Signature Theatre Holds CHECKMATE!, A Cold World Themed Scavenger Hunt 8/28

Signature Theatre, currently producing Chess, the legendary rock musical of love and espionage, is holding a Cold War themed scavenger hunt in association with the International Spy Museum and promotional partner PostPoints on Saturday, August 28 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm throughout Washington, DC. The event will occur rain or shine.

In a battle of wit and speed, teams must decipher clues along the way, rendezvous with contacts and access special code words in a race against time to the finish line. Contestants can participate on foot and by public transportation.

The grand prize for the winning team is four tickets to a performance of Chess, four Chess t-shirts, a Chess CD, a signed Chess poster, an International Spy Museum family four pack and goody bag, a $100 gift certificate to the restaurant Ping in Shirlington, and a night at the Hilton Garden Inn. If the Grand Prize winning team is a member of PostPoints, the members will also receive a backstage tour and meet the cast of Chess. The second and third place teams will each receive two tickets to Chess.

Every participant will win a 20% discount to Signature Theatre's production of Chess running now through September 26, as well as $2 off the permanent exhibit at the International Spy Museum. PostPoints members will receive a special 35% discount and double points at Signature. PostPoints members must mention that they are a PostPoints member when registering to get the 35% discount and be eligible for the backstage tour and the meet-the-cast event.

Participating teams must include up to four people (at least one of whom must be 18 years or older). To register, teams must email checkmate@signature-theatre.org<mailto:checkmate@signature-theatre.org> by Friday, August 27 at 5:00 pm and include the team name, individual team members' names, email addresses and telephone numbers. Entries without complete information will not be registered. Once registration is complete, the team will be emailed the first clue to find the location of the sign-in table.

ABOUT CHESS

TICKETS
Tickets for Chess range from $67 to $81 and are available by calling Ticketmaster at (703) 573-SEAT (7328) or visiting www.signature-theatre.org<http://www.signature-theatre.org/>. Group discounts are available for parties of ten or more by contacting tickets@signature-theatre.org<mailto:tickets@signature-theatre.org>. For more information please visit www.signature-theatre.org<http://www.signature-theatre.org/>.

PERFORMANCE DATES
Chess performances run through September 26, 2010. Show times are Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:30 pm, Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

ABOUT Signature Theatre
Recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award, Signature Theatre is a non-profit professional theater company in Arlington, Virginia dedicated to producing contemporary musicals and plays, reinventing classic musicals, and developing new work. Under the leadership of co-founder and Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and Managing Director Maggie Boland, Signature has presented 26 world premiere productions and is renowned for combining Broadway-quality productions with intimate playing spaces.

In addition to hosting the finest talent from the DC metropolitan area and New York, Signature has been home to such theatre luminaries as Chita Rivera, George Hearn, Hunter Foster, Emily Skinner, Marc Kudisch, Judy Kuhn, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Cameron Mackintosh, Terrence McNally, and the company's signature composer, Stephen Sondheim. Since its founding in 1989, Signature has won 70 Helen Hayes Awards for excellence in the Washington, DC region's professional theater and has been honored with 276 nominations.

Signature is partially supported by a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts and by a gift from Arlington County through the Arlington Commission for the Arts and the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources.

Directions
The Signature Theatre complex is located at 4200 Campbell Avenue (22206) off I-395 at the Shirlington exit. After the exit, blue Signature signs mark the way to the theater. Free parking is available in two adjacent public garages. Please note that Campbell Avenue is a new street and some GPS online mapping systems do not yet recognize Signature Theatre's address. For directions visit http://signature-theatre.org/map.htm.

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