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Exchange Street</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Akron, OH 44302</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><a href="http://coachhousetheatre.com"><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>coachhousetheatre.com</span></i></b></a><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Detective Hercule Poirot is on the case!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Coach House Theatre presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Agatha Christie’s</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>"Black Coffee"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Directed by Andrew Cruse</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>January 24-February 17, 2013</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>($12 Preview Performance, Thursday, Jan. 24 only!)</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>It's winter in Akron, and that's means it's time for a chilling and thrilling murder mystery at Coach House Theatre from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in'><i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Black Coffee </span></i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>features Detective Hercule Poirot, one of Agatha Christie's most beloved and long-lived characters. When Sir Claude Amory is robbed of his new invention (the formula for a weapon of mass destruction created by splitting the atom) and then is poisoned with cyanide in his coffee (in a locked room!), Poirot is called in to solve the case. Christie’s first play, written in 1930, <i>Black Coffee</i> has not been available for performance in the United States in decades.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Christie's murder mysteries at Coach House have become a hugely popular Akron tradition, and our four-week run will likely sell out quickly. So please reserve your seats early!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Black Coffee</span></i><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> will be presented January 24 to February 17. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Dinner or Brunch is available to all theatre patrons prior to every performance at the Akron Woman’s City Club next door. (Reservations required.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>There will be a special $12 preview performance Thursday, Jan. 24 only, at 8 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>The official opening night is Friday, Jan. 25. Group rates are also available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Tickets are $18, with $12 student tickets available to all performances (space available). The box office opens one hour before the show. Coach House Theatre is located at 732 W. Exchange Street, in Akron, next to the Akron Woman’s City Club, and at the corner of W. Exchange and N. Portage Path. Reservations are available through our box office at 330-434-7741, or online at </span><a href="www.coachhousetheatre.com"><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>The Cast<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Tredwell --- <b>Henry Bishop</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Lucia Amory (Jan. 24-Feb. 3) --- <b>Holly Humes</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Lucia Amory (Feb. 7-Feb. 17) --- <b>Melanie Korman</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Miss Caroline Amory --- <b>Karen Wood</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Richard Amory --- <b>Derrick Winger</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Barbara Amory --- <b>Tess Burgler</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Edward Raynor --- <b>Daniel Rylander</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Dr. Carelli --- <b>Mark Stoffer</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Sir Claude Amory --- <b>Timothy Champion</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Hercule Poirot --- <b>Ross Rhodes</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Capt. Arthur Hastings --- <b>Jim Fippin</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Dr. Graham --- <b>Alfred Anderson</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Inspector Japp --- <b>Michael Cranston</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Johnson --- <b>Ed Conrad</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>The Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Andrew Cruse</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> is a professional actor and director in Cleveland. A native of Allentown, Pa., he has worked on stages large and small in New York City and across the country, including Playwrights Horizons, The Kennedy Center, North Shore Music Theatre, The Public Theatre of Maine, and The Cape Playhouse, Dobama Theatre and Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland. He serves as associate artistic director of Ohio Shakespeare Festival, and was the director for the 2011 murder mystery at Coach House, <i>The Unexpected Guest. </i> He was seen on stage in <i>Deathtrap</i> and <i>Sleuth</i> at Coach House. Andrew earned a BFA in Theatre from Boston University, and an MFA from Kent State. He has been a proud member of Actors' Equity since 1989.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times LT Std","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>The Playwright</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Plays authored by <b>Dame</b> <b>Agatha Christie </b>are longtime favorites of Coach House audiences. In recent years, the theater has staged sell-out productions of <i>Witness for the Prosecution, The Unexpected Guest, The Mousetrap, And Then There Were None, Murder on the Nile, A Murder is Announced,</i> and <i>Appointment with Death.</i> Often referred to as the "Queen of Crime," Christie is considered one of the most important and innovative writers in the murder mystery/crime genre.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> And don't miss the rest of Coach House's fantastic 2012-13 season:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Sea Marks</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> by Gardner McKay, March 14-April 7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>The Fox on the Fairway</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> by Ken Ludwig, May 9-June 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:6.75pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>Visit us at </span></b><a href="http://www.coachhousetheatre.com/"><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>!</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:#243AFC'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'>— END —</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>