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<h4><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Weathervane Playhouse’s “Night Must Fall” Reveals the
Different Faces of Evil</span></font></h4><p class="MsoBodyText2" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6">Classic British
Mystery/Thriller Serves Up Intrigue and Suspense</font><span style="font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Weathervane Playhouse’s 79<sup>th</sup> season continues with the
mystery-thriller-chiller <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Night Must Fall</i>
– directed by Eileen Moushey and presented live on stage from Oct. 10 to 27,
2013.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:normal">Written by Emlyn Williams, </span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Night Must Fall</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> is a taut
psychological thriller containing all the elements of a classic British
murder-mystery — an autocratic dowager, her lonely spinster companion, a gloomy
remote country home…and murder!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Set in 1935 in the English county of Essex, the play’s
ac</span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">tion takes place inside a</span></font><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> bungalow named Forest Corner, whose owner, Mrs.
Branson, is a domineering — but very wealthy — widow and hypochondriac.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Olivia, Mrs. Bramson’s niece and paid companion, is unhappy
and lonely and longs for a life different than the one which fate has handed
her. A feisty housekeeper, a flustered maid, and a genial neighbor round out
the "regulars" at Forest Corner. But when a murdered woman’s body is
discovered nearby, everyone is stunned by this sudden jolt of violence into
their quiet lives.</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">Into this mix enters a young man named Dan, whose charm and
personality lights up the room, lifts the spirits of all, and earns him a spot
in the household. But is he what he appears, or is something not quite right
about him?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">From there, a diabolical game of cat and mouse begins,
climaxing in a desperate race to prevent yet another murder. The different
faces of evil are unveiled in this vintage story of intrigue and suspense.
Terror, uncertainty, and a shocking conclusion make </span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Night Must Fall</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> a
perfectly thrilling entertainment.</span></p>
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<h3><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Night
Must Fall </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial">Performance and Ticket
Information<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Night Must
Fall </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">plays on the Weathervane Playhouse Founders Theater stage
between Oct. 10 and 27, 2013.</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">The
low-cost preview performance is Thursday, Oct. 10; the official opening-night
performance is Friday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">Between
Oct. 10 and 27, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Tickets for the Oct. 10 preview performance only are $15 each.
Tickets for performances after Sept. 5 are $21 each.</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">For performances after Oct. 10, $21 tickets for seniors are
available for Thursday and Sunday performances. Tickets for children (ages 17
or younger) and college students are $5 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">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="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-family:Arial">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Night
Must Fall</i> Cast</span></h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">JO McGARVEY</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Mrs. Bramson</span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">JENNIFER HAYEK</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Olivia Grayne</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">ADAM ADLERSON</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Hubert Laurie</span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">ASHLEY COLLINS</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Nurse Libby</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">MEG HOPP</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Mrs. Terence</span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">ALLISON GOOD</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Dora Parkoe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">TOM STEPHAN</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Inspector Belize</span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">JONATHAN RIESE</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Dan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p>
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial">The<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Night Must Fall </i>Backstage
Team</span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">EILEEN MOUSHEY</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">MARY KATE CLANCY</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Stage Manager</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">SCOTT CRIM</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Lighting Designer</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">TOM ABDOO </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Properties Designer</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">EILEEN and STEPHEN MOUSHEY</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Sound Co-Designers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">JASEN J. SMITH</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Costume Designer</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">ALAN SCOTT FERRALL</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Scenic Designer and Technical Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">KATHY KOHL</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Assistant Technical Director</span></p>
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<h3><em><span style="font-style:normal">About the Show’s Director and
Choreographer</span></em></h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">EILEEN
MOUSHEY</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> is a freelance writer/director and a two-time regional Emmy
Award winner. Her company, Mysteries by Moushey, publishes her original
comedy/mystery scripts which have been performed in over 1,300 venues
worldwide. Eileen has been been involved at Weathervane Playhouse for over 30
years as a volunteer, actress, writer, designer, and director. She served 10
years on the Playhouse's Board of Trustees, including a stint as President, and
steered two capital campaigns. Recently, Eileen directed the Weathervane
productions of </span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt">And the Winner Is</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial">, </span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">, </span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">A Tuna Christmas</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> and </span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">See How They Run</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">. She also
serves as the Coordinator for Weathervane’s annual 8x10 TheatreFest, the
Playhouse's festival of 10-minute plays. She lives in Kent with her husband,
Stephen. They have three children and three grandchildren. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<h3><em><span style="font-style:normal">About the Play’s Production History and
Adaptations</span></em></h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal">Night
Must Fall </span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-weight:normal">was first produced for the stage in London at the
Duchess Theatre, where it opened May 31, 1935. The first Broadway production
opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City in September of 1936. A
film adaptation followed in 1937, and it starred Robert Montgomery as Dan,
Rosalind Russell as Olivia and May Whitty as Mrs. Bramson (in the role that she
had originated in London and New York). </span></strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial">Night Must Fall</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> was adapted into a radio play in April 1946 on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Molle Mystery</i>, and it was again
performed in March 1948 on the long-running radio drama series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Suspense</i> (with Robert Montgomery and
Dame May Whitty reprising their original roles). </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal">A second
film version (with Albert Finney in the role of Dan) came to movie theaters in
1964. The play was revived in London in 1986 at the Greenwich Theatre, and then
on Broadway in 1999 (with Matthew Broderick playing Dan).</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">(Sources:
the Internet Broadway Database and Wikipedia)</span></i></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div>
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normal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">About the Playwright</span></b></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">EMLYN
WILLIAMS </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and actor.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>Born George Emlyn Williams in
Flintshire in northeast Wales on Nov. 26, 1905, he lived in a rural village in
which Welsh was spoken until he was 12 years old, when his family moved to an
English-speaking town. The move changed the course of his life, as it was there
that a teacher, Sarah Grace Cooke, recognized his literary talent. She
encouraged him and helped him win a scholarship to Oxford, where he attended
the college of Christ Church. She is immortalized in the character of
"Miss Moffat" in his play <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The
Corn is Green</i>.<br>
<br>
Education enabled him to escape the life of hard labor that was the lot of his
people. He attended Christ Church, Oxford and also studied in Geneva, Switzerland.
He joined a repertory theater and made his acting debut in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">And So To Bed</i> in London in November of 1927. He eventually became
an accomplished stage and screen actor, but it as a playwright that he had his
greatest success, eventually writing a score of plays.<br>
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He had his first theatrical success as a writer with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">A Murder Has Been Arranged</i>. The success of his 1935 play <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Night Must Fall</i>, which opened that year
at London's Duchess Theatre, led to its being transferred to New York the
following year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Corn
Is Green</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> was a Broadway triumph for the great Ethel Barrymore in
1940 and brought Bette Davis one of her 10 Oscar nominations in the 1945 film
adaptation. Katharine Hepburn later played the part of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Miss Moffat in the 1979 TV movie
directed by George Cukor.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;">
Williams' plays </span></font><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">Yesterday's Magic</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;">, </span></font><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">The Morning Star</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"> and </span></font><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">Someone Waiting</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"> were also performed on
Broadway, and he had a success on the Great White Way as an actor, too, in a
solo performance as Charles Dickens, which he revived twice. He was nominated
for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for </span></font><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">A Boy Growing Up</i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"> (1958), an adaptation of a work by fellow Welshman
Dylan Thomas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">True to his Welsh heritage, Williams also nurtured the young
Welshman Richard Burton, whom he directed in his first lead film role in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Women of Dolwyn</i> (1949). (Burton's
professional stage debut had been in Williams' play Druid's Rest, and Emyln
Williams' son, Brook Williams, became one of Burton's life-long friends).
Williams was the godfather to his Burton's daughter, Kate Burton, who is also
an actress.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">In addition to directing and acting in film, Emlyn Williams
famously collaborated with the great director Alfred Hitchcock. Williams acted
in and wrote additional dialogue for both the original <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">The Man Who Knew Too Much</i> (1934) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Jamaica Inn</i> (1939).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Williams wrote two memoirs – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">George: An
Early Autobiography</i> (1961) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Emlyn:
An Early Autography, 1927-1935</i> (1974) – as well as a 1967 non-fiction
account of the Moors Murders entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Beyond
Belief</i>. His 1980 novel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Headlong</i>
was adapted into the movie King Ralph (1991). He was appointed a Commander of
the Order of the British Empire in 1962.<br>
<br>
When he died on Sept. 25, 1987, Emlyn Williams had written or co-written 20
screenplays in addition to his 20 plays. As an actor, he had appeared in 41
films and teleplays, in addition to his numerous appearances on stage.</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">(Sources:
The Internet Movie Database and Wikipedia)</span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
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"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;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.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Weathervane
Playhouse’s 2013-2014 Season Support Provided by:<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Akron
Community Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Margaret
Clark Morgan Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Kenneth L.
Calhoun Charitable Trust (KeyBank, Trustee)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">OMNOVA
Solutions Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mary S.
and David C. Corbin Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Sisler
McFawn Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ohio Arts
Council<o:p></o:p></span></i></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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