[NEohioPAL]The Wind in the Willows Review on Cool Cleveland, Come join us!

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Wind in the Willows @ Cleveland Play  House Children=E2=80=99s Theatre 2/17=20=
A treat=20
for kids=E2=80=94of all ages=E2=80=94is  currently available at the Clevelan=
d Play House,=20
through March 12. Selected  episodes of Kenneth Grahame=E2=80=99s The Wind i=
n the Willows =20
have been deftly adapted for presentation by local playwright Eric Schmiedl.=
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All  your favorite characters=E2=80=94Badger, Water Rat and Mole=E2=80=94are=
 there, helping=20
Toad get  over his addiction to cars, which has landed him in jail. They als=
o=20
help him  re-claim his beloved Toad Hall from a batch of squatter weasels wh=
o=E2=80=99
ve moved in  while he was away. =20
To be sure, Toad in the person of Kevin Joseph Kelly has brought all his =20
troubles on himself, but the boy can=E2=80=99t seem to help it! In his green=
ish suit, =20
brown derby hat, gloves and spats, he=E2=80=99s the very essence of elegance=
. Mole, =20
gently brought to life by Alicia Kahn, is in addition to being slightly dazz=
led =20
by the sunlight, a delightfully pigeon-toed creature. Water Rat isn=E2=80=
=99t at all a=20
 scary fellow, especially at the hands of Noah Varness, who lends a certain=20=
=20
dignity to the part. =20
Just when it seems all is lost, Water Rat seeks help from the older and wise=
r=20
 Badger. Everett Dodrill, with his halo of white curls and long shaggy tail=20=
=20
carefully explains to his crew just how they=E2=80=99ll manage to rid Toad H=
all of the=20
 weasels. And sure enough, they do! In a variety of smaller roles, Emily=20
Pucell  and E.B. Smith display versatility and fortitude. =20
Director Seth Gordon keeps the story moving briskly, using scene changes to=20=
=20
move the action along. The set design by Jill Davis is cleverly enhanced by=20=
a =20
large painting along the rear wall of the black box arrangement in Studio On=
e=20
 that occasionally doubles as a scrim, allowing for multitudes of weasels to=
 =20
appear here there and everywhere. They even hang from the rafters! Lighting=20
is  by Maureen Patterson, Sound by James C. Swonger. The costumes of Carolyn=
=20
Dickey  are entirely effective in creating each animal=E2=80=99s appearance.=
 =20
The Wind in the Willows (suitable for any age)  continues in the Studio One=20
Theatre, at 1 and 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays,  through Sunday, March 12. $=
15.=20
Visit the web-site at: _http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com_=20
(http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/)  or call the  ticket office at (216) 79=
5-7000. Group rates=20
are available; call (216) 795-7000,  ext. 149.=20
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Kevin Joseph Kelly
216-269-3824

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot  change....
Courage to change the things I can......
And wisdom to know the  difference
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a  time,
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.

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House Children=E2=80=99s Theatre 2/17</SPAN></STRONG> A treat for kids=E2=
=80=94of all ages=E2=80=94is=20
currently available at the Cleveland Play House, through March 12. Selected=20
episodes of Kenneth Grahame=E2=80=99s <STRONG><EM>The Wind in the Willows</E=
M></STRONG>=20
have been deftly adapted for presentation by local playwright Eric Schmiedl.=
 All=20
your favorite characters=E2=80=94Badger, Water Rat and Mole=E2=80=94are ther=
e, helping Toad get=20
over his addiction to cars, which has landed him in jail. They also help him=
=20
re-claim his beloved Toad Hall from a batch of squatter weasels who=E2=80=
=99ve moved in=20
while he was away. </P>
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<P>To be sure, Toad in the person of Kevin Joseph Kelly has brought all his=20
troubles on himself, but the boy can=E2=80=99t seem to help it! In his green=
ish suit,=20
brown derby hat, gloves and spats, he=E2=80=99s the very essence of elegance=
. Mole,=20
gently brought to life by Alicia Kahn, is in addition to being slightly dazz=
led=20
by the sunlight, a delightfully pigeon-toed creature. Water Rat isn=E2=80=
=99t at all a=20
scary fellow, especially at the hands of Noah Varness, who lends a certain=20
dignity to the part. </P>
<P class=3Dvspace></P>
<P>Just when it seems all is lost, Water Rat seeks help from the older and w=
iser=20
Badger. Everett Dodrill, with his halo of white curls and long shaggy tail=20
carefully explains to his crew just how they=E2=80=99ll manage to rid Toad H=
all of the=20
weasels. And sure enough, they do! In a variety of smaller roles, Emily Puce=
ll=20
and E.B. Smith display versatility and fortitude. </P>
<P class=3Dvspace></P>
<P>Director Seth Gordon keeps the story moving briskly, using scene changes=20=
to=20
move the action along. The set design by Jill Davis is cleverly enhanced by=20=
a=20
large painting along the rear wall of the black box arrangement in Studio On=
e=20
that occasionally doubles as a scrim, allowing for multitudes of weasels to=20
appear here there and everywhere. They even hang from the rafters! Lighting=20=
is=20
by Maureen Patterson, Sound by James C. Swonger. The costumes of Carolyn Dic=
key=20
are entirely effective in creating each animal=E2=80=99s appearance. </P>
<P class=3Dvspace></P>
<P><STRONG><EM>The Wind in the Willows</EM></STRONG> (suitable for any age)=20
continues in the Studio One Theatre, at 1 and 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays,=20
through Sunday, March 12. $15. Visit the web-site at: <A class=3Durllink=20
href=3D"http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/" rel=3Dnofollow><STRONG><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com</FONT></STRONG></A> or cal=
l the=20
ticket office at (216) 795-7000. Group rates are available; call (216) 795-7=
000,=20
ext. 149. </P></DIV>
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