[NEohioPAL]Tri-C West to Open "Fuddy Meers"

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For Immediate Release

“If the phrase ‘tour de farce’ hasn't been invented yet, David Lindsay-Abaire's incredible ‘Fuddy Meers’ will force it into being.”  -Larry Stark
 
This fall the Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus Theatre is entering into the darkly comic funhouse of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Fuddy Meers.  

"Willfully Silly, Fresh, Zingy. Lindsay-Abaire is a welcome arrival." -Ben Brantley, The New York Times

Fuddy Meers is a wild ride with Claire, a “memory-challenged” woman, and her alleged family.  Kidnapped by one husband and pursued by another, Claire seeks the truth.  Like the distorted and warped reflections of a funhouse mirror (which the title alludes to), Claire sees herself reflected back to her by a family that wants her to forget the past.  There’s the all-to-good-to-be-true husband, a mysterious, limping stranger, the pot-smoking teenage son, a tough lady cop, the ventriloquist with a “foul-mouthed” dummy, and Claire’s mother, a stroke victim who can only speak gibberish.  David Lindsay-Abaire’s play is funny, mysterious, and as the puzzle pieces begin to be arranged, ultimately empowering.  NOTE: For mature audiences only.

Tri-C Western Campus Theatre will open Fuddy Meers on November 5, and run November 6, 10, 12, 13 at 8 pm and November 7 and 14 at 3 pm.

The play will be directed by Tri-C Western Campus Theatre Coordinator, Robert Ellis, who will be assisted by Fred Gloor.  Mr. Ellis’s creative team includes set designer Terry Martin, lighting designer Tom Cullinan, and costumer designer Edna Erez.

The cast for this “tour de farce” is as follows: Danielle Price (Claire), Allen Seeley (Millet), Keith Maag (Richard), Arthur Grothe (Limping Man), Reagen Player and Carly Filbin (Heidi), Eric Bartowski (Kenny), and Melissa Bruder (Gertie).

About the Playwright

David Lindsay-Abaire's most recent plays include, FUDDY MEERS, WONDER OF THE WORLD, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, A DEVIL INSIDE, and DOTTING & DASHING.  His work has been produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth, South Coast Rep, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, ACT in Seattle, Soho Rep, and Dance Theater Workshop, among others.  Honors include: the Kesselring Prize, the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, an L.A. Garland Award, a Heilpern Award, a NY Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, and a Helen Hayes Award nomination.   He is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School's Playwrights Program.