[NEohioPAL] C.J. Bonde, Kathleen Culler, Stephen Brockway, Keith Stevens Open New Musical at Actors' Summit

[Neil Thackaberry]

Main-Travelled Roads, a delightful 4 character musical in the mold of
"Little House on the Prairie" has a preview performance TONIGHT and runs
through October 5. 

 

The Play

            Main-Travelled Roads, the winner of the 2007 Richard Rogers
Award, is a bright, funny, romantic musical based on the short stories
of Hamlin Garland. Garland was born 7 years before and a few miles south
of Laura Ingalls Wilder's birth date & place. Set in turn-of-the-century
Wisconsin, the warm and honest portraits of life in the rural Midwest
are lively, touching, heartfelt, and timeless.  

Hamlin Garland was born in West Salem, Wisconsin, in 1860. After moving
with his family to a succession of homesteads in Iowa and South Dakota,
he went to Boston in 1884, determined to embark on a literary career.
His first success was Main-Travelled Roads, a collection of short
stories published in 1891. He moved to Chicago in 1893, lectured widely
on literary topics, and agitated for a realistic American literature
through a number of essays, some of which were revised into his 1894
manifesto, Crumbling Idols.

            Main-Travelled Roads was developed in part at the Stages
2006 Festival of New Musicals in Chicago and at Madison Repertory
Theater's Fall Festival of New Plays.

 

Performance Schedule
Main-Travelled Roads will have a preview performance on September 18.
The official opening on Friday, September 19 will be followed by a
reception with the cast.  Regular performances continue through October
5, 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 members of the cast. 

Tickets
Tickets are $28 on Fridays & Saturdays, $25 on Thursdays & Sundays. All
full time students with ID are $7 at all performances. Seniors receive a
$3 discount at all regular Thursday and Sunday performances.  Season
subscriptions and discounted coupon books 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.  

 

 

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