<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="text-align: left; "><b style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 24px; ">The Players Guild Theatre presents</b> <span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; ">The Regional Premiere </span></div><div align="CENTER" style="text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 32px; "><font face="Cambria, serif"><font><b><span style="font-style: italic;">THE
NEAR EAST </span>by Alex Lewin</b></font></font></span></div><div align="CENTER" style="text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 32px; "><font face="Cambria, serif"><font><b>A J.F. Kennedy Center Award Winner </b></font></font></span></div><div align="CENTER" style="text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 24px; "><font face="Cambria, serif"><font><b><br></b></font></font></span></div><div align="CENTER" style="text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 24px; "><font face="Cambria, serif"><font><b>March 30-April 1 - One Weekend Only - Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2:30pm</b></font></font></span></div><div align="CENTER" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight:
bold;">Tickets JUST $10 </span></div><div align="CENTER" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">330.453.7617 for reservations - walk-ins are welcomed - For Mature Audiences</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 24px; "><font face="Cambria, serif"><font><b><br></b></font></font></span></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 18px; "><em><font color="#222222"><font face="cambria, serif"><font><span style="font-style: normal; "><b>THE NEAR EAST STORY</b></span></font></font></font></em></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 18px; "><em><font color="#222222"><font face="cambria, serif"><font><span style="font-style: normal; "><b><br></b></span></font></font></font></em></span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 18px; "><em><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><span style="font-style: normal">THE
NEAR EAST </span></font></font></em><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif">follows
American archaeologist Ken Schneider, hired by Arab scholar Aisha to
search for the elusive “Mother of Books.” Facing the recent
death of his own son and the loss of his wife, Ken must confront his
beliefs as the mission takes them deeper into the desert and into
themselves. As trials and revelations unfold, Ken engages the </font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif">ghost
of a precocious Egyptian boy while</font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif">
Aisha's</font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif">
secretly gay brother struggles between love and his possible
deviation to radical Islam. </font></font></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 18px; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><br></font></font></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 18px; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Cambria, serif"><br></font></font></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br>BOX OFFICE: 330-453-7167<br><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">The Players Guild Theatre</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">1001 Market Ave. N.<br>Canton, OH 44702<br>www.PlayersGuildTheatre.com</div></div></body></html>