[NEohioPAL]Fully Committed opens at Actors Summit

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

Hudson, Ohio=20
January 4, 2004
Actors' Summit Theater presents=20
Fully Committed
           =20
Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater announces a the regional premiere of Fully Co=
mmitted,=20
a riotous comedy by Becky Mode. The play will have a preview performance on=20
Thursday, January 13, and will play through January 30 at Actors=E2=80=99 Su=
mmit Theater=20
in downtown Hudson.=20
=20
The Play
This devastatingly funny play follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski,=20
an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan=E2=
=80=99s=20
number-one restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, histrionics =E2=80=93 a ca=
st of desperate=20
callers will stop at nothing in their zeal to land a prime reservation, or=20
the right table. Amid the barrage, Sam=E2=80=99s got his own needs to conten=
d with =E2=80=93=20
his recently widowed dad wants him home for Christmas, and he=E2=80=99s up f=
or a choice=20
part at Lincoln Center. While juggling scheming socialites, name-dropping=20
wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses, can he manage to look o=
ut for=20
himself? A wonderful acting challenge, FULLY COMMITTED has forty wildly=20
diverse characters designed played by a single versatile performer.
=20
The Cast
   A. Neil Thackaberry is the Artistic Director and Founder of Actors=E2=80=
=99 Summit=20
theater.  His recent acting assignments have included John Brown in The Figh=
t=20
Against Slavery, Nils Bohr in Copenhagen, Nic in The Guys, and Henry Saunder=
s=20
in Lend Me a Tenor. A professional actor and director, he is a member of the=
=20
Screen Actors Guild,  Actors=E2=80=99 Equity Association and AFTRA.  Locally=
 he has=20
appeared at Ensemble Theatre in Kentucky Cycle, the Cleveland Play House in=20=
The=20
Importance of Being Earnest, and at Great Lakes Theatre Festival in Richard=20
III.=20
=20
Performance Schedule
Fully Committed will have a preview performance on Thursday, January 13.=20
Regular performances continue through January 30 -- Thursdays, Fridays & Sat=
urdays=20
at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM.
=20
Tickets
Preview tickets are $14 for all seats. Tickets are $25 on Fridays and=20
Saturdays and $22 on Thursdays and Sundays. College students and seniors rec=
eive a $4=20
discount at all performances except the preview. Students under age 18 are=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

If you would prefer to not receive news and special offers from Actors'=20
Summit please reply to this email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
=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=
ont-size: 14.0pt">Fully Committed<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
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e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Actors=E2=80=99 Summit=20=
Theater <SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black">announces a the regional premiere of Fu=
lly Committed, a riotous comedy by Becky Mode. </SPAN>The play will have<SPA=
N style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> a preview performance on Thursday, J=
anuary 13, and will play through January 30 at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theate=
r in downtown </SPAN></SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:=
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UND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-st=
yle: italic"><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">This devastatingly funny play follows a day in the=20=
life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservati=
on line at </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ma=
nhattan</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=E2=
=80=99s number-one restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, histrionics =E2=
=80=93 a cast of desperate callers will stop at nothing in their zeal to lan=
d a prime reservation, or the right table. Amid the barrage, Sam=E2=80=99s g=
ot his own needs to contend with =E2=80=93 his recently widowed dad wants hi=
m home for Christmas, and he=E2=80=99s up for a choice part at </SPAN><st1:p=
lace><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lincoln</SPAN></st1:P=
laceName><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN sty=
le=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN sty=
le=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. While juggling scheming socialites, name-droppin=
g wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses, can he manage to look=
 out for himself? A wonderful acting challenge, FULLY COMMITTED has forty wi=
ldly diverse characters designed played by a single versatile performer.<o:p=
></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style=3D"BACKGRO=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font=
-weight: normal"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0=
pt"><FONT size=3D3>The Cast<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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tyle=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style=3D"mso-s=
pacerun: yes">   </SPAN>A. Neil Thackaberry</SPAN></B><SPAN style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is the Artistic Directo=
r and Founder of Actors=E2=80=99 </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"=
FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Summit</SPAN></st1:place></s=
t1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> thea=
ter.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>His recent acting assign=
ments have included John Brown in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">T=
he Fight Against Slavery</I>, Nils Bohr in </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><I st=
yle=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-b=
idi-font-size: 12.0pt">Copenhagen</SPAN></I></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN sty=
le=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, Nic in <I style=3D"m=
so-bidi-font-style: normal">The Guys</I>, and Henry Saunders in <I style=3D"=
mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Lend Me a Tenor</I>. A professional actor and d=
irector, he is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, <SPAN style=3D"mso-space=
run: yes"> </SPAN>Actors=E2=80=99 Equity Association and AFTRA.<SPAN st=
yle=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Locally he has appeared at Ensemble=20=
Theatre in <I>Kentucky Cycle</I>, the Cleveland Play House in <I>The Importa=
nce of Being Earnest</I>, and at Great Lakes Theatre Festival in <I>Richard=20=
III</I>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
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idi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D3>Performance Schedule</FONT></SPAN></B>=
<SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=
.0pt"><BR><FONT size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=
=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fully Committed</I></B><SPAN style=3D"mso-b=
idi-font-weight: bold"> will have a preview performance on Thursday, January=
 13. Regular performances continue through January 30 -- Thursdays, Fridays=20=
& Saturdays at </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3D3><st1:time Minute=3D"0=
" Hour=3D"20"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi=
-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">8:00 PM</SPAN></st1:time><SP=
AN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0p=
t; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> and Sundays at </SPAN><st1:time Minute=3D"0"=
 Hour=3D"14"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style=3D"BACKGRO=
UND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D3>T=
ickets</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial=
; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR><FONT size=3D3=
>Preview tickets are $14 for all seats. Tickets are $25 on Fridays and Satur=
days and $22 on Thursdays and Sundays. College students and seniors receive=20=
a $4 discount at all performances except the preview. Students under age 18=20=
are admitted for half price. Group discounts and season subscriptions are st=
ill available. Tickets can be purchased by phone by calling 330-342-0800.&nb=
sp; <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<H2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"=
><FONT size=3D3>Web site <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H2>
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e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Actors Summit Theater c=
an be found on the web at www.actorssummit.org. Actors' </SPAN><st1:City><st=
1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Summi=
t</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 12.0pt"> is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 professional a=
rts organization. We are seeking volunteers and board members. For more deta=
ils please call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-0800. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P=
>
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e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Actors' </SPAN><st1:Cit=
y><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">=
Summit</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-b=
idi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is working under a developmental agreement with Acto=
rs' Equity Association (the </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Ar=
ial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Union</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT=
-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> of professional Actors and Stag=
e Managers.) </SPAN></FONT></P>
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