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<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span> </span><b>Date: March 12, 2014</b></font></font></p></div>
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<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">From:<span> </span><span> </span>School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration</font></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span> </span>The University of Akron</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Contact: <span> </span>Thurayya UmBayemake, <a href="tel:%28330%29%20972-7895" value="+13309727895" target="_blank">(330) 972-7895</a> or</font></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.6in" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span> </span><a href="mailto:Administration.arts@gmail.com" target="_blank">Administration.arts@gmail.com</a></font></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Akron, OH — The University of Akron (UA) Theatre Program presents <i>Picnic </i><span>by William Inge</span> with three performances left this weekend at Sandefur Theatre in Guzzetta Hall.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Directed
by UA Adjunct Professor and Equity actress Aubrey Caldwell Davis,
performances are March 13-15 at 7:30 p.m., </font><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Tickets for <i>Picnic </i>are
$12 general admission; $10 for seniors and UA faculty, staff and alumni;
and $6 for students. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more.
Guzzetta Hall is at 139 Buchtel Ave., Akron. For more information on
performances or UA’s High School Drama Day, call </font><a href="tel:%5C%28330%29%20972-7895" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">(330) 972-7895</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> or visit </font><a href="http://www.uakron.edu/dtaa" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.uakron.edu/dtaa</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">.</font></font></p>
<p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A Pulitzer Prize-winner, <i>Picnic</i>
takes place on Labor Day Weekend in the early 1950s in the adjoining
back yards of two middle-aged widows. One house belongs to Flo Owens,
who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a
spinster schoolteacher boarder. The other house belongs to Helen Potts,
who lives with her elderly and invalid mother. Into this female
atmosphere comes a young man named Hal Carter, whose animal vitality
upsets the entire group. Hal is a most interesting character, a child of
parents who ignored him, self-conscious of his failings and his
position behind the eight ball. Flo is sensitively wary of temptations
for her daughters. Madge, bored with being only a beauty, sacrifices her
chances for a wealthy marriage for the excitement Hal promises. Millie
finds her balance for the first time through the stranger's brief
attention. And the spinster is stirred to make an issue out of the
dangling courtship that has brightened her dreary life in a minor way. </font></font></span></p>
<p><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The mission of the
Theatre Program at The University of Akron is to provide undergraduate
students the opportunity to explore and expand their educational and
cultural horizons through comprehensive experience in all facets of
theatre arts.</font></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">###</span></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Graduate Student<br>University of Akron<br>Graduate Assistant, Arts Administration<br>
Phone: (330) 972.7895<br>Email: <a href="mailto:administration.arts@gmail.com" target="_blank">administration.arts@gmail.com</a> <br>
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