[NEohioPAL]Actors' Summit Opens 0506 Season with Neil Simon Musical

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Tue Aug 30 15:20:41 PDT 2005 

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

Hudson, Ohio =20
August  30, 2005=20
Neil  Simon=E2=80=99s=20
They=E2=80=99re Playing Our  Song=20
Opens Actors=E2=80=99  Summit=E2=80=99s 05-06 Season=20
Actors=E2=80=99  Summit Theater announces the opening of Neil Simon=E2=80=
=99s  musical=20
comedy They=E2=80=99re Playing Our Song, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and =20=
lyrics by Carol=20
Bayer Sager. The play will have a preview performance on Thursday, September=
 =20
8, and will play through September 25 at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater in d=
owntown =20
Hudson. =20
The Play=20
They're  Playing Our Song ran for  1,082 performances on Broadway (from=20
2/11/1979 - 9/6/1981  and starred Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein). The show's=20=
book is=20
by Neil Simon. It  is the only musical he wrote from scratch. The play was=20
inspired by the real  life romance of the show's composer, Marvin Hamlisch,=20=
and=20
lyricist, Carole Bayer  Sager. They were married at the time of the opening,=
=20
but the show's =E2=80=9Chappily  ever after=E2=80=9D ending didn't apply to=20=
their=20
relationship.  =20
Simon  fictionalized the Hamlisch/Sager romance so that a composer named=20
Vernon Gersch  needs a new lyricist, who turns out to be madcap Sonia Walsk.=
 Their=20
first notes  are out of tune. She's awed by Vernon's Oscar and Emmy awards.=20
He's put off by  her disorganized ways and unimpressed by the cast-off peasa=
nt=20
dress from a  production of The Cherry Orchard she dons for their first=20
meeting. It's  clearly not a match made in heaven -- at least not until the=20=
final=20
curtain.=20

The Cast=20
Returning to the Actors=E2=80=99 Summit stage for the fourth time is Shani F=
erry, =20
playing the role of the soon-to-be-love-struck lyricist, Sonia. Playing the=20=
role=20
 of the composer is Donnie Long who will be making his Actors=E2=80=99 Summi=
t  debut.=20
Shani  Ferry previously  appeared in The Shakespeare Revue, Cotton Patch=20
Gospel and Cricket on the Hearth.  Some of her favorite roles include Sarah=20=
 in=20
Guys and Dolls, Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the  Forum, a=
nd=20
Snookie in 110 in the  Shade. =20
Donnie Long is a Cuyahoga Falls native.  He has been seen locally in=20
productions of "Into the Woods" (Lakeland Theatre) and  "The Fix" (Beck Cent=
er), and=20
spent a  year performing in "The Midnight Martini  Show" at Pickwick and=20
Frolic.  Favorite roles include Count Carl Magnus  in "A Little Night Music"=
, Jesus=20
in  "Godspell=E2=80=9D and Trenton Corbett in "Zombies from the Beyond".  =20
Performance Schedule
They=E2=80=99re Playing Our Song will have a  preview performance on Septemb=
er 8. The=20
 official opening is Friday, September 9. Regular performances continue=20
through  September 25, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00  PM  and Sunda=
ys at=20
2:00  PM.=20
Tickets
Tickets for the preview performance are $14 for all seats. Regular  tickets=20
are $25 on Fridays and Saturdays and $22 on Thursdays and Sundays.  College=20
students and seniors receive a $4 discount at all performances except  the=20
preview. Students under age 18 are admitted for half price. Group discounts=20=
 and=20
season subscriptions, and discount coupons are still available. Tickets can=20=
 be=20
purchased by phone by calling 330-342-0800.   =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=
 please=20
call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-0800.  =20
Actors' Summit is working under a  developmental agreement with Actors'=20
Equity Association (the Union of professional Actors  and Stage Managers.) =20


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align=3Dcenter><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Neil=20
Simon=E2=80=99s<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 20pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">They=E2=80=99re Playing Our=20
Song<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20
align=3Dcenter><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Opens Act=
ors=E2=80=99=20
Summit=E2=80=99s 05-06 Season<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Summit Theater <SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black">announces the opening of Neil Si=
mon=E2=80=99s=20
musical comedy They=E2=80=99re Playing Our Song, with music by Marvin Hamlis=
ch and=20
lyrics by Carol Bayer Sager. The </SPAN>play will have<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> a preview performance on Thursday, Sep=
tember=20
8, and will play through September 25 at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater in d=
owntown=20
Hudson. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;=20=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;=20=
mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><FONT=20
size=3D3>The Play<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT=
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size=3D3><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">They'=
re=20
Playing Our Song</SPAN></I><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ran=20=
for=20
1,082 performances on Broadway (from </SPAN><st1:date Year=3D"1979" Day=3D"1=
1"=20
Month=3D"2"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">2/11/=
1979</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> - 9/=
6/1981=20
and starred Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein). The show's book is by Neil Simon.=
 It=20
is the only musical he wrote from scratch. The play was inspired by the real=
=20
life romance of the show's composer, Marvin Hamlisch, and lyricist, Carole B=
ayer=20
Sager. They were married at the time of the opening, but the show's =E2=80=
=9Chappily=20
ever after=E2=80=9D ending didn't apply to their relationship.=20
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT=
=20
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Simon=
=20
fictionalized the Hamlisch/Sager romance so that a composer named Vernon Ger=
sch=20
needs a new lyricist, who turns out to be madcap Sonia Walsk. Their first no=
tes=20
are out of tune. She's awed by Vernon's Oscar and Emmy awards. He's put off=20=
by=20
her disorganized ways and unimpressed by the cast-off peasant dress from a=20
production of <I>The Cherry Orchard</I> she dons for their first meeting. It=
's=20
clearly not a match made in heaven -- at least not until the final curtain.=20=
<BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"><BR=20
style=3D"mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN><B=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN=20
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<FONT=20
size=3D3>The Cast<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<FONT=20
size=3D3>Returning to the Actors=E2=80=99 Summit stage for the fourth time i=
s Shani Ferry,=20
playing the role of the soon-to-be-love-struck lyricist, Sonia. Playing the=20=
role=20
of the composer is Donnie Long who will be making his Actors=E2=80=99 Summit=
=20
debut.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT=
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size=3D3><B><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Shani=20
Ferry</SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> previously=
=20
appeared in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Shakespeare Revue</=
I>, <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cotton Patch Gospel</I> and <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cricket on the Hearth</I>.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Some of her favorite roles include=
 Sarah=20
in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Guys and Dolls</I>, Philia in <I=
=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to t=
he=20
Forum</I>, and Snookie in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">110 in th=
e=20
Shade</I>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><F=
ONT=20
size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Donnie Long is a Cuyahoga Falls=20=
native.=20
He has been seen locally in productions of <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"Into the Woods"</I> (Lakeland Theatre=
) and=20
<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"The Fix" </I>(Beck Center), and sp=
ent a=20
year performing in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"The=20
</I></SPAN><st1:time Minute=3D"0" Hour=3D"0"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Midnight</SPAN></I></st1:time><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Ma=
rtini=20
Show"</SPAN></I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> at Pickwick and Frolic.<=
SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Favorite roles include Count Carl=20=
Magnus=20
in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"A Little Night Music"</I>, Jesu=
s in=20
<I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"Godspell=E2=80=9D</I> and Trenton=20=
Corbett in <I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"Zombies from the Beyond"</I>.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<FONT=20
size=3D3>Performance Schedule</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">=
<BR><FONT=20
size=3D3><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I=20
style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">They=E2=80=99re Playing Our Song</I></=
B> will have a=20
<SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">preview performance on September=20=
8. The=20
official opening is Friday, September 9. Regular performances continue throu=
gh=20
September 25, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FO=
NT=20
size=3D3><st1:time Minute=3D"0" Hour=3D"20"><SPAN=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;=20=
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">8:00=20
PM</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;=20=
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">=20
and Sundays at </SPAN><st1:time Minute=3D"0" Hour=3D"14"><SPAN=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;=20=
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">2:00=20
PM</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;=20=
mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3D3>Tickets</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN=20
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mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR><FONT=20
size=3D3>Tickets for the preview performance are $14 for all seats. Regular=20
tickets are $25 on Fridays and Saturdays and $22 on Thursdays and Sundays.=20
College students and seniors receive a $4 discount at all performances excep=
t=20
the preview. Students under age 18 are admitted for half price. Group discou=
nts=20
and season subscriptions, and discount coupons are still available. Tickets=20=
can=20
be purchased by phone by calling 330-342-0800. =20
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style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Actors Summit Theat=
er can=20
be found on the web at www.actorssummit.org. Actors'=20
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Summit</SPAN></st1:=
place></st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is a professional,=
 not=20
for profit, 501-c-3 professional arts organization. We are seeking volunteer=
s=20
and board members. For more details please call MaryJo or Neil at 330-342-08=
00.=20
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