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<h1><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-variant:small-caps">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">February 8, 2015</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:-.7pt">Cleveland’s Classic Theater Company<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:-.7pt">Announces Expanded 2015-16 Season to<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:-.7pt">Headline Hanna Theatre Home<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:-.3pt">The new six-show lineup features a pair of Shakespearean classics,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:-.3pt">two Tony Award-winning musicals, and a murder mystery thriller.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CLEVELAND, OH</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> –<b>
Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater (GLT), unveiled an ambitious, six-production array of classics to headline the company’s 2015-16 season.
</b>Great Lakes Theater’s fifty-fourth year is scheduled to run from September 2015 through May 2016 at PlayhouseSquare’s Hanna and Ohio Theatres.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GLT will commence its 2015-16 season with the Tony-winning musical,
<b><i>The Secret Garden</i></b><i>,</i> presented in rotating repertory with Shakespeare’s towering tragedy,
<b><i>King Lear </i></b>(September 25 - November 1, 2015)<i>.</i> The company’s annual production of Dickens’ holiday classic,
<b><i>A Christmas Carol</i></b><i> </i>(November 28 - December 23, 2015)<i> </i>will bisect the season. In the spring, GLT will present Agatha Chritie’s murder mystery classic,
<b><i>And Then There Were None </i></b>(February 26 – March 20, 2016)<i> </i>followed by Shakespeare’s comedy,
<b><i>Love’s Labour’s Lost</i></b> (April 8 – 24, 2016) and the world’s Longest running musical,
<b><i>The Fantasticks</i></b> (May 13-29, 2015) written by Tom Jones, with music by Harvey Schmidt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Great Lakes Theater resident artist,
<b>Victoria Bussert</b> will celebrate her 29<sup>th</sup> year at GLT when she helms the company’s pair of musical productions,
<i>The Secret Garden </i>and <i>The Fantasticks, </i>in the coming season. <b>Joseph Hanreddy</b>, who most recently directed Great Lakes Theater’s acclaimed production of
<i>Richard III</i>, will return to direct the company’s production of <i>King Lear</i>.
<b>Tyne Rafaeli</b> will make her GLT directing debut with <i>Love’s Labour’s Lost</i>. And
<b>GLT producing artistic director, Charles Fee</b>, will direct <i>And Then There Were None.
</i>The director of GLT’s annual production of <b><i>A Christmas Carol</i></b> will be announced at a later date.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Great Lakes Theater’s 2015-16 season is supported in part
<b>by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture</b>. Generous season support is also provided by
<b>The Cleveland Foundation</b> and the <b>Ohio Arts Council</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Five of the company’s 2015-16 season offerings
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(The Secret Garden, King Lear, And Then There Were None, Love’s Labour’s Lost
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">and
<i>The Fantasticks),</i> will take place in GLT’s revolutionary, audience-friendly home at the
<b>Hanna Theatre,</b> <b>PlayhouseSquare, </b>while <b><i>A Christmas Carol</i></b> will remain in its traditional
<b>Ohio Theatre</b> setting. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Great Lakes Theater’s award-winning home at the Hanna Theatre features<b> a unique thrust stage configuration where
the audience surrounds the performance - </b></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">affording attendees a uniquely intimate theater experience in which
<b>no seat is further than 12 rows from the stage</b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">At the Hanna,<b> patrons select from a variety of seating opportunities</b> that include traditional seats, club chairs, lounge/bar seats, banquette couches and private
box seating</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Boasting
<b>a fully flexible hydraulic stage</b>, <b>state-of-the-art theatrical systems</b> and
<b>a visionary “Great Room” inspired design concept</b> that integrates the artist and audience into a single unified environment, Great Lakes Theater’s Hanna home is
<b>one of the most innovative theaters in the country</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Great Lakes Theater will continue to afford patrons extraordinary access to its production process at
<i>every</i> Hanna Theatre performance in 2015-16.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The Hanna’s doors always open
<b>ninety minutes before each show</b> allowing <b>patrons to observe the complete pre-show preparation process
</b>of GLT’s actors and technical staff. Elements such as stage combat rehearsals, dance calls, prop/scenic pre-sets, technical cue rehearsals and actor warm-ups will be conducted in full view of patrons, offering GLT audiences an unprecedented glimpse into
the theatrical process. <b>A complete list of pre-/post-show enhancement programming is available at
<a href="http://www.greatlakestheater.org">www.greatlakestheater.org</a></b>. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Subscriptions to Great Lakes Theater’s 2015-16 season are on sale now.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An adult subscription to Great Lakes Theater starts as low as $150. Student subscriptions begin at $39.
<b>For complete information, </b>patrons<b> </b>should call (216) 640-8869 or visit
<b><a href="http://www.greatlakestheater.org/">www.greatlakestheater.org</a>.</b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Single tickets will go on sale in August.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Regular priced adult single tickets will range from $15 - $70. Regular priced student/youth tickets for the Hanna Theatre are $13 ($26 for
<i>A Christmas Carol </i>in the Ohio Theatre) and will be available for all performances. Further details and pricing specifics for single performance tickets will be announced in August.<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland’s classic company,
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">has brought the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience since 1962. The
<b>first</b> <b>resident company of PlayhouseSquare</b>, GLT will celebrate its 34<sup>th</sup> year in downtown Cleveland this season. On its main stage and through its extensive education programming,
<b>Great Lakes Theater</b> <b>positively impacts the lives of</b> <b>over</b> <b>
100,000 adults and students annually</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-variant:small-caps">For More Information<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Todd Krispinsky<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Director of Marketing and Strategic Advancement<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Great Lakes Theater<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cleveland, Ohio 44115<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(216) 453-4449 (Office)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(216) 409-3916 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(216) 241-6315 (Fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.greatlakestheater.org/">www.greatlakestheater.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Cleveland’s Classic Company performing at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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