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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 size=1><STRONG>NEWS RELEASE<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT
size=2>Melanie YC Pepe<BR>Young Actor Series Producer<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:mycp@weathervaneplayhouse.com"><FONT
size=2>mycp@weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV align=center><BR> <BR><FONT size=5><EM>Weathervane Playhouse features
<BR></EM></FONT><FONT size=6>“The Witch of Blackbird Pond” <BR></FONT><EM>An
adaptation of the beloved novel for young adults<BR></EM>Based off the book by
Elizabeth George Speare<BR>Adapted by Y York</DIV>
<DIV align=center><BR><FONT color=#800000 size=6><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qt0AQzQN_o4">Click
here for a PREVIEW!<BR></A></FONT> <BR>This exciting story that
captured the eyes of the world and won numerous awards, including the Newbery
Medal, runs at Weathervane Playhouse <STRONG>February 28 – March 16,
2014</STRONG>. Kit is a heroine whom playgoers will admire for her
unwavering sense of truth as well as her infinite capacity to
love. </DIV>
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align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Charge
by phone at Weathervane’s Ticket Office at</SPAN></B><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">330-836-2626</SPAN></B><SPAN
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">or
online at <A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/tickets.asp">http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/tickets.asp</A></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">Box
office hours:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">Mondays,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">Tuesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.</SPAN><SPAN
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">Show day
Saturdays, 12 noon to 5 p.m. </SPAN><SPAN
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">Tickets:
$12 - $15.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><I><FONT size=2>Group rates available.<o:p></o:p></FONT></I></P>
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