[NEohioPAL]Actors' Summit opens A Child's Christmas in Wales

[Thackaberr at aol.com]

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For Immediate Release
For additional information contact:=20
Neil Thackaberry 330-342-0800
Hudson, Ohio
November 14, 2002=20

Actors' Summit Theater presents=20

Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales=20
November 29 through December 22=20




Christmas =E2=80=94 A Child's Christmas in Wales, that is =E2=80=94 opens th=
e day after=20
Thanksgiving, Friday, November 29, at Actors' Summit Theater, 86 Owen Brown=20
Street, one block north and two blocks west of the clock tower, in downtown=20
Hudson. The Jeremy Brooks and Adrian Mitchell stage adaptation of Dylan=20
Thomas' heartwarming story continues through December 22, with performances=20
at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 3:30 p.m. Sundays.



The Play=20

This holiday celebration, which is fast becoming an Actors' Summit tradition=
,=20
was adapted from Thomas' prose recollection of a single fun-filled Christmas=
=20
Day during his childhood in 1930s South Wales. The play =E2=80=94 commission=
ed by the=20
Great Lakes Theatre Festival when Vincent Dowling was the artistic director=20
and first performed there in 1982 =E2=80=94 begins with the adult Dylan tell=
ing how=20
all of the Christmases of his youth have rolled into a single ball of=20
memories: "I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six night=
s=20
when I was twelve or twelve days and twelve nights when I was six."



>From this quiet, magical beginning we follow Dylan, the child, as he enjoys=20
"a funny sort of breakfast" of cockles and laverbread, plays in the park wit=
h=20
friends, returns home to celebrate with his aunts, uncles and cousins until=20
catastrophe strikes =E2=80=94 the turkey catches fire in the "new gas oven."=
 With a=20
little help from the fire brigade and a very special aunt, the day is saved,=
=20
and the play ends with a sleepy-but-happy Dylan creeping up to bed. Filled=20
with family, friends, food and wonderful music, A Child's Christmas in Wales=
=20
is a perfect holiday outing for the entire family.=20



The Cast
Reprising their roles are Paula Duesing, Frank Jackman, Wayne S. Turney,=20
Peter Voinovich, MaryJo Alexander, Marci Paolucci, Deb Holthus, Eryn Murman,=
=20
and Jason Brown. New cast members include Tom Cummings, Jim Brown, Bob Keith=
,=20
and C.J. Bonde. The cast will be performing a dozen traditional holiday=20
carols with new lyrics suited to the action of the story.=20

Paula Duesing is a veteran of the Cleveland Play House resident company, and=
=20
helped inaugurate Actors' Summit with her portrayal of Esther in our first=20
production, The Price. Her most recent Actors' Summit role was Martha in=20
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? And in between she was Dr. Vivian Bearing in=
=20
Wit and Dylan Thomas' mother in A Child's Christmas in Wales at this theater=
.=20
Other recent credits include roles in The Cripple of Inishmann at Dobama=20
Theatre and The Kentucky Cycle at Ensemble Theatre.

Wayne S. Turney, fresh from the Actors' Summit production of The Woman in=20
Black, is an actor, director, playwright and educator, has been featured her=
e=20
in A Child's Christmas in Wales, Oedipus Rex (for which he provided the=20
translation), I Do, I Do, Roar of the Greasepaint, Jacques Brel is Alive...,=
=20
and A Grand Night for Singing. He also co-produced 2=C2=BD Jews for Actors'=20
Summit, has appeared at the Great Lakes Theatre Festival, the Cleveland=20
Opera, Cleveland Pops, and the Cleveland Orchestra, and is well known for hi=
s=20
long tenure at the Cleveland Play House and his NBC children's show, Hickory=
=20
Hideout. Turney lives in Bratenahl with his wife, the Reverend Harper Turney=
,=20
their ward, Judy, and son Jamin.=20

Frank Jackman was Charlie Brown in the Actors' Summit production of You're a=
=20
Good Man Charlie Brown. His many stage credits include Wood in Otherwise=20
Engaged and Jimmy in The Gingerbread Lady, both at Actors' Summit, and Teddy=
=20
Roosevelt in Tintypes at Cain Park and Christmas Morgan in The Unsinkable=20
Molly Brown at the Carousel Dinner Theatre. Mr. Jackman is a veteran of=20
television commercials and industrial films for companies such as Dick's=20
Sporting Goods, Shell Oil, Moen Faucets, Greyhound Bus Lines, Country Fair=20
Stores, and Kaufmann's.=20

Peter Voinovich just completed a successful run of The Woman in Black here a=
t=20
Actors' Summit. Earlier at this theater, he portrayed two very different=20
characters named Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Over the River=20
and Through the Woods. Other Actors' Summit credits include Dylan Thomas in=20=
A=20
Child's Christmas in Wales and performances in Wit, The Gingerbread Lady and=
=20
Romeo & Juliet. Peter is a trustee of Actors' Summit.

The Production Team
The production is directed by Neil Thackaberry, Artistic Director of Actors'=
=20
Summit. Musical direction is by Wayne S. Turney. Set and lighting designs ar=
e=20
by Dan Polk. Costume and prop designs are by MaryJo Alexander, Associate=20
Artistic Director. Stage Management is by Tim Keo.=20

Performance Dates and Tickets
A Child's Christmas in Wales runs from November 29 through December 22, 2002=
,=20
at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are=20
$25 Fridays and Saturdays and $22 Thursdays and Sundays. Students and Senior=
s=20
receive a $4 discount. Group discounts are available.=20

Web site=20
Actors Summit Theater can be found on the web at www.actorssummit.org.=20
Actors' Summit is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 professional arts=20
organization. We are seeking volunteers and board members. For more details=20
please call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-0800.=20

Actors' Summit is a member of PACT, The Professional Alliance of Cleveland=20
Theaters.

Actors' Summit is working under a developmental agreement with Actors' Equit=
y=20
Association (the Union of professional Actors and Stage managers).


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<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=3D2>For Immediate Release
<BR>For additional information contact:=20
<BR>Neil Thackaberry 330-342-0800
<BR>Hudson, Ohio
<BR>November 14, 2002=20
<BR>
<BR><P ALIGN=3DCENTER></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D4 FAMILY=3D"SAN=
SSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><B>Actors' Summit Theater presents=20
<BR>
<BR>Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales=20
<BR>November 29 through December 22 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2=
 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></B>
<BR><P ALIGN=3DLEFT><BR><BR>Christmas =E2=80=94 <B><I>A Child's Christmas in=
 Wales</B></I>, that is =E2=80=94 opens the day after Thanksgiving, Friday,=20=
November 29, at Actors' Summit Theater, 86 Owen Brown Street, one block nort=
h and two blocks west of the clock tower, in downtown Hudson. The Jeremy Bro=
oks and Adrian Mitchell stage adaptation of Dylan Thomas' heartwarming story=
 continues through December 22, with performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Frida=
ys and Saturdays and 3:30 p.m. Sundays.<BR><BR><B>The Play</B> <BR>This holi=
day celebration, which is fast becoming an Actors' Summit tradition, was ada=
pted from Thomas' prose recollection of a single fun-filled Christmas Day du=
ring his childhood in 1930s South Wales. The play =E2=80=94 commissioned by=20=
the Great Lakes Theatre Festival when Vincent Dowling was the artistic direc=
tor and first performed there in 1982 =E2=80=94 begins with the adult Dylan=20=
telling how all of the Christmases of his youth have rolled into a single ba=
ll of memories: "I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six=
 nights when I was twelve or twelve days and twelve nights when I was six."<=
BR><BR>From this quiet, magical beginning we follow Dylan, the child, as he=20=
enjoys "a funny sort of breakfast" of cockles and laverbread, plays in the p=
ark with friends, returns home to celebrate with his aunts, uncles and cousi=
ns until catastrophe strikes =E2=80=94 the turkey catches fire in the "new g=
as oven." With a little help from the fire brigade and a very special aunt,=20=
the day is saved, and the play ends with a sleepy-but-happy Dylan creeping u=
p to bed. Filled with family, friends, food and wonderful music, A Child's C=
hristmas in Wales is a perfect holiday outing for the entire family. <BR><BR=
><B>The Cast</B>
<BR>Reprising their roles are Paula Duesing, Frank Jackman, Wayne S. Turney,=
 Peter Voinovich, MaryJo Alexander, Marci Paolucci, Deb Holthus, Eryn Murman=
, and Jason Brown. New cast members include Tom Cummings, Jim Brown, Bob Kei=
th, and C.J. Bonde. The cast will be performing a dozen traditional holiday=20=
carols with new lyrics suited to the action of the story.=20
<BR>
<BR>Paula Duesing is a veteran of the Cleveland Play House resident company,=
 and helped inaugurate Actors' Summit with her portrayal of Esther in our fi=
rst production, The Price. Her most recent Actors' Summit role was Martha in=
 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? And in between she was Dr. Vivian Bearing i=
n Wit and Dylan Thomas' mother in A Child's Christmas in Wales at this theat=
er. Other recent credits include roles in The Cripple of Inishmann at Dobama=
 Theatre and The Kentucky Cycle at Ensemble Theatre.
<BR>
<BR>Wayne S. Turney, fresh from the Actors' Summit production of The Woman i=
n Black, is an actor, director, playwright and educator, has been featured h=
ere in A Child's Christmas in Wales, Oedipus Rex (for which he provided the=20=
translation), I Do, I Do, Roar of the Greasepaint, Jacques Brel is Alive...,=
 and A Grand Night for Singing. He also co-produced 2=C2=BD Jews for Actors'=
 Summit, has appeared at the Great Lakes Theatre Festival, the Cleveland Ope=
ra, Cleveland Pops, and the Cleveland Orchestra, and is well known for his l=
ong tenure at the Cleveland Play House and his NBC children's show, Hickory=20=
Hideout. Turney lives in Bratenahl with his wife, the Reverend Harper Turney=
, their ward, Judy, and son Jamin.=20
<BR>
<BR>Frank Jackman was Charlie Brown in the Actors' Summit production of You'=
re a Good Man Charlie Brown. His many stage credits include Wood in Otherwis=
e Engaged and Jimmy in The Gingerbread Lady, both at Actors' Summit, and Ted=
dy Roosevelt in Tintypes at Cain Park and Christmas Morgan in The Unsinkable=
 Molly Brown at the Carousel Dinner Theatre. Mr. Jackman is a veteran of tel=
evision commercials and industrial films for companies such as Dick's Sporti=
ng Goods, Shell Oil, Moen Faucets, Greyhound Bus Lines, Country Fair Stores,=
 and Kaufmann's.=20
<BR>
<BR>Peter Voinovich just completed a successful run of The Woman in Black he=
re at Actors' Summit. Earlier at this theater, he portrayed two very differe=
nt characters named Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Over the Riv=
er and Through the Woods. Other Actors' Summit credits include Dylan Thomas=20=
in A Child's Christmas in Wales and performances in Wit, The Gingerbread Lad=
y and Romeo & Juliet. Peter is a trustee of Actors' Summit.
<BR>
<BR><B>The Production Team</B>
<BR>The production is directed by Neil Thackaberry, Artistic Director of Act=
ors' Summit. Musical direction is by Wayne S. Turney. Set and lighting desig=
ns are by Dan Polk. Costume and prop designs are by MaryJo Alexander, Associ=
ate Artistic Director. Stage Management is by Tim Keo.=20
<BR>
<BR><B>Performance Dates and Tickets</B>
<BR>A Child's Christmas in Wales runs from November 29 through December 22,=20=
2002, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Ticket=
s are $25 Fridays and Saturdays and $22 Thursdays and Sundays. Students and=20=
Seniors receive a $4 discount. Group discounts are available.=20
<BR>
<BR><B>Web site</B>=20
<BR>Actors Summit Theater can be found on the web at www.actorssummit.org. A=
ctors' Summit is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 professional arts o=
rganization. We are seeking volunteers and board members. For more details p=
lease call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-0800.=20
<BR>
<BR>Actors' Summit is a member of PACT, The Professional Alliance of Clevela=
nd Theaters.
<BR>
<BR>Actors' Summit is working under a developmental agreement with Actors' E=
quity Association (the Union of professional Actors and Stage managers).
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