[NEohioPAL] Canal Fulton Players- Theatre Times

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Theatre Times

The Canal Fulton Players proudly present 
A  Samuel French production by Ray Cooney and directed by David Van  Gaasbeek
 
Run for Your Wife
starring
Michael  Groom Steve Boardman
Anita Artzner  Melissa Wagner
Jon  Neumann  Ray Olivera
Jack Yoak   Drew  Hutchinson
 
A Story about a Taxi Driver who could not say  “no” to marriage
 
October 17-19, 24-26 at 7:30 pm
 
The Fellowship Hall Theatre, 363 West Cherry  Street, Canal Fulton, Ohio
For further information- call Dave Van Gaasbeek at  330-494-1022 or 
330-854-4387


Run for Your Wife by Ray  Cooney opens on October 17 at 7:30 pm

On October 17, 2008, at 7:30 pm, the raucous  slapstick comedy, Run for Your 
Wife, by Ray Cooney, will open at the Canal  Fulton Players’ Fellowship Hall 
Theatre, 363 West Cherry Street, Canal Fulton,  Ohio.  It will be presented six 
times over the next two weeks at 7:30 pm  each night.  The cost of admission 
is $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for  seniors and children under the age of 
twelve years.
The story is about  a London taxi driver who has a problem saying “no” to 
marriage.  Married to  two woman, John Smith, the taxi driver with ordinary 
looks and an equal  personality, maintains two separate apartments with two 
separate schedules,  neighbors and police officers hounding him.  When a simple act 
of heroism  thrusts him into the limelight, the fun begins.
John Smith is played by  Mike Groom who last appeared as the Guard of the 
Inquisition in last May’s  production of Man of La Mancha.  He is married to 
Mary, played by Anita  Artzner (Aldonza in Man of La Mancha), and Barbara, played 
by newcomer Melissa  Wagner.  Mary is the serious straight laced wife while 
Barbara is the bawdy  and colorful wife.  Both are very much in love with John 
for some peculiar  reason.
John’s upstairs neighbor, Stanley Gardner, stumbles onto John’s  secret 
during a conversation.  Played by newcomer Steve Boardman, Stanley  cannot believe 
his ears or eyes as he watches and hears the stories  unfold.  Stanley always 
thought he was the one who was extraordinary in the  social department but he 
is absolutely stunned when his not so special neighbor  manages to maintain a 
rather secret and illegal life.
Making life  interesting and difficult are two police officers- one who works 
out of the  Wimbledon station, the other out of the Streatham station.  
Sergeant  Troughton is played by Jon Neumann, who was last seen as a Muleteer in 
Man of La  Mancha.  Sergeant Porterhouse is played by Ray Olivera, who was last 
seen  as Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha.  
Barbara’s and John’s  upstairs neighbor, Bobby Franklyn, is a frustrated 
interior designer who somehow  cannot make his collaborator, Cyril, understand 
that spilt paint can seep into  the apartment below.  Played by Jack Yoak (Tyler 
Moss of Crossing  Delancey), Bobby cannot get over the rather unbelievable 
shenanigans that John  does to avoid detection.
Drew Hutchinson rounds the cast out portraying  the news photographer who 
does not know what type of story he failed to  photograph.
The play is a Samuel French production and is directed by David Van Gaasbeek  
who can be reached at 330-494-1022 or 330-854-4387 for further  information.
 
The Players are in Clay’s  Park’s Halloween Trail, Frightful Forest
If producing a play is not that much,  Dave Van Gaasbeek also has the Players 
participating in improvisational theatre  at Clay’s Park, 13190 Patterson 
Street NW, North Lawrence, Ohio on every Friday,  Saturday and Sunday throughout 
October.  The Halloween trail called  Frightful Forest is being presented by 
Clay’s Park to the surrounding  communities.  Rated “PG-13”, the trail 
consists of several vignettes which  all relate to classic Halloween stories.  Geared 
for the family and  children, Frightful Forest, includes Dracula, the Forest 
Creatures, the witches  brew, the Headless Horseman, the Haunted Prom, Cry 
Baby Bridge, Dr. Jekyll and  Mr. Hyde, the Mummy, the Haunted Moonshine still, 
the Escape from the Insane  Asylum, etc.  The walk through the woods also 
includes a hay  ride.
The players are participating in several of the vignettes and are  getting a 
portion of the gate as a donation from Clay’s Park.   
This event does not include any scenes from Saw II or The Ring.   There is no 
scene depicting disembowelment, beheading, or impaling.  This  is a Halloween 
Trail which will cause a great deal of screaming and  fun.
For information about admission or other issues, please call  Margie Centrone 
at Clay’s Park (330-854-6691).  She will be very happy to  help you.
 
Echoing Ridge acting  classes coming up.
As stated in the last Theatre Times,  acting classes will be given to the 
residents at Echoing Ridge Residential  Center on October 25, November 15, and 
December 20, 2008.  The first items  being taught will be script analysis, 
characterization, blocking, voice  projection and improvisation.  The classes will 
start at 9:00 am and will  end at 12:00 noon.
If anyone is interested in helping Dave Van Gaasbeek  in presenting these 
classes, please contact him at 330-494-1022 or  330-854-4387.
 
Auditions for The Christmas Gifts-
October 20,  2008 at 7:00 pm 

Auditions for the Christmas Play,  The Christmas Gifts, will be held on 
October 20, 2008 at 7:00 pm at the  Fellowship Hall Theatre, United Methodist 
Church, 363 West Cherry Street, Canal  Fulton, Ohio.  The play contains six 
individual stories concerning the true  meaning and nature of Christmas as people 
give the gift of emotion, sacrifice,  love, remembrance, kindness, grief, hate, 
etc. to others.  
The  play, written by David Van Gaasbeek, will be presented on December 
12-14, 2008  at 7:30 pm at the Fellowship Hall Theatre, 363 West Cherry Street, 
Canal Fulton,  Ohio and on December 19-21, 2008 at 8:00 pm at the Kathleen 
Howland Theatre, 324  Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, Ohio.  The cost at the Fellowship 
Hall Theatre is  $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for seniors and children under 12.  
The cost at  the Kathleen Howland Theatre will be $10.00 for adults and $8.00 
for seniors and  children under the age of 12.  
For further information, please  call Dave Van Gaasbeek at 330-494-1022 or 
330-854-4387.
 
 



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