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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-entertainment-news.asp?aID=33186">http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-entertainment-news.asp?aID=33186</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/arts/theater-review-a-kid-like-jake-details-family-struggle-1.740352">http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/arts/theater-review-a-kid-like-jake-details-family-struggle-1.740352</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AKRON, OH</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> – On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan's most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high
hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe, but as the process continues, Jake's behavior becomes erratic and perplexing, and other adults in his life start to wonder whether his fondness for dress-up
might be cause for concern. <i>A Kid Like Jake</i> is a story of a husband and wife struggling to do right by their son. This production
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white">is sponsored in part by the Gay Community Endowment Fund, in partnership with GLSEN.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">About the Play</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">:
<i>A Kid Like Jake</i> premiered in a sold-out run at LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater (NY Times Critic’s Pick). The play won the 2013 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award and was also awarded the prestigious Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Fund
Grant. It was also presented at 2012 Old Vic’s TS Eliot US/UK Exchange in London.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">"[A] smart, fluent drama…Mr. Pearle has found an intriguing subject of real currency, and one that stirs our natural sympathy." —NY Times. A Kid Like Jake is a searching, keenly perceptive
look at how the nature-versus-nurture question can play out on the front lines of tolerance today." —Time Out NY. "Daniel Pearle's polished new dramedy…is full of perceptive details about the intense world of affluent parenting, where every child is gifted
and the struggle for dominance begins at home." —NY Magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">About the Playwright:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Mr. Pearle's other works include
<i>The Prodigies</i>, <i>Tearin’ Up My Heart</i> and <i>Plunder</i> (2008 Loeb Drama Center’s Phyllis Anderson Prize). His short play
<i>The Truth About Christmas</i> was a winner of the 2011 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and is published & licensed by Samuel French. Residencies/conferences include The Blue Mountain Center, New York State Summer Writers Retreat, UCLA
Writers Studio. He earned his BA from Harvard University and his MFA from The New School for Drama.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A Kid Like Jake
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">is being performed at Weathervane Playhouse January 12 to 22, 2017: Thursdays, January 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">and 19 at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, January 13 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays January 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m.; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Sundays January 15 and 22 at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">For interviews, cast photos, or more information contact Melanie Pepe at 330-836-2626. Ext 17 or
</span><a href="mailto:mycp@weathervaneplayhouse.com"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">mycp@weathervaneplayhouse.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Next on stage in the Dietz theater is the musical
<i>I Love You Because. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The cast and crew of
<i>A Kid Like Jake</i> include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Christine Wright
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Brian Westerley</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Dede Klein</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">
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Judy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Allison Kump</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Nurse <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">THE CREATIVE TEAM</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bob Belfance
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Director<br>
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<b>Richard Worswick </b><br>
Production Stage Manager <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Jared Sparks</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
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Properties Designer <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Laura Niehaus</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kellie Rossini</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><br>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Jasen J. Smith </span>
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Costume Designer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Richard Morris, Jr</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.
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Technical Director <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kathy Kohl </span>
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Assistant Technical Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Weathervane Playhouse produces high-quality live theater with volunteer artists, designers, and technicians under professional direction, delivers education and training in theater arts
and appreciation, and engages and entertains its audience and constituents to enrich the quality of life in Northeast Ohio.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Weathervane Playhouse’s 2016-2017 Season Support Provided by:</span></i></span><span style="font-size:6.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AARP</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Akron Community Foundation</span></i></span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Mary and Dr. George L. Demetrios Charitable Trust</span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">GAR</span></i></span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust (KeyBank, Trustee)</span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation</span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services, LLC</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation</span></i></span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Millennial Group</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Northeast Ohio Boomer and Beyond Magazine</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Northeast Ohio Parent Magazine</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Ohio Arts Council</span></i></span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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