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</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WESTERN RESERVE PLAYHOUSE
ANNOUNCES ITS 58<sup>TH</sup> SEASON</font></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Calibri"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;">The comedy <u>MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS</u>
is scheduled to open the 58<sup>th</sup> season and run on June 6, 7, 13, 14,
20 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1939 Hollywood is
abuzz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legendary producer David O. Selzni
(played by Ed Conrad) has shut down production on his new epic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Gold With TheWind</u></i></span></b><u><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;">,</span></u><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The screenplay, you see, just
isn’t working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do?</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">While fending off the film’s stars,
gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht
(Al Klesh) and pulls formidable director Victor Flemming (Dan Williams) from
the set of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>The Wizard of Oz</u></i><u>.</u>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Summoning
both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades and on a steady diet
of bananas and peanuts fed to them by the loyal and the ever present secretary
(Pat Hudson), the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that
will become a blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Playwright Ron Hutchinson and director Jim
Volkert turn this storyline into a hyperventilating slapstick comedy, an
impassioned love song and a blazing critique of Hollywood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Producers for WRP are<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>board members Sue Snyder and Marty Hess.</font></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">While Ed Conrad is new to the WRP
stage Dan William and Al Klesh are board members and have been seen in several
productions. Pat Hudson also has been in several WRP productions and
co-directed Don’t Hug Me a few season ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Director Jim Volkert once again brings an audience winning show to our
stage. </font></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">WRP’S YOUTH THEATRICAL CLASSES FOR
STUDENTS FROM AGES 7 TO 17 RUNS JUNE 9 TO JUNE 28<sup>TH</sup> ENDING IN TWO
PERFORMANCES FOR THE PUBLIC ON JUNE 27<sup>TH</sup> AND 28<sup>TH</sup> AT
7:30PM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DIRECTORS ARE JIM VOLKERT AND
KELLY E. CLARK.</font></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Our musical this season is SHOUT! THE
MOD MUSICAL ( Book by Phillip George and David Lowenstein with Lyrics and Music
by various Composers) being performed on April 18, 19, 25, 26, and August 1, 2,
8 and 9<sup>th</sup> and directed by Marc C. Howard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a Broadway musical featuring the songs
of the swinging sixties featuring the music of Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield,
Cilla Black and Shirley Bassey.</font></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">The final show of the season will be
the mystery MAURITIUS by Theresa Rebeck on September 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and
27.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alex Nine returns to direct this
gripping tale about high stake collectors who are willing to do anything to
claim the rare finds of the world for their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Tickets prices for adults are $12.00
and seniors are $10.00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The musicals are
$14.00 for adults and $12.00 for seniors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Youth Production price is $5.00 for all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>330-620-7314 for more
information.</font></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
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