[NEohioPAL]Casting announcement for Weathervane's "Three Days of Rain"

Mon Oct 4 13:12:26 PDT 2004

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WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE
Names Cast for Richard Greenberg'sTHREE DAYS OF RAIN
Two generations collide to reveal a devastating secret.
The setting is a downtown loft where Walker (Ryan McMullen) -- a =
highstrung man who is bedeviled by a past he can't come to terms with, =
his married sister, Nan (Michelle Michael) and their best friend, Pip =
(Scott Shriner) -- a soap opera actor, meet on the day in 1995 when the =
will of Walker and Nan's father is read. With the three actors now =
playing the roles of their parents, the second act shifts to 1960.=20

Director: Sean McConaha directed the award-winning production of A =
Lesson Before Dying during the 2003-2004 season. He is Weathervane's =
Director of Education and Producer of Youth/Family Productions and also =
directed, for Weathervane, The Glass Menagerie, The King of the Kosher =
Grocers, The Chosen, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Our Town.

Cast:

Ryan McMullen
Role: Walker/Ned
From: Cuyahoga Falls
For the past three years, Ryan has been touring nationally with =
Cleveland Signstage in productions of Aladdin, Snow White, Charlie and =
the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. Ryan was seen in Weathervane's =
2004-2005 season opener - Noises Off as Tim Allgood.

Michelle Michael
Role: Nan/Lina
From: Avon Lake
Michelle is new to Weathervane having recently moved back to Ohio from =
Dallas, Texas. She has worked as a film producer for more than 15 years =
and is preparing to produce her first independent feature film. She is a =
graduate of The Ohio State University and has been seen in many =
productions in the Dallas area.

Scott Shriner
Role: Pip/Theo
From: Akron
Scott most recently appeared in Noises Off as Garry Lejeune, in The =
Compete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged and as Mortimer in =
Arsenic and Old Lace both at Weathervane in 2003. He also appeared as =
Antonio in Ohio Shakespeare Company's Twelfth Night at Stan Hywet Hall =
and Gardens.
Two generations collide in a time-shifting account that reveals a =
devastating secret from the past in Three Days of Rain, at Weathervane =
Playhouse October 20 - November 7, 2004. Low-cost preview performances =
on Wednesday and Thursday, October 20 & 21 at 7:30 p.m. with official =
opening on Friday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. Other 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 Friday. =
Tickets: $20 (Other Tickets: Wed. & Thurs previews $14, Students 17 or =
younger $16,College Students and Senior Citizens $18 on Thursdays and =
Sundays).

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, GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
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<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D4><STRONG>Names Cast =
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Greenberg=92s</STRONG><STRONG>THREE DAYS OF=20
RAIN</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT>
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<P>The setting is a downtown loft where Walker (Ryan McMullen) -- a =
highstrung=20
man who is bedeviled by a past he can=92t come to terms with, his =
married sister,=20
Nan (Michelle Michael) and their best friend, Pip (Scott Shriner) -- a =
soap=20
opera actor, meet on the day in 1995 when the will of Walker and Nan=92s =
father is=20
read. With the three actors now playing the roles of their parents, the =
second=20
act shifts to 1960. </P><B>
<P>Director</B>: <B>Sean McConaha</B> directed the award-winning =
production of=20
<I>A Lesson Before Dying</I> during the 2003-2004 season. He is =
Weathervane=92s=20
Director of Education and Producer of Youth/Family Productions and also=20
directed, for Weathervane, <I>The Glass Menagerie, The King of the =
Kosher=20
Grocers, The Chosen, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet </I>and<I> Our =
Town.</P></I>
<P>Cast:</P>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Ryan McMullen</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><I>Role: Walker/Ned</I></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>From: Cuyahoga Falls</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>For the past three years, Ryan has been touring =
nationally=20
with Cleveland Signstage in productions of <I>Aladdin, Snow White, =
Charlie and=20
the Chocolate Factory</I> and <I>Matilda.</I> Ryan was seen in =
Weathervane=92s=20
2004-2005 season opener =96 <I>Noises Off</I> as Tim =
Allgood.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Michelle Michael</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><I>Role: Nan/Lina</I></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>From: Avon Lake</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Michelle is new to Weathervane having recently =
moved back=20
to Ohio from Dallas, Texas. She has worked as a film producer for more =
than 15=20
years and is preparing to produce her first independent feature film. =
She is a=20
graduate of The Ohio State University and has been seen in many =
productions in=20
the Dallas area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Scott Shriner</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><I>Role: Pip/Theo</I></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>From: Akron</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Scott most recently appeared in <I>Noises Off</I> as Garry Lejeune, =
in=20
<I>The Compete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged</I> and as =
Mortimer in=20
<I>Arsenic and Old Lace</I> both at Weathervane in 2003. He also =
appeared=20
as Antonio in Ohio Shakespeare Company=92s <I>Twelfth Night</I> at Stan =
Hywet Hall=20
and Gardens.</DIV>
<P></FONT><FONT face=3DHelvetica size=3D2>Two generations collide in a =
time-shifting=20
account that reveals a devastating secret from the past in <B><I>Three =
Days of=20
Rain</B>, </I>at Weathervane Playhouse <B>October 20 =96 November 7, =
2004</B>.=20
Low-cost preview performances on <B>Wednesday and Thursday, October 20 =
& 21=20
at <U>7:30 p.m.</B></U> with official opening on <B>Friday, October 22 =
at 8:00=20
p.m.</B> Other performances are <U>Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.,</U> Fridays =
and=20
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Charge by phone at =
Weathervane=92s=20
Ticket Office at <B>330-836-2626</B>. <I></I><B>Call between 10 a.m. and =
5:30=20
p.m. Tuesday through Friday. </B>Tickets: $20 <I>(Other Tickets: Wed. =
&=20
Thurs previews $14, Students 17 or younger $16,College Students and =
Senior=20
Citizens $18 on Thursdays and Sundays</I>).</P></FONT><FONT =
face=3DHelvetica>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DArial size=3D1>The Ohio Arts Council =
helped fund this=20
program with state tax dollars to encourage economic =
growth,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><EM><FONT face=3DArial size=3D1>education excellence =
and cultural=20
enrichment for all Ohioans.</FONT></EM></DIV></FONT>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><EM><FONT size=3D1>Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, =
GOODYEAR=20
TIRE & RUBBER CO.</FONT></EM></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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