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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#540000">NEWS RELEASE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Melanie YC Pepe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Artistic Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="tel:330.826.2626" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1155CC">330.826.2626</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Weathervane Playhouse</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">1301 Weathervane Lane * Akron, Oh 44313</span><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:red">The Santaland Diaries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">A comedy by David Sedaris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Directed by Melanie YC Pepe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Before he became a best-selling writer and humorist, David Sedaris worked at Macy's in New York City during Christmastime.
Based on his experiences there, Sedaris wrote a semi-autobiographical monologue, originally for radio, that has since evolved into the one-man play The Santaland Diaries. In keeping with Sedaris’s sardonic and satirical style, The Santaland Diaries is a brilliant
evocation of what a slacker's Christmas must feel like.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">TONIGHT, December 14 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Thursday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Saturday, December 17 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">See what the critics have said!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Akron Beacon Journal:
<b>Over-the-top tales in ‘Santaland’ wryly entertaining<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/arts/review-over-the-top-tales-in-santaland-wryly-entertaining-at-weathervane-1.731657">http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/arts/review-over-the-top-tales-in-santaland-wryly-entertaining-at-weathervane-1.731657</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">West Side Leader:</span>
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Strong acting featured in Weathervane’s ‘Santaland Diaries’</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-entertainment-news.asp?aID=32868">http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-entertainment-news.asp?aID=32868</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">330.836.2626<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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