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<DIV><FONT size=1><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">NEWS RELEASE
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe (330)
836-2626<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><A href="http://www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com"><FONT
size=1>www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com</FONT></A></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT size=2></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT size=2></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT size=6>PHOTOS ON FLICKR: </FONT><A
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/weathervaneplayhouse/sets/72157632943928258/"><FONT
size=6>http://www.flickr.com/photos/weathervaneplayhouse/sets/72157632943928258/</FONT></A></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=7><FONT
color=#ff0000>O</FONT>ur Town</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">March 7 – March 24,
2013</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">12 Performance Dates</SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><EM>Our Town </EM></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">like you’ve
never seen it before</SPAN></B></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Under the direction of John Davis, a
director and fight choreographer, our Young Actor Series presents
12 unique performances. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
time-honored classic is the quintessential example of middle-class America and
deals with universal themes — the circle of life, the joy of life, appreciating
what you have when you have, to live each day to the fullest. Is <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Our Town</I> about Grover’s
Corners, our own home town – Akron Ohio or something more?
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><U>PERFORMANCE DATES &
TIMES<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Friday, March 15 at 7:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Saturday, March 16 at 7:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Sunday, March 17 at 3:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tuesday, March 19 at 10:00
a.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Friday, March 22 at 7:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Saturday, March 23 at 7:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Sunday March 24 at 3:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Charge by phone at Weathervane’s
Ticket Office at</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">330-836-2626</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">or online at <A
href="">http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/tickets.asp</A></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Box office
hours:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mondays, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to
5:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Show day Saturdays, 12 noon to 5
p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tickets: $12.00 per
person<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Group rates
available.</SPAN></I></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Weathervane
Playhouse</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
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align=center><EM><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">1301 Weathervane
Lane</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> * <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Akron</st1:place></st1:City>, Oh
44313<o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P><o:p></o:p></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
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