[NEohioPAL]The Fight Against Slavery -- Actors' Summit Announces a Single Performance

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For immediate release
For Additional Information Contact:
            Neil Thackaberry, 330-342-0800

Actors' Summit Theater announces=20
A Revival of:
John Brown & Frederick Douglass,
The Fight Against Slavery
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Actors=E2=80=99 Summit announces a single performance of John Brown & Freder=
ick=20
Douglass, The Fight Against Slavery on Sunday evening, August 1 at 7:00PM
in the theater of Oscar Ritchie Hall on the campus of Kent State University,=
=20
Kent, OH. The performance will be the opening event of a special workshop,=20=
=E2=80=9C
Approaches to Black Drama for Middle and High School Teachers.=E2=80=9D The=20=
workshop is=20
funded in part by a generous grant from the Ohio Humanities Council, a state=
=20
agency.
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The play, an original work by Actors=E2=80=99 Summit=E2=80=99s artistic dire=
ctor, Neil=20
Thackaberry, was first performed during the 2001-2002 season. The revival fe=
atures=20
the original cast of Mark Gates as Frederick Douglass, and Neil Thackaberry=20=
as=20
John Brown.
=20
The Play=20
The play focuses on the friendship between Frederick Douglass and John Brown=
.=20
The two were close friends for the twelve years leading up to the attack on=20
Harper=E2=80=99s Ferry in 1859. Much of the play uses the words of the two h=
istorical=20
figures arranged in dialogue form. The story begins with their first meeting=
 in=20
Springfield, Massachusettes in 1847 and ends with John Brown=E2=80=99s execu=
tion=20
following the Harpers Ferry raid.=20
=20
The play will also be available on tour throughout the 2004 =E2=80=93 2005 t=
heater=20
season.
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The performance is open to the public. General admission tickets will be=20
available at the door for $5 per person.=20

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Y: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>For Additional Information Contact:<o:p></o:p></FON=
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         </SPAN>Neil Thackaberry, 33=
0-342-0800<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=
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eight: normal"><FONT size=3D3>Actors' Summit Theater announces <o:p></o:p></=
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LY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>A Revival of:<SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:=20=
bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=
=3Dcenter><B><I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SI=
ZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John Brown & Frederick Douglass,<o:p></o:p=
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=3Dcenter><B><I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SI=
ZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Fight Against Slavery<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I=
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e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">       <BR>Actors=E2=
=80=99 </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summit=
</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> announces=20=
a single performance of <B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=
=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">John Brown & Frederick Douglass, The Fi=
ght Against Slavery</I></B> on Sunday evening, August 1 at </SPAN><st1:time=20=
Hour=3D"19" Minute=3D"0"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:00PM</SPAN></s=
t1:time><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">in the theater of Oscar Ritchie Hall on the campus=20=
of </SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kent State=
 University</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN><st=
1:country-region><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kent</SPAN></st1:country=
-region></st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, OH. The performance=
 will be the opening event of a special workshop, =E2=80=9CApproaches to Bla=
ck Drama for Middle and High School Teachers.=E2=80=9D The workshop is funde=
d in part by a generous grant from the Ohio Humanities Council, a state agen=
cy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The play, an original w=
ork by Actors=E2=80=99 </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Summit</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><S=
PAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">=E2=80=99s arti=
stic director, Neil Thackaberry, was first performed during the 2001-2002 se=
ason. The revival features the original cast of Mark Gates as Frederick Doug=
lass, and Neil Thackaberry as John Brown.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FA=
MILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>The Play <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The play focuses on the=
 friendship between Frederick Douglass and John Brown. The two were close fr=
iends for the twelve years leading up to the attack on Harper=E2=80=99s Ferr=
y in 1859. Much of the play uses the words of the two historical figures arr=
anged in dialogue form. The story begins with their first meeting in </SPAN>=
<st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight=
: bold">Springfield</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:=
 Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">, Massachusettes in 1847 and ends with J=
ohn Brown=E2=80=99s execution following the </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Harpers Ferry</SPAN></st=
1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> raid=
. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3D3>The play will also be a=
vailable on tour throughout the 2004 =E2=80=93 2005 theater season.<o:p></o:=
p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
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Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3D3>The performance is open=
 to the public. General admission tickets will be available at the door for=20=
$5 per person. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>

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