[NEohioPAL] A TRIVIAL comedy for SERIOUS people

[Melanie YC Pepe]

NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Melanie YC Pepe
(330) 836-2323

Weathervane Playhouse
1301 Weathervane Lane * Akron, Ohio  44313
Proudly Presents

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The Importance of Being Earnest
A trivial comedy for serious people

A Young Actor Series Production
March 27 ~ April 6, 2008

For Tickets:
330-836-2626 or www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com
Tickets: $8

Oscar Wilde's deliciously satiric masterpiece! Considered by many to be the funniest play in the English language, it boasts memorable characters and sparkling wit in a romantic farce that turns on mistaken identity, Victorian manners and the sheer brilliance of this fantastically witty British playwright. Earnest is by all accounts, a masterpiece of modern comedy.Earnest tells a tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Both young men have taken to bending the recipe for truth in order to add a dash of excitement to their lives. Jack invents an imaginary brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull home in the country to frolic in town. Algernon uses the same technique, only in reverse; his imaginary friend, Bunbury, provides a convenient and frequent method of taking adventures in the country. Their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits: Jack of his love Gwendolyn Fairfax, and Algernon of his belle Cecily Cardew.

The Importance of Being Earnest
Performance Schedule
March 27, ~ April 6, 2008

Thursday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m. (Project STAGE)
Friday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 29 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 1 at 10:00 a.m. (Project STAGE)
Thursday, April 3 at 10:00 a.m. (Project STAGE)
Friday, April 4 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 6 at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at weathervaneplayhouse.com
Charge by phone at Weathervane's Ticket Office at 330-836-2626.
Call between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Tickets: $8

Our Directors

Melanie YC Pepe, Director:  As Director of Education and Young Actor Series Producer at Weathervane, Melanie is thrilled to direct for the second time at Weathervane. Melanie holds a BFA in Theater Arts from Kent Weathervane's Earnest State University, and has spent the last 10 years teaching and designing. She is currently returning to her life in the theater after the births of her three beautiful children.

John C. Davis, Movement & Dialect Coach:  An award winning, certified fight director and actor who recently relocated to the Cleveland-Akron scene, Davis has just completed his sixth tour with the USO, where he presented more than four thousand performances and toured in more than 16 countries worldwide. He will be teaching as an adjunct professor at Oberlin College this coming fall.

Our Designers

Mistress Erin Bennett and Miss Julie Jensen, Property Designers
Mister Alan Scott Ferrall, Resident Scenic Designer and Technical Director
Miss Kristi Hagenbush, Lighting Designer
Mistress Sandra Harding, Costume Designer
Mister Daniel Jankura, Sound DesignerOur Management Team
Mister Michael Pistrui, Production Stage Manager 
Mister Benjamin Fortin, Assistant Stage Manager

Our Performers

Mister Jason Davis as Algernon Moncrieff
Mister Richard Crafton as Lane and Gribsby
Mister Keith Foster as Jack Worthing, J.P.
Miss Amanda Davis as Lady Bracknell
Miss Amanda Morrow as Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax
Miss Lily Romestant as Miss Prism
Miss Sarah Brazier as Cecily Cardew
Mister James Gurney as Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.
Mister Daniel Rylander as Merriman

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,
education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Project STAGE Sponsors

The Akron Community Foundation - Shaw Fund
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
The Sisler McFawn Foundation.

www.weathervaneplayhouse.com

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