[NEohioPAL] BNC Announces Opening of THE DEAD GUY

[alanna at bnctheatre.com]

PRESS RELEASE 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Date: 9-18-07 

Contact: Alanna Romansky/ Sean Derry 
From: The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company 
140 E. Market St. 
Akron, OH 44308 
Phone:	330.606.5317 
E-mail: alanna at bnctheatre.com 
Website: www.bnctheatre.com 

Akron, OH – The Bang and The Clatter Theatre Company announces the opening of The Dead Guy, by Cleveland playwright, Eric Coble, featuring: Sean Derry, Erika Thomas, Alanna Romansky, Marcia Darby, Adam Ziemkiewicz, and Ruben Ryan. Performances run from September 21st-October 21st, Thursday – Saturday at 8pm, every Sunday at 3pm, and Sunday, August 19th at 8pm at 140 E. Market Street. 

All Tickets are $15. All students and seniors “Pay As You Can” for each show. Two “Blackout Monday” performances will be held on August 1st and August 8th at 8pm. For ticket reservations, call the box office at 330.606.5317. “Dinner and a Show” packages are also available through Crave Restaurant. 

Directed by Chad Stutz, Co-Founder of The Manhattan Theatre Source in NYC and the BNC’s first guest director, The Dead Guy, by Eric Coble, is ‘a humorous and thoughtful critique on society’s obsession with other people’s realities.’ 

The Pitch: You get one million dollars to spend over the next seven days, as a camera crew follows your every move and broadcasts your adventures on national television. The Hook: At the end of the week…you die. The Best Part: The viewing audience gets to vote on the method of your death! For hard-luck Eldon Phelps, the deal is irresistible. But does America have the stomach for this much reality? What would you do if you had one week until you became…“The Dead Guy”? Stay tuned… 

‘From the original cheeky British home makeovers to the consummately American ‘Survivor’ series, there was only one place all this could go: The insatiable voyeurism of consumer culture would never be satisfied until it had witnessed the ultimate reality TV event -- a staged death. Inspired and ruthless, Eric Coble has preempted the network vultures with THE DEAD GUY’ 
-Variety 


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