[NEohioPAL]Fourth Wall's 'Malicious Bunny' Media Release (Cleveland Playwright!)
Fourth Wall Productions
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Contact: Rebecca Cole, Resident Director / Secretary of Fourth Wall Productions,
1-330-283-2442, becca.cole at gmail.com
WORLD PREMIERE “MALICIOUS BUNNY” by MATTHEW A. SPROSTY FOURTH WALL PRODUCTIONS AT KALLIOPE STAGE
Where: Kalliope Stage
2134 Lee Rd. Cleveland Hts, Ohio 44118
When: Preview Night Performance Thursday, July 19th
Opening Night: Friday, July 20th
Final Performance: Sunday, July 29th
Who: Cast
Nate Bigger……..…...Jonathon
Stephanie Ford……..………..Angela
Dash Comb………….……………..Greg
Steven Hoffman……..… Mr. Parsby/Det. Ispy
Kat Gallagher…… Mrs. Parsby/Det. Grillings
Creative Team Production Manager: Justin Tatum
Playwright: Matthew A. Sprosty
Director: Rebecca Cole
Lighting Designer: Daniel Winters
Props Master: Carli Taylor Miluk
Costume Designer: Keira Mansell
Times: Thursday-Saturday Evenings 8:00pm
Sunday Evening Shows 5:00pm
Prices: General Admission $10.00
For Tickets in Advance: Call Rebecca Cole at (330) 283-2442
INFORMATION-
(June 25, 2007) Fourth Wall Productions closes out its first season with the World Premiere of Malicious Bunny, a dark comedy by Cleveland Playwright Matthew A. Sprosty.
Rebecca Cole directs this dark comedy about one man’s quest to avoid getting a divorce at all costs. The last time Sprosty and Cole paired up (for 2006’s Schism) an audience member wrote- “It truly was one of the best cast, best acted, best directed, best written shows I've seen [in Cleveland] (second only to CPH's I am My Own Wife).” –Lincoln King-Cliby. Malicious Bunny features the talents of Nate Bigger, Stephanie Ford, Dash Combs, Kat Gallagher, and Steve Hoffman.
ABOUT MALICIOUS BUNNY
The play Malicious Bunny is set in present day, and confronts the obscene statistics on divorce in the United States. Jonathon Wicks (Nate Bigger) has vowed since his parents divorced when he was five- that he would never get divorced himself. Marrying Angela (Stephanie Ford), a girl who also said she didn’t want divorce on her love-life-record, he now finds himself having to go to extreme means to keep her excited and satisfied.
When her boredom gets too much, Angela asks Jonathon to murder her parents in order to make them millionaires, and her happy. As Jonathon chews on the idea, he constantly worries, and asks, if someone is doing the most horrific things in the name of love- does it really make them a monster?
Fourth Wall Productions has been an integral force in the writing and forming of this play. A copy of the script was handed out to Miscreant Productions in Columbus who passed only because of conflicts with Fourth Wall’s production (Miscreant Productions is now doing Matthew A. Sprosty’s Schism in the Fall.) Another theatre company, Foolish Bison Players, got a copy of Malicious Bunny and immediately wanted to start their season off with it. Only giving themselves a month for their production, Foolish Bison opens their Workshop Production of Malicious Bunny in Columbus on June 29th. The instant attraction to the script from other theatre companies makes Fourth Wall excited for Cleveland to see this play.
ABOUT FOURTH WALL PRODUCTIONS
Fourth Wall Productions is one of Cleveland’s newest theatre companies whose main goal is to engage a younger audience into the wonderful world of theatre by using unpublished / unknown plays. The Founding Members of Fourth Wall all went to Ohio University together, and formed their company from the different departments the School of Theatre had to offer. Putting together Ohio University and Cleveland-area talent, Fourth Wall’s goal is to continue to do a type of theatre that will connect with an audience in the 16-35 age range, yet will entertain an audience of all ages. It’s through Fourth Wall’s introduction of theatre, and friendship with other regional theatres, that they hope to broaden theatre appreciation within the Cleveland community, and build upon Cleveland’s theatre reputation for new works.
ABOUT THE CAST
NATE BIGGER (Jonathon) graduated from Ohio University in 2005 with a Bachelor's Degree in Theater Performance. He has most recently been seen as JM Barrie in Ohio Valley Summer Theater's production of Peter Pan and as Feste in Twelth Night. While at Ohio University, he played Michael- the lead in Matthew A. Sprosty’s production of All’s Fair. This will be Nate's first on stage appearance in the Cleveland area.
STEPHANIE FORD (Angela) graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2005 with a minor in Theater. Some of her past performances include: Maggie in Saturday Confessions/A Priest's Tale with The Cleveland Public Theatre, Secret Identities and Excavation: The Last Ten Minutes of Pompeii (Staged Readings) with The Cleveland Playhouse, and Mary in A Slight Case of Murder with Brunswick Alumni Community Theater.
DASH COMBS (Greg) graduated from Ohio University with a BFA in Acting. His credits while there include The Baltimore Waltz, Our Lady of 121st Street, On the Line, The Gods Are Not To Blame and A View From the Bridge. Since coming to Cleveland, he has been in The Merry Wives of Windsor for Great Lakes Theater Festival and Cabaret for Kalliope Stage, as well as Schism and Plans Change, both produced by Fourth Wall. He was most recently seen as Adam in Fourth Wall’s production of Stained Glass Ugly. Aside from being a Resident Actor of Fourth Wall Productions, he’s also on the Board of Directors as Vice-President.
STEVEN HOFFMAN (Mr. Parsby / Detective Ispy / Pit Boss) is making his first appearance with Fourth Wall. He just finished appearing as Doc Gibbs in Cleveland Public Theatre's production of Our Town. Other credits in the Cleveland area include Cesears Forum in Pack of Lines and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Lakeland Theatre. Directing credits include No Sex Please, We're British at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre and Someone To Watch Over Me at the Players Guild of Canton. He holds M.A.s in Theatre and Education, and this summer is working with inner-city youth to produce a play on teen suicide through CVLT's Accent On Youth Program and the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Health.
KAT GALLAGHER (Mrs. Parsby / Detective Grillings) is a graduate of Ohio University and has been seen all over Cleveland in shows such as Stars Fell All Night at CPT and Heaven and Hell on Earth at Dobama's Night Kitchen.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
JUSTIN TATUM (Production Manager) is an Ohio University graduate with a BFA in Theatre Performance. He was last seen in Fourth Wall Productions’ winter production of All the Way from China (Jack). His credits include: Griller (Dylan) for The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company, Cabaret (Ernst), Opal (Narrator), and 110 in the Shade (Noah) for Kalliope Stage, Plans Change (Hugh) and Schism (Corey) for Fourth Wall Productions, as well as South Pacific, Our Town, Two Gentleman of Verona, and As You Like It for the Monomoy Theatre in Chatham, Massachusetts. Other credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), A View from the Bridge (Louis), Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Bernie), A Lie of the Mind (Mike), Tape (John), Ghosts (Oswald), The Pelican (Fredrik) as well as originating the roles of: Ganareys’ 101 (Mr. Ganarey), All’s Fair (Mr. Banin), Trial by Water: A Gook Story (Hung Tran), and Fore (CJ Walters). Besides being a Resident Actor for Fourth Wall
Productions, Justin also serves on the Board as President.
MATTHEW A. SPROSTY (Playwright) graduated from Ohio University’s Playwriting Program with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the Spring of 2004. Under the head of the program Tony-nominated playwright, Charles Smith, Matthew helped initiate the Undergraduate Playwright’s Ten-Minute Play Festival to showcase the writing skills of the School of Theatre’s undergraduate talent. Also, Matthew’s first full length, Ganareys’ 101, was one of the first school-sanctioned productions of an undergraduate playwright’s full-length play at Ohio University. After that, Sprosty paired up with director Rebecca Cole again for the full length All’s Fair, where on closing night- they had to turn away half the theatre-go’ers due to an already full house. Fourth Wall Productions has produced two shows of Sprosty’s (Schism, Plans Change.) Since, starting to send his plays out in the Spring of this year- Matthew has been in talks with theatre companies in Chicago, New York, and Columbus about
possible productions for his plays. Besides being their Resident Playwright, Matthew Sprosty is on the Board of Directors as Treasurer.
REBECCA COLE (Director) graduated from Ohio University in 2004 with a BFA in Directing. Some of her directing credits include Two, Kennedy's Children, Ganareys' 101, All's Fair, and The Accident. She served as Assistant Director for Monomoy Summer Theatre in Chatham, Massachusetts for their 2002 season. While working with Fourth Wall Productions she has also directed Plans Change, Schism, All the Way from China, and Stained Glass Ugly. Some of her other Cleveland credits include assistant directing Christmas Story for the Cleveland Play House for the past 2 years running. While being the Resident Director for Fourth Wall Productions, Rebecca Cole also serves on the Board of Directors as Secretary.
DANIEL WINTERS (Lighting Designer) has just returned from an exchange to Hong Kong where he studied at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and co-designed a dance piece. While being an undergraduate at Ohio University, he lighting designed Rebecca Cole’s production of Sprosty’s All’s Fair. He will be a 2nd year lighting design student this year in the Ohio University Graduate Theater program.
CARLI TAYLOR MILUK (Props Master) is the newest company member for Fourth Wall Productions and just appeared in their production of Stained Glass Ugly. Currently she is playing "Bianca" in the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival's production of Taming of the Shrew. She is fresh off a month-long European tour, performing for Armed Forces Entertainment as the host of a puppet show with Natural Bridges Puppet Production Company. She has performed locally with such companies as Great Lakes Theater Festival, Stage Left Theater, MorrisonDance, and the Magic Mike / Cuidado Productions magic shows. Carli has also choreographed and taught theater / dance classes at Olmsted Performing Arts, Brecksville Theater on the Square, and The Arts Academy. Carli graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College with a BA in Theater and Dance.
KEIRA MANSELL (Costume Designer) last designed the costumes for Fourth Wall Productions Spring production of Stained Glass Ugly. This is her second production costume designing for Fourth Wall.
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Contact: Rebecca Cole, Resident Director / Secretary of Fourth Wall Productions,</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1-330-283-2442, becca.cole at gmail.com</FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <H5 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WORLD PREMIERE “MALICIOUS BUNNY” by MATTHEW A. SPROSTY</FONT></H5> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>FOURTH WALL PRODUCTIONS AT KALLIOPE STAGE</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:
0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <div class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><FONT size=3><B>Where:</B> <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Kalliope Stage</FONT></div> <div class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black">2134 Lee Rd.</SPAN> Cleveland Hts, Ohio 44118</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -9pt 0pt 1.5in"><FONT size=3><B>When:</B> <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Preview Night Performance <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thursday, July 19<SUP>th</SUP> </FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3>Opening Night: <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Friday, July 20<SUP>th</SUP> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3>Final Performance: <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sunday, July 29<SUP>th</SUP> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:
0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><FONT size=3><B>Who:</B> <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><B><U>Cast<o:p></o:p></U></B></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN></B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Nate Bigger……..…...Jonathon<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Stephanie Ford……..………..Angela</FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Dash Comb………….……………..Greg</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Steven Hoffman……..…<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. Parsby/Det. Ispy</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Kat Gallagher……<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mrs. Parsby/Det. Grillings</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2in"><U><FONT size=3>Creative Team</FONT></U></H1> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 5"> </SPAN>Production Manager:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
2"> </SPAN>Justin Tatum</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3>Playwright:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Matthew A. Sprosty</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3>Director:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Rebecca Cole</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt
2in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3>Lighting Designer:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Daniel Winters</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3>Props Master:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Carli Taylor Miluk</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3>Costume Designer:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Keira Mansell</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><FONT size=3><B>Times:</B>
<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Thursday-Saturday Evenings<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8:00pm</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3>Sunday Evening Shows<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5:00pm</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><FONT size=3><B>Prices:</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>General Admission<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>$10.00</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">For Tickets in Advance:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Call Rebecca Cole at (330) 283-2442</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>INFORMATION-</FONT></div> <div
class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">(June 25, 2007) Fourth Wall Productions closes out its first season with the World Premiere of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Malicious Bunny, </I>a dark comedy by <U>Cleveland Playwright</U> Matthew A. Sprosty.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SUP><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SUP></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Rebecca Cole directs this dark comedy about one man’s quest to avoid getting a divorce at all costs. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The last time Sprosty and Cole paired up (for 2006’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Schism</I>) an audience member wrote- “It truly was one of the best cast, best acted, best directed, best written shows I've seen [in Cleveland] (second only
to CPH's I am My Own Wife).” –Lincoln King-Cliby.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Malicious Bunny</I> features the talents of Nate Bigger, Stephanie Ford, Dash Combs, Kat Gallagher, and Steve Hoffman.</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">ABOUT <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">MALICIOUS BUNNY<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The play <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Malicious Bunny </I>is set in present day, and confronts the obscene statistics on divorce in the United States.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jonathon Wicks (Nate
Bigger) has vowed since his parents divorced when he was five- that he would never get divorced himself.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Marrying Angela (Stephanie Ford), a girl who also said she didn’t want divorce on her love-life-record, he now finds himself having to go to extreme means to keep her excited and satisfied.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">When her boredom gets too much, Angela asks Jonathon to murder her parents in order to make them millionaires, and her happy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As Jonathon chews on the idea, he constantly worries, and asks, if someone is doing the most horrific things in the name of love- does it
really make them a monster?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Fourth Wall Productions has been an integral force in the writing and forming of this play.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A copy of the script was handed out to Miscreant Productions in Columbus who passed only because of conflicts with Fourth Wall’s production (Miscreant Productions is now doing Matthew A. Sprosty’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Schism</I> in the Fall.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Another theatre company, Foolish Bison Players, got a copy of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Malicious Bunny</I> and
immediately wanted to start their season off with it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Only giving themselves a month for their production, Foolish Bison opens their Workshop Production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Malicious Bunny </I>in Columbus on June 29<SUP>th</SUP>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The instant attraction to the script from other theatre companies makes Fourth Wall excited for Cleveland to see this play.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>ABOUT FOURTH WALL PRODUCTIONS</FONT></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Fourth Wall
Productions is one of Cleveland’s newest theatre companies whose main goal is to engage a younger audience into the wonderful world of theatre by using unpublished / unknown plays.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Founding Members of Fourth Wall all went to Ohio University together, and formed their company from the different departments the School of Theatre had to offer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Putting together Ohio University and Cleveland-area talent, Fourth Wall’s goal is to continue to do a type of theatre that will connect with an audience in the 16-35 age range, yet will entertain an audience of all ages.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s through Fourth Wall’s introduction of theatre, and friendship with other regional theatres, that they hope to broaden theatre appreciation within the Cleveland community, and build upon Cleveland’s theatre reputation for new works.</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <H5 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>ABOUT THE CAST</FONT></H5> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">NATE BIGGER</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> (Jonathon) graduated from Ohio University in 2005 with a Bachelor's Degree in Theater Performance.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He has most recently been seen as JM Barrie in Ohio Valley Summer Theater's production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Peter Pan</I> and as Feste in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Twelth
Night</I>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While at Ohio University, he played Michael- the lead in Matthew A. Sprosty’s production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All’s Fair.</I><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This will be Nate's first on stage appearance in the Cleveland area.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">STEPHANIE FORD </B>(Angela) <SPAN style="COLOR: black">graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2005 with a minor in Theater. Some of her past performances include: Maggie in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Saturday Confessions/A Priest's Tale</I> with The Cleveland Public Theatre, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Secret Identities</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Excavation: The Last Ten Minutes of Pompeii</I> (Staged Readings) with The Cleveland Playhouse, and Mary in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Slight Case of Murder</I> with Brunswick Alumni Community Theater. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">DASH COMBS</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> (Greg) graduated from Ohio University with a BFA in Acting. His credits while there include <I>The Baltimore Waltz, Our Lady of 121st Street, On the Line, The Gods Are Not To Blame</I> and <I>A View From the Bridge</I>. Since coming to Cleveland, he has been in<I> The Merry Wives of Windsor</I> for Great Lakes Theater Festival and <I>Cabaret</I> for Kalliope Stage, as well as <I>Schism</I> and
<I>Plans Change</I>, both produced by <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Fourth Wall</SPAN>. He was most recently seen as Adam in Fourth Wall’s production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Stained Glass Ugly</I>. Aside from being a Resident Actor of Fourth Wall Productions, he’s also on the Board of Directors as Vice-President.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN class=style71><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p><FONT color=#ffffff> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT color=#ffffff><SPAN class=style71><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">STEVEN HOFFMAN </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=style71><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">(Mr. Parsby / Detective Ispy / Pit Boss) </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">is making his first appearance with
Fourth Wall. He just finished appearing as Doc Gibbs in Cleveland Public Theatre's production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Our Town</I>. Other credits in the Cleveland area include Cesears Forum in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Pack of Lines</I> and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cat On A Hot Tin Roof</I> at Lakeland Theatre. Directing credits include <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">No Sex Please, We're British</I> at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Someone To Watch Over Me</I> at the Players Guild of Canton. He holds M.A.s in Theatre and Education, and this summer is working with inner-city youth to produce a play on teen suicide through CVLT's Accent On Youth Program and the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Health.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN style="COLOR:
black"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">KAT GALLAGHER</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> (Mrs. Parsby / Detective Grillings) is a graduate of Ohio University and has been seen all over Cleveland in shows such as <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Stars Fell All Night</I> at CPT and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Heaven and Hell on Earth</I> at Dobama's Night Kitchen. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><B><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><B><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">JUSTIN TATUM</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> (Production Manager)</SPAN> is an Ohio University graduate with a BFA in Theatre Performance.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He was last seen in Fourth Wall Productions’ winter production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All the Way from China</I> (Jack).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His credits include: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Griller</I> (Dylan) for The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cabaret</I> (Ernst), <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Opal</I> (Narrator), and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">110 in the Shade</I> (Noah) for Kalliope Stage, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Plans Change</I> (Hugh) and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Schism</I> (Corey) for Fourth Wall Productions, as well as <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">South Pacific</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Our Town</I>, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Two Gentleman of Verona</I>, and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">As You Like It </I>for the Monomoy Theatre in Chatham, Massachusetts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Other credits include: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Midsummer Night’s Dream </I>(Lysander), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A View from the Bridge</I> (Louis), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sexual Perversity in Chicago</I> (Bernie), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Lie of the Mind</I> (Mike), <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tape</I> (John), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ghosts</I> (Oswald), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Pelican</I> (Fredrik) as well as originating the roles of: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ganareys’ 101 </I>(Mr. Ganarey), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All’s Fair </I>(Mr. Banin), <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Trial by Water: A Gook Story</I> (Hung Tran), and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fore</I> (CJ Walters).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Besides being a Resident Actor for Fourth Wall Productions, Justin also serves on the Board as President.</FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><B><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B>MATTHEW A. SPROSTY </B>(Playwright) graduated from Ohio
University’s Playwriting Program with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the Spring of 2004.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Under the head of the program Tony-nominated playwright, Charles Smith, Matthew helped initiate the Undergraduate Playwright’s Ten-Minute Play Festival to showcase the writing skills of the School of Theatre’s undergraduate talent.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, Matthew’s first full length, <I>Ganareys’ 101</I>, was one of the first school-sanctioned productions of an undergraduate playwright’s full-length play at Ohio University.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After that, Sprosty paired up with director Rebecca Cole again for the full length <I>All’s Fair</I>, where on closing night- they had to turn away half the theatre-go’ers due to an already full house.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fourth Wall Productions has produced two shows of Sprosty’s (<I style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Schism, Plans Change.)</I> Since, starting to send his plays out in the Spring of this year- Matthew has been in talks with theatre companies in Chicago, New York, and Columbus about possible productions for his plays.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Besides being their Resident Playwright, Matthew Sprosty is on the Board of Directors as Treasurer.</FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">REBECCA COLE</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> (Director) graduated from Ohio University in 2004 with a BFA in Directing. Some of her directing credits include<I> Two, Kennedy's Children, Ganareys' 101, All's Fair,</I> and<I> The Accident</I>. She served as Assistant
Director </SPAN><SPAN class=style14><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">for Monomoy Summer Theatre in Chatham, Massachusetts for their 2002 season.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">While working with Fourth Wall Productions she has also directed<I> Plans Change, Schism, All the Way from China,</I> and<EM> Stained Glass Ugly. </EM>Some of her other Cleveland credits include assistant directing <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Christmas Story</I> for the Cleveland Play House for the past 2 years running.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=style14><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">While being the Resident Director for Fourth Wall Productions, Rebecca Cole also serves on the Board of Directors as Secretary.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">DANIEL WINTERS</B> (Lighting Designer) has just returned from an exchange to Hong Kong where he studied at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and co-designed a dance piece.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While being an undergraduate at Ohio University, he lighting designed Rebecca Cole’s production of Sprosty’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All’s Fair.</I><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He will be a 2<SUP>nd</SUP> year lighting design student this year in the Ohio University Graduate Theater program.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></div><PRE><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">CARLI TAYLOR MILUK </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">(Props Master) <SPAN style="COLOR: black">is the newest company member for Fourth Wall Productions and just appeared in their production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Stained Glass Ugly</I>. Currently she is playing "Bianca" in the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival's production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Taming of the Shrew</I>. She is fresh off a month-long European tour, performing for Armed Forces Entertainment as the host of a puppet show with Natural Bridges Puppet Production Company. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She has performed locally with such companies as Great Lakes Theater Festival, Stage Left Theater, MorrisonDance, and the Magic Mike / Cuidado Productions magic shows. Carli has also choreographed and taught
theater / dance classes at Olmsted Performing Arts, Brecksville Theater on the Square, and The Arts Academy. Carli graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College with a BA in Theater and Dance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></PRE> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">KEIRA MANSELL</B> (Costume Designer) last designed the costumes for Fourth Wall Productions Spring production of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Stained Glass Ugly.</I><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is her second production costume designing for Fourth Wall. </FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </div> <div class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;
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