[NEohioPAL] Coach House announces "Driving Miss Daisy"

[Bob Schaefer]

*'Miss Daisy' drives into Coach House Theatre March 13-30*

 

The contemporary classic /Driving Miss Daisy/ is coming to Coach House 
Theatre. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which was also an Academy 
Award-winning 1989 movie, opens Thursday, March 13 and runs through 
Sunday, March 30, 2008.

A delicate depiction of racial tension and of growing old,/ Driving Miss 
Daisy/ tells the story of elderly Jewish matron Daisy Werthan and her 
chauffeur Hoke Coleburn. At first Daisy is none too happy about being 
forced to rely on a black man. But Hoke gradually wins her over and 
during the 25-year span of the play (from 1948 to 1973) the two develop 
a deep-rooted affection.

Well-known area director *Nancy Cates* is "behind the wheel" of /Driving 
Miss Daisy/. Nancy returns to Coach House for her third production, 
following last season's /Hay Fever /and this year's musical revue /Oh, 
Coward! /Nancy is one of the two Artistic Directors of the Ohio 
Shakespeare Festival, which performs each summer at Stan Hywet Hall and 
Gardens. She has been directing professionally for twenty-eight years, 
and has worked widely in regional, stock, university and dinner theatres 
around the country. A few favorites include a dozen or so Noel Coward 
productions, the American classic /All My Sons /(locally, at 
Weathervane) and /The King and I /with the Richmond Symphony accompanying.

*Marvin L. Mallory* makes his Coach House debut in the role of Hoke 
Coleburn. He has acted in the Northeast Ohio area for a number of years 
appearing at The Beck Center, Karamu Arts Center, Geauga Lyric Theater, 
Lakeland Theater, and Cuyahoga Community College. His film credits 
include /Farmhouse/ and /Dead Silent/, and /Expect A Miracle./ His 
latest movie, /Controlled, /was just completed and is due for release 
later this year. Marvin also plays the role of Lt. Charles B. Foster in 
an upcoming TV series, /Out Of Darkness/.

*Richard Worswick* makes his second appearance at Coach House as Daisy's 
son Boolie Wertan. He recently appeared in /Drowning Sorrows. //He's 
appeared many times at Weathervane, most recently// /in the 
critically-praised production of /Someone Who'll Watch Over Me/. 

*Maureen E. Johnson* plays Miss Daisy. She last appeared at Coach House 
as Bunny in /A Murder is Announced/. She turned up as Miss Wulla Jean in 
the Ohio Shakespeare Festival's /The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas/ 
last summer and appeared in /Moon Over Buffalo/ at Weathervane this past 
winter.

/Driving Miss Daisy/ will be presented Thursday, March 13 through 
Sunday, March 30, 2008. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday 
at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. There will be no 
performance on Easter Sunday, March 23. The house opens a half hour 
before the show, and the box office opens one hour before the show. 
Coach House Theatre is located at 732 W. Exchange Street, in Akron, next 
to the Akron Woman's City Club. Tickets for /Driving Miss Daisy/ go on 
sale Feb. 28. Prices are $15 for adults, and $6 for students (with valid 
ID) and children. Reservations are recommended by calling our box office 
at 330-434-7741 or visit www.coachhousetheatre.org 
<http://www.coachhousetheatre.org/> online for more information.
For more information about group discounts or dining at the Akron 
Woman's City Club Ballroom before the show, please call Mona Reuscher at 
330-666-3252.


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