[NEohioPAL]Actors' Summit Announces 8 play mainstage season
Thackaberr at aol.com
Thackaberr at aol.com
Wed Aug 4 13:00:15 PDT 2004
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For Additional Information Contact:
Neil Thackaberry, 330-342-0800
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The 2004-2005 Season at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit
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Actors=E2=80=99 Summit, the professional theater based in Hudson, Ohio, has=20=
announced=20
its sixth season. The 2004-2005 offerings will include eight mainstage=20
productions ranging from classical to contemporary and from drama to comedy.=
The=20
season which runs from September to May will include 96 regularly scheduled=20
performances.
=20
=E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re delighted to be able to offer a full seas=
on of exciting=20
theater,=E2=80=9D said Neil Thackaberry, Artistic Director. =E2=80=9CWe=E2=
=80=99re confident that the=20
variety of the plays and the quality of the performances will stimulate our=20
regular patrons give newcomers lots of opportunities to sample our work.=E2=
=80=9D
=20
Ticket Prices
Season Subscriptions, Good-Time-Any-Time Coupons, and individual=
=20
tickets will all stay at the same prices as last year. Season subscriptions=20
range from $64 for students to $150 for Saturday adults. Good-Time-Any-Time=20
Coupons are available in books of 6 or 10 for $20 per ticket. Individual tic=
kets=20
will go on sale two weeks prior to the first performance.
=E2=80=9COur most popular night is our Preview,=E2=80=9D said Ma=
ryJo Alexander,=20
Associate Artistic Director. =E2=80=9CSeniors can see all eight shows for on=
ly $80.=E2=80=9D=20
The Box Office Phone number is 330-342-0800.
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The Season
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The Guys by Anne Nelson. September 16 =E2=80=
=93 October=20
3 (3 weeks) =20
Starring MaryJo Alexander & Neil Thackaberry
Less than two weeks after the September 11th attacks, New Yorkers are still=20
in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan, receives an unexpected phone ca=
ll=20
on behalf of Nick, a fire captain who has lost most of his men in the attack=
.=20
He=E2=80=99s looking for a writer to help him with the eulogies he must pres=
ent at=20
their memorial services. Nick and Joan spend a long afternoon together, reca=
lling=20
the fallen men through recounting their virtues and their foibles, and=20
fashioning the stories into memorials of words. In the process Nick and Joan=
=20
discover the possibilities of friendship in each other and their shared love=
for the=20
unconquerable spirit of the city. As they make their way through the emotion=
al=20
landscape of grief, they draw on humor, tango, the appreciation of craft in=20
all its forms=E2=80=94and the enduring bonds of common humanity.
Laughter in 3 Languages by Dorothy & Reuben Silver October 7 =E2=
=80=93 17
Starring Dorothy & Reuben Silver
A series of vignettes about the common immigrant experience. The=
=20
unique format of the storytelling makes pieces accessible to all. Performed=20
simultaneously in English, Yiddish and sometimes in Yinglish. Only 8=20
performances.
=20
Give =E2=80=98Em Hell, Harry by Samuel Gallu =20=
=20
October 28 =E2=80=93 November 14=20
Starring Wayne S. Turney
This exciting drama of the Truman White House Years captures the=
=20
saga of an improbable-but-great statesman, the events of his time and his=20
momentous decisions. There is the colorful, salty speech of a bourbon-drinki=
ng=20
Baptists who said =E2=80=9C The buck stops here=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 =E2=80=
=9CI am tired of babysitting the=20
Soviets=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9Cif you can=E2=80=99t stand the heat, sta=
y out of the kitchen.=E2=80=9D
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Cricket on the Hearth November 24 =E2=80=93 December=20=
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book by Wayne S. Turney, Music by Sebastian Birch=20
Starring Wayne S. Turney, & Shani Ferry
Charles Dickens=E2=80=99 classic holiday tale of the mysterious=20=
elderly=20
stranger who is not what he seems. The toymaker, his blind daughter, the wag=
on=20
driver, and his young wife --
all brought to life with warmth, humor, and wonderful music. The play which=20
premiered at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit last season features a revised script an=
d new songs.
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Fully Committed by Becky Mode January 13 =E2=80=93 30, 2005
Starring Neil Thackaberry
This devastatingly funny play follows a day in the life of Sam=20
Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at=20
Manhattan=E2=80=99s number-one restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, histri=
onics =E2=80=93 a cast=20
of desperate callers will stop at nothing in their zeal to land a prime=20
reservation, or the right table. Amid the barrage, Sam=E2=80=99s got his own=
needs to=20
contend with =E2=80=93 his recently widowed dad wants him home for Christmas=
, and he=E2=80=99s up=20
for a choice part at Lincoln Center. While juggling scheming socialites,=20
name-dropping wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses, can he ma=
nage to=20
look out for himself? A wonderful acting challenge, FULLY COMMITTED has fort=
y=20
wildly diverse characters designed to be played by a single versatile=20
performer.
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Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan February 17 =E2=80=93=20=
March 6 =20
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Starring Sally Groth & Alex Cikra
THE HERBAL BED is based on actual events that occurred in Stratford-upon-Avo=
n=20
in the summer of 1613, when William Shakespeare=E2=80=99s elder daughter, Su=
sanna=20
Hall was publicly accused of having a sexual liaison with Rafe Smith, a marr=
ied=20
neighbor and family friend. Susanna sues her accuser, young Jack Lane, for=20
slander in the court of Worcester Cathedral. Susanna=E2=80=99s husband, the=20=
respected=20
physician of Stratford, John Hall, is desperate for her to clear her name in=
order=20
to save his practice, and he gives her his complete support. But how can he=20
avoid the fact that one summer=E2=80=99s night, while he was away from Strat=
ford, Rafe=20
Smith was seen secretly leaving their herbal garden? Faced with political=20
divisions within the church, the hearing in the bishop=E2=80=99s court becom=
es a risky=20
gamble as three people=E2=80=99s private lives are held up to the glare of i=
ntense public=20
scrutiny in this emotional thriller whose outcome is anything but certain.
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith March 31 =E2=80=93 A=
pril 17
Kate Hardcastle has been promised in marriage, sight unseen, to=20
Charles Marlow. But Marlow is notoriously shy with women of his own class. W=
hen=20
he arrives at Kate=E2=80=99s home, Tony Lumpkin tells him he is at an inn an=
d that=20
Kate is one of the chambermaids, with whom he is anything but shy. Mr.=20
Hardcastle begins to rethink his choice when Marlow starts ordering him arou=
nd like an=20
innkeeper. Meanwhile, Marlow's friend Hastings falls in love with Kate's=20
cousin, Constance, who is already promised to Tony Lumpkin. This comedy of m=
istaken=20
identity and manners has held the stage for three hundred years.=20
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The Shakespeare Review May 5 =E2=
=80=93 May=20
22
Musical revue. By Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee
Starring MaryJo Alexander, Wayne S. Turney, & Shani Ferry
This sparkling entertainment comprises the finest comic writing=20
inspired by Shakespeare. As well as classic songs and sketches by such=20
well-known names as Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Tom Lehrer a=
nd the=20
Beyond the Fringe team, it also features specially written material by the b=
est=20
modern revue writers. =E2=80=9CAnd what=E2=80=99s remarkable about the whole=
evening is that=20
beyond the often irreverent laughter there are frequent glimpses of Shakespe=
are=E2=80=99
s matchless beauty and depth of feeling.=E2=80=9D (Daily Telegraph).
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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=20
call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-0800.=20
Actors' Summit is working under a developmental agreement with Actors' Equit=
y=20
Association (the Union of professional Actors and Stage Managers.)=20
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ormal"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The 2004-2005 Season at Actors=E2=80=
=99 </SPAN></B><st1:City><st1:place><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT=
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Actors=E2=80=99 <st1:City><st1:place>Summ=
it</st1:place></st1:City>, the professional theater based in <st1:place><st1=
:City>Hudson</st1:City>, <st1:State>Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>, has announ=
ced its sixth season. The 2004-2005 offerings will include eight mainstage p=
roductions ranging from classical to contemporary and from drama to comedy.=20=
The season which runs from September to May will include 96 regularly schedu=
led performances.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re d=
elighted to be able to offer a full season of exciting theater,=E2=80=9D sai=
d Neil Thackaberry, Artistic Director. =E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re confident that=
the variety of the plays and the quality of the performances will stimulate=
our regular patrons give newcomers lots of opportunities to sample our work=
.=E2=80=9D</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font=
-weight: normal"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3>Ticket Prices=
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Season Subscriptions, Go=
od-Time-Any-Time Coupons, and individual tickets will all stay at the same p=
rices as last year. Season subscriptions range from $64 for students to $150=
for Saturday adults. Good-Time-Any-Time Coupons are available in books of 6=
or 10 for $20 per ticket. Individual tickets will go on sale two weeks prio=
r to the first performance.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=E2=80=9COur most popula=
r night is our Preview,=E2=80=9D said MaryJo Alexander, Associate Artistic D=
irector. =E2=80=9CSeniors can see all eight shows for only $80.=E2=80=9D The=
Box Office Phone number is 330-342-0800.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font=
-weight: normal"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3>The Season<o:=
p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o=
:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">The Guys</I></B> by Anne Nelson.<SPAN style=3D"m=
so-tab-count: 3">  =
; &nb=
sp; </SPAN>September 16 =E2=80=93 Octobe=
r 3 (3 weeks)<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></FONT></F=
ONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"=
><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Starring MaryJo Alexander & Nei=
l Thackaberry</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT=
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Less than two weeks after the September 1=
1<SUP>th</SUP> attacks, New Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an edit=
or named Joan, receives an unexpected phone call on behalf of Nick, a fire c=
aptain who has lost most of his men in the attack. He=E2=80=99s looking for=20=
a writer to help him with the eulogies he must present at their memorial ser=
vices. Nick and Joan spend a long afternoon together, recalling the fallen m=
en through recounting their virtues and their foibles, and fashioning the st=
ories into memorials of words. In the process Nick and Joan discover the pos=
sibilities of friendship in each other and their shared love for the unconqu=
erable spirit of the city. As they make their way through the emotional land=
scape of grief, they draw on humor, tango, the appreciation of craft in all=20=
its forms=E2=80=94and the enduring bonds of common humanity.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacer=
un: yes"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">Laughter in 3 Languages</I></B> by Dorothy &=
Reuben Silver<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1">  =
; </SPAN>October 7 =E2=80=93 17</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Starring Dorothy & R=
euben Silver</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>A series of vignettes ab=
out the common immigrant experience. The unique format of the storytelling m=
akes pieces accessible to all. Performed simultaneously in English, Yiddish=20=
and sometimes in Yinglish. Only 8 performances.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">Give =E2=80=98Em Hell, Harry</I></B><SPAN style=
=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN>by Samuel Gallu<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &n=
bsp; </SPAN><SPAN styl=
e=3D"mso-tab-count: 1">  =
; </SPAN>October 28 =E2=80=93 November 14 </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Starring Wayne S. Turney=
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>This exciting drama of t=
he Truman White House Years captures the saga of an improbable-but-great sta=
tesman, the events of his time and his momentous decisions. There is the col=
orful, salty speech of a bourbon-drinking Baptists who said =E2=80=9C The bu=
ck stops here=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CI am tired of babysitting the Sovi=
ets=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9Cif you can=E2=80=99t stand the heat, stay ou=
t of the kitchen.=E2=80=9D</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">Cricket on the Hearth</I></B><SPAN style=3D"mso-=
tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =
</SPAN>November 24 =E2=80=93 December 24</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>book by Wayne S. Turney,=
Music by Sebastian Birch </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT=
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Starring Wayne S. Turney, & Shani Fer=
ry</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Charles Dickens=E2=80=
=99 classic holiday tale of the mysterious elderly stranger who is not what=20=
he seems. The toymaker, his blind daughter, the wagon driver, and his young=20=
wife --</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>all brought to life with warmth, humor, and wonderful music.=20=
The play which premiered at Actors=E2=80=99 <st1:City><st1:place>Summit</st1=
:place></st1:City> last season features a revised script and new songs.</FON=
T></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">Fully Committed</I></B> by Becky Mode<SPAN style=
=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> =
</SPAN><st1:date Month=3D"1=
" Day=3D"13" Year=3D"2005">January 13 =E2=80=93 30, 2005</st1:date></FONT></=
FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Starring Neil Thackaberr=
y</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>This devastatingly funny=
play follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who=
mans the red-hot reservation line at <st1:City><st1:place>Manhattan</st1:pl=
ace></st1:City>=E2=80=99s number-one restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes,=20=
histrionics =E2=80=93 a cast of desperate callers will stop at nothing in th=
eir zeal to land a prime reservation, or the right table. Amid the barrage,=20=
Sam=E2=80=99s got his own needs to contend with =E2=80=93 his recently widow=
ed dad wants him home for Christmas, and he=E2=80=99s up for a choice part a=
t <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Lincoln</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center</s=
t1:PlaceType></st1:place>. While juggling scheming socialites, name-dropping=
wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses, can he manage to look=20=
out for himself? A wonderful acting challenge, FULLY COMMITTED has forty wil=
dly diverse characters designed to be played by a single versatile performer=
.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-co=
unt: 2"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> &nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">Herbal Bed</I></B><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count:=20=
1"> </SPAN>by Peter Whelan<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-cou=
nt: 1"> </S=
PAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nb=
sp; </SPAN>February 17 =E2=80=93 March 6<SPAN=20=
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &=
nbsp;  =
; </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Starring Sally Groth &am=
p; Alex Cikra</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT=
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>THE HERBAL BED is based on actual events=20=
that occurred in <st1:place>Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> in the summer of=
1613, when William Shakespeare=E2=80=99s elder daughter, Susanna Hall was p=
ublicly accused of having a sexual liaison with Rafe Smith, a married neighb=
or and family friend. Susanna sues her accuser, young <st1:Street><st1:addre=
ss>Jack Lane</st1:address></st1:Street>, for slander in the court of Worcest=
er Cathedral. Susanna=E2=80=99s husband, the respected physician of <st1:Cit=
y><st1:place>Stratford</st1:place></st1:City>, John Hall, is desperate for h=
er to clear her name in order to save his practice, and he gives her his com=
plete support. But how can he avoid the fact that one summer=E2=80=99s night=
, while he was away from <st1:City><st1:place>Stratford</st1:place></st1:Cit=
y>, Rafe Smith was seen secretly leaving their herbal garden? Faced with pol=
itical divisions within the church, the hearing in the bishop=E2=80=99s cour=
t becomes a risky gamble as three people=E2=80=99s private lives are held up=
to the glare of intense public scrutiny in this emotional thriller whose ou=
tcome is anything but certain.<BR style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break=
"><BR style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">She Stoops to Conquer</I></B> by Oliver Goldsmit=
h<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab=
-count: 1">  =
; </SPAN>March 31 =E2=80=93 April 17</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Kate Hardcastle has been=
promised in marriage, sight unseen, to Charles Marlow. But Marlow is notori=
ously shy with women of his own class. When he arrives at Kate=E2=80=99s hom=
e, Tony Lumpkin tells him he is at an inn and that Kate is one of the chambe=
rmaids, with whom he is anything but shy. Mr. Hardcastle begins to rethink h=
is choice when Marlow starts ordering him around like an innkeeper. Meanwhil=
e, Marlow's friend Hastings falls in love with Kate's cousin, Constance, who=
is already promised to Tony Lumpkin. This comedy of mistaken identity and m=
anners has held the stage for three hundred years. <SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-co=
unt: 1"></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">The Shakespeare Review</I></B><SPAN style=3D"mso=
-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &=
nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 3"> =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; </SPAN>May 5 =E2=80=93 May 22</FONT></FON=
T></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Musical revue. By Christ=
opher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>Starring MaryJo Alexande=
r, Wayne S. Turney, & Shani Ferry</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>This sparkling entertain=
ment comprises the finest comic writing inspired by Shakespeare. As well as=20=
classic songs and sketches by such well-known names as Stephen Sondheim, Col=
e Porter, Noel Coward, Tom Lehrer and the Beyond the Fringe team, it also fe=
atures specially written material by the best modern revue writers. =E2=80=
=9CAnd what=E2=80=99s remarkable about the whole evening is that beyond the=20=
often irreverent laughter there are frequent glimpses of Shakespeare=E2=80=
=99s matchless beauty and depth of feeling.=E2=80=9D (Daily Telegraph).</FON=
T></FONT></P>
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New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial"><BR><B><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Web site</FONT></B>=
<SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" si=
ze=3D3> <BR>Actors Summit Theater can be found on the web at www.actorssummi=
t.org. Actors' </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-=
weight: bold"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Summit</FONT></SPAN></st1:place=
></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><=
FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"> is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 pr=
ofessional arts organization. We are seeking volunteers and board members. F=
or more details please call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-0800</FONT>. <o:p></o:=
p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" siz=
e=3D3>Actors' Summit is working under a developmental agreement with Ac=
tors' Equity Association (the Union of professional Actors and Stage Ma=
nagers.) </FONT></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>
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