[NEohioPAL]Weathervane Playhouse NorthEast Region Theater of Year

Tue Jun 3 22:33:55 PDT 2003

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WEATHERVANE COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE
Named NorthEast Region Theater of the Year

Akron's own Weathervane Community Playhouse was host to the Ohio Community 
Theatre Association's (OCTA) NorthEast Regional Conference this past weekend - 
May 30 and June 1, 2003.  Weathervane's facility has been completely remodeled 
since they last hosted this conference in 1999.  The new rooms including the 
OMNOVA Solutions Lighting Booth, the Jack and Libby Jacobs Library and the 
Northern Ohio Golf Charities Rehearsal Room plus the newly-expanded and resurfaced 
parking lot (City of Akron) got a workout.  A full weekend of activities 
including networking, workshops and business meetings occurred with the highlight 
being the thirty-minute excerpts presented by twelve NorthEast Ohio community 
theatres.

Excerpting theaters were ANTIC, Amaranic/Galaxy Productions, Carnation City 
Players, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, Medina County ShowBiz, North Canton 
Playhouse, Olde Towne Hall Theatre, Solon Center for the Arts, Stow Players, 
Strongsville Community Theatre, Trumbull New Theatre and Weathervane Community 
Playhouse.

Three theaters were chosen as outstanding examples of theater from the 
NorthEast Region.  They will present their 30-minute excerpts at OCTAs 50th 
Anniversary State Conference in Columbus over the Labor Day weekend.  They were: 
Weathervane's production of The Laramie Project, Amaranic/Galaxy Productions 
production of Fiddler on the Roof and Olde Towne Hall Theatre's production of 
Forever Plaid. Carnation City Players production of Ordinary People was chosen as an 
alternate.  In addition, awards of merit and excellence were also presented 
to a number of the nearly 300 participants.  Weathervane's production of The 
Laramie Project received four citations including Outstanding in Ensemble 
Performance, Merit in Set Design for Alan Scott Ferrall, Merit in Costume Design for 
Cynthia Zoller and Outstanding in Directing for Jacqi Loewy.  

Weathervane Community Playhouse was also selected as the OCTA NorthEast 
Region Theatre of the Year 2003, which is an award based on participation in 
regional activities for the year.

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<HTML>WEATHERVANE COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE
 Named NorthEast Region Theater of the Year
 
 Akron's own Weathervane Community Playhouse was host to the Ohio Communi=
ty Theatre Association's (OCTA) NorthEast Regional Conference this past week=
end - May 30 and June 1, 2003.  Weathervane's facility has been complet=
ely remodeled since they last hosted this conference in 1999.  The new=20=
rooms including the OMNOVA Solutions Lighting Booth, the Jack and Libby Jaco=
bs Library and the Northern Ohio Golf Charities Rehearsal Room plus the newl=
y-expanded and resurfaced parking lot (City of Akron) got a workout.  A=
 full weekend of activities including networking, workshops and business mee=
tings occurred with the highlight being the thirty-minute excerpts presented=
 by twelve NorthEast Ohio community theatres.
 
 Excerpting theaters were ANTIC, Amaranic/Galaxy Productions, Carnation C=
ity Players, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, Medina County ShowBiz, North Can=
ton Playhouse, Olde Towne Hall Theatre, Solon Center for the Arts, Stow Play=
ers, Strongsville Community Theatre, Trumbull New Theatre and Weathervane Co=
mmunity Playhouse.
 
 Three theaters were chosen as outstanding examples of theater from the N=
orthEast Region.  They will present their 30-minute excerpts at OCTAs 5=
0th Anniversary State Conference in Columbus over the Labor Day weekend. &nb=
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 including Outstanding in Ensemble Performance, Merit in Set Design for Alan=
 Scott Ferrall, Merit in Costume Design for Cynthia Zoller and Outstanding i=
n Directing for Jacqi Loewy.  
 
 Weathervane Community Playhouse was also selected as the OCTA NorthEast=20=
Region Theatre of the Year 2003, which is an award based on participation in=
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