[NEohioPAL] It's and "Enchanted April" at Weathervane Playhouse

[Jan Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse
Akron, OH
330-836-2626
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com

Performances begin tonight for "Enchanted April," a romantic comedy by Matthew Barber.

The "war to end all wars" ended on November 11, 1918.  The British army suffered more than 2,000,000 casualties with more than 707,000 killed and the rest suffering horrible wounds to body and mind.  If one walked sown the main street of any city or village in Britain, scores of physically and mentally maimed veterans were to be seen.  the British lower class suffered the greatest number of casualties.  From the upper class, the loss of potential political leaders, educators, artists, poets, etc., was incalculable.  "Enchanted April" begins less than four years after the armistice.  Some Britons still grieved deeply for a loved one lost.  "Enchanted April" takes place in such a time, when the rich jived and the not-so-rich dreamed.  Based on the novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim, "Enchanted April" works like a spring tonic to make one realize what is important.  The act of watching it is soothing.  The play is fresh, honest and truly timeless!

Meet two bored English housewives, Lottie and Rose, who are tired of their humdrum, conventional lives -- not to mention the constant mid-winter rain!  When the women hatch a plan to rent a villa in Italy for the month of April, they recruit two other women from different social realms to split the cost: Lady Caroline Bramble, a frivolous young socialite, and Mrs. Graves, an imposing dowager.  Under the spell of Italy, the magically restorative powers of wisteria and sunshine work their magic, and each woman finds she can "bloom again"  in ways each never imagined.

Previews: April 16 & 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Opening Night: April 18 at 8 p.m.

April 19, 25, 26, May 2, 3 at 8 p.m.
April 24, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
April 27 and May 4 at 2:30 p.m.

Preview Tickets $14
Others $20
Discounts available



Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2323 X16
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com
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