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<h6><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6">Have You Seen "Xanadu?"</font></h6><h6><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Plus, followup information regarding Weathervane's 8X10 TheaterFest 2013!</font></h6><h6><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Xanadu~</span></i></h6><h6><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">"a highly entertaining show that enduces bunches of belly laughs" ~ </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Kerry Clawson, Akron Beacon Journal</font></i></h6><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">Grab
your leg warmers and roller skates! Weathervane Playhouse travels back to the
1980s to open its 79</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "><sup>th</sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> season with the hilarious, roller-skating musical
adventure </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Xanadu</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> – the campy musical
comedy that celebrates following your dreams no matter what obstacles cross
your path! See it live on stage NOW through September 22, 2013.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
normal">Xanadu</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek
muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach,
California in 1980. She’s on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to
achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first roller disco!
(Hey, it's 1980, after all!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">But when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal
Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation and chaos abounds!
Even when faced with the threat of eternal banishment to the underworld, Kira
finds that she must maneuver around her scheming sisters in order to make
Sonny’s dream come true – and do it while wearing roller skates!</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">This
silly yet endearing musical comedy rolls along to the original hit score
composed by pop-rock legends Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, and includes such
1980s-era hits as "Magic," "All Over the World,"
“Suddenly," "I'm Alive," "Evil Woman," "Have You
Never Been Mellow?" and "Xanadu" – to name just a few! – and is
based on the Universal Pictures cult-classic movie of the same title, which
starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly.</font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Weathervane Playhouse’s production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Xanadu</i> is directed and choreographed by Gwen Arment with musical
direction by John Ebner.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">In addition to the normal, reserved seating in Weathervane’s
240-seat Founders Theater, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Xanadu</i>’s
audience members are also able to purchase tickets to see the show from right
ON THE STAGE itself! A limited number of on-stage seats are available for every
performance, providing a fun, up-close, and slightly interactive experience to
match the show’s overall absurdity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; "><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Xanadu
</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-family:Arial">Performance and Ticket Information</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Between
Sept. 5 and 22, 2013, the performance days and times are Thursdays at 7:30
p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">Tickets for performances after Sept. 5 are $25 each.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">For performances after Sept. 5, $21 tickets for seniors are
available for Thursday and Sunday performances. Tickets for children (ages 17
or younger) and college students are $7.50 each at all performances (including
the June 6 preview performance). Additional discounts for groups of 10 or
larger are also available.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Additionally, Weathervane Playhouse’s production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Xanadu</i> will feature a limited number of
on-stage seats for audience members. Ticket prices for on-stage seating range
between $7.50 and $20.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The Weathervane Playhouse Box Office is open Mondays between
10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and
is also open beginning one hour before each performance. For tickets, visit or
call the Weathervane Box Office at 330-836-2626 during Box Office hours or
connect online to <a href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><span class="MsoPageNumber"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-large; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1423a7">...followup information regarding Weathervane's 8X10 TheaterFest 2013!</font></span>
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#fe2b17">The "Fan
Favorite" Winner</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Giovanni Book'" size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Doubles Troubles</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by Ross Tandowsky of Tracy, California</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#fe2b17">First-Place Winner</font><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Bad Thing</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by Mark Cornell of Chapel Hill, North Carolina</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#fe2b17">Second-Place Winner</font><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Doubles Troubles</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by Ross Tandowsky of Tracy, California</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#fe2b17">Runners-Up</font> (in
alphabetical order)<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Again</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by Benjamin Gorman of Columbus, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Hey, Hey, I Wanna Get
Married</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by B.N.
Reichenberger of Chicago, Illinois<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Little Miss
Understanding</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by Andrew Ade of New
Wilmington, Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Shimmer</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by Tess Light of Los Alamos, New Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Why Did I Marry an
Illegal Alien?</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by Lenny Levy of
Gaithersburg, Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">The Wife of Sisyphus</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "> by Walter Cuirle of Kensington, Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; font-size: x-large; ">Guest judges (John
Hedges, Executive Director – Weathervane Playhouse; David Ritchey, theater
critic for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">West Side Leader</i>,
professor in the School of Communication at The University of Akron; Bill
O’Connor, retired reporter, columnist and theater/movie critic for the Akron
Beacon Journal; Russ Musarra, retired reviewer from the Akron Beacon Journal, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; font-size: x-large; ">writer and editor of
several books about Akron’s history and neighborhoods) viewed a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; font-size: x-large; ">performance and
selected the first- and second-place winners. And the audience chose the
"Fan Favorite!" The winners were announced after the
plays, followed by a reception in the lobby at the final matinee performance on
Aug. 18, 2013.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; font-size: x-large; ">Congratulations and
kudos to our finalist playwrights, and the directors, casts and crews that
brought their plays to life. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; ">Visit our website </span><a href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; color: rgb(2, 56, 160); ">(www.weathervaneplayhouse.com)</span></a></font><span style="font-family: 'Giovanni Book'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"> this fall for details, playwright
guidelines, etc. about the 2014 competition and event. We
already know the special-prop-inspiration for TheatreFest 2013 - an ornate box -
because this year’s audience chose it! </font></span></p>
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<div>Janis Harcar</div><div>Director of Advancement</div><div>Weathervane Playhouse</div><div>330-836-2626 X16</div><div><a href="mailto:jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com">jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com</a></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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