[NEohioPAL]Actors' Summit announces 2003-2004 Season

[Thackaberr at aol.com]

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For Immediate Release
For additional information contact:=20
Neil Thackaberry 330-342-0800

Hudson, Ohio May 1, 2003
                =20
Actors' Summit has the recipe=20
for a delicious 2003-2004 season
=20
Start with one musical revue. Add a new small musical, two regional premiere=
s=20
and a world premiere of an original play based on a classic. Mix in a recent=
=20
Tony award winner, plus a couple of classics (including two shows for the=20
schools) and one laugh-out-loud farce. Pour on emotion to taste and sprinkle=
=20
liberally with laughter. The result? The 2003-2004 season at Actors' Summit=20
Theater, 86 Owen Brown Street, one block north and two blocks west of the=20
clock tower, in downtown Hudson.


The musical revue And The World Goes Round by Kander & Ebb opens the=20
eight-show season September 18 through October 5. The spectacular revue=20
celebrates and explores life with all its glories, indignities, hopes and=20
quiet dreams. Ingenious lyrics, perfect melodies and powerful emotions creat=
e=20
an evening of showstoppers such as New York, New York, Life is a Cabaret and=
=20
All That Jazz.

Next up will be Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, which will be stage=
d=20
October 23 through November 8. In his first great success, Williams reveals=20
with love the struggling Wingfields =E2=80=94 Amanda, who tries to maintain=20=
her=20
dignity and provide for her family in the midst of the Great Depression, and=
=20
her children, Tom and Laura, who both seek escape =E2=80=94 he in the mercha=
nt marine=20
and she in her collection of little glass animals.=20


Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens' own favorite holiday story, will com=
e=20
to life November 28 through December 21 in Wayne S. Turney's new adaptation,=
=20
which is filled with music of the season. A cricket brings luck, but the=20
cricket on the hearth of the blind toy maker Caleb and his daughter Bertha i=
s=20
a peppery-tempered interfering sort of chap. With the aid of the cricket and=
=20
a magic toy harp, Bertha finds the secret she seeks =E2=80=94 within her own=
 heart.


The new year will begin with Copenhagen, Michael Frayn's, Tony award winning=
=20
drama, which will be staged January 8 through January 25.  A meeting in=20
occupied Denmark between Niels Bohr, Europe's leading quantum theorist, and=20
Werner Heisenberg, his ex-colleague, who is working on an atomic bomb for=20
Hitler is replayed in a search for the truth. What happened at the meeting?=20
Out of uncertainty Frayn builds a brilliant play that replays the endless=20
possibilities of this collision of human particles.=20

The Last 5 Years, a new little musical by Jason Robert Brown, who gave us=20
Parade, will be presented February 5 through February 22. The Last 5 Years,=20
like I Do, I Do, traces the timeline of a marriage. Cathy and Jamie's=20
five-year history is telescoped by having her tell the story backwards, him=20
telling the story forwards, and the two crossing in the middle. She's an=20
actress, he's a novelist. The story is alternately wildly humorous, with=20
songs such as "Shiksa Goddess" and "Summer in Ohio," and poignant in  "Still=
=20
Hurting."

In Mrs. Warren's Profession by G. B. Shaw, running March 4 through March 21,=
=20
Vivie Warren, an emancipated, intelligent and self-sufficient young woman is=
=20
astounded to learn how her mother rose from poverty to riches. With typical=20
Shavian wit and contrariness the playwright pokes fun at the limitations=20
society puts on women, and celebrates the ingenuity of women who choose not=20
to be limited.=20

William Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, on-stage April 1 through April=
=20
25, features Reuben Silver (as Falstaff) and Dorothy Silver (as Mistress=20
Quickly) performing this classic for the first time. Sir John Falstaff=20
decides that the quickest way to repair his fortune is to make love to the=20
wives of two of Windsor's leading citizens. Chaos and merriment ensue, and=20
when order is eventually restored the fat knight has learned his lesson.

Lend Me Tenor, Ken Ludwig's laugh-out-loud farce, will be staged May 6=20
through May 23. The plot: It's the biggest night in the history of the=20
Cleveland Grand Opera Company! World-famous tenor, Tito Morelli is to perfor=
m=20
Otello. But Morelli is late, heavily sedated, and pursued by opera groupies.=
=20
That's just the beginning.

Season subscriptions and good-time-anytime coupon books are on sale now.=20

In an effort to make live professional theater more available to students an=
d=20
families, Actors' Summit is introducing a new low cost season subscription.=20
Students under the age of 18 can purchase a season subscription to all 8=20
shows for only $64.

Other season subscriptions offer similar savings.

Preview Thursdays
$95 for Adults (Save $17)
$80 for Students/Seniors (Save $34)

Thursdays/Sundays
$135 for Adults (Save $41)
$110 for Students/Seniors (Save $34)

Fridays/Saturdays
$150 for Adults (Save $50)
$125 for Students/Seniors (Save $43)

Good-Time-Anytime Coupons
$200 - Book of 10 Coupons - (Save $50)
$120 - Book of 6 Coupons - (Save $30)


As a summer prelude to the new season, Actors' Summit will present SUDS, the=
=20
rocking '60s musical soap opera June 17 through July 27. SUDS bubbles up in=20=
a=20
Laundromat in Anywhere, USA, in the 1960s. Cindy has just lost her pen-pal=20
boyfriend to a girl with better penmanship and her cat has just been run ove=
r=20
by a Corvair. As she is about to hang herself with a pair of Capri pants, he=
r=20
three guardian angels come to her rescue. Her story is told through the=20
greatest pop hits of the '60s =E2=80=94 everything from Aretha Franklin's=20
R-E-S-P-E-C-T to Nancy Sinatra's These Boots are Made for Walkin', and from=20
the Beatles to Elvis. It's an evening of pop music, laughter, and fun.

And don't forget the 2002-2003 season finale, William Inge's Picnic, which=20
runs May 15 through June 1.=20

Subscriptions, coupon books and regular tickets may be obtained by calling=20
330-342-0800.

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.=20

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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For additional information contact: <BR>
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<BR>
Hudson, Ohio May 1, 2003<BR>
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p;    <BR>
Actors' Summit has the recipe <BR>
for a delicious 2003-2004 season<BR>
 <BR>
Start with one musical revue. Add a new small musical, two regional premiere=
s and a world premiere of an original play based on a classic. Mix in a rece=
nt Tony award winner, plus a couple of classics (including two shows for the=
 schools) and one laugh-out-loud farce. Pour on emotion to taste and sprinkl=
e liberally with laughter. The result? The 2003-2004 season at Actors' Summi=
t Theater, 86 Owen Brown Street, one block north and two blocks west of the=20=
clock tower, in downtown Hudson.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
The musical revue And The World Goes Round by Kander & Ebb opens the eig=
ht-show season September 18 through October 5. The spectacular revue celebra=
tes and explores life with all its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dre=
ams. Ingenious lyrics, perfect melodies and powerful emotions create an even=
ing of showstoppers such as New York, New York, Life is a Cabaret and All Th=
at Jazz.<BR>
<BR>
Next up will be Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, which will be stage=
d October 23 through November 8. In his first great success, Williams reveal=
s with love the struggling Wingfields =E2=80=94 Amanda, who tries to maintai=
n her dignity and provide for her family in the midst of the Great Depressio=
n, and her children, Tom and Laura, who both seek escape =E2=80=94 he in the=
 merchant marine and she in her collection of little glass animals. <BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens' own favorite holiday story, will com=
e to life November 28 through December 21 in Wayne S. Turney's new adaptatio=
n, which is filled with music of the season. A cricket brings luck, but the=20=
cricket on the hearth of the blind toy maker Caleb and his daughter Bertha i=
s a peppery-tempered interfering sort of chap. With the aid of the cricket a=
nd a magic toy harp, Bertha finds the secret she seeks =E2=80=94 within her=20=
own heart.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
The new year will begin with Copenhagen, Michael Frayn's, Tony award winning=
 drama, which will be staged January 8 through January 25.  A meeting i=
n occupied Denmark between Niels Bohr, Europe's leading quantum theorist, an=
d Werner Heisenberg, his ex-colleague, who is working on an atomic bomb for=20=
Hitler is replayed in a search for the truth. What happened at the meeting?=20=
Out of uncertainty Frayn builds a brilliant play that replays the endless po=
ssibilities of this collision of human particles. <BR>
<BR>
The Last 5 Years, a new little musical by Jason Robert Brown, who gave us Pa=
rade, will be presented February 5 through February 22. The Last 5 Years, li=
ke I Do, I Do, traces the timeline of a marriage. Cathy and Jamie's five-yea=
r history is telescoped by having her tell the story backwards, him telling=20=
the story forwards, and the two crossing in the middle. She's an actress, he=
's a novelist. The story is alternately wildly humorous, with songs such as=20=
"Shiksa Goddess" and "Summer in Ohio," and poignant in  "Still Hurting.=
"<BR>
<BR>
In Mrs. Warren's Profession by G. B. Shaw, running March 4 through March 21,=
 Vivie Warren, an emancipated, intelligent and self-sufficient young woman i=
s astounded to learn how her mother rose from poverty to riches. With typica=
l Shavian wit and contrariness the playwright pokes fun at the limitations s=
ociety puts on women, and celebrates the ingenuity of women who choose not t=
o be limited. <BR>
<BR>
William Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, on-stage April 1 through April=
 25, features Reuben Silver (as Falstaff) and Dorothy Silver (as Mistress Qu=
ickly) performing this classic for the first time. Sir John Falstaff decides=
 that the quickest way to repair his fortune is to make love to the wives of=
 two of Windsor's leading citizens. Chaos and merriment ensue, and when orde=
r is eventually restored the fat knight has learned his lesson.<BR>
<BR>
Lend Me Tenor, Ken Ludwig's laugh-out-loud farce, will be staged May 6 throu=
gh May 23. The plot: It's the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland=20=
Grand Opera Company! World-famous tenor, Tito Morelli is to perform Otello.=20=
But Morelli is late, heavily sedated, and pursued by opera groupies. That's=20=
just the beginning.<BR>
<BR>
Season subscriptions and good-time-anytime coupon books are on sale now. <BR=
>
<BR>
In an effort to make live professional theater more available to students an=
d families, Actors' Summit is introducing a new low cost season subscription=
. Students under the age of 18 can purchase a season subscription to all 8 s=
hows for only $64.<BR>
<BR>
Other season subscriptions offer similar savings.<BR>
<BR>
Preview Thursdays<BR>
$95 for Adults (Save $17)<BR>
$80 for Students/Seniors (Save $34)<BR>
<BR>
Thursdays/Sundays<BR>
$135 for Adults (Save $41)<BR>
$110 for Students/Seniors (Save $34)<BR>
<BR>
Fridays/Saturdays<BR>
$150 for Adults (Save $50)<BR>
$125 for Students/Seniors (Save $43)<BR>
<BR>
Good-Time-Anytime Coupons<BR>
$200 - Book of 10 Coupons - (Save $50)<BR>
$120 - Book of 6 Coupons - (Save $30)<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
As a summer prelude to the new season, Actors' Summit will present SUDS, the=
 rocking '60s musical soap opera June 17 through July 27. SUDS bubbles up in=
 a Laundromat in Anywhere, USA, in the 1960s. Cindy has just lost her pen-pa=
l boyfriend to a girl with better penmanship and her cat has just been run o=
ver by a Corvair. As she is about to hang herself with a pair of Capri pants=
, her three guardian angels come to her rescue. Her story is told through th=
e greatest pop hits of the '60s =E2=80=94 everything from Aretha Franklin's=20=
R-E-S-P-E-C-T to Nancy Sinatra's These Boots are Made for Walkin', and from=20=
the Beatles to Elvis. It's an evening of pop music, laughter, and fun.<BR>
<BR>
And don't forget the 2002-2003 season finale, William Inge's Picnic, which r=
uns May 15 through June 1. <BR>
<BR>
Subscriptions, coupon books and regular tickets may be obtained by calling 3=
30-342-0800.<BR>
<BR>
Web site <BR>
Actors' Summit Theater can be found on the web at www.actorssummit.org. Acto=
rs' Summit is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 professional arts orga=
nization. We are seeking volunteers and board members. For more details plea=
se call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-0800. <BR>
<BR>
Actors' Summit is a member of PACT, The Professional Alliance of Cleveland T=
heaters. <BR>
<BR>
Actors' Summit is working under a developmental agreement with Actors' Equit=
y Association (the Union of professional Actors and Stage managers.)</FONT><=
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