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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><STRONG>For Immediate Release<BR></STRONG>July 25,
2011<BR></FONT><FONT size=2><BR><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT size=5>Great
Lakes Theater Honors 50 Stars to <BR>Commemorate 50th Anniversary
Season</FONT></STRONG><BR><BR><FONT size=3><STRONG><EM>The list of Fifty Stars
is comprised of individuals whose <BR>contributions have shone the brightest in
the company’s history.</EM></STRONG></FONT><BR><BR>CLEVELAND, OH – In honor of
its fiftieth anniversary season in 2011-12, <STRONG>Great Lakes Theater (GLT),
Cleveland’s professional classic company, will honor “Fifty Stars” - individuals
and organizations whose contributions to the theater have shone the brightest
over the company’s five-decade history.</STRONG> The list of honorees was
developed through an extensive nomination process and finalized by a panel of
community leaders, GLT trustees and key staff members.<BR><BR><STRONG>To
commemorate the contributions of its “Fifty Stars,” the company will feature the
name of each honoree on the marquee of its Hanna Theatre home for a full
week</STRONG> beginning in July and continuing throughout its fiftieth
anniversary season. Completing the fifty-two week calendar, the names of William
Shakespeare and Charles Dickens have also been included to recognize the
significant role that their literary work has played in Great Lakes Theater
programming over the past fifty years. In addition to marquee placement, the
honorees will be recognized in a narrative component published in all GLT
2011-12 playbills, on a special banner in the Hanna Theatre lobby throughout the
season and, finally, at the Great Lakes Theater’s fiftieth anniversary gala
on<BR>January 7, 2012.<BR><BR><STRONG>“Over the past fifty years, tens of
thousands of individuals have contributed to the success and longevity of Great
Lakes Theater,”</STRONG> said GLT Producing Artistic Director, <STRONG>Charles
Fee</STRONG>. “The process of developing the extraordinary list of individuals
that we are honoring this season was both rewarding and humbling. Every one of
the Stars on our list represents at least another fifty people out there that
also deserve our gratitude. On this occasion, we are proud to thank all of the
individuals that have given generously of their time, shared their talent,
provided support or bought a ticket to a Great Lakes Theater performance over
the past five decades. We’re extremely grateful and we look forward to the next
exciting fifty years!”<BR><BR><STRONG>#
# #</STRONG><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><BR><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>For More Information</STRONG><BR>Todd Krispinsky<BR>Marketing
and Public Relations Director<BR>(216) 241-5490 x317<BR></FONT><A
href="blocked::mailto:tkrispinsky@greatlakestheater.org"><FONT
face=Arial>tkrispinsky@greatlakestheater.org</FONT></A><BR><BR><BR><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=5><STRONG>Great Lakes Theater’s 50
STARS</STRONG></FONT><BR><STRONG><EM>(Listed alphabetically; Supplemented with
William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens)</EM></STRONG><BR><BR>Robyn Barrie,
<EM>Trustee</EM><BR>Mary Bill, <EM>Managing Director</EM><BR>Marilyn E.
Brentlinger, <EM>Trustee</EM><BR>John Buck, Jr., <EM>Actor</EM><BR>James Bundy,
<EM>Artistic Director</EM><BR>Victoria Bussert, <EM>Director</EM><BR>Lawrence
Carra, <EM>Artistic Director</EM><BR>The Cleveland Foundation, <EM>Foundation
Supporter</EM><BR>John Collinson, <EM>Trustee</EM><BR>Mark Cytron, <EM>Technical
Director</EM><BR>Anne DesRosiers, </FONT><FONT face=Arial><EM>Managing
Director<BR></EM>Charles Dickens, </FONT><FONT
face=Arial><EM>Author<BR></EM>Vincent Dowling, <EM>Artistic
Director</EM><BR>Carl Dryer, <EM>Trustee</EM><BR>Eaton Corporation,
<EM>Corporate Supporter</EM><BR>Natalie Epstein, <EM>Trustee</EM><BR>John Ezell,
<EM>Scenic Designer</EM><BR>Art Falco, <EM>President and CEO,
PlayhouseSquare</EM><BR>Charles Fee, <EM>Artistic Director</EM><BR>Christopher
Flinchum, <EM>Production Manager</EM><BR>Gerald Freedman, <EM>Artistic
Director</EM><BR>The George Gund Foundation, <EM>Foundation
Supporter</EM><BR>The GLTF Audience, <EM>Five Decades of GLTF
Patrons</EM><BR>Daniel Hahn, <EM>Education Director</EM><BR>Tom Hanks, <EM>Actor
& Supporter</EM><BR>John E. Katzenmeyer, <EM>Trustee</EM><BR>Todd S.
Krispinsky, <EM>Marketing and Public Relations Director</EM><BR>William Leach,
</FONT><FONT face=Arial><EM>Actor<BR></EM>Arthur Lithgow, <EM>Artistic
Director</EM><BR>Margaret Lynch,
<EM>Dramaturg/Playwright/Historian</EM><BR>William E. MacDonald III,
<EM>Trustee</EM><BR>The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, <EM>Foundation
Supporter</EM><BR>Ellen Stirn Mavec, <EM>Trustee</EM><BR>Andrew May,
<EM>Actor</EM><BR>Lindsay Morgenthaler, <EM>Trustee</EM><BR>National City,
<EM>Corporate Supporter</EM><BR>Janet E. and Robert D. Neary,
<EM>Trustees</EM><BR>Georgia Nielsen, <EM>Women’s Committee
Founder</EM><BR>Parker Hannifin, <EM>Corporate Supporter</EM><BR>Michael J.
Peterman, <EM>Trustee</EM><BR>Timothy K. Pistell, </FONT><FONT
face=Arial><EM>Trustee<BR></EM>David P. Porter, </FONT><FONT
face=Arial><EM>Trustee<BR></EM>Georgianna T. and James O. Roberts,
<EM>Trustees</EM><BR>Bill Rudman, <EM>Director of Educational
Programming</EM><BR>John D. Schubert, </FONT><FONT
face=Arial><EM>Trustee<BR></EM>William Shakespeare,
<EM>Playwright</EM><BR>Heather Sherwin, <EM>Development Director</EM><BR>Laura
& Alvin Siegal, <EM>Trustee & Supporter</EM><BR>Thomas G. Stafford,
</FONT><FONT face=Arial><EM>Trustee<BR></EM>Bob Taylor, <EM>Executive
Director</EM><BR>Dorothy Teare, <EM>Founder</EM><BR>Audrey S. Watts,
<EM>Trustee</EM></FONT></P></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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