[NEohioPAL] "Pay What You Can" tickets for MEDEA at Actors' Summit

[Thackaberr at aol.com]

Press  Release 
For More Information   
Contact: MaryJo  Alexander 
330-342-0800          
Actors’ Summit Theater   
Offers “Pay What You  Can” Tickets 
for final Medea  Performances 
Actors’ Summit, a Professional  Theater, located in  historic downtown 
Hudson, is pleased to announce a special  offering of discounted tickets for its 
current, critically acclaimed production  of the classic Greek tragedy, Medea.  
“We’ve had a great  response to our student matinees this week, “commented 
Neil Thackaberry, the  production’s director. “We want to make this 
performance accessible for high  school and college students. Classic Greek tragedies 
are rarely performed  locally by professional theaters.”   
About The Play  
First  produced in 431 B.C.E., this remarkable work of art has held the stage 
for  nearly two and a half millennia. Euripides, the author, is one member of 
the  trio of great Greek classical playwrights (the others being Aeschylus 
and  Sophocles.)  
The  play is based on the myth of Jason and Medea. Jason, with his Argonauts, 
sought  Medea’s help in his quest for the golden fleece. Having succeeded in 
his great  adventure, Jason and Medea have settled in Corinth. Jason abandons 
Medea to marry the  daughter of Creon, the ruler of Corinth. Enraged, Medea 
takes a terrible  revenge on Jason and Creon.  
The Reviews   
This “…is the  take-no-prisoners approach of Sally Groth, a ramrod-straight, 
steely-eyed Medea.  Groth is fully invested in her character. With her 
perfect posture and firm jaw,  she looks and acts the part of a king's daughter.” 
Elaine Guregian of the Akron Beacon  Journal


“I’ve seen “Medea” on the stage several  times, and the Actors’ Summit 
production is the most riveting  production of “Medea” I’ve seen…. “ David 
Ritchey, of the West Side Leader, in  Akron.  Dr. Ritchey continues “This 
production  has several things going for it. First, Jeffers’ adaptation and translation 
 makes the Greek tragedy accessible to the audience. Every plot point is  
easily understood. Second, Neil Thackaberry (director) brings the story  directly 
to the audience. The members of the audience cannot look away or  avoid what 
is happening on the stage. “ he continues  “….. The actors perform with a 
clarity that makes the  story easy to  follow…..”. 
Tony Brown of the Cleveland Plain  Dealer  writes:  “ Dark-eyed Sally Groth,  
whose work in the area heretofore has tended toward sunnier roles, shimmers 
with  a motherly beauty as Medea, burning with an inner fire so volcanic it 
could only  emanate from a woman scorned. “  he  continues:  “ On a set that is  
little more than a pair of benches and a double door, director Neil 
Thackaberry  creates 95 minutes of hell, a compilation of rash decisions by irrational 
humans  caught up in fates they brought upon themselves.” 
Dick King, of Akron responded with  “… it was an outstanding play, thanks  
for much for doing it….and …Medea, Sally  Groth…we saw her first in your 
production of Romeo and Juliet  from your beginning days…she was just  tremendous…
thanks for doing it….” 
Performances   
Regular  performances continue through  Nov. 4, Thursdays, Fridays & 
Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00  p.m.  Tickets  can be purchased by phone 
by calling (330) 342-0800 or on line at  www.actorssummit.org.  
For pay  what you can tickets—please arrive 30 minutes before the start of 
the  performance at the box office, to pick up your reserved seating ticket.   
Web  site
Actors’  Summit Theater can be found on the web at _www.actorssummit.org_ 
(http://www.actorssummit.org/) . Actors' Summit is a professional,  not for 
profit, 501-c-3 professional arts organization.  We are seeking volunteers and 
board  members.  For more details please  call MaryJo or Neil at (330) 342-0800.  
Actors'  Summit is working under a developmental agreement  with Actors' 
Equity Association (the Union of  professional Actors and Stage Managers.) 







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