[NEohioPAL]Fat Men In Skirts Last Weekend

Fri Aug 4 09:13:07 PDT 2006

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<DIV align=center> <EM><STRONG><FONT color=#804000>you don't want to miss your chance </FONT></STRONG></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM><STRONG><FONT color=#804000>to see this funny, wacky, twisted story featuring the talents of</FONT></STRONG></EM></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><EM>Jeff DiCenzi, Heather Irwin, Keith Maag and Caroline Amer</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#008000 size=6>FAT MEN IN SKIRTS</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><EM>An unconventional love story by Nicky Silver</EM></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><EM>presented in a collaborative production by</EM></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG>Weathervane Playhouse</STRONG> and<BR><STRONG>Just Life and Company</STRONG><BR></DIV>
<DIV align=left>(June 12, 2006, Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Release) Written in 1988, Fat Men in Skirts is an eccentric and darkly funny comedy that explores human fragility under extreme conditions. What makes it such an unusual piece of theatrical writing is not just the wildly imaginative desert island scenario at the heart of the story, but the powerful proximity of the humorous and the horrendous, the razor-sharp punch lines and the abysses that lie beneath them.Â  </DIV>
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<DIV align=left>In flashbacks, Silver exposes the shaky foundations of a family of three.Â  It is from the dark points of departure that this highly entertaining author catapults a mother and her son on a bizarre, riveting and hilariously macabre journey from civilization to wilderness and back.Â  <STRONG>Fat Men in Skirts will be presented in Weathervaneâ€™s John L. Dietz Theater July 28 â€“ August 6, 2006. Schedule below.<BR></DIV></STRONG>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>Nicky Silver</STRONG> is one of the hottest, hippest playwrights in America today. Just 35, he has nearly fifteen years worth of hilarious farces under his belt.Â  Born in Philadelphia, Silver began writing at age 20 after graduating from NYU's theatre program. While writing in relative obscurity, Silver worked at Barney's selling dresses until the Vineyard Theatre's production of Pterodactyls in 1993. It was during this production that Silver earned a career-making rave from then-chief New York Times critic David Richards: "Maybe it's time to start taking the playwright Nicky Silver seriously."<BR></DIV>
<DIV align=left>Fat Men in Skirts is directed by <STRONG>Mary Catalano</STRONG> with <STRONG>Jeff DeCenzi</STRONG> as Bishop Hogan and <STRONG>Keith Maag</STRONG> as Howard Hogan and Doctor Nestor. The cast also includes <STRONG>Heather Peterson Irwin </STRONG>as Phyllis Hogan and <STRONG>Caroline Amer</STRONG> as Pam and Popo Martin.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG>This play contains language and adult content that some may find disturbing.<BR>Not suitable for those who may be easily offended</STRONG>.</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff0000 size=5>FINAL WEEKEND</FONT> </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center>in the intimate 44 seat black box, </DIV>
<DIV align=center>John L. Dietz Theater <EM>(air conditioned)<BR></EM><STRONG>Fri., Aug. 4 at 10 p.m.<BR>Sat. July 29, Aug. 5 at 8 p.m.<BR>Sun. July 30, Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Tickets $12 / Weathervane Subscribers $10<BR>Charge by phone at 330-836-262<BR></STRONG></DIV>
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