[NEohioPAL]Ides of March strikes Weathervane Playhouse

Tue Mar 18 12:25:11 PST 2003

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Blame it on the Ides????
A note from Weathervane Playhouse=E2=80=A6
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At Weathervane Playhouse last Friday, the cast of Shakespeare's Hamlet was=20
just finishing up their final rehearsal - blocking the curtain call - for th=
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final Youth/Family production of the 2002-2003 season which opened Saturday,=
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March 15 to an enthusiastic audience.  Marci Paolucci, who plays Gertrude=20
(Hamlet's mother), took a step off the multi-level platformed set during the=
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blackout, fell and broke her right foot.

Believing that "the show must go on," Marci headed out for treatment and=20
returned on Saturday in a cast up to her knee forging ahead to do the show.=20=
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Scenic Designer/Technical Director Alan Scott Ferrall removed several=20
platforms from the set and Sean McConaha, Director of the production (also=20
Weathervane's Director of Education and Producer of Youth Productions) led=20
the mostly teenage cast in a reblocking session before the 2:30 p.m. curtain=
.

Marci is acting her part from a wheelchair assisted by another member of the=
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cast.  "All's well that ends well."

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atformed set during the blackout, fell and broke her right foot.
 
 Believing that "the show must go on," Marci headed out for treatment and=
 returned on Saturday in a cast up to her knee forging ahead to do the show.=
  Scenic Designer/Technical Director Alan Scott Ferrall removed=20=
several platforms from the set and Sean McConaha, Director of the pro=
duction (also Weathervane's Director of Education and Producer of Youth Prod=
uctions) led the mostly teenage cast in a reblocking session before the 2:30=
 p.m. curtain.
 
 Marci is acting her part from a wheelchair assisted by=
 another member of the cast.  "All's well that ends well."</=
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