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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 36px;">Weathervane
Playhouse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Third<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Annual </span>8x 10 TheatreFest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; ">(8 plays,
10 minutes each)</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">A young man is forced to explain
life-altering circumstances to his fragile younger brother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A young couple discuss a future
together, but in a completely unfiltered - and hysterical - way. A middle-aged
couple is awakened by a noise, and the husband ventures forth bravely, armed
only with a tennis racquet, to confront the intruder. These are just a sampling
of what audiences will find at Weathervane Playhouse</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"WP TypographicSymbols";mso-bidi-font-family:
"WP TypographicSymbols"">=</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">s third annual 8x10 TheatreFest August
16-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The
finalist plays to be presented at TheatreFest are:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">* The Wife of Sisyphus </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">by Walter Cuirle of Kensington,
MD, directed by Jacqi Loewy and featuring Ron Cuirle, Harriet DeVeto, and Jasen
Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">* Little Miss Understanding </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">by Andrew Ade of New Wilmington,
PA, directed by Bill Morgan and featuring Rachel Gehlert and Zach Oliver.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bad Thing </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">by Mark
Cornell of Chapel Hill, NC, directed by Mary Mahoney and featuring Scott Davis
and Matt King.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Why Did I Marry an Illegal
Alien </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">by Lenny Levy of Gaithersburg, MD, directed by Chanda Porter and
featuring Adam Alderson and Abby Schramp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">* Again </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">by Benjamin Gorman of Columbus, OH, directed by
Eileen Moushey and featuring Adam Alderson, Andrew Alderson and Rachel Gehlert.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">* Hey, Hey, I Wanna Get Married </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">by Brandy Reichenberger of
Chicago, IL, directed by Eileen Moushey and featuring Tim Fair and Elyse
Ramirez. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">* Doubles Troubles </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">by Ross Tandowsky of Tracy, CA, directed by
Ian Haberman and featuring Eileen Moushey and Tom Stephan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Shimmer</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> by Tess
Light of Los Alamos, NM,, directed by Scott Davis and featuring Ron Cuirle and
Sue Jeromson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; text-align: right; "><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">*
indicates playwrights who are traveling to Akron for TheatreFest<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></font></p></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">This
years Guest Judges include:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">John Hedges, Executive Director, Weathervane
Playhouse</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">David Ritchey, theater critic for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "><i>The West-Side
Leader </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">professor in the
School of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">Communication
in The University of Akron.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">Bill O’Connor, retired reporter, columnist and
theatre/movie critic for the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "><i>Akron</i> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Beacon
Journal</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">Russ Musarra, another </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "><i>Beacon Journal</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> theatre
critic alum and the writer and editor of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">several books
about Akron’s history and neighborhoods.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="font-style: normal; text-align: right; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></font></p></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">Following the Sunday
matinee, winners will be announced and prizes awarded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Guest Judges will choose the First and
Second place winners and audience members will vote for The Fan Favorite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large; "><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">8 x 10 TheatreFest Performance and Ticket Information<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<h2 align="left" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; text-align: left; page-break-after: avoid; ">The Performances<u> </u><!--[if supportFields]><u><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>tc "</u>The Performances<u> "
\l 2</u><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><u><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></u><![endif]--><u><o:p></o:p></u></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; page-break-after: avoid; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Friday,
August 16 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Saturday, August 17 at 8
p.m<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sunday, August 18 at 2:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 align="left" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; text-align: left; page-break-after: avoid; ">Tickets <!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:
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style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; page-break-after: avoid; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">$10 each<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">By phone: 330-836-2626<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In person: 1301
Weathervane Lane in Akron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Online: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com"><span class="SYSHYPERTEXT">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">* * *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Weathervane Playhouse and
its dedicated volunteers offer vital performing arts resources for the people
of Northeastern Ohio. We create exciting and thought-provoking shows with
impressive production values. Through educational programs and volunteer
opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds, Weathervane serves the
theater community, our patrons and our volunteers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: x-large; "><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Ohio
Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<!--EndFragment--><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Janis Harcar</font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">Director of Advancement</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">Weathervane Playhouse</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">330-836-2626 X16</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="mailto:jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com">jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com</a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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