[NEohioPAL]Actors' Summit presents the Regional Premiere of The Herbal Bed

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


Hudson, Ohio=20
February 10, 2004
Actors' Summit Theater presents=20
the regional premiere of=20
The Herbal Bed
           =20
Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater announces the regional premiere of The Herbal=
 Bed, a=20
new drama by Peter Whelan. The play will have a preview performance on=20
Thursday, February 17, and will play through March 6 at Actors=E2=80=99 Summ=
it Theater in=20
downtown Hudson.=20
=20
The Play
The Herbal Bed is based on actual events which occurred in=20
Stratford-upon-Avon in the summer of 1613 when William Shakespeare=E2=80=99s=
 eldest daughter Susanna was=20
publicly accused of having a sexual liaison with Rafe Smith, a married=20
neighbor and family friend.=20
=20
Despite a recanting by her accuser, the young Jack Lane, Susanna sues 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=20=
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 Stratf=
ord, 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.
=20
The Playwright
Peter Whelan was born in the Potteries in 1931. He began writing for the=20
stage through collaborations, Lakota  with Don Kinkaid and Double Edge with=20=
Leslie=20
Darbon, which was presented at the Vaudeville Theatre. Peter=E2=80=99s other=
 plays=20
include Captain Swing, The Accrington Pals, Clay, The Bright and Bold Design=
 and=20
The School of Night, all premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and=20
Divine Right. He has also adapted Jose Triana=E2=80=99s Worlds Apart for the=
 RSC. His=20
television writing includes three episodes of In Suspicious Circumstances an=
d The=20
Trial of Lord Lucan, all for Granada. Peter is married with three children a=
nd=20
lives in West London.
=20
The Cast
Returning to the Actors=E2=80=99 Summit stage are Alex Cikra, in the role of=
 Dr. John=20
Hall; Sally Groth, as William Shakespeare=E2=80=99s daughter; Susanna; Willi=
am=20
Frederick as Bishop Parry, and Neil Thackaberry as Barnabus Goche. Newcomers=
 to the=20
Actors=E2=80=99 Summit stage are Nicholas Koesters as Rafe Smith, Jen Cliffo=
rd as=20
Hester, Scott Shriner as Jack Lane, and Erica L. DeRoche as Elizabeth Hall,=20
Shakespeare=E2=80=99s granddaughter. At the age of eight, Erica is the young=
est member of=20
the cast.
=20
Performance Schedule
The Herbal Bed will have a preview performance on Thursday, February 17.=20
Regular performances continue through March 6 -- Thursdays, Fridays & Saturd=
ays at=20
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
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<H1 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=3Dcenter><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1=
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t Theater presents <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=3Dcenter><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1=
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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 the regional premiere of <B s=
tyle=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: norma=
l">The Herbal Bed</I></B>, a new drama by Peter Whelan. </SPAN>The play will=
 have<SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> a preview performance on Th=
ursday, February 17, and will play through March 6 at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit=
 Theater in downtown </SPAN></SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-=
FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Hudso=
n</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">. <o:p></o:p></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; 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; mso-layout-grid-align: no=
ne"><FONT size=3D3><I><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-b=
idi-font-size: 12.0pt">The Herbal Bed</SPAN></I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:=20=
Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is based on actual events which occurred=
 in </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size:=
 12.0pt">Stratford-upon-Avon</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: A=
rial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in the summer of 1613 when William Shakes=
peare=E2=80=99s eldest daughter Susanna was publicly accused of having a sex=
ual liaison with Rafe Smith, a married neighbor and family friend. <o:p></o:=
p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: no=
ne"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FON=
T size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Despite a recanting by=20=
her accuser, the young </SPAN><st1:Street><st1:address><SPAN style=3D"FONT-F=
AMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Jack Lane</SPAN></st1:address></st=
1:Street><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">, Su=
sanna sues for slander in the court of Worcester Cathedral. Susanna=E2=80=
=99s husband, the respected physician of Stratford John Hall, is desperate f=
or her to clear her name in order to save his practice and he gives her his=20=
complete support -- but how can he avoid the fact that one summer=E2=80=99s=20=
night while he was away from Stratford, Rafe Smith was seen secretly leaving=
 their herbal garden? Faced with political divisions within the church, the=20=
hearing in the bishop=E2=80=99s court becomes a risky gamble as three people=
=E2=80=99s private lives are held up to the glare of intense public scrutiny=
.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></o:p=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font=
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pt"><FONT size=3D3>The Playwright<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN styl=
e=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Peter Whe=
lan was born in the </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Potteries</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN sty=
le=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> in 1931=
. He began writing for the stage through collaborations, <I style=3D"mso-bid=
i-font-style: normal">Lakota</I><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </S=
PAN>with Don Kinkaid and <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Double Edg=
e</I> with Leslie Darbon, which was presented at the Vaudeville Theatre. Pet=
er=E2=80=99s other plays include <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ca=
ptain Swing, The Accrington Pals, Clay, The Bright and Bold Design</I> and <=
I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The School of Night</I>, all premier=
ed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Divine Right. He has also adapted J=
ose Triana=E2=80=99s <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Worlds Apart</=
I> for the RSC. His television writing includes three episodes of <I style=
=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">In Suspicious Circumstances</I> and <I styl=
e=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Trial of Lord Lucan</I>, all for </SPA=
N><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-=
bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Granada</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"=
COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. Peter is mar=
ried with three children and lives in </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"COLOR=
: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">West London</SPAN><=
/st1:place><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-si=
ze: 12.0pt">.</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 1=
2.0pt"><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>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Returning to the Actors=E2=80=99 </SPAN><st1:City><=
st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summit</SPAN></st1:place></st1:=
City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> stage are Alex Cikra, in the role o=
f Dr. John Hall; Sally Groth, as William Shakespeare=E2=80=99s daughter; Sus=
anna; William Frederick as Bishop Parry, and Neil Thackaberry as Barnabus Go=
che. Newcomers to the Actors=E2=80=99 </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summit</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"=
FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> stage are Nicholas Koesters as Rafe Smith, Jen Clifford=
 as Hester, Scott Shriner as </SPAN><st1:Street><st1:address><SPAN style=3D"=
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jack Lane</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, and Erica L. DeRoche as Elizabeth Hall, Shakespear=
e=E2=80=99s granddaughter. At the age of eight, Erica is the youngest member=
 of the cast.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font=
-weight: normal"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-b=
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>The Herbal Bed will have <SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-fo=
nt-weight: bold">a preview performance on Thursday, February 17. Regular per=
formances continue through March 6 -- Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at=20=
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3D3><st1:time Hour=3D"20" Minute=3D"0"><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><SPAN style=3D"BACKGRO=
UND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: bold"> and Sundays at </SPAN><st1:time Hour=3D"14" Minute=3D"0"><SPAN=20=
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;=20=
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">2:00 PM</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROU=
ND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-wei=
ght: bold">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND=
: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weigh=
t: bold"><o:p><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<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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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=
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