORITZ</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> is a
Northeast Ohio-based actor and director. He is presently enrolled in the MFA
graduate theater program at Kent State University, where he will appear as
Claudius in <I>Hamlet</I> (April 15 to 23, 2011). As a performer, his Broadway
credits include <I>Merrily We Roll Along</I> and his off-Broadway credits
include <I>A Child's Christmas in Wales</I> and <I>A Tale of Two Cities</I>.
Regionally, he has performed at such theaters as the Long Wharf Theatre (New
Haven, Connecticut), Cornell Theatre (Ithaca, New York), Two River Theatre
Company (Manasquan, New Jersey), New Harmony Theatre (Evansville, Indiana),
Illinois Theatre Center (Park Forest, Illinois) and the Raven Theatre (Chicago).
Local audiences have seen him on such stages as the now-defunct Carousel Dinner
Theatre (<I>Anything Goes</I>), the Cleveland Play House (<I>Animal Farm</I>),
Cain Park (<I>Into the Woods</I>) and the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland's
Halle Theatre (<I>Ragtime</I>). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Weathervane Playhouse
is committed to non-traditional</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> casting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Except in cases
where race, gender, age or disability is essential to the
play,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">all roles will be
cast on the basis of talent.</SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT
size=5><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>STARTING
SOON</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN></B> </P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Weathervane
Playhouse’s<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Laugh-Out-Loud
Comedy, ‘The Nerd,’<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tells
the Hilarious Story of a Strange Man Who Comes to Dinner – and then Won’t
Leave!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(April
19, 2011 – Akron, Ohio – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – Weathervane Playhouse’s
2010-2011 Founders Theater season continues with Larry Shue’s hilarious comedy,
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Nerd</I>, that poses a curious
question: What would you do if someone you’re supposed to admire shows up
suddenly at your birthday party and then refuses to leave? Learn the extremely
funny answer when <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Nerd</I> plays live
on stage between April 28 and May 15, 2011.<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><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Set
in Terre Haute, Indiana, in late 1981, <EM>The Nerd</EM> introduces us to the
hysterical dilemma of a young architect named Willum Cubbert. Willum – a
long-suffering yet straight-shooting man – was a soldier in Vietnam before
becoming a successful architect. <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><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>While serving in Vietnam, Willum was wounded seriously in battle and then
saved from death through the heroic actions of a mysterious stranger named Rick
Steadman. Ever since his daring wartime rescue, Willum has felt deeply indebted
to Rick – even though he never really got to meet his
rescuer.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Consequently,
Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment in Terre
Haute on the night of his 34th birthday party. However, Rick’s uncouth manner
and his inappropriate behavior threaten to throw the happy occasion into serious
shambles. <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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">It
turns out that Rick is a stupid "nerd" who overstays his welcome with a
ferocious vengeance.<STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">
Willum’s gratitude soon gives way to exasperation when Rick proves the old
saying that fish and houseguests begin to stink after three days? Under the
guidance of guest director Rohn Thomas, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Nerd</I> pays humorous homage to that
clever maxim – and the end result will be laughs a-plenty for Weathervane
audiences. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
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size=3><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Nerd </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Cast
and their Ohio Hometowns<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Dane
Castle </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(of
Richfield) … Willum Cubbert<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Michelle
Chahó </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(of
Cleveland)… Tansy McGinnis<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><FONT
size=3> </FONT></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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tom
Stephan </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(of
Stow)<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>… Axel
Hammond<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><FONT
size=3> </FONT></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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">John
Q. Bruce </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(of
Chagrin Falls)<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>… Warnock
Waldgrave<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Laura
Stitt Valendza </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(of
Cuyahoga Falls) … Clelia Waldgrave<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Cameron
Danielle Nelson</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
(of Olmsted Falls) … Thor Waldgrave<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">James
Lynch</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
(of Kent) … Rick Steadman<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Rachel
Gehlert</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
(of Kent) … Understudy for Tansy and Assistant to the
Director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
Nerd</SPAN></I></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Stage
Manager – Julia “J. J.” McAdams</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> (of
Cuyahoga Falls)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Costume
Designer – Barbie Trotter</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
(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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Sound
Designer – Lois Bennett</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
(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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Properties
Co-Designers –</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Jennifer Maxson Draher</B> (of North
Canton) and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Jessica Maxson</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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Lighting
Designer – Steve Lawson </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(of
Stow)<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT size=3><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></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Assistant
Technical Director – Kathy Kohl </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About
the Show’s Director</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">ROHN
THOMAS </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">is
an actor for stage and film, director and teacher. For Weathervane Playhouse, he
directed <EM>Perfect Wedding </EM><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal">(2009)</SPAN></EM>, <EM>The Lion in
Winter</EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"> (2007)</SPAN></EM>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Medea</I> (1996) <EM>Translations
</EM>(1995), <EM>Master Harold…and the boys</EM> (1993) and <EM>The Cocktail
Hour </EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal">(1990).</SPAN></EM> Elsewhere,
his directing credits include <EM>City of Angels</EM> and <EM>The Value of
Names</EM> at the Clevelan<A name=_Hlt290554674>d</A> Jewish Community Center's
Halle Theatre and <EM>The Odd Couple</EM>, <EM>How I Got that Story</EM> and
<EM>Painting Churches</EM> at the Beck Cen<A name=_Hlt290554688>t</A>er for the
Arts in Lakewood. Rohn also directed the Cleveland Municipal School District's
first All-City Musical, <EM>Little Shop of Horrors</EM>. As an actor, some of
his more recent stage roles include Mooney in <EM>Anything Goes</EM>, Mayor
Shinn in <EM>The Music Man</EM> and Smee in Matthew Earnest’s <EM>Peter Pan</EM>
(all at Porthouse Theatre), and Boss in <EM>Of Mice and Men</EM> at the
Cleveland Play House as well as at Buffalo’s Studio Arena Theatre. Some of his
favorite roles are Doc Gibbs in <EM>Our Town</EM>, Reverend Chasuble in <EM>The
Importance of Being Earnest</EM>, Nathan Detroit in <EM>Guys and Dolls</EM>, Mr.
MacAfee in <EM>Bye Bye Birdie</EM> and Sturdyvant in <EM>Ma Rainey's Black
Bottom</EM>. In Cleveland, he also created the role of Father Mark in <EM>Tony
n’ Tina’s Wedding</EM> at PlayhouseSquare’s Hanna Theater and played Topper in
<EM>A Christmas Carol</EM> at Great Lakes Theater Festival. His screen credits
include roles in <EM>Welcome to Collinwood</EM>, <EM>The Mothman
Prophesies</EM>, NBC-TV's <EM>The West Wing</EM>, <EM>The Shawshank
Redemption</EM>, <EM>Sudden Death</EM>, <EM>Telling Lies in America</EM> and
many others. He produces and directs short films for Kent State University,
where he teaches a course named Acting for the Camera.<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>About the Playwright<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">LARRY
SHUE</SPAN></STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"> (</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">born
July 23, 1946; died Sept. 23, 1985) was an American playwright and actor whose
two best-known works, <EM>The Nerd</EM> and <EM>The Foreigner</EM>, remain
popular staples in theaters across the globe. He was born in New Orleans,
Louisiana and grew up in Kansas and Chicago, Illinois. After his 1968 graduation
from Illinois Wesleyan University, he served a stint in the U.S. Army in
Vietnam. After returning from his tour of duty, he began a career as an actor
and settled in New York City. In the 1980s, he became a member of The Milwaukee
Rep’s Resident Acting Company, and here he found an artistic home to launch the
premieres of both <EM>The Nerd</EM> and <EM>The Foreigner</EM>. His promising
career was cut short in 1985 when he died at the age of 39 as a result of a
plane crash. Shue was aboard a commuter plane that crashed into Hall Mountain in
Virginia during its approach to a Shenandoah Valley airport (between Staunton
and Harrisonburg, Virginia). The plane crash killed Shue and the other 13 people
aboard. At the time of his death, <EM>The Foreigner</EM> was still enjoying a
healthy run off Broadway and Shue had been tapped to write a book for a musical
version of the TV sitcom <EM>The Honeymooners</EM>. He was also looking forward
to making his Broadway acting debut in <EM>The Mystery of Edwin
Drood</EM>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=2
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>About the Play’s History<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
Nerd</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
originated at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, which staged the play's premiere
production in April 1981. In this first production, playwright Larry Shue
originated the role of Willum Cubbert. The show then traveled "across the pond"
to Great Britain, where in April of 1982 it opened with a different cast at the
Royal Exchange Theatre Company in Manchester, England. Up next for <EM>The
Nerd</EM> was Broadway, where the show opened after 15 previews at the Helen
Hayes Theatre on March 22, 1987. The Broadway production was directed by
legendary actor/director/TV game-show panelist Charles Nelson Reilly and starred
Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker of<EM> Star Wars</EM> fame) as Willum. The New York
production ran for a total of 441 performances before closing on April 10, 1988.
In 1996, NBC-TV developed <EM>The Nerd</EM> into a weekly situation comedy and
placed it on its Saturday-night schedule, but it was cancelled quickly. The play
has never been adapted into a feature-length motion
picture.<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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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><FONT
size=3> </FONT></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; COLOR: red; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>Weathervane’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Nerd </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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
Nerd </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">plays
on the Weathervane Playhouse Founders Theater stage between April 28 and May 15,
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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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'"><FONT
size=3>The low-cost preview performance is Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m.; the
official opening-night performance is Friday, April 29 at 8
p.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>Between April 29 and May 15, 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.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tickets
for the April 28 preview performance only are $15 each. Tickets for performances
after April 28 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">$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 April 28. 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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>* * *<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><FONT size=3>Mary S. and David C. Corbin
Foundation</FONT></EM></H2></SPAN>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT
size=5><FONT color=#ff0000><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P></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>