[NEohioPAL]Workshop Players Skewers Shakespeare

Mon Nov 3 18:01:11 PST 2003

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For Immediate Release

Workshop Players proudly presents "The Compleat Wks of Wllm Shkspr,=20
Abridged", by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield and directed by Mi=
ke=20
Leuszler.=20

This outrageous production embodies one of comedy's most essential impulses:=
=20
the adolescent urge to take a baseball bat to the culturally revered. Dennis=
=20
Runkle, Stuart Landes and Jake Wacholz perform this mix of pratfalls, puns,=20
willful misreadings of names and dialogue, clunky female impersonations,=20
clean-cut ribaldry, audience participation and broad burlesque. The conversi=
on of the=20
histories into a football game is very funny, so is a rap version of OTHELLO=
.=20
The next best thing to =E2=80=9CShakespeare For Dummies.=E2=80=9D

Performances are November 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, December 5 & 6 at 8 p.m., with=
=20
Sunday matinees on November 30 and December 7 at 3 p.m.=20

Tickets are $10.00 each, with group discounts for groups of 15 or more.=20
Tickets are going fast! For reservations, call (440)988-5613.

Workshop Players Theatre is located on Middle Ridge Road in Amherst, halfway=
=20
between Rt. 2 and Rt. 58.
Visit our Website at http://www.workshopplayers.com

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Contact: Mike Leuzler - Leuszler at aol.com - 440-988-2256
Kathy Whitmore - WSPAmherst at aol.com=20

"If the whole world's a stage, I demand better lighting"

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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" color=3D#800080>Workshop Playe=
rs proudly presents "The Compleat Wks of Wllm Shkspr, Abridged", by Adam Lon=
g, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield and directed by Mike Leuszler. </FONT></=
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" color=3D#800080>This outrageou=
s production embodies one of comedy's most essential impulses: the adolescen=
t urge to take a baseball bat to the culturally revered. Dennis Runkle, Stua=
rt Landes and Jake Wacholz perform this mix of pratfalls, puns, willful=
 misreadings of names and dialogue, clunky female impersonations, clean-cut=20=
ribaldry, audience participation and broad burlesque. The conversion of the=20=
histories into a football game is very funny, so is a rap version of OTHELLO=
. The next best thing to =E2=80=9CShakespeare For Dummies.=E2=80=9D</FONT></=
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" color=3D#800080></FONT> <=
/DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" color=3D#800080>Performances a=
re November 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, December 5 & 6 at 8 p.m., with Sund=
ay matinees on November 30 and December 7 at 3 p.m. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" color=3D#800080></FONT> <=
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" color=3D#800080>Tickets are $1=
0.00 each, with group discounts for groups of 15 or more. Tickets are going=20=
fast! For reservations, call (440)988-5613.<BR><BR>Workshop Players Theatre=20=
is located on Middle Ridge Road in Amherst, halfway between Rt. 2 and Rt. 58=
.<BR>Visit our Website at <A href=3D"http://www.workshopplayers.com">http://=
www.workshopplayers.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" color=3D#800080>Contact: Mike=20=
Leuzler - <A href=3D"mailto:Leuszler at aol.com">Leuszler at aol.com</A> - 440-988=
-2256</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" color=3D#800080>Kathy Whitmore=
 - <A href=3D"mailto:WSPAmherst at aol.com">WSPAmherst at aol.com</A> </FONT></DIV=
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