[NEohioPAL] "ASSASSINS" Opens this week!

[Geoff Short]

Don't miss "Assassins" opening THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH!!  Two Weeks  
only! First week is Friday, Saturday, Sunday...Second week is  
Thursday, Friday, Saturday!  Call the Cassidy Box office now at (440)  
842-4601!


The Berea Grindstone Players Present

ASSASSINS

Oct. 10 - 18
at the Cassidy Theatre
6200 Pearl Rd., Parma Heights

Music and Lyrics by		Book By
      STEPHEN SONDHEIM 	JOHN WEIDMAN

         Directed by 		       Musical Direction by
Geoffrey Short			Heidi Herczeg

Tickets are on Sale Now!
Call the Cassidy Theatre Box Office at (440) 842-4600

You could win the chance to see "John Adams" Author and Presidential  
Historian David McCullough, win bags of books and free Assassins  
tickets and more!


CLICK HERE FOR SPECIAL MESSAGES FROM THE "ASSASSINS" THEMSELVES!


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


BEREA GRINDSTONE PLAYERS PARTNERS WITH CUYAHOGA COUNTY LIBRARY AND  
BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON MUSICAL “ASSASSINS”AT CASSIDY THEATRE



Berea – The Parma Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library  
and the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will partner with the Berea  
Grindstone Players on a series of promotions tied to the theatre  
group’s upcoming production of the Stephen Sondheim musical  
“Assassins” being staged in October at the Cassidy Theatre.

The Parma Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library,  
located at 6206 Pearl Road Parma Heights will host a live performance  
of musical theatre songs by the Cassidy Theatre’s outreach performing  
group “Cassidy On-Tour” on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m.  Attendees to  
the “Cassidy On-Tour” performance will also have the chance to win a  
pair of tickets to see “Assassins”.  The library is also conducting a  
special “Assassins” giveaway promotion.  Anyone who attends any  
performance of “Assassins” can enter a random drawing to win a pair of  
tickets to see presidential historian and “John Adams” author David  
McCullough.  McCullough is appearing Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at  
the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square as part of the William H.  
Skirball Writers Center Stage Series presented by The Cuyahoga County  
Library Foundation and the Plain Dealer.  Theatre-goers can enter  
their “Assassins” ticket stubs with name and phone number written on  
it at the Parma Heights branch of the library.  The drawing will  
happen on Monday, Oct. 20 after "Assassins" closes.   Six runner-up  
winners will each win a “bag of books” from the Library and one Grand  
Prize winner will win two tickets to attend the McCullough program the  
day after the drawing.

The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will also have a presence  
during the run of “Assassins”.  A Board of Elections representative  
will be on site in the lobby of the Cassidy Theatre on opening night,  
Friday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 12 before the shows to register  
people for the Board’s vote-by-mail service.  Board of election  
information will be available in the lobby of the Cassidy throughout  
the entire run of “Assassins”.

The Berea Grindstone Players and The Cassidy Theatre in Parma Heights  
have formed a new partnership to present the Stephen Sondheim musical  
Assassins.  The show will run at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays  Oct. 10  
through Oct. 18, 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 16 and 3 p.m. Sunday Oct. 11 at  
Cassidy Theatre, 6200 Pearl Rd. Parma Hts.  Tickets are on sale now  
for $15 and can be purchased by calling the Cassidy Theatre at (440)  
842-4600.  Assassins is for mature audiences.  More information can be  
found online at www.assassinsshow.8k.com.  Assassins is Directed by  
Geoffrey Short, with Musical Direction by Heidi Hersczeg.

Assassins is a Berea Grindstone Players production, but will be staged  
at Cassidy Theatre.  The Assassins project partnership between the  
theatre companies began when Short was approached to direct at the  
Grindstone Players, a theatre group started by the late Bill Allman,  
after Berea Summer Theatre, also founded by Allman, closed.  Short  
suggested Assassins, a surreal and provocative one-act musical that  
explores the dark side of the American experience by examining the  
lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the  
President of the United States.  The timing of producing the show one  
month before the current presidential election was important, but  
producing a show with mature themes was not possible at the normal  
home of B.G.P. shows – St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Olmsted  
Falls.  Short, who serves as President of the board of Cassidy  
Theatre, Inc., then approached that group about hosting the  
production.  He proposed a revenue sharing plan between the groups and  
when both groups approved the plan, work began on casting.    
“Assassins has always been a show I’ve been very passionate about”  
says Short.  “Sometimes it’s uncomfortable to look at the underbelly  
of American society like Assassins does through the amazing music of  
Stephen Sondheim. But the themes explored in the show are so important  
to think about – especially in this election year when we have the  
important job of deciding who will lead our country for the next four  
years.  I’m grateful to both the Grindstone Players and The Cassidy  
Theatre for having the guts and foresight to partner on this exciting  
project.”

 From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, Stephen Sondheim and  
Book Writer John Weidman have bent the rules of time and space, taking  
audiences on a nightmarish rollercoaster ride in which assassins and  
would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact  
and in an intense final scene inspire each other to harrowing acts in  
the name of the American Dream. The original production premiered in  
late 1990 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City for a completely  
sold-out limited run and instantly became one of the most talked-about  
shows in years.  The B.G.P./Cassidy production stars Michael Snider as  
John Wilkes Booth, Kevin Joseph Kelly as Charles Guiteau, Jacob  
Wadenpfuhl as The Balldeer/Oswald, Kim Bush as Sarah Jane Moore, Chris  
Bizub as Sam Byck, Holly Facer as Squeaky Fromme, Trey Gilpin as  
Giuseppe
Zangara, Joshua Brown as John Hinckley, Rob Starek as Leon Czolgosz  
and features Jennifer Nageotte, Lissa Pavluk,  David Turner, David  
Williams, Michael Strama and Joey Stefanko.

FOR INFORMATION: Geoffrey Short, geoffshort at sbcglobal.net, 440-263-1156
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