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</font><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">November 17, 2012</span></b></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<span style>                      </span>Contact:<span style>  </span>Tom Fulton at 440-247-2072 x4334</span></b></p>
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</font><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">THE ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT CHAGRIN FALLS</span></b></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">PRESENTS:</span></b></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">HEDDA GABLER</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"> <span style> </span><br>

</span><strong><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt;font-weight:normal">By Henrik Ibsen<br>
Translated by Brian Friel<span style>  </span><br>
Directed by Bernadette Clemens</span></i></strong><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt"></span></i></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><font color="#ff9900"><font face="Verdana"><span class="style501"><b style><span style="font-size:9pt">Performed in the Chagrin
Falls Performing Arts Center<br>
Studio Theater</span></b></span><b style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt"></span></b></font></font></p><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Set & Lighting Design by Ben Needham<br></span></i><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Costume Design by Caitlin Van Niel <br>
</span></i><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Sound Design by Bernadette Clemens & Ross
Newbauer<br></span></i><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Stage Managed by Christine Woods<br></span></i><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Properties by Colleen Williams<br>
</span></i><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Dramaturgy by Pamela Harwood</span></i></div><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><span class="style201"><b style><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3">Friday,
December 7</font><font>^th</font><font size="3"><span style>       </span>7:30 p.m.</font></font></span></b></span><b style><span style="color:windowtext;font-size:9pt"><br><font face="Verdana">
</font></span></b><span class="style201"><b style><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3">Saturday,
December 8</font><font>^th</font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><span style>  </span>7:30 p.m.<br>
Sunday, December 9</font><font>^th</font><font size="3"><span style>     </span>2:30
p.m.</font></font></span></b></span><b style><span style="color:windowtext;font-size:9pt"></span></b></p><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">ADULT TICKETS <span style>           </span><span style> </span>$12.00<br></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">STUDENTS & SENIORS<span style>  </span><span style>  </span>$7.00</span></div>
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</font><b style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Our Studio Theatre frequently sells out. Advance reservations are recommended: </span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93);font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.chagrinacademy.org/"><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93)">www.chagrinacademy.org</span></a>
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</font><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">The Academy for the Performing Arts<br></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">At the Chagrin Falls High School Performing Arts Center<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">400 East Washington Street<br>
Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022<br></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">(440) 715 – 4004</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt"></span></div>
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</font><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Featuring an ensemble of Academy students: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Annie Schiferl <i style>(Hedda Gabler), </i>Ryan Claus <i style>(George Tesman), </i>Sophia Garofoli <i style>(Thea Elvsted), </i>David Ludick <i style>(Judge Brack), </i>Dan Hoy <i style>(Eilert Loevborg), </i>Shoshanna Grossman <i style>(Juliana Tesman), </i>and Claire Pokopac <i style>(Berthe)</i><b> </b></span></p>
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</font><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">And Student Production Staff & Crew:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt"> Taylor Watts<i style>, </i>Emily Morgan<i style>, </i>Arissa Scott, Emily Wirthwein, Emma Chojnacki, and Al Palchick </span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">ABOUT THE PLAY</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

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</font><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Ibsen's classic <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Hedda
Gabler </span></em>is known as the women’s <i style>Hamlet,
</i>one of the most controversial, elusive women in the history of the theatre.
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt" lang="EN">A dancing debutante who grew up in a military barrack, Hedda rides horses
and shoots pistols… and then the play’s events unfold and demand of her an
heroic struggle. </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt" lang="EN">Theatre historian Susan Torrey Barstow has documented
that one woman among the play’s first audiences of the 1890s recognized that
struggle and noted, “<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Hedda
is all of us</span></em>.” Audiences must have continued to identify with her
struggle, as by 1911 “<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">over
forty thousand women marched through London demanding the right to vote. The
most popular contingent in the procession, the Actresses Franchise League, was
led by a woman on horseback. She was dressed as Hedda Gabler</span></em>.”
Hedda’s struggle and the legacy of General Gabler’s daughter is still marching
among us today; the play had two major New York productions in the last six
years, and two more major productions just completed their runs in the last two
months in London at the Old Vic and at the Shaw Festival in Canada.</span></span></span></font></p></span><p><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">ABOUT THE ACADEMY</span></b></p>
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</font><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">The Academy for
the Performing Arts is an accredited, half day program. Admission is by
audition from a group of nine northeast Ohio school systems that include <i>Aurora,
Beachwood, Chagrin Falls, Mayfield, Orange, Richmond Heights, Solon, South
Euclid-Lyndhurst and West Geauga. </i></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">The Academy is housed within the Chagrin
Falls Performing Arts Center and uses its auditorium once annually for an
opening musical with unique investment of resources. The season also uses the
renovated Studio Theatre and several classroom spaces, collaborating with high
school faculty, students, administrators, and area professionals on a regular
basis. The mission of the Academy is to provide talented high school juniors
and seniors with a joyful, challenging and inspiring training experience in the
performing arts; one that builds confidence, courage and mastery in creative
self-expression and prepares students for advanced college and professional
opportunities. </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">2012-2013 marks the fifth year of the program,
which has grown to great acclaim. </span></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS FOLLOWING <i style>HEDDA
GABLER:</i></span></b></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b style><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">SENIOR IMPROV
SHOW <br>
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Directed by Mitchell Fields<br>
<i style><span style>  </span>JANUARY
11, 12</i></span></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b style><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">THE ROAR OF THE
GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL OF THE CROWD<br>
</span></i></b><b style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">A musical by
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Directed by Tom Fulton<br>
<i style><span style> 
</span>FEBRUARY 15, 16, 17</i></span></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b style><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">A RAISIN IN THE
SUN<br>
</span></i></b><b style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">By
Lorraine Hansberry<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Directed by Mitchell Fields<br>
<i style><span style>  </span>MARCH
8, 9, 10</i></span></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b style><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">JUNIOR PLAY
FESTIVAL<br>
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Wind in the Willows, Charlotte’s Web<br>
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Directed by Dusten Welch, Caitlin Van Niel, Colleen
Williams<br>
<i style><span style>  </span>MARCH
22, 23, 24, 25</i></span></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><b style><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM<br>
</span></i></b><b style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">By William
Shakespeare<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">Director TBA<br>
<i style><span style> 
</span>MAY 6, 7, 8</i></span></p><div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">

</font><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">A program of EXCEL-TECC serving high school
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<div><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt"></span> </div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="Style-2"><i style><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt">CURRENT
HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES ARE ELIGIBLE TO AUDITION IN FEBRUARY FOR THE 2013-2014 ENTERING
CLASS THROUGHOUT THE WINTER AND SPRING: contact the Academy Director at </span></i><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-size:9pt"><a href="http://chagrinacademy.org/ask.asp"><font color="#0000ff">http://chagrinacademy.org/ask.asp</font></a>
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