[NEohioPAL]Summer Stock 2006 Presents: Spoon River Anthology

Wed Aug 9 10:45:11 PDT 2006

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NEWS RELEASE=20

Contact: Melanie YC Pepe; student press representatives: Kelsey Ferencz, =
Jimmy Gurney, Savannah Palomba=20
Weathervane Ticket Office (330) 836-2626=20

WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE=20
Summer Stock 2006=20
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY=20

    Weathervane Playhouse presents Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River =
Anthology conceived, adapted and arranged by Charles Aidman.Weathervane =
Playhouse's Summer Stock 2006 Summer Stock Class will be performing =
Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology" on Friday, August 18 and =
Saturday, August 19 at the playhouse. The Friday performance will be at =
7:30 PM, while the Saturday performance will be at 11:00 AM. Call (330) =
836-2626 for tickets and information. Both productions will be performed =
on the Weathervane stage.=20
   =20
    Summer Stock is a program in which teenagers come together to =
produce, create, and perform a play within two weeks. It is quite a =
challenge, but the talent and accomplishment is quite apparent in the =
performances and effort that is put forth to produce such an extensive =
play together in a mere two weeks.

    This year's Summer Stock production is directed by Robert J. Putka, =
who has directed, produced and designed 45 plays at Stow-Munroe Falls =
High School where he is the Drama Club Advisor . This is his first =
project at Weathervane and we are pleased to welcome him here.Spoon =
River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters is a collection of unusual, short, =
free-form poems that, as a whole, describe the life of the fictional =
small town of Spoon River. Each poem is an epitaph of a dead citizen, =
delivered by the dead themselves. They speak about the sorts of things =
one might discuss between friends in present day. Some recite their =
histories and turning points, others make observations of life from the =
outside, and others complain of the treatment of their graves, while few =
tell how they really died. The complex interplay of various villagers (a =
bright and successful man crediting his parents for all he's =
accomplished, and an old woman weeping ~ he is secretly her illegitimate =
child) forms a gripping, if not pretty, whole.

    The work features such characters as Tom Merritt, Amos Sibley, Carl =
Hamblin, and Fiddler Jones. Many of the characters who make appearances =
in Spoon River Anthology were based on real people that Masters knew or =
heard of in the two towns in which he grew up, Petersburg and Lewistown, =
Illinois. Most notable is Ann Rutledge, regarded in local legend to be =
Abraham Lincoln's early love interest though there is no actual proof of =
such a relationship.=20

    As the play concludes, we are left with the feeling that we have =
learned an entire history of a town that hustled and bustled with =
secrets, plotting, love, murder, births, and most importantly, deaths. =
The audience has learned the history behind what is.Spoon River.

"But you're haunted, you're hunted,
Wherever you roam
Spoon River, Spoon River
Is calling you home."
$5 suggested donation
Call for tickets today!
(330) 836-2626
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe; student =
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representatives: Kelsey Ferencz, Jimmy Gurney, Savannah =
Palomba</FONT><FONT=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Weathervane Ticket Office (330)=20
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Playhouse presents Edgar Lee Masters=92 <I><U>Spoon River Anthology</U>=20
c</I>onceived, adapted and arranged by Charles Aidman.Weathervane =
Playhouse=92s=20
Summer Stock 2006 Summer Stock Class will be performing Edgar Lee =
Masters=92=20
"Spoon River Anthology" on Friday, August 18 and Saturday, August 19 at =
the=20
playhouse. The Friday performance will be at 7:30 PM, while the Saturday =

performance will be at 11:00 AM. Call (330) 836-2626 for tickets and=20
information. Both productions will be performed on the Weathervane =
stage.=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>    </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>    Summer Stock is a =
program in=20
which teenagers come together to produce, create, and perform a play =
within two=20
weeks. It is quite a challenge, but the talent and accomplishment is =
quite=20
apparent in the performances and effort that is put forth to produce =
such an=20
extensive play together in a mere two weeks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2>    This =
year=92s Summer=20
Stock production is directed by Robert J. Putka, who has directed, =
produced and=20
designed 45 plays at Stow-Munroe Falls High School where he is the Drama =
Club=20
Advisor . This is his first project at Weathervane and we are pleased to =
welcome=20
him here.Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters is a collection of =
unusual,=20
short, free-form poems that, as a whole, describe the life of the =
fictional=20
small town of Spoon River. Each poem is an epitaph of a dead citizen, =
delivered=20
by the dead themselves. They speak about the sorts of things one might =
discuss=20
between friends in present day. Some recite their histories and turning =
points,=20
others make observations of life from the outside, and others complain =
of the=20
treatment of their graves, while few tell how they really died. The =
complex=20
interplay of various villagers (a bright and successful man crediting =
his=20
parents for all he's accomplished, and an old woman weeping ~ he is =
secretly her=20
illegitimate child) forms a gripping, if not pretty, =
whole.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2>    The work =
features such=20
characters as Tom Merritt, Amos Sibley, Carl Hamblin, and Fiddler Jones. =
Many of=20
the characters who make appearances in <I>Spoon River Anthology</I> were =
based=20
on real people that Masters knew or heard of in the two towns in which =
he grew=20
up, Petersburg and Lewistown, Illinois. Most notable is Ann Rutledge, =
regarded=20
in local legend to be Abraham Lincoln's early love interest though there =
is no=20
actual proof of such a relationship. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2>    As the play =
concludes,=20
we are left with the feeling that we have learned an entire history of a =
town=20
that hustled and bustled with secrets, plotting, love, murder, births, =
and most=20
importantly, deaths. The audience has learned the history behind what =
is=85Spoon=20
River.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><EM>"But =
you=92re haunted,=20
you=92re hunted,</EM></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><EM>Wherever you=20
roam</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><EM>Spoon River, =
Spoon=20
River</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><EM>Is calling you=20
home."</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>$5 suggested donation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000>Call for tickets=20
today!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>(330) 836-2626</FONT></DIV>
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