[NEohioPAL]Angels in America ... only four last chances to see it NOW!

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If you missed it last year you have only=20
FOUR LAST CHANCES TO SEE=20

Rachel Applebaum, Scott Crim, Sean Derry, DeDe Klein,=20
Dana North, David Lemoyne and Jim Viront in=20

THE WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION
OF ANGELS IN AMERICA: Millennium Approaches
directed by Sean McConaha

FOUR FINAL PERFORMANCES WED - SAT, NOVEMBER 15-19 AT 7:30 PM.

    (October 17, 2005, Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Release)  Weathervane=20
Playhouse is pleased to announce performances of part one of Tony Kushner's=20=
epic=20
play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, November 10 - 19, 2005.  The=20
play was first mounted last season as the inaugural production in Weathervan=
e's=20
new John L. Dietz Theatre.  The traditional black box theatre, which previou=
sly=20
served as the scene shop, was renovated as part of the Playhouse's recent=20
capital campaign.  Millennium Approaches will be remounted partly because of=
 its=20
previous popularity but also as a prelude to Angels in America Part II:=20
Perestroika which will be presented May 18 - June 4, 2006.   This production=
 has two=20
new cast members: Ryan McMullen and Rachel Appelbaum.

    Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, written by Tony Kushner, is a=20
courageous exploration of the universal themes of love, loss and the=20
possibility of redemption. Kushner's full play is a  seven-hour, two-part pl=
ay -- a=20
masterful epic.  It has received a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, two Dram=
a Desk=20
Awards, the Evening Standard Award, two Olivier Award Nominations, the New=20
York Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and th=
e=20
LAMBDA Literary Award for Drama. In 1998, London's National Theatre selected=
=20
Angels in America as one of the ten best plays of the 20th century. About An=
gels=20
in America, Newsweek magazine wrote, "The entire work is the broadest,=20
deepest, most searching American play of our time."
   =20
    Weathervane Playhouse presents part one of this two-part play which open=
s=20
with a rabbi's eulogy for Louis Ironson's immigrant grandmother, but the=20
nebbishy paralegal soon becomes embroiled in a personal drama emblematic of=20=
the=20
Reagan years. Louis abandons his AIDS-stricken lover for a married Mormon=20
lawyer, a prot=E9g=E9 of Roy Cohn, the censorious powerbroker who lives in d=
enial of his=20
own identity and terminal illness.=20
Tony Kushner, a gay Jewish socialist, was raised in Louisiana.  His other=20
plays, A Bright Room Called Day (1985) and Slavs! (1994), are also concerned=
 with=20
the moral responsibilities of people in politically repressive times. Such=20
concerns may be especially relevant in America today, where, as he observes:=
=20
"What used to be called liberal is now called radical, what used to be calle=
d=20
radical is now called insane, what used to be called reactionary is now call=
ed=20
moderate, and what used to be called=20
insane is now called solid conservative thinking."   At a time when many=20
playwrights were thinking small, Kushner crafted a sprawling tapestry unafra=
id to=20
embrace large political, social, and spiritual themes. By invoking the ghost=
=20
of Ethel Rosenberg as well as Aramaic texts, this Pulitzer Prize-winning epi=
c,=20
full of mordant humor and literary zest, uses its ethnic and sexual=20
specificity to illuminate the American experience.

Cast:
Jim Viront as Roy Cohn
Ryan McMullen as Joe Pitt
Rachel Appelbaum as Harper Pitt
David Lemoyne as Belize
Scott Crim as Louis Ironson
Sean Derry as Prior Walter
Dede Klein as Hannah Pitt
Dana North as The Angel

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches is directed by Sean McConaha. =20
McConaha is Weathervane's Director of Education and Producer of Youth/Family=
=20
Productions. For Weathervane he directed Three Days of Rain, The Glass Menag=
erie,=20
Romeo and Juliet, A Lesson Before Dying (for which he received an Excellence=
 in=20
Directing Award from Ohio Community Theater Association), The King of the=20
Kosher Grocers, The Chosen, Hamlet and Our Town and is also the director of=20=
The=20
Late Henry Moss currently playing downtown at Summit Art Space.

 Tickets are $12 for the remaining performance schedule:
November 16, 17, 18, 19
All performances at 7:30 p.m.

Due to language and themes, the play is recommended for mature audiences.


Call 330-836-2626 Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to=20
purchase tickets by phone with Visa, MasterCard and Discover.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to=20
encourage economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for=20=
all=20
Ohioans.


Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Janis L. Harcar
(330) 836-2323 (not for publication)
Weathervane Ticket Office (330) 836-2626

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<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D4><STRONG>If you missed it=20=
last year you have only </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D4><STRONG>FOUR LAST CHANCES=
 TO SEE </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT color=3D#8000ff size=3D4>Rachel Applebaum,=
 Scott Crim, Sean Derry, DeDe Klein, </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT color=3D#8000ff size=3D4>Dana North, David=
 Lemoyne and Jim Viront in <BR></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT size=3D4>THE WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE PRODUCT=
ION<BR>OF ANGELS IN AMERICA: Millennium Approaches</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D3>directed by <FONT color=3D#8000ff><STRONG=
>Sean McConaha</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT color=3D#ff0000><STRONG>FOUR FINAL PERFORMANCES WE=
D - SAT, NOVEMBER 15-19 AT 7:30 PM.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>    (October 17, 2005, Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Relea=
se)  Weathervane Playhouse is pleased to announce performances of part=20=
one of Tony Kushner's epic play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, <S=
TRONG>November 10 - 19, 2005</STRONG>.  The play was first mounted last=
 season as the inaugural production in Weathervane's new John L. Dietz Theat=
re.  The traditional black box theatre, which previously served as the=20=
scene shop, was renovated as part of the Playhouse's recent capital campaign=
.  Millennium Approaches will be remounted partly because of its previo=
us popularity but also as a prelude to Angels in America Part II: Perestroik=
a which will be presented May 18 - June 4, 2006.   This production=
 has two new cast members: Ryan McMullen and Rachel Appelbaum.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>    Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, written by=
 Tony Kushner, is a courageous exploration of the universal themes of love,=20=
loss and the possibility of redemption. Kushner's full play is a  seven=
-hour, two-part play -- a masterful epic.  It has received a Pulitzer P=
rize, two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, the Evening Standard Award, tw=
o Olivier Award Nominations, the New York Critics Circle Award, the Los Ange=
les Drama Critics Circle Award and the LAMBDA Literary Award for Drama. In 1=
998, London's National Theatre selected Angels in America as one of the ten=20=
best plays of the 20th century. About Angels in America, Newsweek magazine w=
rote, "The entire work is the broadest, deepest, most searching American pla=
y of our time."</DIV>
<DIV>    <BR>    Weathervane Playhouse present=
s part one of this two-part play which opens with a rabbi's eulogy for Louis=
 Ironson's immigrant grandmother, but the nebbishy paralegal soon becomes em=
broiled in a personal drama emblematic of the Reagan years. Louis abandons h=
is AIDS-stricken lover for a married Mormon lawyer, a prot=E9g=E9 of Roy Coh=
n, the censorious powerbroker who lives in denial of his own identity and te=
rminal illness. <BR>Tony Kushner, a gay Jewish socialist, was raised in Loui=
siana.  His other plays, A Bright Room Called Day (1985) and Slavs! (19=
94), are also concerned with the moral responsibilities of people in politic=
ally repressive times. Such concerns may be especially relevant in America t=
oday, where, as he observes: "What used to be called liberal is now called r=
adical, what used to be called radical is now called insane, what used to be=
 called reactionary is now called moderate, and what used to be called <BR>i=
nsane is now called solid conservative thinking."   At a time when=
 many playwrights were thinking small, Kushner crafted a sprawling tapestry=20=
unafraid to embrace large political, social, and spiritual themes. By invoki=
ng the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg as well as Aramaic texts, this Pulitzer Priz=
e-winning epic, full of mordant humor and literary zest, uses its ethnic and=
 sexual specificity to illuminate the American experience.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><STRONG>Cast:<BR></STRONG>Jim Viront as Roy Cohn<BR>Ryan=
 McMullen as Joe Pitt<BR>Rachel Appelbaum as Harper Pitt<BR>David Lemoyne as=
 Belize<BR>Scott Crim as Louis Ironson<BR>Sean Derry as Prior Walter<BR>Dede=
 Klein as Hannah Pitt<BR>Dana North as The Angel</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Angels in America: Millennium Approaches is directed by Sean McConaha.&=
nbsp; McConaha is Weathervane's Director of Education and Producer of Youth/=
Family Productions. For Weathervane he directed Three Days of Rain, The Glas=
s Menagerie, Romeo and Juliet, A Lesson Before Dying (for which he received=20=
an Excellence in Directing Award from Ohio Community Theater Association), T=
he King of the Kosher Grocers, The Chosen, Hamlet and Our Town and is also t=
he director of The Late Henry Moss currently playing downtown at Summit Art=20=
Space.<BR></DIV>
<DIV> Tickets are $12 for the remaining performance schedule:<BR>N=
ovember 16, 17, 18, 19<BR>All performances at 7:30 p.m.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Due to language and themes, the play is recommended for mature audience=
s.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>Call 330-836-2626 Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.=20=
to purchase tickets by phone with Visa, MasterCard and Discover.<BR></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT color=3D#ff8040><STRONG>The Ohio Arts Council help=
ed fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, ed=
ucation excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.<BR></STRONG></DI=
V></FONT>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company</=
DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter>NEWS RELEASE<BR>Contact: Janis L. Harcar<BR>(330) 836-23=
23 (not for publication)<BR>Weathervane Ticket Office (330) 836-2626</DIV><B=
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