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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'>COACH HOUSE THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>732 West Exchange Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Akron, OH 44302<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>330-434-7741 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.coachhousetheatre.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'><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:12.0pt'>Coach House Theatre opens new season with <i>Grace and Glorie</i></span></b><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'>September 26 to October 13, Thursday-Friday-Saturday night, Sunday afternoon</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><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'> Coach House Theatre in Akron will open its 86th season with Tom Ziegler's <i>Grace and Glorie</i>, to be directed by Artistic Director Terry Burgler. In this show, a young social worker (Holly Humes, <i>The Fox on the Fairway, Move Over Mrs. Markham</i>) visits the remote cabin of a 90-year-old hospice patient (Maureen Estelle Guerin-Johnson, <i>Driving Miss Daisy, Social Security</i>), and ends up receiving far more help than she gives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <i>Grace and Glorie</i> (under its earlier title, <i>Apple Dreams</i>) received its first professional staging in 1991, where is was produced and directed by Coach House's Terry Burgler at TheatreVirginia. Later that decade, it went on to perform a limited run in New York with Estelle Parsons and Lucie Arnaz. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <i>Grace and Glorie </i>was featured in last season's popular Elder Theatre Series, four free reader's theatre pieces chosen the highlight the wisdom, vitality and triumphs of the "silver stars" of theatre, and sponsored in part by a grant from the Akron Community Foundation. Part of ACF's continuing support for Coach House includes this season's full production of the well-received tragicomedy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <i>Grace and Glorie </i>will be presented Sept. 26 to Oct. 13. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Dinner or brunch is available to all theatre patrons, prior to every performance, at the Akron Woman's City Club next door (reservations required.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> There will be a special $12 Preview performance Thursday, Sept. 26 only, at 8 p.m. The official opening night is Friday, Sept. 27. Group rates are available for groups of 12 or more. Our 93-seat theatre usually sells out quickly, so reserve your seats now!<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'>SHOW TIMES: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m.<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'>TICKETS: Thursdays, $15, other performances, $20. Students $12 all shows. Preview Performance, Thursday, Sept. 26 ONLY, $12 all seats.<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'>FOR RESERVATIONS: Contact our box office at 330-434-7741, or visit www.coachhousetheatre.com. <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'>Coach House Theatre is located at 732 West Exchange Street in Akron, next to the Akron Woman's City Club, and at the corner of West Exchange and North Portage Path.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Visit us at </span><a href="http://www.coachhousetheatre.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> to find out more about this show, and our 2013-14 season!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>