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href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/the-2013-8x10-theatrefest-2013-08-16"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Weathervane 8x10
TheatreFest</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></A></SPAN></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Friday, August 16 (8pm)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Saturday August 17
(8pm)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sunday, August 18
(2:30pm)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Following Sunday’s
performance, prizes will be awarded, including Fan
Favorite</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(as determined by votes from
all audience members over the weekend)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Also following Sunday’s
performance a reception will be held in the lobby.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><B><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tickets are $10 each.<SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Online tickets can be
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face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In August, Weathervane
Playhouse presents it’s 3<SUP>rd</SUP><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Annual 8x 10 TheatreFest.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The finalist playwrights are a diverse group and each brings a unique
voice to our competition.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>We’re very excited to bring their work to our stage.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Read about the finalists below.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are thrilled that FIVE * will be in
attendance at TheatreFest and we hope you will attend and meet them in person !
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: right 6.5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">* WALTER CUIRLE (<I>The Wife of Sisyphus</I>)
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=justify><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Walter Cuirle is a
physicist and has taught the subject for more than thirty years. He has
published some fiction and quite a bit of non-fiction, but, unless you count
teaching as a performing art, has had no involvement with theater. <I>The Wife
of Sisyphus</I> is his first play. He is a member of the National Writer's Union
(UAW Local 1981) and SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
He and his wife live in Washington, DC; their son and his family live in Akron,
Ohio</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face=Helvetica>..</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">* ANDREW ADE<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT><I><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(Little Miss
Understanding)</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"> </FONT></SPAN></I></SPAN></B><SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Andrew Ade has written
full-length and one-act plays, as well as the book and lyrics for a musical,
<I>How the Children Stopped the Wars</I> (music by Anthony Billera). Recent
productions include <I>Reports of a Home Invasion</I> (Spotlight Award, 2013 New
Voice Play Festival, Charles Town, WV) and the New York premiere of <I>A
Question of Taste</I> in the 2013 Midtown International Theatre Festival.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The latter had won the Best Play Award
at the 2007 Theater Festival in Black & White (Pittsburgh Playwrights
Theater Company) and received the 2009 <I>Arts & Letters</I> Prize in Drama.
Other produced plays include <I>Language Barrier</I> (Best Play Award, 2010
Theater Festival in Black & White) and <I>Off-Color Remarks</I> (Finalist,
Outstanding Playwright Award, 2011 Pittsburgh New Works Festival). Ade is a
2012-2013 Heinz Endowments Fellow; was the sole playwriting recipient of the
2009 Kennedy Center National Teaching Artist Grant; and has had residency
fellowships at The MacDowell Colony, The Ragdale Foundation, and The Hambidge
Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Ade earned his B.A. in English at
Northwestern University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as a Peace Corps high
school teacher in the Republic of Zaïre (today, Democratic Republic of Congo)
and as the American Lecturer at Groupe HEC (Paris), a leading business school in
France. He is currently an Associate Professor of English at Westminster College
in nearby New Wilmington, PA, where he teaches dramatic literature and
criticism, literary theory, world fiction, film history and
playwriting.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">MARK CORNELL </FONT><I><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(Bad Thing)</FONT></I></SPAN></B><I><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">In the past year, Mark has
had 14 new plays premiere around the country.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Recent awards include the grand prize at
Short + Sweet Brisbane (Australia) in 2012 for <I>The Rental Company</I>, and
the 2013 LW Thomas Award from Theatre Oxford for <I>Bad Thing</I>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His plays <I>The Inciting Incident</I>,
<I>The Killing Room</I>, and <I>All the Answers</I> (Best New Work nomination
from the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle) appeared at MadLab in Columbus,
OH.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He has an MFA in playwriting
from UCLA and lives in Chapel Hill, NC.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">LENNY LEVY (Why Did I Marry An Illegal
Alien)</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Lenny Levy, a member of the
Dramatist’s Guild, is an award-winning playwright who has been writing plays and
movie scripts for many a moon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Although the Federal government pays Lenny a princely sum to devote much
time and energy to his bureaucratic endeavors, he still finds time during his
non-work hours to nurture his creative side.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lenny holds a B.A. degree from the
University of Maryland at College Park in Government & Politics, a J.D.
degree from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America,
and a Master of Laws degree from the Georgetown University School of Law.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How does this training prepare one to be
a playwright?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A variety of life
experiences is invaluable to anyone who writes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Besides writing plays, Lenny is also an
actor, scriptwriter, lyricist and painter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Wacky, wild, off-beat, maybe even absurd, are just a few adjectives to
describe Lenny’s works.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But it is
the challenge of putting words on paper to evoke humor and/or drama that he
finds most rewarding.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His
one-minute play, “I Brought You In …!” won first prize in the “In A New York
Minute Play Festival” and was also performed in the Gi60 Festival in Halifax,
England.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The idea for this play
came from the ongoing debate about immigration.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lenny decided to spin the discussion to
perhaps its most absurd version.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And now the time has arrived for Lenny to accept the challenge of moving
from a one-minute play to the more complex ten-minute play format.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If this play is successful, what
next?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A one-act?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B></B></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">* BEN GORMAN </FONT><I><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(Again) </FONT></I></SPAN></B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=justify><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Ben Gorman is a native of
Cleveland and resident of Columbus. Principally an actor, he has also directed
and designed for theatre, and has performed in California, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Arizona, and Ohio. Ben is also an award-winning poet and avid Shakespeare
aficionado. Favorite roles include Hamlet, Dr. Miller (<I>Inventing Van
Gogh</I>; winner, Outstanding Acting Award, Theatre Roundtable), Torvald Helmer
(<I>A Doll’s House</I>), Richard Hannay (<I>The 39 Steps</I>, CATCO), Renfield
(<I>Dracula</I>), Rick Steadman (<I>The Nerd</I>), and Charlie Baker (<I>The
Foreigner</I>). </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">* B.N. REICHENBERGER </FONT><I><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">(Hey, Hey, I Wanna Get
Married)</FONT></I></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Brandy Reichenberger is a
Chicago-based playwright and dramaturg. She received a BA in Theatre and English
from Loyola University Chicago in 2012. Brandy has worked as a dramaturg and
assistant dramaturg at Northlight Theatre (<I>Tinker to Evers to Chance, Stones
in His Pockets, The Whipping Man, The Odd Couple, Woody Sez)</I>, American
Theatre Company <I>(She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange)</I>, Next Theatre
(<I>Everything is Illuminated)</I>, and Steep Theatre (<I>Making Noise
Quietly)</I>. Plays include <I>Swimming </I>(LUC 2010), <I>The Brain Play and
Other Stories </I>(Workshop, LUC 2012), <I>Hey, Hey, I Wanna Get Married,</I>
and <I>The Future.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></I>Her play
<I>Low-Fat Kosher Recipe Book: An Orthodox Guide to Fitness </I>received a
staged reading at the Chicago History Museum in 2013, and was the recipient of
the Emerging<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Talent Award from the
Chicago Jewish Historical Society. </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">* ROSS TANDOWSKY </FONT><I><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">(Doubles Troubles)</FONT></I></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Ross is<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>51 years old and lives in Tracy,
California with his wife, Judi.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He
works for the United States Postal Service and has<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>been writing and entering play contests
and festivals for the last year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Ross has a B.A. degree in Theatrical Arts after attending UCLA and UC
Santa Cruz.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He’s<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>always loved theater and has spent much
time as an actor and a director, as well as a stint as a stand-up comic.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His only connection to Ohio was
listening to his mother sing the song by that title from the musical Wonderful
Town.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>Doubles Troubles
</I>is the third play he’s written that feature the main characters, Ralph and
Marion.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He enjoys watching
navigate adverse situations, while trying to cope with each other.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He hopes the audience will love
them as much as he does! </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">TESS LIGHT </FONT><I><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">(Shimmer)</FONT></I></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Playwright Tess Light lives
and works in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Her plays tend to incorporate any or
all of the following: sarcasm, death, sarcastic death, Buddhism, foodism,
poetry, song, and Shakespeare. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Tess' full-length plays have received several distinctions. Her
comedy "Tower of Magic" won the 2012 New Play Contest at Theatre Conspiracy in
Fort Myers Florida, and premiered there in October 2012; her comedy "Stalking
Serendipity" was a finalist for both the AACT 2013 New Play Contest (1 of 12),
and for the 2012 Heiress Productions Playwriting Competition; her drama "To
Conceive Gods" was a semi-finalist for the 2013 National Arts Club Playwrights
First award; and another drama "The Cadence of a Dream" was a semi-finalist (1
of 12) for the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest in 2010. She also writes short
plays and one-acts; her one-act play "The Last Days of Wonder" won second place
in the Dubuque Fine Arts Players National One-Act Playwriting Contest (2013) as
well as being a finalist for the Arts & Letters 2013 Prize for Drama (1 of
8). </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Both Tess and her husband
have aunts, uncles, siblings, and cousins scattered throughout Ohio; his
mother's family and her grandmother's family originated there before striking
out west. After living in eight cities in four countries, Tess settled in
Los Alamos with her husband and sons, where she works as a physicist in the
Space and Remote Sensing Sciences group at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri">Tess is a member of the
Dramatists Guild of America, the Santa Fe Theatre Guild, The Albuquerque Theatre
Guild, and the American Association of Community Theater.</SPAN></P>
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