<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;text-transform:uppercase">Aurora Community Theatre <span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">January 6, 2017</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right">Contact: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right">Christine
Patronik-Holder</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right">330-562-1818</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:28pt">BUS STOP<span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">Blizzard Sets the Stage for
Drama, Comedy & Romance<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>AURORA</span>, <span>OHIO</span></span> ----NE Ohioans know a thing or two
about blizzards. They know when to leave the highway and find a warm, safe
place to weather the storm. They know, too, that during refuge from blinding whiteouts,
strangers can become friends, but friends can also turn a bit strange. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s that kind of emergency, where locals meld with
travelers stranded during a winter gale in Kansas, that sets the stage for
William Inge’s celebrated play <b><i>BUS STOP, </i></b>opening 8 p.m. Jan. 27 continuing
Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 18 at Aurora Community Theatre, 115 E.
Pioneer Trail. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Craig Joseph</b> directs
the ensemble cast in what the <i>New York
Times</i> calls "… comedy that never strays from the truth."</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>BUS STOP </i></b>tells the story of four passengers and their driver
who retreat to a roadside restaurant during impassable road conditions. <b>Catie Hewitt</b> plays Cherie, a slightly
seedy nightclub singer; <b>Justin Edenhofer</b>
is Bo Decker, a belligerent cowboy ranch owner; <b>Scott Stachiw</b> is Bo’s mentor and ranch hand Virgil Blessing; <b>Tom Stephan</b> is<b> </b>Dr. Gerald Lyman, an alcoholic, pompous old professor; and <b>Vincent Sarowatz</b> plays their harried
bus driver, Carl. <b>Tari Lyn Bergoine</b>
performs the role of the wary café owner, Grace Hoyland, and <b>Ren Harris</b> plays her dewy-eyed waitress
Elma Duckworth. <b>Jerry Schaber</b> takes
on the role of the tough-as-nails Sheriff Will Masters.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Inge dramatized the melancholy, the humor and the
unconscious gallantry of commonplace characters.”— <i>NY Times</i><i><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>BUS STOP </i></b>opened on Broadway in March 1955 at the peak of playwright
Inge’s legacy which also includes <b><i>Come Back, Little <span><span>Sheba</span></span></i>; <i>Picnic</i></b>, and <b><i>The Dark at the Top of the Stairs</i>.<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Overseeing details behind-the-scenes for <b><i>BUS
STOP </i></b>are:<b> Renee Anthony Dee</b>,
producer, <b>Olivia Wimberly</b>, stage
manager, and <b>Ann Nyenhuis</b>, technical
director. <b>Micah Harvey</b> designed the
set, <b>Inda Blatch-Geib</b> the costumes, <b>Maggie Hamilton</b> the sound, and <b>Deborah Malcom</b> the lighting. <b>Cassandra West</b> and<b> Kevin Kuczmarski </b>serve as artistic associates. <b>Marc C. Howard</b> is liaison to the ACT
Board of Trustees. <b>CPH Communications</b>
managed box office and marketing. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>BUS STOP </i></b>is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists
Play Service Inc.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tickets at $16 for adults, $11 for youth 18 and under, are
available online, including seat selection, at <a href="http://www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com/">www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com</a>,
or call the box office at 330-562-1818. Group discounts are available by
calling the box office. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Opening night tickets include a complimentary after-show
gala and the opportunity to meet cast and crew. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Aurora Community Theatre’s Regular Season continues in 2017
with <b><i>BRIDGADOON</i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:16pt"> </span></i></b>Apr 28-May
20. ACT’s benefit show, David Ives’s <b><i>ONE ACTS</i></b>, will be performed March
3-11. The summer musical is <b><i>GREASE</i></b> June 30-July 15.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Aurora Community Theatre is located at 115 E. Pioneer Trail,
near the intersection of SR 43 and 306, at the gazebo, in the center of <span>Aurora</span>. ACT extends
appreciation to The Denise G. & Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation for
their generous underwriting of the Wells Main Stage. <span style="font-size:14pt"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"arial narrow"">ACT, celebrating 57 successful seasons in 2016-17,
annually presents three Regular Season shows, a summer stock production,
benefit show, plus two children’s summer workshops, reaching an annual audience
of nearly 7,000. ACT showcases the region’s top actors, musicians, costume and
set designers, construction, lighting, sound and backstage crews -- all of whom
generously donate their time and talent.</span></i><span style="font-size:16pt"><span></span></span></p>
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