[NEohioPAL]Hudson Players Hit Production of "Annie Get Your Gun" Enters its Final Two Weekends!

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Hudson Players “Annie Get Your Gun” Enters Final Two Weekends

Show Tells Story of the Real Annie Oakley who had Many Ohio Connections,
Review says "Don't Miss"

With a review that started out by saying "don't miss the Hudson Players'
production of "Annie Get Your Gun." you can be assured  that the Hudson
Players production has been a crowed pleaser. With only two weekends and
five performances left, it's time to get your tickets now. Remaining
performances will be held February 18, 19, 20, 25 & 26 at the Barlow
Community Center on Oviatt St. in Hudson. All are 8 p.m. curtain times
except for February 20th, which is a 2 p.m. matinee. Reservations can be
made by calling 330-655-8522.

Other Review Highlights Include:

- "I was blown away by the professionalism of this awesome group."

- "Kudos to the choreographer Debi Krutowsky Cox"

- "Eileen Burns' portrayal of the female sharpshooter was right on the
money....what a range, from sweet to commanding."

- "Her love interest, the suave Frank Butler, played superbly by Jim Wolf,
makes an interesting contrast to Annie's bucolic ways."

-  "The production, directed by Allen White and music director Jay P. Myers,
is so much fun, with so many song and dance numbers."

- "The casting for this show is magnificent. Everyone did their job and did
it well."

The award winning Irving Berlin musical, tells the story of Annie Oakley, a
true-life western hero who was both born and died in Ohio.

According to her biography, Annie Oakley was a remarkable woman by any
right. Her mother fell on hard times when she was young and Annie used her
father’s old Kentucky rifle to hunt small game to sell. She was so
successful, she paid off her mother’s mortgage at the age of 15. She also
befriended Chief Sitting Bull (who defeated Custer at Little Big Horn) who
adopted her as his daughter and gave her the name “Little Sure Shot” (she
was only five feet tall). She was active in the woman’s suffrage movement,
in raising money for the Red Cross (the family dog, Dave, became the Red
Cross Dog, by sniffing out donations of cash hidden in handkerchiefs) and
also offered to form a women’s regiment during both the Spanish American War
and WWI (both offers were refused). Her story lives on in books museums and
the many productions of the show Annie Get Your Gun.

The show has been called “Irving Berlin’s greatest achievement in the
theater,” and it follows Annie’s story as she rises to fame by defeating
famed sharp shooter Frank Butler (whom she defeated and married in real
life). She betrays that she is an uncultivated female who only knows to do
that which comes naturally to her – shooting things. Frank is a big,
sentimental fellow who is attracted only to sweet and demure girls –
preferably without guns. Annie finds Frank appealing, but seems to be a bit
too independent for him. They do have one thing in common though, show
business, and along with Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull, Pawnee Bill and other
great characters from history and beyond, they provide a great time for all
and a little bit of history.

Annie Oakley’s feats in real life were as legendary as her feats in the
show. At thirty paces she shot a dime from between her husbands thumb and
forefinger with a .22 rifle. Once she hit 943 out of 1000 flying balls in a
rapid fire demonstration. Annie died in Greenville, Ohio on November 3,
1926. Frank Butler died eighteen days later. They are buried side by side,
and the show lives on to tell the story of how they met and thrilled
audiences.

Tickets are $12, with student, senior and group discounts available.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Learned Owl Bookstore on Main St
in Hudson or reserved by call 330-655-8522.

The cast features: Eileen Burns (as Annie Oakley), Jim Wolf, Carl Aquila,
Amy Myers, John Lipian, Kathleen Rooney, Ron P. Cuirle, Stuart Landes, Mo
Feldman, Dale Hudson, Rosie Aquila, Krissa Duhon, Eric Mohnacky, Matt
Shriver, Kevin Moore, John Mohnacky, Craig Rosenthal, John Jesenko, Larry
Mohler, Kathy Steiner, Kristen Benner, Christine Benco, Melissa Rotblatt,
Jay Myers, Chanda Porter, Sarah Shriver, Fran Moore, Daniella Kuntz, Melissa
Gillig, Devin Marie Sutter, Judy MacDonald, Jill Jirus-Aquila, Mitchell
Kuntz and Tyler Mohnacky. It is directed by Alan White, Music Directed by
Jay P. Myers and Choreographed by Debi Krutowsky Cox.

Next up for the group will be a production of I Hate Hamlet. Auditions will
be held Sunday and Monday, March 6 & 7, at 7 p.m. at the Barlow Community
Center, with the show scheduled to run May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 & 21. The Hudson
Players are also holding a Audience Particiaption Murder Mystery entitled "I
Hated You In High School" on March 5 at the American Legion Hall in Hudson,
including dinner and dancing afterwards. Tickets are $48 and the event is
open to the community. Call  330-650-2333 for 60th anniversary reservations.

The Hudson Players are one of the area’s longest running community theaters
and are members of the Hudson Chamber of Commerce, The Ohio Community
Theatre Association and the American Association of Community Theater. The
Hudson Players are a non-profit 501-C-3 organization.

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Stuart Landes, Mo Feldman, Dale Hudson, Rosie Aquila, Krissa Duhon, Eric =

Mohnacky, Matt Shriver, Kevin Moore, John Mohnacky, Craig Rosenthal, =
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Melissa Gillig, Devin Marie Sutter, Judy MacDonald, Jill Jirus-Aquila, =
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<SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
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face=3D"Times New Roman">Next up for the group will be a =
production=20
of I Hate Hamlet. Auditions will be held Sunday and =
Monday, March=20
6 & 7, at 7 p.m. at the Barlow Community Center, with the show =
scheduled to=20
run May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 & 21. The Hudson Players are also holding=20
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