<div dir="ltr"><p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">For
Immediate Release</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">For
additional information: </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Neil
Thackaberry, 330-374-7568</span></p>
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<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:red">Actors’ Summit Presents</span></b></p>
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<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:20pt;color:red">THE BIKINIS</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Girl Group from the 60’s Reunites</span></b></p>
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<p class=""><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:red">THE BIKINIS</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">, a juke box musical about a 60’s
girls group reunited to save a trailer park, will have a preview performance on
June 20 and a formal opening on June 21.
The show will run for four weeks, closing on July 21. There will be no performances July 4 – 7<sup>th</sup>. The June 28<sup>th</sup> performance is
dedicated to the theater’s annual gala. All
performances take place<sup> </sup>at Greystone Hall in downtown Akron. The show is appropriate for families.</span></p>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">The Show</span></u></b></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Back
together after 20 years, The Bikinis stage a comeback concert to raise money
for the good folks at Sandy Shores Mobile Home Beach Resort so that they won’t
be forced to accept a million dollars apiece by the evil real estate developer.</span></p>
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<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">THE BIKINIS</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">, or "The Jersey Girls," relive their heyday and
beyond, beginning the summer of 1964, the night these four inseparable friends
got their name, winning the Belmar Beach Talent Contest, wearing just their
bikinis! It’s now 1999 and although the
bikinis won’t fit, the voices are still spectacular. </span></p>
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<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">THE BIKINIS</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> is a nonstop celebration of song filled with hits like
IT’S IN HIS KISS, YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI, HEAT WAVE, UNDER THE BOARDWALK,
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN’, AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, INCENSE AND
PEPPERMINTS, LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA, WHEN WILL I BE LOVED, I’M
EVERY WOMAN, I WILL SURVIVE, IT’S RAINING MEN, and 20 more.</span></p>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">The Cast</span></u></b></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> Paula Kline-Messner returns to Actors’ Summit for her seventh
role with the company and her second this season. Paula is a four time Television Emmy Award
Winner. She toured nationally with <i>Menopause the Musical</i> and <i>Respect,</i>
and she can be heard on a number of national radio commercials. </span></p>
<h3 style="background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> Mary Anne Prevost is making her Actors’ Summit debut. Mary Anne<span class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">attended
the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. <span class=""> </span>She
performed Off-Broadway with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, with Joe
Namath in<span class=""> </span><i>Bells Are Ringing<span class=""> </span></i>and as a back-up singer for Eddy
Arnold. <span class=""> L</span>ast summer she
played Meg Boyd in<span class=""> </span><i>Damn
Yankees</i><span class=""> </span>at Porthouse
Theatre. <span class=""> </span>Later this summer,
Mary Anne will join the cast of <i>Tuning
In</i> at E.J. Thomas Hall.</span></h3>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"> June Lang is making her Actors’ Summit debut in THE
BIKINIS. She performed the role of Earth
Mother in<i> Menopause, the Musical</i> both
in the Cleveland production and across the United States. June was also the Mother of the bride in <i>Tony & Tina’s Wedding</i>, Cleveland’s longest
running show.</span></p>
<h3 style="background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
Chanda Porter will be joining Actors’ Summit for the first time with THE BIKINIS.
Her stage credits include <i>The Marvelous
Wonderettes</i>, <i>The Drowsy Chaperone</i>
<i>City of Angels</i>, I Do! I Do!, <i>The Rocky Horror</i>, <i>Cabaret,</i> and <i>You’re A Good
Man Charlie Brown</i>. </span></h3>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">THE BIKINI
BASH</span></u></b></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">On Friday,
June 28<sup>th</sup> Actors’ Summit
will host its second annual gala fundraising event. Beginning at 5:00 with a beach party across
the street from the theater, the evening includes a silent and an oral auction,
food, drinks, a full performance of THE BIKINIS, dancing and dessert. Tickets are $100 per person. Season subscribers receive a discount. Call 330-374-7568 for information, invitations,
and reservations.</span></p>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Ticket Information </span></u></b></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Individual
ticket prices are $19 at the preview on June 20th and the Saturday matinee on June
29th. On Thursdays and Sundays adults
are $28 and seniors over 65 are $25.
Opening Night, Friday, June 21st and all Saturdays are $30. Fridays are $28. Full time students with ID under the age of
30 can attend any performance for $9.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances are at 8:00 PM. Sunday matinees are at 2:00 PM.<b><u></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="" style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Tickets <strong><span style="color:black;font-weight:normal">can be purchased on our website (<u><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a></u>),
or by phone at (330) 374-7568. </span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="" style><strong><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The Theater</span></u></strong></p>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">The theater
is located on the sixth floor of historic Greystone Hall in downtown Akron. The facility
features barrier free access, free parking, and full bar service. </span></p>
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<p class="" style><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal">More
information is available at Actors’ Summit
website: <u><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a>.</u></span></strong></p></div>