<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><strong><font face="Calibri"> <span> </span>WESTERN RESERVE PLAYHOUSE OPENS THE SEASON WITH MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS</font></strong></div><div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Calibri"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">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> </span>1939 Hollywood is abuzz.<span> </span>Legendary producer David O. Selznick (played by Ed Conrad) has shut down production on his new epic <i><u>Gone With TheWind</u></i></span></b><u><span style="line-height: 115%;">,</span></u><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <b><span> </span>a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel.<span>
</span>The screenplay, you see, just isn’t working.<span> </span><span> </span>So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do?<span> </span></b></span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><font face="Calibri">While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick <span> </span>sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht (Dan Williams) and pulls formidable director Victor Flemming (Al Klesh) from the set of <i><u>The Wizard of Oz</u></i><u>.</u> <span> </span><span> </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> </span><span> </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> </span>Producers for WRP are<span> </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><span style="line-height: 115%;"><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> </span>Pat Robertell-Hudson also has been in several WRP productions and co-directed Don’t Hug Me a few season ago.<span> </span>Director Jim Volkert once again brings an audience winning show to our stage.<span> </span><u>NOTE</u>:<span> </span>Peanuts are extensively used onstage, so if you have a peanut
allergy<span> </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><span style="line-height: 115%;"><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><span style="line-height: 115%;"><font face="Calibri"> CALL: 330-620-7314 FOR RESERVATIONS TICKETS: $12.00 FOR ADULTS AND $10.00 FOR SENIORS</font></span></b><br></div></div></body></html>