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<div style="RIGHT: auto">I am writing to ask that a correction be made to my original post from this afternoon. I typed the last name of director David Hansen incorrectly. In the first paragraph, it is spelled "Hanson" and should be "Hansen". Please include the corrected version of The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival's announcement in the next Neohiopal email.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Below is the corrected version. I sincerely apologize for my error. </div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Thank you for your understanding,<BR>Kristina Hewis</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; RIGHT: auto"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" face="Times New Roman">The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, <SPAN class=yiv133359763yshortcuts>Cleveland</SPAN>’s only source for FREE outdoor Shakespearean theater, proudly announces its 15<SUP>th </SUP>Season opening in <SPAN class=yshortcuts2>June 2012</SPAN>. This season, CSF will be presenting <SPAN class=yiv133359763yshortcuts>William Shakespeare</SPAN>’s<U><I style="RIGHT: auto"> </I><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The Merchant of Venice</SPAN></U>, directed by Brian Zoldessy, and <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><U>Henry VIII</U>,</SPAN> directed by David Hansen.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; RIGHT: auto">Brian Zoldessy (Director, <EM><U><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The Merchant of Venice</SPAN></U></EM>): Since 1991, Brian has been professor and Director of the Theatre Arts Department at Cuyahoga Community College. As a professional actor, Brian has worked in New York, L.A., Chicago, and Cleveland (Times Tribute Awards for Outstanding Performances and Direction), and has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in television, and in films. A winner of two Kennedy Center’s Irene Ryan Acting and Directing Awards, he has directed and produced over 60 award winning productions. Brian has also served as theatre faculty for both the Special Studies Program at the Chautauqua Institution, the Beck Center Conservatory program and the
Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory. Last year Ohio Magazine and Crain’s Business Cleveland named Brian one of Ohio’s top educators of Theatre. Brian is a published poet and is the author of <U>The Theatre Appreciation Workbook: Exercises and Activities</U>. He was one of the original directors for The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival (1998-2003).</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">David Hansen (Director, <EM><U><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Henry VIII</SPAN></U></EM>) is the Associate Residency Supervisor for Great Lakes Theater Festival’s Education Department and a member of the Cleveland Play House Playwrights Unit. David is a 2010 Creative Workforce Fellow, a program of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, generously funded by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. David was a co-founder of Guerrilla Theater Company, founded Dobama’s Night Kitchen, and was Artistic Director for Bad Epitaph Theater Company. David has directed numerous plays at such theaters as The Beck Center, Bad Epitaph, Dobama’s Night Kitchen, and Guerrilla Theater Company. As an actor, David has performed such Shakespearean roles as the Ghost in <U>Hamlet</U> (Bad Epitaph),
Prince Escalus in <U>Romeo and Juliet</U> (Guerrilla Theater), Pistol in <U>The Merry Wives of Windsor</U> and Adrian in <U>The Tempest</U> (Great Lakes Theater), and at Cleveland Shakespeare Festival as Bardolph in <U>Henry IV</U>. He was also in <U>The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) </U>at Beck Center.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For more information about The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival or to get involved, contact us at <SPAN class=yshortcuts3>440.794.1CSF</SPAN>, email </FONT><A href="mailto:info@cleveshakes.org" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">info@cleveshakes.org</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">, find us on <SPAN class=yiv133359763yshortcuts>Facebook</SPAN> and <SPAN class=yiv133359763yshortcuts>Twitter</SPAN>, or visit </FONT><A href="http://www.cleveshakes.org/" target=_blank><SPAN class=yiv133359763yshortcuts><SPAN style="COLOR: #234786"><FONT face="Times New Roman">www.cleveshakes.org</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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