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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><br>
April 6, 2012<br>
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<font size="5"><span style="font-weight:bold">WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?</span><br style="font-weight:bold">
<span style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic">The Science of Attraction</span></font><br>
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<font style="font-weight:bold" size="4">Great Lakes Theater presents a special, pre-show
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discussion/performance event <span style="font-style:italic">in conjunction with Romeo & Juliet</span>.</font><br>
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CLEVELAND, OH – Great Lakes Theater (GLT), <span style="font-weight:bold">Cleveland’s Classic Company, will present an extraordinary pre-show discussion and performance event exploring the science behind attraction, entitled
<span style="font-style:italic">What’s Love Got to do With It?: The Science of Attraction</span></span>, in conjunction with the company’s production of Shakespeare’s classic Romeo & Juliet, at the
<span style="font-weight:bold">Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare on Friday, April 27th</span>. Commencing at 6:00 p.m. with a pre-show discussion featuring area experts in the area of Psychiatry, Anthropology and Health in the Hanna Theatre’s Salon, the event
will culminate in a performance of Great Lakes Theater’s main stage production of
<span style="font-style:italic">Romeo & Juliet</span> at 7:30 p.m. as part of GLT’s Classics and Conversations audience engagement series.<br>
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Explore the science behind attraction in an engaging pre-show discussion with <span style="font-weight:bold">
Dr. Stephen Levine, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry</span> at Case Western Reserve University,
<span style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti, Professor of Anthropology </span>
at Kent State University and <span style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Linda Spurlock, Director of Health</span> at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
<span style="font-weight:bold">The discussion will be moderated by Eric Wellman, host of 90.3 WCPN’s
<span style="font-style:italic">Morning Edition</span>. </span><br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Tickets </span>for the discussion/performance event
<span style="font-weight:bold">range in price from $20-$50</span> and are available by calling
<span style="font-weight:bold">(216) 241-5490 x302 or by ordering online at </span>
<a href="http://www.greatlakestheater.org/event/love" style="font-weight:bold" target="_blank">www.greatlakestheater.org/event/love</a><span style="font-weight:bold">.
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Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland’s Classic Company, has brought the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience since 1962. The first resident company of PlayhouseSquare, GLT celebrates its 30th year in downtown Cleveland
this season. On its main stage and through its extensive education programming, Great Lakes Theater positively impacts 85,000 adults and students annually.<br>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-weight:bold">Todd Krispinsky</span><br>
Marketing and Public Relations Director<br>
Great Lakes Theater<br>
1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300<br>
Cleveland, OH 44115<br>
(216) 241-5490 x317<br>
www.greatlakestheater.org<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Great Lakes Theater</span><br>
<span style="font-style:italic">Cleveland's Classic Company @ the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare</span><br>
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