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</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WESTERN RESERVE PLAYHOUSE OPENS THE SEASON WITH MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS</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%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The comedy <u>MOONLIGHT AND
MAGNOLIAS</u> is scheduled to open the 58<sup><font size="2">th</font></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. Selznick
(played by Ed Conrad) has shut down production on his new epic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Gone With TheWind</u></i></span></b><u><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">,</span></u><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <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?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></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%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><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
(Dan Williams) and pulls formidable director Victor Flemming (Al Klesh) 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 Robertell 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%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><font face="Calibri">While Ed Conrad is new to
the WRP stage Dan William and Al Klesh are board members and have been in
several productions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pat Robertell-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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><u>NOTE</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peanuts are
extensively used onstage, so if you have a peanut allergy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this may not be the show for you.</font></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><font face="Calibri"> OPENING NIGHT JUNE 6TH BUY ONE, GET ONE HALF OFF PUNCH AND COOKIES SERVED</font></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in
10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><font face="Calibri"> CALL: 330-620-7314 FOR RESERVATIONS TICKETS: $12.00 FOR ADULTS AND $10.00 FOR SENIORS</font></span></b></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
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