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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;
font-weight:bold'>Aurora Community Theatre <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>October 20, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Christine Patronik-Holder<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>330-562-1818<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><u><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-style:italic'>Family,
Fairness & Truth<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:22.0pt;text-transform:
uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>To Kill a mockingbird<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-align:center'><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Opens </span></font><font
size=5><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>ACT 52<sup>nd</sup> Season on<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b>Oct. 28</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;text-transform:uppercase'>AURORA, OHIO ----<b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'> To Kill a Mockingbird</span></i></b></span><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b>opens<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b>Aurora Community
Theatre’s 52<sup>nd</sup> season at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 continuing on
Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 19 on the Wells Main Stage of the Aurora
Center for the Performing Arts, 115 E. Pioneer Trail.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Kate Tonti</span></font></b> directs
this stirring American classic by Christopher Sergel, adapted from the Pulitzer
Prize winning novel by Harper Lee.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic'>To Kill a Mockingbird</span> </font></i></b>explores the power of
family and the pursuit of justice with wisdom, wit and warmth. Set in a sleepy
1930s Southern town, the play tells the story of the widower, attorney Atticus
Finch, who undertakes the unpopular defense of a wrongly accused young black
father, Tom Robinson. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Patient and committed to justice in the face of community prejudice,
Atticus instills in his children the traditional family values of integrity,
courage, responsibility for one’s actions and respect for human dignity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Roland Moore </span></font></b>takes
on the role of Atticus Finch with <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Eve
Regelbrugge </span></b>as his daughter, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Daniel Sovich </span></b>his son<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, </span></b>Jeremy “Jem” Finch with <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Ian Payne </span></b>as the children’s friend<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>Charles Baker “Dill” Harris. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Elliott Hooper </span></b>plays the beleaguered<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>Tom Robinson. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Sharon Brandon </span></b>plays the Finch family housekeeper, Calpurnia,
and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sue Cohen </span></b>is the kindly
neighbor across the road, Maudie Atkinson. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Don
“Arbie” Arbuckle</span></b> plays Arthur “Boo” Radley.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The play also features <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Phyllis
Grumney </span></b>(Mrs. Dubose), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Claudia
Lillibridge </span></b>(Stephanie Crawford), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Tim
Walsh </span></b>(Horace Gilmer), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jerry
Schaber </span></b>(Walter Cunningham), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Andrea
Galbraith </span></b>(Mayella Ewell), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Michael
Pitt </span></b>(Bob Ewell), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Andrew Frawley </span></b>(Judge
Taylor), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>James Polk </span></b>(Reverend
Sykes), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Mark Moore </span></b>(Heck Tate).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Marianne S. Paul</span></font></b> is
the producer, with <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>David Thorndike</span></b>,
assistant producer. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Meredith Simmons</span></b>
takes the lead on costumes. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Paul Chechak</span></b>
is in charge of set construction. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Barbara Trueman</span></b>
and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jean Arbuckle</span></b> co-chair set
decoration. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Kent Ramsay</span></b> and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Jean Myers</span></b> will serve as stage managers. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Greg Fetzer</span></b> designed the lighting and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Jacob Payne </span></b>will run the lighting board. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Dorothy Edwards</span></b> will manage front-of-house
duties with help from <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Alice and John Schmitt.
Vicki Rizzo Prato </span></b>will take charge of hospitality. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Scott Pease </span></b>is the show’s
photographer and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Marc C. Howard </span></b>serves<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>as board liaison.<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tonti</span></font></b>, who makes
her ACT directorial debut with<b><i><span style='text-transform:uppercase;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> To Kill a Mockingbird,</span></i></b>
writes in her program notes: “I want to keep this amazing story alive
because it is worth telling and knowing....for our generation and those that
follow. There is a time in each of our lives when we are a mockingbird - with
song to sing and a story to tell – but only if someone is willing to
listen.” <o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Published in 1960, the novel<b><i><span style='text-transform:uppercase;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> To Kill a MOCKINGBIRD</span></i></b>
became instantly successful amid significant social changes in the South. It
was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1961. An international best seller, the book
was adapted into the 1962 movie <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Memorable Atticus Finch quotations from <b><i><span style='text-transform:
uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>To Kill a MOCKINGBIRD</span></i></b>
summarize the play’s key themes of justice, fairness understanding the
good in every person. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"But there is one way in this country in which all men are created
equal - there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a
Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the
equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court. It can
be the Supreme Court of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region></st1:place> of the humblest J.P. court in the
land, or this honorable court which you serve. Our courts have their faults, as
does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great
levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal." Atticus Finch while
defending Tom Robinson.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.
They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one
thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a
mockingbird." Atticus Finch.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Aurora Community Theatre is located at 115 E. Pioneer Trail, near the
intersection of SR 43 and 306, at the gazebo, in the center of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Aurora</st1:City></st1:place>. ACT extends
appreciation to The Denise G. & Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation for
their generous underwriting of the Wells Main Stage. </span></font><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tickets at $16 for adults, $11 for youth 18 and under, are available
online, including seat selection, at www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com, or call
the box office at 330-562-1818. Group discounts are also available by calling
the box office.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic'>To Kill a Mockingbird</span> </font></i></b>is presented by special
arrangement with Dramatic Publishing Company. <o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-9.0pt'><i><font size=2
face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";
font-style:italic'>ACT, celebrating 52 successful seasons in 2011-12, annually
presents three regular season shows, a summer stock production plus two
children’s summer workshops, reaching an annual audience of nearly 7,000.
ACT showcases the region’s top actors, musicians, costume and set
designers, construction, lighting, sound and backstage crews -- all of whom
generously donate their time and talent. </span></font></i><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";
font-style:italic'>region’s top actors, musicians, costume and set
designers, construction, lighting, sound and backstage crews -- all of whom
generously donate their time and talent. </span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Christine Patronik-Holder<br>
Business and Marketing Manager<br>
Aurora Community Theatre<br>
PO Box 9 (mailing address)<br>
115 E Pioneer Trail (theatre address)<br>
Aurora, Ohio 44202<br>
330-562-1818<br>
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