[NEohioPAL]Opening Night for "Biloxi Blues" at the Kent Stage

Fri Feb 21 09:09:03 PST 2003

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For Immediate Release:

OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT!

Tree City Players
Kent's Community Theater
In Co-operation with=20
The Kent Stage
Presents

Neil Simon's
Biloxi Blues
Directed by
Susan Speers

The Tree City Players will present on the Kent Stage, Neil Simon's hilarious=
=20
wartime comedy Biloxi Blues.=A0 Directed by Susan Speers.

Performances will be held at 8pm. Feb 21, 22 & 28th and at 2pm Feb 23 and=20
March 2nd.=A0 (There is NO performance on March 1st.)

Ticket Prices are only $5.00 in advance presale.=A0 Purchased at the Kent St=
age=20
box office.=A0 Monday thru Friday 6pm to 11pm.=A0=20

And $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors night of performance.

The Kent Stage is located at 175 E. Main Street in Kent.=A0 The box office=20
number is 330-677-5005 for reservations and directions to the theater.

Biloxi Blues is the second of Neil Simon's trilogy of autobiographical plays=
=20
which appeared on Broadway and the big screen. This wry comedy follows the=20
continuing story of Simon's alter ego, a young Jew from Brooklyn named Eugen=
e=20
Jerome, who enlists in the army toward the end of World War II. While in=20
bootcamp, Eugene discovers that many of the same soldiers who are eager to=20
fight the Nazis are also anti-Semitic.=20

In the steamy heat of Biloxi, Mississippi, budding writer Eugene encounters=20
the absurdities of army life, including endless drills, dense bunkmates, and=
=20
chipped beef on toast. But he also discovers that his compulsive wisecrackin=
g=20
grates on his tough drill sergeant, who just happens to be psychotic. Will=20
Eugene survive ten grueling weeks in fatigues?

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Performances will be held at 8pm. Feb 21, 22 & 28th and at 2pm Feb 23 an=
d March 2nd.=A0 (There is NO performance on March 1st.) 
 
Ticket Prices are only $5.00 in advance presale.=A0 Purchased at the Kent St=
age box office.=A0 Monday thru Friday 6pm to 11pm.=A0 
 
And $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors night of performance. 
 
The Kent Stage is located at 175 E. Main Street in Kent.=A0 The box office n=
umber is 330-677-5005 for reservations and directions to the theater. 
 
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red on Broadway and the big screen. This wry comedy follows the continuing s=
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ene discovers that many of the same soldiers who are eager to fight the Nazi=
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In the steamy heat of Biloxi, Mississippi, budding writer Eugene encounters=20=
the absurdities of army life, including endless drills, dense bunkmates, and=
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