[NEohioPAL]"Much Ado" Commemorates French and Indian War

Wed Aug 31 13:09:26 PDT 2005

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Weathervane Playhouse presents William Shakespeare's comedy MUCH ADO =
ABOUT NOTHING. The one thing about Shakespeare is that his plays can be =
set in any time period and brought off in true Shakespearean style!

Larry Nehring, Artistic Director of the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival =
and Weathervane's director for Much Ado about Nothing, has chosen to set =
the play in Virginia as the troops are returning from a victorious =
battle at Fort Duquesne at the end of the French and Indian War. The =
play begins with Lt. John deciding to discredit the blameless Hero so =
that love-struck Lt. Claudio, his military rival, will give up her hand =
in marriage. Meanwhile, Lt. Claudio's friend, Major Benedick, is =
declaring his antipathy to marriage and women in general while Hero's =
cousin Beatrice is announcing her similar antagonism to the wedded =
state. Comic relief is provided by Dogberry, a constable, who precedes =
Mrs. Malaprop in her misuse of the English language. It all comes right =
in the end with Hero exonerated and Beatrice and Benedick deciding they =
might try marriage after all!

Nehring has directed, acted and/or choreographed fights for nearly every =
theater in the Cleveland area. His favorite, recent, directorial credits =
include Cymbeline, Midsummer (abridged), Henry IV: Parts 1 & 2 =
(Cleveland Shakespeare Festival), The Alchemist (Bad Epitaph Theatre), =
Servant of Two Masters (Cleveland Play House Children's Series) and =
numerous shows for Cleveland Play House's summer camps. He will play =
George Washington in the PBS miniseries, The War That Made America, =
airing in January 2006.

Cast:

JOHN JESENKO Antonio Akron

John has a BSBA degree from The Ohio State University in management and =
logistics and uses his knowledge for Kimberly Jewelry. His most recent =
appearance on stage was as a cowboy in Annie Get Your Gun for Hudson =
Players Guild, where he has often been a member of the casts of Tony and =
Tina's Wedding, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, Man of La Mancha, My Fair =
Lady and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.=20

MAGGIE ARNDT Beatrice Cleveland Heights

After receiving a BA degree from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, =
NY, Maggie entered an intensive course in Shakespeare at the British =
American Drama Academy, followed by work with the Williamstown Theater =
Festival. She has been busy in 2005 appearing in various productions for =
the Illusion Factory, Cleveland Public Theater, Dobama Night Kitchen, =
Charenton, Fourth Wall Productions and Cleveland Playhouse.

MARK A. ZIMMERMAN Benedick Akron

Mark has previously appeared on the Weathervane stage as Uncle Jocko and =
Pastey in Gypsy and as Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona. His other Akron =
credits include appearances as Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream =
at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens and as Inspector Hearne in Witness for =
the Prosecution at Coach House Theatre in Akron. Zimmerman has directed =
for Weathervane including productions of The Crucible, The Philadelphia =
Story, Oliver! 2004 -- A Telling of Tomorrow, All in the Timing and Dear =
Gabby: The Confessions of an Over-achiever.=20

CHRISTOPHER L. HENDERSON Borachio Akron

Christopher is a junior at The University of Akron where he is studying =
business management and communications. He appeared in the University's =
2005 production of Man with Bags. Previous appearances at U of A =
included Of Mice and Men, Moon Over Buffalo and Gitney. Numerous earlier =
performances were at Norton High School.

BEVAN MICHAEL HAYNES Claudio Akron

Bevan has studied acting at Wright State University and is now an =
inventory specialist for Washington Inventory Services. This year he =
appeared in Jane Eyre, the Musical for Mercury Summer Stock, in Elegies: =
A Song Cycle for Way Off-Off-Broadway in Dayton, OH, and in Our Town for =
the Dayton Playhouse. In past years he has appeared in productions at =
Wright State in Dayton and in Guys and Dolls at Porthouse Theater in =
Akron.

RYAN STEVENSON Conrade Akron

Ryan played Laertes in our youth production of Hamlet in 2003. A twelfth =
grade home-schooler from Fairlawn, he has a passion for Shakespeare and =
hopes to become a professor of English literature.

MARGARET MORRIS Dogberry Cuyahoga Falls

Margaret is a speech and language therapist at Cuyahoga Falls Country =
Place. She received a BA degree from The University of Akron in =
communicative disorders, and an MA degree from the University of =
Cincinnati in speech-language pathology.

JEN HANDLEY John Cuyahoga Falls

Jen is a senior at Cuyahoga Falls High School. She played the nurse in =
North Canton Playhouse's Romeo and Juliet this year and Debbie in The =
Real Thing for Coach House Theatre. She received an Excellence in Acting =
Award from the Ohio Community Theater Association (OCTA). Two other =
Shakespeare productions appear on her credits, both for North Canton =
Playhouse: Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing and Titania in A Midsummer =
Night's Dream.=20

JORDAN COOPER Pedro Akron

After a smashing debut as the Mad Hatter in Alice and the Wonderful Tea =
Party, Jordan is thrilled to be making his triumphant return to the =
Weathervane stage -- seven years later. In the meantime, Jordan has =
worked as everything from musical director for the Florida repertory =
theater in Ft. Myers, Florida, to "the incredible floating dead baby" in =
last season's production of The Grapes of Wrath here at Weathervane.

AMANDA K. DAVIS Hero Akron

A sophomore in the Honors College at Kent State University, Amanda is =
studying pre-med psychology. (She was valedictorian when she graduated =
from Firestone High School of the Visual and Performing Arts.) While =
emoting for her customers at Steak and Shake, she found time to stage =
manage Weathervane's recent production of Snow White and the Seven =
Dwarfs. She was assistant stage manager for Weathervane's Ain't =
Misbehavin', and had parts in Firestone's The Servant of Two Masters, =
Evita and The Wiz.

AMANDA HORSEMAN Margaret Cuyahoga Falls

Amanda played Gabelle in A Tale of Two Cities with ANTIC at Quirk =
Cultural Center in Cuyahoga Falls. She is a junior at OHDELA and the =
single mother of six-month-old Milo Andrew Horseman.

ALLISON PAAR Nightwatch Wooster

Allison has a BA degree in theater from Kentucky Wesleyan College and =
cashiers at the Wooster Dollar General Store. Since 2001, she has played =
in Antigone, The Crucible, The Waiting Room, A Midsummer Night's Dream, =
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Raising the Dead and The Laramie Project, =
all at Kentucky Wesleyan.=20

MEGAN JOHONSTON Nightwatch Akron

Megan is a junior at The University of Akron where she is studying =
Theatrical Marketing with a goal of touring the world. She appeared on =
the Medina High School black box theater stage in The Cards of Fate and =
Functions.

JESSICA NEER Nightwatch Cuyahoga Falls

Jessica is a junior at Cuyahoga Falls High School, a Rotary Scholar, =
with no previous stage experience. She plans to spend a year in Japan in =
the future.

William Hankins Messenger Kent

A graduate of Rootstown High School, Drew (William) is a junior studying =
business management at Kent State University. He played Al in =
Weathervane's production of The Grapes of Wrath and had a part in =
Aesop's Fables presented at Rootstown High School.

KATI CONNELLY Sexton Akron

Kati is excited to be in her first production at Weathervane. She was =
last seen as Rosalind in As You Like It at the Shakespeare School of =
Stratford on Avon, Ontario and as Viola in Twelfth Night at her previous =
school Spring Garden Waldorf School. She is a freshman at Firestone High =
School.

FAITH KING Rev. Frances Canal Fulton

Faith has a bachelor's degree in accounting and is employed by Busson =
Photography, Inc. as assistant controller. She was seen in The Taming of =
the Shrew for North Canton Playhouse and as the fiddler in Fiddler on =
the Roof for Northwest High School, both this year. She played Verges in =
Much Ado about Nothing for the North Canton Playhouse which also cast =
her as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, both in 2004.

RACHEL APPELBAUM Ursula Kirtland

A Cleveland native, Rachel has appeared this year in Proof for the =
Chagrin Valley Little Theater, Loves Fire for Willoughby Fine Arts and =
Bady Outlaws for the Red Hen Players. In 2004, she played in Pride and =
Prejudice for Lakeland Players, Girls of the Garden Club for GLTG, and =
An Empty Plate at La Caf=E9 for Firewing Studios. The year 2003 found =
her in The Doll's House in Mabal Mines, NY. Rachel has a BA degree with =
honors in biology from John Carroll University.

TIMOTHY M. KELLEY Verges Akron

Holds a BA degree in theater from The University of Akron. He appeared =
on Weathervane's stage as the dresser, Da and was the King of Hearts in =
Alice in Wonderland. His most recent appearance was as Loyale in =
Tartuffe at Actors' Summit. Before that he played Dogberry in the Stan =
Hywet production of Much Ado About Nothing.

ROBERT BAAB Leonato Wooster

Bob has been seen in previous Weathervane productions including Of Mice =
and Men, The Philadelphia Story, Cabaret (for which he earned a =
Chanticleer for his performance as Shultz), The Diary of Anne Frank and =
Guys and Dolls. He is also a frequent performer at the Players Guild in =
Canton.

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Weathervane Playhouse presents William Shakespeare=92s =
comedy=20
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. The one thing about Shakespeare is =
that=20
his plays can be set in any time period and brought off in true =
Shakespearean=20
style!
Larry Nehring, Artistic Director of the Cleveland Shakespeare =
Festival=20
and Weathervane=92s director for Much Ado about Nothing, has =
chosen to set=20
the play in Virginia as the troops are returning from a victorious =
battle at=20
Fort Duquesne at the end of the French and Indian War. The play begins =
with Lt.=20
John deciding to discredit the blameless Hero so that love-struck Lt. =
Claudio,=20
his military rival, will give up her hand in marriage. Meanwhile, Lt. =
Claudio=92s=20
friend, Major Benedick, is declaring his antipathy to marriage and women =
in=20
general while Hero=92s cousin Beatrice is announcing her similar =
antagonism to the=20
wedded state. Comic relief is provided by Dogberry, a constable, who =
precedes=20
Mrs. Malaprop in her misuse of the English language. It all comes right =
in the=20
end with Hero exonerated and Beatrice and Benedick deciding they might =
try=20
marriage after all!
Nehring has directed, acted and/or choreographed fights for nearly =
every=20
theater in the Cleveland area. His favorite, recent, directorial credits =
include=20
Cymbeline, Midsummer (abridged), Henry IV: Parts 1 & 2 =
(Cleveland=20
Shakespeare Festival), The Alchemist (Bad Epitaph Theatre), =
Servant of=20
Two Masters (Cleveland Play House Children=92s Series) and numerous =
shows for=20
Cleveland Play House=92s summer camps. He will play George Washington in =
the PBS=20
miniseries, The War That Made America, airing in January =
2006.
Cast:
JOHN JESENKO Antonio Akron
John has a BSBA degree from The Ohio State University in management =
and=20
logistics and uses his knowledge for Kimberly Jewelry. His most recent=20
appearance on stage was as a cowboy in Annie Get Your Gun for =
Hudson=20
Players Guild, where he has often been a member of the casts of Tony =
and=20
Tina=92s Wedding, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, Man of La Mancha, My Fair =
Lady=20
and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. 
MAGGIE ARNDT Beatrice Cleveland Heights
After receiving a BA degree from Skidmore College in Saratoga =
Springs, NY,=20
Maggie entered an intensive course in Shakespeare at the British =
American Drama=20
Academy, followed by work with the Williamstown Theater Festival. She =
has been=20
busy in 2005 appearing in various productions for the Illusion Factory,=20
Cleveland Public Theater, Dobama Night Kitchen, Charenton, Fourth Wall=20
Productions and Cleveland Playhouse.
MARK A. ZIMMERMAN Benedick Akron
Mark has previously appeared on the Weathervane stage as Uncle Jocko =
and=20
Pastey in Gypsy and as Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona. =
His other=20
Akron credits include appearances as Peter Quince in A Midsummer =
Night=92s=20
Dream at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens and as Inspector Hearne in =
Witness=20
for the Prosecution at Coach House Theatre in Akron. Zimmerman has =
directed=20
for Weathervane including productions of The Crucible, The =
Philadelphia=20
Story, Oliver! 2004 -- A Telling of Tomorrow, All in the Timing =
and Dear=20
Gabby: The Confessions of an Over-achiever. 
CHRISTOPHER L. HENDERSON Borachio Akron
Christopher is a junior at The University of Akron where he is =
studying=20
business management and communications. He appeared in the =
University=92s 2005=20
production of Man with Bags. Previous appearances at U of A =
included=20
Of Mice and Men, Moon Over Buffalo and Gitney. Numerous =
earlier=20
performances were at Norton High School.
BEVAN MICHAEL HAYNES Claudio Akron
Bevan has studied acting at Wright State University and is now an =
inventory=20
specialist for Washington Inventory Services. This year he appeared in =
Jane=20
Eyre, the Musical for Mercury Summer Stock, in Elegies: A Song =
Cycle for=20
Way Off-Off-Broadway in Dayton, OH, and in Our Town for the =
Dayton=20
Playhouse. In past years he has appeared in productions at Wright State =
in=20
Dayton and in Guys and Dolls at Porthouse Theater in Akron.
RYAN STEVENSON Conrade Akron
Ryan played Laertes in our youth production of Hamlet in 2003. =
A=20
twelfth grade home-schooler from Fairlawn, he has a passion for =
Shakespeare and=20
hopes to become a professor of English literature.
MARGARET MORRIS Dogberry Cuyahoga Falls
Margaret is a speech and language therapist at Cuyahoga Falls Country =
Place.=20
She received a BA degree from The University of Akron in communicative=20
disorders, and an MA degree from the University of Cincinnati in =
speech-language=20
pathology.
JEN HANDLEY John Cuyahoga Falls
Jen is a senior at Cuyahoga Falls High School. She played the nurse =
in North=20
Canton Playhouse=92s Romeo and Juliet this year and Debbie in =
The Real=20
Thing for Coach House Theatre. She received an Excellence in Acting =
Award=20
from the Ohio Community Theater Association (OCTA). Two other =
Shakespeare=20
productions appear on her credits, both for North Canton Playhouse: =
Beatrice in=20
Much Ado about Nothing and Titania in A Midsummer Night=92s =
Dream.=20

JORDAN COOPER Pedro Akron
After a smashing debut as the Mad Hatter in Alice and the =
Wonderful Tea=20
Party, Jordan is thrilled to be making his triumphant return to the=20
Weathervane stage -- seven years later. In the meantime, Jordan has =
worked as=20
everything from musical director for the Florida repertory theater in =
Ft. Myers,=20
Florida, to "the incredible floating dead baby" in last season=92s =
production of=20
The Grapes of Wrath here at Weathervane.
AMANDA K. DAVIS Hero Akron
A sophomore in the Honors College at Kent State University, Amanda is =

studying pre-med psychology. (She was valedictorian when she graduated =
from=20
Firestone High School of the Visual and Performing Arts.) While emoting =
for her=20
customers at Steak and Shake, she found time to stage manage =
Weathervane=92s=20
recent production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. She was =
assistant=20
stage manager for Weathervane=92s Ain=92t Misbehavin=92, and had =
parts in=20
Firestone=92s The Servant of Two Masters, Evita and The=20
Wiz.
AMANDA HORSEMAN Margaret Cuyahoga Falls
Amanda played Gabelle in A Tale of Two Cities with ANTIC at =
Quirk=20
Cultural Center in Cuyahoga Falls. She is a junior at OHDELA and the =
single=20
mother of six-month-old Milo Andrew Horseman.
ALLISON PAAR Nightwatch Wooster
Allison has a BA degree in theater from Kentucky Wesleyan College and =

cashiers at the Wooster Dollar General Store. Since 2001, she has played =
in=20
Antigone, The Crucible, The Waiting Room, A Midsummer Night=92s =
Dream, Picasso=20
at the Lapin Agile, Raising the Dead and The Laramie Project, =
all at=20
Kentucky Wesleyan. 
MEGAN JOHONSTON Nightwatch Akron
Megan is a junior at The University of Akron where she is studying =
Theatrical=20
Marketing with a goal of touring the world. She appeared on the Medina =
High=20
School black box theater stage in The Cards of Fate and=20
Functions.
JESSICA NEER Nightwatch Cuyahoga Falls
Jessica is a junior at Cuyahoga Falls High School, a Rotary Scholar, =
with no=20
previous stage experience. She plans to spend a year in Japan in the =
future.
William Hankins Messenger Kent
A graduate of Rootstown High School, Drew (William) is a junior =
studying=20
business management at Kent State University. He played Al in =
Weathervane=92s=20
production of The Grapes of Wrath and had a part in Aesop=92s =
Fables=20
presented at Rootstown High School.
KATI CONNELLY Sexton Akron
Kati is excited to be in her first production at Weathervane. She was =
last=20
seen as Rosalind in As You Like It at the Shakespeare School of =
Stratford=20
on Avon, Ontario and as Viola in Twelfth Night at her previous =
school=20
Spring Garden Waldorf School. She is a freshman at Firestone High =
School.
FAITH KING Rev. Frances Canal Fulton
Faith has a bachelor=92s degree in accounting and is employed by =
Busson=20
Photography, Inc. as assistant controller. She was seen in The Taming =
of the=20
Shrew for North Canton Playhouse and as the fiddler in Fiddler on =
the=20
Roof for Northwest High School, both this year. She played Verges in =
Much=20
Ado about Nothing for the North Canton Playhouse which also cast her =
as=20
Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night=92s Dream, both in 2004.
RACHEL APPELBAUM Ursula Kirtland
A Cleveland native, Rachel has appeared this year in Proof for =
the=20
Chagrin Valley Little Theater, Loves Fire for Willoughby Fine =
Arts and=20
Bady Outlaws for the Red Hen Players. In 2004, she played in =
Pride and=20
Prejudice for Lakeland Players, Girls of the Garden Club for =
GLTG,=20
and An Empty Plate at La Caf=E9 for Firewing Studios. The year =
2003 found=20
her in The Doll=92s House in Mabal Mines, NY. Rachel has a BA =
degree with=20
honors in biology from John Carroll University.
TIMOTHY M. KELLEY Verges Akron
Holds a BA degree in theater from The University of Akron. He =
appeared on=20
Weathervane=92s stage as the dresser, Da and was the King of =
Hearts in=20
Alice in Wonderland. His most recent appearance was as Loyale in=20
Tartuffe at Actors=92 Summit. Before that he played Dogberry in =
the Stan=20
Hywet production of Much Ado About Nothing.
ROBERT BAAB Leonato Wooster
Bob has been seen in previous Weathervane productions including Of =
Mice=20
and Men, The Philadelphia Story, Cabaret (for which he earned a =
Chanticleer=20
for his performance as Shultz), The Diary of Anne Frank and =
Guys and=20
Dolls. He is also a frequent performer at the Players Guild in=20
Canton.</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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