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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>COACH HOUSE THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>732 West Exchange Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Akron, OH 44302<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>330-434-7741 box office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ohioshakespeare.com/"><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#144FAE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Sit back and get ready for big laughs in Ken Ludwig's uproariously funny</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>LEND ME A TENOR</span></i></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Showing May 12 to June 5, 2016</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>at Coach House Theatre in Akron</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Thursday-Friday-Saturday nights, Sunday afternoons</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Lend Me a Tenor,</span></i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> the hysterical modern classic from farce-master Ken Ludwig, will be on stage at Akron's Coach House Theatre, from May 12 to June 5, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>A famous Italian opera star is accidentally drugged before his big performance at the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. He is secretly replaced by the company's harried young assistant — both in the opera and backstage, where frenzied action scenes unfold in a hotel suite's two adjoining rooms simultaneously.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Lend Me a Tenor </span></i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>is packed with comic misunderstandings, slamming doors, scantily-clad women, and lots of heart — everything you could want in a farce!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Coach House Artistic Director NANCY CATES directs this production.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The cast includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>TOM STEPHAN as Saunders<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>SCOTT SHRINER as Max<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>ADRIENNE JONES as Maggie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>TIMOTHY CHAMPION as Tito Merelli<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>DEDE KLEIN as Maria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>KAREN WOOD as Julia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>BENJAMIN FORTIN as The Bellhop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>VICTORIA BENYO and KELSEY TOMLINSON (alternating the role of Diana)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Lend Me a Tenor </span></i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>will be presented May 12 to June 5. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>There will be a special $12 preview performance Thursday, May 12 only, at 8 p.m. The official opening night is Friday, May 13. Group rates for holiday gatherings or office celebrations are available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Coach House's 93-seat theater sells out quickly, so reserve your seats now!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>SHOW TIMES: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. TICKETS: $22, with student tickets $12. Preview Performance, Thursday, May 12 only, all seats $12.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>FOR RESERVATIONS: Contact our box office at 330-434-7741, or visit </span><a href="http://www.coachhousetheatre.com/"><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#243AFC'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Coach House Theatre is located at 732 West Exchange Street in Akron, next to the Akron Woman's City Club, and at the corner of West Exchange and North Portage Path.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Visit us at </span><a href="http://www.coachhousetheatre.com/"><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#243AFC'>www.coachhousetheatre.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> to find out more about this show, and our theater!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>-- End --<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>