[NEohioPAL] Composer & Playwright travel to see MAIN-TRAVELLED ROADS at Actors' Summit

[Neil Thackaberry]

For Immediate Release

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

 

 

Playwright & Composer of hit

Main-Travelled Roads

Travel to see production at Actors' Summit

 

Main-Travelled Roads which is having its regional premiere at Actors'
Summit, Hudson's professional Equity theater will host the award winning
composer and playwright at the October 4th performance of the critically
acclaimed musical. The play is currently in performance and will
continue through October 5. Performances are given on Thursdays,
Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. 

 

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.

 

"We're thrilled that Paul Libman and David Hudson will be able to join
us," said Sasha Thackaberry, director of the production. "It's rare for
us to be able to have the creative team for a musical in attendance at a
performance of their work."

 

About the Authors

Dave Hudson and Paul Libman  began working together in 2002, after Paul
left a successful advertising jingle career for the much more lucrative
and reliable world of musical theatre. 

            Less than three months later, they landed their first
professional contract with American Folklore Theatre, where their
initial collaboration, Muskie Love, played for two summers. 

            In 2004 they created Dust and Dreams: Celebrating Sandburg
(originally Bringers). Dust and Dreams won the 2005 Richard Rodgers
Development Award for New Musicals, and was also presented at Chicago's
Stages Festival of New Musicals. 

            Their next effort, Main-Travelled Roads, was selected for
the 2006 Stages Festival, was featured twice in the Madison Rep's
Festival of New Plays, and was the winner of the 2007 Richard Rodgers
Award. Produced at AFT in the fall of 2007, Main-Travelled Roads was
presented at the New York Barrow Street Theatre in March 2008. 

            Paul and Dave's newest musical, A Cabin with a View was
commissioned by AFT and played to full houses throughout summer 2007.
Work is currently underway for their next AFT commission.

            Both Dave and Paul are alumni members of the Musical Writers
Workshop at Theatre Building Chicago.

 

Performance Schedule

Regular performances continue through October 5, Thursdays, Fridays &
Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. 

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.  


Web site


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

 

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