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<DIV><FONT size=1><STRONG><FONT color=#800000>NEWS RELEASE
<BR></FONT></STRONG>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe (330) 836-2626<BR><A
href="http://www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com">www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com</A></FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV align=center><BR></FONT><FONT size=4><STRONG>Weathervane
Playhouse<BR></STRONG></FONT>1301 Weathervane Lane * Akron, Oh 44313</DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM>presents<BR></EM><FONT color=#800080
size=5><STRONG><EM>The Witch of Blackbird Pond<BR></EM></STRONG></FONT>Based on
the novel by Elizabeth George Speare<BR>Adapted by Y York<BR><FONT color=#800000
size=4>Newberry Award Winner</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#800000 size=4>
<DIV align=center><BR></FONT>This exciting story of a girl named Kit, captured
the eyes of the world and won numerous awards, including the Newbery Medal. The
story follows a wealthy girl leaving a comfortable life in Barbados to live with
her Puritan cousins in 1687 colonial Connecticut. Upon her arrival in
New England, Kit finds the lifestyle very different than her life in
Barbados -- the labor intense and the religious rules confining.
Overwhelmed by the changes she is forced to undertake, she escapes to the
meadows meeting Hannah Tupper, a Quaker commonly known as <EM>the Witch of
Blackbird Pond</EM>. Because Hannah’s religious convictions differ from the
Puritan lifestyle<BR>dominating the community, she has been branded a
witch and shunned. Hannah befriends Kit, and joins her diverse group
of friends -- Nat Eaton, whom Kit met on the ship to the Americas,
and Prudence, a young Puritan girl. Kit tries to adapts
to Puritan life but doesn’t agree with all of the Puritan ways.
When the community starts to speak of witchcraft Kit must decide what is most
important. Holding to her own beliefs or conforming to the beliefs of
her new family and community. </DIV>
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color=#800080 size=5>The Witch of Blackbird Pond</FONT></EM><BR></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; tab-stops: .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><STRONG>February 28 to March 16, 2014<BR><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; tab-stops: .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Friday, February
28 at 7:30 p.m.<BR><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m.<BR><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Sunday, March 2
at 3:30 p.m.<BR><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> <EM><FONT
color=#800000> </FONT></EM></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue"><EM><FONT color=#800000>Tuesday, March 4 at 10:00 a.m. --
SOLD OUT!<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; tab-stops: .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><EM><FONT color=#800000><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Thursday, March 6
at 10:00 a.m. -- SOLD OUT!<BR></FONT></EM></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Friday, March 7
at 7:30 p.m.<BR><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m.<BR><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Sunday, March 9
at 3:30 p.m.<BR><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Friday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m.<BR><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Saturday, March
15 at 7:30 p.m.<BR><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Sunday, March 16 at 3:30 p.m.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR><STRONG>Charge by phone at Weathervane’s
Ticket Office at<BR>330-836-2626<BR>or online at
http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/tickets.asp<BR></STRONG> <BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>