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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ohio Shakespeare Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>507 E. Crain Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kent, OH 44240<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>330-673-8761 box office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ohioshakespeare.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.ohioshakespeare.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Ohio Shakespeare Festival continues the 2013 Summer Season with <i>Cymbeline<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“Some people, it seems, are born to do Shakespeare, and so must it be for (Artistic Director) Terry Burgler… Under his guidance, a dazzling cast makes Shakespeare as easily enjoyable as if the play had been written last year by someone in, well, Ohio. The company makes one understand why so many make a fuss about dear old Will. It's also gorgeous to the eye.”<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(The Cleveland Scene)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ohio Shakespeare Festival, performing for the twelfth summer at beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron, will continue it’s 2013 season with William Shakespeare’s fantastic romance and semi-historical fairy tale, <i>Cymbeline.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ever wonder what it would be like if Shakespeare had written a Disney romance? If so, you’ll want to catch Shakespeare’s fairy tale: <i>Cymbeline. </i>You’ll meet an evil queen, a spellbound king, a princess in disguise, and even the god of thunder, Jupiter himself. <i>Cymbeline</i> will feature favorite OSF Company members Andrew Cruse, Bernard Bygott, and Tess Burgler as Iachimo, Posthumous, and Imogen. Also returning to the company will be Terry Burgler, Timothy Champion, Geoff Knox, Joe Pine, Benjamin Fortin, Henry C. Bishop, Mark Stoffer, Kyra Kelley, Jeremy Jenkins and Karen L. Wood, all appearing as various mountain men, ghosts, lords, ladies, kings and princes. <a name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cymbeline</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> will preview on August 1, open August 2, and run through August 18. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at 8pm, with a Greenshow of songs, sword fights and skits performed each evening at 7:30. Stan Hywet’s grounds open at 6pm for picnicking in the historic gardens. Concessions are available each evening, including assorted wines, and imported, microbrew and domestic beers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens is located at 714 N. Portage Path in Akron. Tickets are $30 for reserved seating (the first 100 seats in the center, closest to the stage), or $25 for festival (open) seating. Student tickets are $15, and further discounts on adult tickets are available for OSF, WKSU, and Stan Hywet Members. Reservations may be made any time through OSF’s web site at </span><a href="http://www.ohioshakespeare.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.ohioshakespeare.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>, or by calling the box office at (330) 673-8761 daily (except Mondays) from noon to 5pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“B</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>urgler and his band of actors perform Shakespeare for the sheer joy of it. We audience members are fortunate to partake in such a gorgeous treat.” <i>(Akron Beacon Journal)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-- End --<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>