[NEohioPAL]Weathervane Playhouse "Proof" Next on Stage

Tue Sep 30 10:36:50 PDT 2003

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WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE presents
PROOF
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play by David Auburn
Sponsored by Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and
Mental Health Services Board

Weathervane Playhouse continues its 2003-2004 Season with the Akron Premiere=
=20
of PROOF, by David Auburn.  Playwright Auburn is the grandson of the late Dr=
.=20
Norman P. Auburn, former president of The University of Akron, and son of Dr=
s.=20
Mark and Sandy Auburn.  Mark is Dean of Fine and Applied Arts at the=20
University.  David Auburn made his off-Broadway debut in 1997, with the prod=
uction of=20
Skyscraper, shortly after graduating from a new playwriting program at The=20
Juilliard School in New York.  In 2000, he won the Kesselring prize for=20
playwriting.  In 2001, he was the script consultant for the musical Tick, Ti=
ck=E2=80=A6Boom. =20
He has received the Helen Merrill Playwriting Awards and a Guggenheim=20
Foundation Fellowship.

PROOF is a warm drama about a troubled woman who has sacrificed her own=20
college education to care for her mentally ill professor-father, a genius in=
=20
mathematics.  Although talk of mathematics is plentiful, at the heart of PRO=
OF is an=20
intimate father-daughter relationship.  Catherine has inherited her father's=
=20
humor and, to an indeterminate degree, both his genius and, possibly, his=20
illness.  On the eve of her father's funeral - her 25th birthday - we find h=
er at=20
the intersection of a haunting past and a blank future.

The Director
Jacqi Loewy returns to Weathervane having recently directed The Laramie=20
Project, The Fantasticks and Little Shop of Horrors.  Currently residing in=20
Cleveland, Loewy received her graduate degree in theater from The University=
 of Akron=20
during which time she also appeared on our stage in Prelude to a Kiss and Si=
x=20
Degrees of Separation.  Her Broadway credits include choreography on two=20
productions and a three-year stint as an actress.  Local directing credits i=
nclude=20
Berlin to Broadway and The Fantasticks for Lyric Opera Cleveland, The Eight:=
=20
Reindeer Monologues for Cleveland Public Theater, Look Back in Anger for=20
Charenton Theater Company, Speed the Plow for The University of Akron and th=
e=20
upcoming world premiere of V-E Day by Cleveland playwright Faye Sholiton.

The Cast:
Ralph Cooley,    Robert,     Stow
Ralph was, most recently, seen on the Weathervane stage as Tevye in Fiddler=20
on the Roof.  Previously he played Izzy in King of the Kosher Grocers, Big=20
Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Senator Rawkins in Finian's Rainbow among=
=20
others.

Heather L. Snell,          Catherine,   Cleveland
Heather is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Cuyahoga Community College,=
=20
holds and Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics from Kent State University.  She has bee=
n=20
seen in productions at Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland Shakespeare=20
Festival, Coach House Theatre, Strongsville Little Theatre, North Royalton P=
layers,=20
Huntington Playhouse and Clague Play House.

Jesse James Kamps,  Hal,    Cleveland
Jess has been seen in productions at Beck Center, Ensemble Theatre, Charento=
n=20
and the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival.  He was a resident actor with=20
Cleveland Signstage Theatre and has done three national tours as part of the=
 company.

Melanie R. Korman,      Claire, Akron
Melanie holds a BA degree in Mass Media Communications from The University o=
f=20
Akron and is Director of Public Programs at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens.  She=20
has been seen in productions at Copley High School, Tree City Players and Th=
e=20
Kent Stage.

If you liked A Beautiful Mind, you'll love PROOF, an exhilarating play that=20
turns the esoteric world of higher mathematics into a back porch drama, at=20
Weathervane Playhouse October 15 - November 2, 2003 only.  Low-cost preview=20
performances on Wednesday and Thursday, October 15 & 16 at 7:30 p.m. with of=
ficial=20
opening on Friday, October 17 at 8:00 p.m.  Other performances are Thursdays=
 at=20
7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Charge b=
y=20
phone at Weathervane's Ticket Office at 330-836-2626.  Call between 10 a.m.=20
and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.  Tickets: $18 ($2 discount on Thursday=
s=20
and Sundays for Senior Citizens & Students).

PROOF is a Project STAGE production.  Teacher and student study guides are=20
available as well as weekday, daytime performances at reduced ticket prices.=
 =20
Contact our Education Department for further information at 330-836-2323 X 1=
7.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to
encourage economic growth, education excellence and
cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, PAX-TV

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VANE PLAYHOUSE presents
 PROOF
 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play by David Auburn
 Sponsored by Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and
 Mental Health Services Board
 
 Weathervane Playhouse continues its 2003-2004 Season with the Akron Prem=
iere of PROOF, by David Auburn.  Playwright Auburn is the grandson of t=
he late Dr. Norman P. Auburn, former president of The University of Akron, a=
nd son of Drs. Mark and Sandy Auburn.  Mark is Dean of Fine and Applied=
 Arts at the University.  David Auburn made his off-Broadway debut in 1=
997, with the production of Skyscraper, shortly after graduating from a new=20=
playwriting program at The Juilliard School in New York.  In 2000, he w=
on the Kesselring prize for playwriting.  In 2001, he was the script co=
nsultant for the musical Tick, Tick=E2=80=A6Boom.  He has received the=20=
Helen Merrill Playwriting Awards and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.
 
 PROOF is a warm drama about a troubled woman who has sacrificed her own=20=
college education to care for her mentally ill professor-father, a genius in=
 mathematics.  Although talk of mathematics is plentiful, at the heart=20=
of PROOF is an intimate father-daughter relationship.  Catherine has in=
herited her father's humor and, to an indeterminate degree, both his genius=20=
and, possibly, his illness.  On the eve of her father's funeral - her 2=
5th birthday - we find her at the intersection of a haunting past and a blan=
k future.
 
 The Director
 Jacqi Loewy returns to Weathervane having recently directed The Laramie=20=
Project, The Fantasticks and Little Shop of Horrors.  Currently residin=
g in Cleveland, Loewy received her graduate degree in theater from The Unive=
rsity of Akron during which time she also appeared on our stage in Prelude t=
o a Kiss and Six Degrees of Separation.  Her Broadway credits include c=
horeography on two productions and a three-year stint as an actress.  L=
ocal directing credits include Berlin to Broadway and The Fantasticks for Ly=
ric Opera Cleveland, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues for Cleveland Public The=
ater, Look Back in Anger for Charenton Theater Company, Speed the Plow for T=
he University of Akron and the upcoming world premiere of V-E Day by Clevela=
nd playwright Faye Sholiton.
 
 The Cast:
 Ralph Cooley,    Robert, Stow
 Ralph was, most recently, seen on the Weathervane stage as Tevye in Fidd=
ler on the Roof.  Previously he played Izzy in King of the Kosher Groce=
rs, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Senator Rawkins in Finian's Rainb=
ow among others.
 
 Heather L. Snell,       Catherine, Cl=
eveland
 Heather is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Cuyahoga Community Coll=
ege, holds and Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics from Kent State University.  S=
he has been seen in productions at Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland Sha=
kespeare Festival, Coach House Theatre, Strongsville Little Theatre, North R=
oyalton Players, Huntington Playhouse and Clague Play House.
 
 Jesse James Kamps, Hal, Cleveland
 Jess has been seen in productions at Beck Center, Ensemble Theatre, Char=
enton and the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival.  He was a resident actor=20=
with Cleveland Signstage Theatre and has done three national tours as part o=
f the company.
 
 Melanie R. Korman,   Claire, Akron
 Melanie holds a BA degree in Mass Media Communications from The Universi=
ty of Akron and is Director of Public Programs at Stan Hywet Hall & Gard=
ens.  She has been seen in productions at Copley High School, Tree City=
 Players and The Kent Stage.
 
 
 If you liked A Beautiful Mind, you'll love PROOF, an exhilarating=
 play that turns the esoteric world of higher mathematics into a back porch=20=
drama, at Weathervane Playhouse October 15 - November 2, 2003 only.  Lo=
w-cost preview performances on Wednesday and Thursday, October 15 & 16 a=
t 7:30 p.m. with official opening on Friday, October 17 at 8:00 p.m.  O=
ther performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m=
. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Charge by phone at Weathervane's Ticket Office at=
 330-836-2626.  Call between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Frid=
ay.  Tickets: $18 ($2 discount on Thursdays and Sundays for Senior Citi=
zens & Students).
 
 PROOF is a Project STAGE production.  Teacher and=
 student study guides are available as well as weekday, daytime performances=
 at reduced ticket prices.  Contact our Education Department for furthe=
r information at 330-836-2323 X 17.
 
 The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to
 encourage economic growth, education excellence and
 cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
 Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, PAX-TV
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