<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Actors’ Summit, a professional theater.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes">103 S. High Street</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes">, Sixth Floor Akron, Ohio
44308</span></i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:EN-US;
mso-no-proof:yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">TEL: 330-374-7568</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:EN-US;
mso-no-proof:yes">EMAIL: </span></i><a href="mailto:info@actorssummit.org"><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes">info@actorssummit.org</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"></span></i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a><span> </span></font></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:EN-US;
mso-no-proof:yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">CONTACT: Neil Thackaberry, Artistic Director</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:EN-US;
mso-no-proof:yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:EN-US;
mso-no-proof:yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">October 17, 2011<span> </span><span> </span></font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Goudy Old Style'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:
yes">THE </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style"">“Take-your-parent-to-a-show!”</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""> </span></u><b><u><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes">PROJECT</span></u></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes">In August, 2010, Actors’ Summit,
a professional theater, </span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style"">moved
from Hudson, Ohio
to downtown Akron.<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style"">The
organization faced the challenge of expanding its audience in its new
home.<span> </span>Actors’ Summit </span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes">has developed an innovative
approach to increase attendance by students and families.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style"">Actors’ Summit recently received a
significant grant from The</span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"> Knight Foundation, for a project
called</span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style"">, <b>“Take-your-parent-to-a-show!”</b> </span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"><span> </span>This project </span><span style="font-family:
"Goudy Old Style"">enables and encourages students to bring their parents to
the theater, instead of the other way around.</span><span> </span><b><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style"">“Take-your-parent-to-a-show!”</span></b><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""> project allows any full-time student
(middle school, high school, or college) to buy his ticket for the regular
student rate of $9 and receive a <b>free
ticket</b> for his accompanying parent to the performance.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style"">In
addition to </span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes">seeking attendance by</span><span style="font-family:
"Goudy Old Style""> younger audiences, Actors’ Summit encourages local schools to </span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">attend performances as a school field trip and
include the show as part of their curriculum.</span><i><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; "><span> </span></span></i><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:
yes">Arts Integrated Instruction has become an area of interest over the past
decade.<span> </span>Schools across the country are
discovering the power of the arts when used as a catalyst for teaching across
the curriulum.<span> </span></span><i><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; "></span></i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style"">Actors’
Summit has
created and disseminated <b>free</b>
Teacher/Student Guides to local schools for the academically appropriate shows
in their season.<span> </span>Schools throughout Summit
County,
both public and parochial have been contacted. </span><span style="font-family:
"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">This project encourages
student attendance at regular public performances, however Actors’ Summit schedules school
day matinees, offered at the time of the school’s choosing.<span> </span>“We can’t offer as many school day
performances as we would like,” said Co-artistic Director Neil Thackaberry,
“because our professional actors still need to work their day jobs.”<span> </span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Schools taking
advantage of the school day performances can also take advantage of free pre
and post performance in-classroom presentations. “Our commitment is to making
history, literature, and theater memorable for the average student,” said
Thackaberry. “We try to bring professional theater experiences to students at
the lowest possible cost.”<span> </span>The classroom
support allows students to connect with the artists.<span> </span>The study guides support teachers in
achieving State of Ohio
standards in history, social studies, and the arts. <span> </span>The free pre and post performance discussions
with the artists can lock in the emotional and intellectual experience,
creating memories that foster achievement on standardized tests. Parents and students
experiencing live performances together create additional learning
opportunities and encourage family participation in the arts.<span> </span>Altogether, the project focuses on the social
and communal aspects of the arts experience and supports arts integrated
instruction.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">The shows that
Actors’ Summit
identifies as academically appropriate and may serve as a support to core
curricular objectives are:</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Woody Guthrie's American Song</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">October 6 – 30<span style="background:
white"></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Woody Guthrie, the American
troubadour, gave a passionate voice to the nation during the Great Depression.
Five talented actor/musicians sing Woody's story from New
York's skid row to the ravaged dustbowl to the orchards of California. "So
Long It's Been Good to Know Ya," "900 Miles," and "This
Land Is Your Land" and 20 other songs from the heart of the heartland will
fill your mind and touch your heart.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bully</span></b><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">January 19 – February 5<span style="background:white"></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Military hero, President, cowboy,
Secretary of the Navy, Nobel Peace Prize winner, conservationist, trust buster,
police commissioner, Vice-president, explorer, big game hunter, author,
governor. It could be a list of things a child might want to be when they grow
up. It actually is a list of some of the things that Teddy Roosevelt did become
in the course of his 60 years. One actor attempts to explore some of the roles
Teddy lived.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Importance of Being Earnest</span></b><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">March 29 – April 22<span style="background:white"></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In the 112 years since its
premiere this</span><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> <b>Trivial Comedy for
Serious People</b> <span style="background:white">play has probably
generated more laughter than any other piece of dramatic literature. Jack is
Jack in town, but Ernest in the country. His ward, Cecily is deeply in love
with Ernest's ne'er-do-well brother who doesn't exist. Lady Bracknel rules all
and is certainly not going to allow her daughter to "form an alliance with
a handbag." Naturally everything works out perfectly and everyone lives
happily ever after.</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Our season, in its entirety, and
more information about Actors’ Summit
can be viewed at:</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US"><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a></span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"></span></u></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style""><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">If you would
like more information about Actors’ Summit’s
<b>“Take-your-parent-to-a-show!”</b>
project and/or getting <b>FREE</b>
educational support for your classroom, please feel free to contact Neil
Thacakberry, Co-Artistic Director or Aubrey Caldwell, Education Project
Coordinator at </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">330-374-7568.</font></b></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><div style="display:inline"></div><br>