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<h4><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></i></h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">‘See How They Run’ Exemplifies</font></h4>
<h6 style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">British Farce at its Hilarious Best!</font></h6><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Small English Village in the 1940s is Setting for
Blissful Comedy Packed with Mistaken Identities and Outrageous Situations</font></p><p class="MsoBodyText2"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Actress injured: Playing the role of Miss Skillon for opening weekend, will be Eileen Moushey.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Weathervane Playhouse continues its 77<sup>th</sup> Mainstage season with the
hilarious comedy, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">See How They Run</i>.
This comic romp exemplifies British farce at is best, and is presented live on
stage between May 3 and 20, 2012. The production is directed by Eileen Moushey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Before there was </span><em><span style="font-family:Arial">Noises
Off</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">, there was </span><em><span style="font-family:Arial">See
How They Run</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> – which just goes to show you that the English know what
they’re doing when it comes to creating hilarious, slamming-door farces.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">See How
They Run</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> is set in the idyllic English village of
Merton-cum-Middlewick in 1940s England, the village inhabitants are preparing
themselves for the imminent threat of Nazi invasion. Miss Skillon, the resident
nosy-parker and spinster, becomes convinced that her beloved vicar’s actress
wife is having an affair and attempts to expose her.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Thrown into the chaotic mix are an escaped German prisoner
of war, a handsome actor, the visiting Bishop of Lax, a visiting priest and
some snooping neighbors – and in the end, hilarious confusion and mayhem
result.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial">In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">See How They Run</i>, audiences will
encounter mistaken identities...doors slamming...chase scenes...vaulting over
bodies...Russian spies...multiple clergy...drunken spinsters stuffed into closets
— namely, it’s British farce at its hilarious best!<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Blissful hilarity rules the roost in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">See How They Run</i> – a delicious theatrical soufflé baked with of
blissful frivolity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-family:Arial">Weathervane’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">See How They Run </i>Performance and Ticket Information<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">See How
They Run </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">plays on the Weathervane Playhouse Founders Theater stage
between May 3 and 20, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial">The
low-cost preview performance is Thursday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.; the official
opening-night performance is Friday, May 4 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial">Between
May 3 and 20, 2012, the performance days and times are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.,
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoBodyText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Tickets for the May 3 preview performance only (at 7:30
p.m.) are $15 each. Tickets for performances after May 3 are $21 each. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">$19 tickets for seniors are available for Thursday and
Sunday performances. Tickets for children (ages 17 or younger) and college
students are $5 each at all performances. Additional discounts for groups of 12
or larger are also available. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The Weathervane Playhouse Box Office is open Mondays between
10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and
is also open beginning one hour before each performance. For tickets, visit or
call the Weathervane Box Office at (330) 836-2626 during Box Office hours or
connect online to <a href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><span class="MsoPageNumber"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-family:Arial">The<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">
See How They Run </i>Cast (in Order of Appearance)<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3><span style="font-family:Arial">and their Ohio Residences<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Jo
McGarvey</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> (of Cuyahoga Falls) plays the role of Ida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Harriet DeVeto</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> (of Akron) plays the role of Miss Skillon (Harriet has sustained an injury. In the role of Miss Skillon this first weekend will be Eileen Moushey)<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Scott
Davis </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">(of Akron) plays the role of The Reverend Lionel Toop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Jennifer
Hayek</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> (of Akron) plays the role of Penelope Toop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Beau
Reinker</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> (of Kent) plays the role of Corporal Clive Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ian S.
Haberman</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> (of Sharon Center) plays the role of The Intruder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Tom
Stephan</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> (of Stow) plays the role of The Bishop of Lax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Jeff Bixby</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> (of
Medina) plays the role of The Reverend Arthur Humphrey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Adam
Alderson</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> (of Kent) plays the role of Sergeant Towers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">See How They Run</i> Backstage
Team and their Ohio Residences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Stage Manager – Mary Kate Clancy </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(of Munroe Falls)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Assistant
Stage Manager – Michelle Conner</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> (of Akron)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Sound
Designer – Stephen Moushey</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> (of Kent)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Lighting
Designer – Susan Stout Davis</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> (of Cuyahoga Falls)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Properties
Co-Designers –</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Tom Abdoo</b> (of
Clinton) and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Sylvia Collier</b> (of
Akron)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Costume
Designer – Jasen J. Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> (of Akron)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Scenic
Designer/Technical Director – Alan Scott Ferrall</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> (of
Cuyahoga Falls)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Assistant
Technical Director – Kathy Kohl </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">(of Akron)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<h3><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">About the Show’s
Director <o:p></o:p></span></em></h3>
</div><p class="MsoBodyText"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">EILEEN
MOUSHEY</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> is a freelance writer/director whose most previous
directing assignments for Weathervane were 2010’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">A Tuna Christmas</i> and 2009’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Mrs.
Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge</i>. Her company, Mysteries by Moushey,
performs interactive murder mysteries throughout Northeast Ohio, and her
scripts have been produced by more than 1,000 theaters and schools all over the
world. She also writes video scripts and is a two-time regional Emmy Award
winner. She has also been active at Weathervane Playhouse for over 25 years as
a volunteer and has received several of the Playhouse’s Chanticleer Awards for
designing sound, lighting and stage properties for Weathervane productions. She
also has a “Best Actress” Chanticleer Award. Her other Weathervane directorial
credits include Mitch Albom’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">And the
Winner Is</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum</i>. She has served on the Playhouse’s Board of
Trustees (including one stint as president) and she has served as the chair of
Weathervane’s two most recent capital-expansion campaigns. She also served as
the chair of last summer’s first annual 8x10 TheatreFest, Weathervane’s
festival of 10-minute plays; and she is chairing this summer’s second outing of
the festival (see it on our stage July 13, 14 and 15). She lives in Kent with
her husband, Stephen (the sound designer for this production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">See How They Run</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div>
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial">About the Show’s Production History and Adaptations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial">See How They Run</span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"> was first performed by the </span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Peterborough
Rep in </span><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">England in
1944. Following its premiere, the show went on tour under the auspices of the </span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Entertainments
National Service Association<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>(which
had been set up in 1939 to provide entertainment for the British armed forces
during World War II). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">With a new cast, the play then opened in December 1944 for a
Christmas-time run at the Q Theatre (one of several theaters that comprise
London’s equivalent of an off-Broadway theater scene). In January 1945, it
transferred to the Comedy Theatre (re-named The Harold Pinter Theatre in 2011)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>in London’s West End theater district,
where it enjoyed a hugely successful run<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
</b>of nearly 600 performances over an 18-month run.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"> </b>Since the 1940s, the show has been revived twice in London’s West
End (in 1964 and in 1978).<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">A
British film adaptation of the play followed in 1955, and in 1984 a television
adaptation aired on the BBC.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">The
first American production was presented in 1949 by Actors’ Theatre in
Plainfield, N.J. Since then, in spite of no major Broadway or off-Broadway
productions of the play, it has received countless productions at regional
theaters, community theaters and high schools across the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">Weathervane
Playhouse first presented </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial">See
How They Run</span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">
in January 1952; Robert Beard directed the production. This play was the
inaugural production at Weathervane’s prior location at 1474 Copley Rd. in West
Akron, which remained Weathervane’s home until the present facility in the
Merriman Valley opened in 1970.</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">About the Playwright<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial">PHILLIP KING </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">(1904-1979)</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">was a British playwright and actor.
Born in the county of Yorkshire in Northern England, he lived most of life in
Brighton along the southern coast of England.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">As a
teenager, he performed with a small touring theatrical troupe and later moved
on to join the repertory company at the Grand Opera House at Harrogate Theatre
in Leeds, where in 1939 his first play (</span></em><em><span style="font-family:
Arial">Without the Prince</span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial;
font-style:normal">) was produced. <o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">The
play’s success in Leeds generated a production in London’s West End theater
district in 1940, which encouraged him to continue writing. In 1942, he began
writing </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial">See How They Run</span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"> – under the working title of </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial">Moon Madness</span></em><em><span style="font-family:
Arial;font-style:normal"> – and completed it one year later. Eventually, </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial">See How They Run</span></em><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"> went on to become a box office hit
and would ultimately secure King’s place in English theater.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><em><span style="font-family:Arial;
font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></div><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal">Years
later, Philip King wrote his memoirs and recalled the opening of the play: <o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">"The morning after the ‘first night' I went down to
Shepherd's Bush, bought every morning paper there was, and went to my usual
workmen's cafe directly opposite RAF White City, and over a pint mug of tea and
a Spam sandwich read the notices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">"They were marvelous! But, as I read them, I suddenly
remembered the pictures I had seen of Noel Coward sitting up in a wonderful
looking bed, in an even more wonderful dressing-gown, a silver tray at his
side, reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">his</i> notices! And here
was I...a pint mug of tea and a thick Spam sandwich. But what the hell? I had a
success. That's all that really mattered."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">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><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">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><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Additional
2010-2011 season sponsors<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">89.7
WSKU-FM</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">OMNOVA
Solutions Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Sisler
McFawn Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Akron
Community Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Kenneth L.
Calhoun Charitable Trust<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The
Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation</span></i></p>
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<div>Janis Harcar</div><div>Director of Advancement</div><div>Weathervane Playhouse</div><div>330-836-2626 X16</div><div><a href="mailto:jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com">jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com</a></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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