[NEohioPAL] FINAL WEEKEND-- THE GIN GAME by THE HARMONY PLAYERS

[Edward Kuntzman]

FINAL WEEKEND
THE HARMONY PLAYERS 
presents 
 "THE GIN GAME" 
  
The Harmony Players presents "The Gin Game", a tragi-comedy by D. L. Coburn this Thursday through Saturday August 21-23 at 8:00 at the Kathleen Howland Theatre, located at 2nd April Galerie, 324 Cleveland Ave NW, in downtown Canton. 
  
     Tickets are available by calling 2nd April Galerie and Studios at 330-451-0924 or on line at www.secondapil.org/theater.  Tickets are also available at the door. 
     All tickets are $10. 
     More information on The Harmony Players is available at www.theharmonyplayers.com. 
  
D. L. Coburn's much-loved, Pulitzer Prize winning play takes place on a sun porch at a "home for the aged".  There, crotchety Weller Martin meets new resident Fonsia Dorsey. To pass the time, Weller teaches Fonsia how to play gin and the two commiserate over the constant shuffling of cards.  Weller's quick temper and Fonsia's never-ending winning streak add humor while, at the same time, building to a nerve-shattering conclusion. 
  
Director Tammy Hyde of Alliance cast Fred and Pam Weibel (also of Alliance and married in "real life") as the card playing couple.  The Weibels first performed "The Gin Game" eighteen years ago at Alliance's Carnation City Players. 
  
"The Gin Game"  was first produced with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, also a married couple, in 1978. Revised in 1997 with Charles Durning and Julie Harris, the play won a Tony as best revival. Television's famous "married" couple, Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke took their turn as the two feisty elders in a PBS production. 



      
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