<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:navy">For Immediate Release</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; ">For additional
information contact: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; ">Neil
Thackaberry (330) 374-7568</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">Akron</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">, Ohio
</span></strong></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial">Actors’ Summit Announces</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial">2011 – 2012 Season</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Actors’ Summit,
Akron’s Equity
professional theater, has announced its13^th season.<span>  </span>The season includes seven shows including
four musicals, a world premiere, a drama, and a classic comedy.<span>  </span>The season will open on October 6^th
and play through July 22nd, 2012, at Greystone Hall in downtown Akron.<span>  </span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">The season includes:<span>  </span><b>Woody
Guthrie’s American Song</b>, a Christmas musical <b>Winter Wonderettes</b>, the one man show <b>Bully</b>, the world premiere of <b>A
Girl’s Guide to Coffee </b>by Eric Coble, the classic trivial comedy for
serious people -- <b>The Importance of
Being Earnest</b>, the return of <b>I Love
You, You’re Perfect, Now Change which </b>had its regional premiere at Actors’
Summit in 2002, and a high energy 50’s road trip musical <b>Route 66</b>.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">For the first time, Actors’ Summit will be offering
Saturday matinees.<span>  </span>The second Saturday
of each play will have a 2:00 PM matinee performance.<span>  </span>Because this is a new day and time, tickets
for the Saturday matinees are discounted to the same price as the preview
performance.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">“Dinner and a Show” is
available for each production.<span>  </span>The
dinner is available before the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances on
opening weekend, and before the Friday and Saturday performances of the second
week of each play’s run.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial">The 13^th Season Line-up</span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial">Woody Guthrie’s
American Song<span>      </span></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Songs & writings by
Woody Guthrie. Conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">October 6 - 30<b><i></i></b></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Woody
Guthrie, the American troubadour, gave passionate voice to the nation during
the Great Depression.<span>  </span>Talented actor /
musicians sing Woody’s story from New York’s
skid row to the ravaged dustbowl of the Midwest, to the orchards of California. <span> </span>“So Long It’s Been Good to Know Ya,” “900
Miles,” “This Land Is Your Land,” plus 20 other songs (and Woody’s poetry)
fills the mind and touches the heart.<span> 
</span>Special school matinees available.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Winter Wonderettes</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">By
Roger Bean</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">November
23 - December 23<b><i></i></b></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">It’s
Christmas, 1968 and the Marvelous Wonderettes, Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and
Suzy, entertain at the holiday party for Harper’s Hardware, where Betty Jean
has worked since high school.<span>  </span>Santa
arrives late and brings bad news – the hardware store is closing.<span>  </span>The girls rescue the holiday with a concert
of pop Christmas favorites from “Frosty the Snowman” to “Rockin’ Round the
Christmas Tree.”<span>  </span>Perfect for the whole
family.<span>  </span>Corporate and family packages
available.</font></span></p>

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mso-font-kerning:14.0pt"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></p>

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color:black"> </span></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black">Bully</span></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;
color:black"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">By Jerome Alden</font></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">January
19 - February 5</font></span></p>

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color:black"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Military hero, cowboy, Secretary of the Navy,
Nobel Peace Prize winner, conservationist, trust buster, police commissioner,
Vice President, explorer, big game hunter, author, governor, President.<span>  </span>It could be a list of things a child might
want to be when they grow up.<span>  </span>It
actually is a list of a few of the things Teddy Roosevelt became in the course
of his 60 years.<span>  </span>One actor (Neil
Thackaberry) explores some of the lives Teddy lived.</font></span></p>

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color:black"> </span></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Arial">A Girl’s Guide to Coffee</span></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">By
Eric Coble</font></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">February
23 - March 11</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Eric
Coble, the award winning Cleveland based
playwright whose works have been performed all across the country, creates a
new play for Actors’ Summit.<span>  </span>Coffee, from the ubiquitous Starbucks, to the
neighborhood shop, has become a defining commodity of a generation.<span>  </span>Alex, a barista extraordinaire, whose
creations elevate the humble bean to hitherto unknown heights, carves a path
from college to whatever comes next.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The Importance of Being
Earnest</span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">By Oscar Wilde</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">March 29- April 22 (no
performances April 5 - 8)</font></span></p>

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bold"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">In
the 112 years since the premiere of this trivial comedy for serious people,
it’s generated more laughter than any other piece of dramatic literature.<span>  </span>Jack is Jack in town, but Earnest in the
country.<span>  </span>His ward, Cecily is deeply in
love with Earnest’s ne’re-do-well brother who doesn’t exist.<span>  </span>Lady Bracknell rules all and is certainly not
going to allow her daughter to “form an alliance with a handbag.”<span>  </span>Naturally everything works out perfectly and
everyone lives happily ever after.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:9.6pt;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial">I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now
Change </span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:9.6pt;background:white"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial">Book and lyrics by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiPietro" title="Joe DiPietro"><span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; ">Joe DiPietro</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial">.<span>  </span>Music by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Roberts_(composer)" title="Jimmy Roberts (composer)"><span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; ">Jimmy Roberts</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial">.</span></font></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:9.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">May 10 - June 3<b><i></i></b></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">This
year we mark the tenth anniversary of our first production of “Love, Perfect,
Change” which was the regional premiere of this laugh out loud, comedy about
the stages of love from dating through marriage and beyond.<span>  </span>“The Perfect Date Play,” said one
critic.<span>  </span>Great comic sketches are
punctuated by songs that range from high energy hysterics to touching
ballads.<span>  </span></font></span></p>

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color:black"> </span></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Route 66</span></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">By
Roger Bean</font></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">June
21 - July 22 (No performances July 5 - 8)</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">In <b><i>Route 66</i></b>, a quartet
of rowdy Chicago service station attendants
(when attendants still pumped gas) head west on a road-trip filled with music,
all the way to California.<span>  </span>The show features such hits as "King of
the Road", "Little Old Lady from Pasadena", "GTO" and even
"The Texaco Star Song" among others, to create an evening of laughter
and rip roaring road trip music.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Ticket Prices</font></span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Season subscription prices
range from $100 at preview and Saturday matinee performances to $175 for Friday
and Saturday performances.<span> 
</span>Good-Time-Any-Time Coupons are $260 for 10 admissions.<span>  </span>Individual ticket prices range from $19 at
preview performances and Saturday matinees to $30 for Friday and Saturday
evenings.<span>  </span>Individual tickets will go on
sale two weeks prior to the first performance of each show.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Tickets</font></span></strong><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white"><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">
Season Subscriptions & Good-Time-Any-Time Coupons</font></span></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> can be purchased by phone at (330) 374-7568.<span>  </span>To make dinner reservations call 330-374-8905.</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></b></font></p>


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normal">Actors’ Summit Theater can be found on the web at <a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br>Neil Thackaberry<br>Co-artistic Director<br>Actors' Summit, a professional theater<br>103 South High Street<br>6th Floor<br>Akron OH 44308<br>
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