[NEohioPAL] BORN YESTERDAY Opens at Actors' Summit with Alicia Kahn, Peter Voinovich, Dana Hart & Neil Thackaberry

[Neil Thackaberry]

For Immediate Release

For additional information contact: 
Neil Thackaberry (330) 342-0800
Hudson, Ohio 

 

 

Classic 1940's Comedy

BORN YESTERDAY

Opens at Actors' Summit

 

Born Yesterday, Garson Kanin's classic screwball comedy, will be
presented by Actors' Summit from May 1 through May 18. The May 1st
performance is a preview with the official opening on Friday, May 2.
Performances are given on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. 

 

The Play

            Garson Kanin (husband of actress Ruth Gordon) wrote Born
Yesterday just after the end of World War II. Set against the background
of post-war Washington, D.C., the play twists the myth of Pygmalion into
a comedy. Billie Dawn, a role immortalized on stage and screen by Judy
Holliday, is the mistress of Harry Brock, a junkyard baron with the
voice and vocabulary of a gangster and the moral fiber-and ambition-of a
thug. With Billie in tow, he has come to a swank hotel to work out a
deal with a senator, who has been bought and paid for. To help Billie
fit in with Washington society, Brock hires an investigative reporter to
smooth out her rough edges with unanticipated consequences. 

 

The Cast

            Equity actors Neil Thackaberry, Dana Hart and Peter
Voinovich play the three men who surround the beautiful former chorus
girl Billie Dawn played by Alicia Kahn. Thackaberry portrays Harry Brock
the junk dealer / millionaire. Hart plays the inebriated lawyer Jim
Devery. Peter Voinovich takes on the role of Paul Verral, the reporter
Brock hires to take the "rough edges" off of his girlfriend. Steve and
Linda Ryan play Senator and Mrs. Norval Hedges. The cast is completed
with Actors' Summit regulars Jocelyn Roueiheb and Scott Thomas.

Performance Schedule
Born Yesterday will have a preview performance on May 1.  The official
opening on Friday, May 2 will be followed by a reception with the cast.
Regular performances continue through May 18, Thursdays, Fridays &
Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Following each
performance, there will be an opportunity for the audience to discuss
the play with the director and cast.

 

Tickets
Tickets are $25 on Fridays & Saturdays, $22 on Thursdays & Sundays.
College students and seniors receive a $2 discount at all regular
Thursday and Sunday performances.  Students under age 18 are admitted
for half price at all performances.  Remainder of season subscriptions
are available.  Group discounts are available for parties of 10 or more.


Tickets can be purchased on line at www.actorssummit.org or by phone by
calling (330) 342-0800.  


Web site


Actors' Summit Theater can be found on the web at www.actorssummit.org.

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