[NEohioPAL]The Silvers On Stage at Actors' Summit

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For Immediate Release
For additional information contact:=20
Neil Thackaberry 330-342-0800


Hudson, Ohio September 28, 2004
                                =20
Actors' Summit Theater presents=20
Dorothy and Reuben Silver=20
in Laughter in 3 Languages=20
           =20
Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater announces the opening of Laughter in 3 Langua=
ges, a=20
delightful collection of vignettes about the common immigrant experience,=20
assembled and performed by Dorothy and Reuben Silver for eight performances=20
beginning Oct. 7 at its theater at 86 Owen Brown Street in downtown Hudson.
=20
The Show
Dorothy and Reuben Silver drew on a rich legacy of work by American Jewish=20
writers, mainly humorists, to create Laughter in 3 Languages, a collection o=
f=20
stories that recount the joys and sorrows of learning new customs, a new=20
language and all the other mysteries of a new land. The immigrants of the ta=
les are=20
Jewish, but the humor and pathos that unfold demonstrate the universality of=
=20
the immigrant experience. The vignettes are performed simultaneously in Engl=
ish=20
and Yiddish, so the material is easy to understand as it entertains.=20
Occasionally, the Silvers will employ =E2=80=9CYinglish,=E2=80=9D that immig=
rant blend of the mother=20
tongue and English. =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s fun and it works,=E2=80=9D Dorothy=
 says of the presentation,=20
to which Reuben adds, =E2=80=9CMost American Jews today don=E2=80=99t unders=
tand Yiddish,=20
but they love it.=E2=80=9D So, the Silvers are finding, do non-Jewish audien=
ces. When=20
first performed in 2002 -- as a benefit for the Ensemble Theatre in Clevelan=
d --=20
Laughter in 3 Languages played to four sell-out crowds. The Actors=E2=80=99=20=
Summit=20
production comes in the second month of a yearlong celebration of the 350th=20
anniversary of the arrival of the first permanent Jewish settlers in New Ams=
terdam=20
(Sept. 12, 1654) and, coincidentally, 150 years after the arrival of the=20
first Jewish settlers in Akron. In 1865, this latter group, 20 strong, organ=
ized=20
the Akron Hebrew Association, which has been known as Temple Israel since 19=
11.
=20
The Cast
The Silvers are no strangers to Actors=E2=80=99 Summit audiences. Most recen=
tly they=20
were featured -- she as Mistress Quickly and he as Falstaff -- in the April=20
production of Merry Wives of Windsor. Described by one reviewer as Cleveland=
=E2=80=99s=20
reigning theater couple, Reuben and Dorothy have shared their talents locall=
y=20
for nearly 50 years as performers, directors, teachers and administrators.=20
Reuben=E2=80=99s career began as a child actor in Detroit=E2=80=99s Yiddish=20=
theater in 1933, and=20
Yiddish was his first language; he learned English in school. He and Dorothy=
=20
met in 1948 when he saw her in a Tennessee Williams production at Wayne Stat=
e=20
University. They married a year later and have been a dynamic theatrical duo=
=20
ever since. Just a few of their onstage credits together include The Visit,=20
Death of a Salesman and The Gin Game, A Trip to Bountiful, All My Sons, Glas=
s=20
Menagerie and The Dybbuk.
=20
Performance Schedule
Laughter in 3 Languages opens with a preview performance at 8 p.m. Thursday,=
=20
Oct. 7. Performances are given Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 and=
=20
Sundays at 2 PM through Oct. 17.=20
=20
=20
Tickets
Tickets are $25 on Fridays and Saturdays and $22 on Thursdays and Sundays.=20
College students and seniors receive a $4 discount. Students under age 18 ar=
e=20
admitted for half price. Group discounts and season subscriptions are still=20
available. Tickets can be purchased by phone by calling 330-342-0800. =20
=20
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
=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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<H1 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-f=
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<H1 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-f=
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<H1 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 14.0pt">in <I>Laughter in 3 Languages</I> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater <SPAN style=3D"COLOR=
: black">announces the opening of </SPAN><I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: no=
rmal"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Laughter=
 in 3 Languages, </SPAN></I><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; mso-bidi-font-=
weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">a delightful collection of </SPAN=
>vignettes<SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-=
bidi-font-style: italic"> about the common immigrant experience, assembled a=
nd performed by </SPAN>Dorothy and Reuben Silver for eight performances begi=
nning Oct. 7 at its theater at <SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black">86 Owen Brown St=
reet</SPAN> in downtown Hudson.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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Sans MS" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<H5 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 10.0pt">The Show<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H5>
<H4 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bid=
i-font-style: italic">Dorothy and Reuben Silver drew on a rich legacy of wor=
k by American Jewish writers, mainly humorists, to create </SPAN><EM>Laughte=
r in 3 Languages,</EM><SPAN style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style=
: italic"> a collection of stories that recount the joys and sorrows of lear=
ning new customs, a new language and all the other mysteries of a new land.=20=
The immigrants of the tales are Jewish, but the humor and pathos that unfold=
 demonstrate the universality of the immigrant experience. The vignettes are=
 performed simultaneously in English and Yiddish, so the material is easy to=
 understand as it entertains. Occasionally, the Silvers will employ =E2=80=
=9CYinglish,=E2=80=9D that immigrant blend of the mother tongue and English.=
 =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s fun and it works,=E2=80=9D Dorothy says of the presen=
tation, to which Reuben adds, =E2=80=9CMost American Jews today don=E2=80=
=99t understand Yiddish, but they love it.=E2=80=9D So, the Silvers are find=
ing, do non-Jewish audiences. When first performed in 2002 -- as a benefit f=
or the Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland -- </SPAN><EM>Laughter in 3 Languages</=
EM><SPAN style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> played t=
o four sell-out crowds. The Actors=E2=80=99 Summit production comes in the s=
econd month of a yearlong celebration of the 350<SUP>th</SUP> anniversary of=
 the arrival of the first permanent Jewish settlers in New Amsterdam (Sept.=20=
12, 1654) and, coincidentally, 150 years after the arrival of the first Jewi=
sh settlers in Akron. In 1865, this latter group, 20 strong, organized the A=
kron Hebrew Association, which has been known as Temple Israel since 1911.<o=
:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<H3 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: italic=
"><o:p><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<H3 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: italic=
"><FONT size=3D3>The Cast<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">The Silvers ar=
e no strangers to Actors=E2=80=99 Summit audiences. Most recently they were=20=
featured -- she as Mistress Quickly and he as Falstaff -- in the April produ=
ction of <I>Merry Wives of Windsor. </I>Described by one reviewer as Clevela=
nd=E2=80=99s reigning theater couple, Reuben and Dorothy have shared their t=
alents locally for nearly 50 years </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"=
>as performers, directors, teachers and administrators. Reuben=E2=80=99s car=
eer began as a child actor in Detroit=E2=80=99s Yiddish theater in 1933, and=
 Yiddish was his first language; he learned English in school. He and Doroth=
y met in 1948 when he saw her in a Tennessee Williams production at Wayne St=
ate University. They married a year later and have been a dynamic theatrical=
 duo ever since. Just a few of their onstage credits together include <I>The=
 Visit, Death of a Salesman</I> and <I>The Gin Game</I>, <I>A Trip to Bounti=
ful, All My Sons, Glass Menagerie </I>and<I> The Dybbuk.<o:p></o:p></I></SPA=
N></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FA=
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-weight: normal"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT=
 size=3D3>Performance Schedule</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: w=
hite; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><FONT size=3D3><I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style=
: normal"><SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Laughter in 3 Languages=
 </SPAN></I>opens with a preview performance at </FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3D3=
><st1:time Hour=3D"20" Minute=3D"0"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-F=
AMILY: Arial">8 p.m.</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT=
-FAMILY: Arial"> Thursday, Oct. 7. Performances are given Thursday, Friday a=
nd Saturday nights at 8 and Sundays at 2 PM through Oct. 17. <B><o:p></o:p><=
/B></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style=3D"BACKGRO=
UND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Tickets</FONT></SPAN></B><SPA=
N style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold=
"><BR><FONT size=3D3>Tickets are $25 on Fridays and Saturdays and $22 on Thu=
rsdays and Sundays. College students and seniors receive a $4 discount. Stud=
ents under age 18 are admitted for half price. Group discounts and season su=
bscriptions are still available. Tickets can be purchased by phone by callin=
g 330-342-0800.  </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-F=
AMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3>Web site </FONT></H2>
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Y: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Actors Summit Theater can be found on the web at ww=
w.actorssummit.org. Actors' Summit is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-=
3 professional arts organization. We are seeking volunteers and board member=
s. For more details please call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-0800. <o:p></o:p><=
/FONT></SPAN></P>
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Y: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Actors' Summit is working under a developmental agr=
eement with Actors' Equity Association (the Union of professional Actors and=
 Stage Managers.) <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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