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color=#008000>‘Three Tall Women’<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<H6 align=center><FONT color=#008000 size=5 face=Arial>Explores the Three Ages
of Womanhood</FONT></H6>
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<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>Drama by
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Edward Albee to be
Staged<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></H1>
<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT size=3 face=Arial>in Weathervane’s
Intimate John L. Dietz Theater</FONT></I></H1>
<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'">From
the celebrated playwright who created the landmark drama <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</I>, Edward
Albee’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall Women</I> is a<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>play that explores the complicated gap
between age and experience.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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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'">Three
Tall Women</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
is presented live on stage in Weathervane Playhouse’s intimate Dietz Theater
from Oct. 27 to Nov. 12, 2011. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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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><FONT face=Arial>In <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall Women</I>, three women – one a
90-something-year-old, one a 52-year-old one a 26-year-old – navigate the
emotional terrain of a life mixed with pleasure, satisfaction, shame and regret.
</FONT></P>
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></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
play’s three main female characters are nameless. Instead, the playwright
identifies the women only by the letters A, B and C. Thematically, each woman
comes to represent the three distinct life stages of womanhood (and humanity as
a whole): youth, middle age and maturity.<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”
is an elderly woman who knows that the end of her life is approaching quickly.
“B” is A’s 52-year-old caretaker, a slightly sarcastic yet caring woman. “C” is
a boldly self-confident 26-year-old who has come from A’s attorney’s office to
discuss the elder woman’s finances.<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'">Three
Tall Women</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
is directed by Bill Morgan.<EM><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"> The production
is sponsored by Margaret J. Dietz.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#008000>Ticket and Performance
Information<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H3></DIV>
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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'">Three
Tall Women<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">plays
in Weathervane Playhouse’s John L. Dietz Theater between Oct. 27 and Nov. 12,
2011. (The Dietz Theater is Weathervane Playhouse’s intimate, 50-seat “second
stage” within its Weathervane Lane facility.)<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
preview performance is Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m.; the official
opening-night performance is Friday, Oct. 28 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=MsoBodyText><FONT face=Arial>Between Oct.
27 and Nov. 12, 2011, performance days and times are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.;
Fridays and Saturdays at both 2:30 and 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 2:30
p.m.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><FONT face=Arial>Tickets for
all performances of the play are $18 each. The 50-seat Dietz Theater features
general-admission seating only.</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=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Due
to language and themes,<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Three Tall
Women</I> is recommended for ages 13 and older. For tickets, call the
Weathervane Box Office at (330) 836-2626 or connect online to <A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><FONT
color=#800080>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></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>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#008000>The <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall
Women</I> Cast and their Ohio
Residences<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H3></DIV>
<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"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">MARCI
PAOLUCCI</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> of Cuyahoga
Falls plays the role of “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" 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'">LORENA
GOOLD</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
of Stow plays the role of “B”<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'">HANNAH
STORCH</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 plays the role of “C”<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'">CONNOR
REESE</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
of Massillon plays the role of The Boy<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>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#008000>The <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall
Women</I> Creative Team<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H3></DIV>
<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'">CARLINA
CROSTON</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 serves as stage manager.<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'">ERIN
KATZ FORD</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 and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JASON BRYAN
MAURER</B> of Akron serve as the Lighting Co-Designers.<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"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">TODD
DIERINGER</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> of
Wadsworth serves as the Scenic and Properties Designer.<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"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">JASEN
SMITH</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> of Akron
serves as the Costume Designer.<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'">ALAN
SCOTT FERRALL</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 serves as the Technical Director.<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>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#008000>About the Play’s
Director<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H3></DIV>
<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; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">William
Morgan</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">is the Artistic Manager for CHSC (The
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center) where he controls the day to day activities
of SignStage, a deaf awareness program within the Community Center for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing department.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In
addition to directing for many local community theatres, </SPAN>Bill is a
specialist at adapting mainstream children’s stories into “Deaf Theatre” plays
that highlight deaf characters and cultural conflicts.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bill also has several years experience
at writing, producing and implementing school residencies that integrate theatre
arts programming with American Sign Language into the State of Ohio Standards
for the Arts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bill co-wrote and
produced D.E.A.F. (Dedicated to the Elimination of Assumptions and Fallacies) a
fun, interactive educational school assembly program that focuses on deaf
awareness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He has more than 30
years experience at producing theatre ranging from simple one-acts to huge
outdoor productions with more than 300 actors complete with live horses in Civil
War reenactments that include gun and cannon fire.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You may have seen him acting in a PBS
mini series titled <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">KC and The Kidd</I>
where he played the lead role of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The
Kidd.</I><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bill has been the
Co-owner/Producer of Sign Stage on Tour (SSonT) for 12 years<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SSonT is a professional children’s
theatre company that produces deaf theatre productions and tours
nationally.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For SSonT, Bill has
produced many of Roald Dahl’s plays including <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Matilda</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Fantastic Mr. Fox</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">James and the Giant Peach</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</I>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He was the only person in the world who
received permission from the Roald Dahl estate to create a Deaf Theatre
adaptation of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Matilda</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">James and the Giant Peach</I>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bill has served as a member of the
“Artist in Residence” Grant Review Committee for the Ohio Arts Council and was a
member of the “Arts in Education” curriculum committee for the Cleveland
Municipal School District.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In 2009,
Bill was nominated for the State of Ohio Governor’s Award as Outstanding Arts
Administrator.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bill is very proud
to have directed the winning entry in the Weathervane sponsored 8 x 10 National
10-minute Play Competition in June, 2011.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Bill continues his work with Cleveland civic organizations and
educational organizations like Young Audiences of North East Ohio, the Cleveland
Theatre Collective and the Cuyahoga Arts and Education Consortium.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><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'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 5pt 0in" class=H6><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
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size=3 face=Arial>About the Play, its Production History and
Awards</FONT></H1></DIV>
<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
his 1994 review of the original off-Broadway production of the play, critic Ben
Brantley of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The New York Times</I>
describes the play’s structural premise: “Mr. Albee baldly sets these characters
up as representatives of three ages of woman. C embodies all the intolerance and
the conviction of immortality of youth, and is impatient with the old woman's
meanderings. The caretaker, in turn, is impatient with C's impatience and given
to sharp-tongued reminders that A represents C's future. (In this sense, she is
a sort of stand-in for Mr. Albee, as playwright, not as son.) And throughout all
this, A fades between past and present.” <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
characterizing <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall Women</I> as
“often a truly moving work,” Brantley also notes the play’s
semi-autobiographical roots: <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><FONT face=Arial>“Mr. Albee has
admitted in interviews that it was directly inspired by his own adoptive mother,
a domineering, Amazonian woman. And the details of A's life, including her
ambitious marriage to a wealthy man and her warring relationship with her
recalcitrant son, seem to tally with what we know of Mr. Albee's family history.
He has described the writing of the play as "an exorcism." And one can see in A
the roots of the controlling women who abound in the rest of his
oeuvre.”</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=right><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">F<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
world premiere of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall Women</I>
took place at Vienna’s English Theatre in Vienna, Austria, on June 14, 1991, and
was directed by Edward Albee. The first United States production was at the
River Arts Repertory in Woodstock, New York. <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall Women</I> had its New York City
premiere on Jan. 27, 1994, at the Vineyard Theatre, where it ran for 47
performances before closing on March 13, 1994. This production of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall Women</I>, directed by Lawrence
Sacharow, then moved to the Promenade Theatre for a commercial run – where it
opened on April 13, 1994, and ran for 582 performances before closing on Aug.
26, 1995.<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'">A
subsequent national tour of the play featured an interesting twist on the play's
original casting. The Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes originated the
role of B at the Vineyard Theatre and then continued to play the role when
<EM>Three Tall Women </EM>transferred to the Promenade Theatre. However, several
months before the show closed at the Promenade, Seldes switched to playing the
role of A. When the show went out on the road for its national tour, Seldes
remained in the role of 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" 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'">Three
Tall Women</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
was showered with several prominent 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><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
1994 Lucille Lortel Awards</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><BR>1.
Outstanding Play<BR>2. Outstanding Director (Lawrence Sacharow)<BR>3.
Outstanding Actress (Myra Carter) <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'"><BR><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The 1993-1994 OBIE Award</B><BR>Performance
(Myra Carter) <BR><BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The 1994 Pulitzer
Prize for Drama</B> <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'">Edward
Albee (playwright)<BR><BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The 1994 Drama
Desk Award</B><BR>Best Actress in a Play (Myra Carter) <BR><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The 1994 Outer Critics Circle
Awards</B><BR>1. Best Off-Broadway Play<BR>2. Best Actress in a Play (Myra
Carter) <BR><BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The 1994 Drama Critics'
Circle Award</B><BR>Best Play (Edward Albee) <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'">Albee’s
Pulitzer Prize for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Three Tall Women</I>
was his third Pulitzer Prize (after <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A
Delicate Balance</I> in 1967 and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Seascape</I> in 1975) – but it could have
been his fourth. He’s why: In 1963, his <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf</I> was
selected for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama – but the selection was overruled by
the trustees of Columbia University (the award’s advisory board) due to the
play’s explicit language and sexuality. Instead, the award that year went to no
play at all. Had Albee been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf</I>, he would
have tied Eugene O’Neill (with four awards) for the most Pulitzer Prizes for
Drama. <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>
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class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About
the Playwright<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P></DIV>
<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'"><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'">EDWARD
ALBEE</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
is perhaps best known for his association with the artistic movement of the
1950s and early 1960s more popularly regarded as "the theater of the absurd."
Born in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 1928, Albee’s parents abandoned him as a
baby. A wealthy couple who owned a theatre chain, Reed and Frances Albee,
adopted the infant boy. The Albees named their son after his adoptive paternal
grandfather, Edward Franklin Albee, a powerful vaudeville producer who had made
the family fortune as a partner in the Keith-Albee Theater Circuit.
<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'">Despite
the lavish environment in which he grew up in affluent Westchester, New York, he
was, by most accounts, unhappy. He attended Trinity College, a small liberal
arts school in Hartford, Connecticut for a year. After failing to show up for
the school’s chapel services, as well as certain classes, Albee was dismissed by
the school. At the age of 20, Albee left home and settled in Greenwich Village
in New York City. He took on various jobs, including the roles of “office boy,”
record salesman, and Western Union messenger. <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'">During
his early years in Manhattan, he also began to meet other writers, including
Thornton Wilder and W.H. Auden. It was Wilder who suggested that he try his hand
at plays. At the age of 30, Albee wrote his first play, <EM>The Zoo Story</EM>,
in a quick, three-week period. <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'">Albee's
first full-length, three-act play was <EM>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</EM>,
and its 1962 Broadway production won the Tony Award for Best Play. Centered on
fractured family relationships, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf won him
international fame and opened new doors of artistic opportunities.
<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'">Albee’s
other plays include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The American
Dream</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tiny Alice</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Delicate Balance</I> (Pulitzer Prize and
Tony Award winner) <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All Over</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Seascape</I> (Pulitzer Prize winner), <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Lady From Dubuque</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Man Who Had Three Arms</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Finding the Sun</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fragments</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Play About the Baby</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Occupant</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">At Home at the Zoo</I>. He is a member of
the Dramatists Guild Council and president of the Edward F. Albee Foundation. He
was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of
Arts and Letters in 1980 and in 1996 received the Kennedy Center Honors and the
National Medal of Arts. <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
honor of his 80<SUP>th</SUP> birthday in 2008, several of his plays were staged
at well-known off-Broadway theaters. Albee himself directed two of his own plays
– <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The American Dream</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Sandbox</I> – at the Cherry Lane Theatre
(the original venue of both plays in 1961 and 1962, respectively).
<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'">Ever
the iconoclast, Albee himself once summed up his career for an interviewer by
declaring, "I have been both overpraised and underpraised. I assume by the time
I finish writing – and I plan to go on writing until I'm 90 or gaga – it will
all equal itself out. You can't involve yourself with the vicissitudes of
fashion or critical response." <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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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
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