[NEohioPAL] Press features Aurora Community Theatre young actress

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Aurora Community Theatre's "Gloria" from "Wait Until Dark" featured in 
local press. From Hudsonhubtimes.com


    Stage a familiar place for young 'Wait Until Dark' actress

14 hours ago (Feb. 1, 2009)

by April Helms

Special Products Editor

The stage is a very familiar place for 9-year-old Ashleigh Nagy.

Nagy, who has been performing since she was 3, is playing Gloria in the 
mystery thriller "Wait Until Dark" at Aurora Community Theater, which 
was set to open Jan. 30 and runs through Feb. 21.

Ashleigh's mother Courtney, who lives in Aurora, said this was her 
daughter's first non-musical show and her first show at the Aurora 
Community Theatre. However, she has been in several musicals -- 
especially "The Wizard of Oz," her favorite. Ashleigh also recently 
finished acting for a short educational film on energy conservation 
which will be shown at schools.

"It's really fun," Ashleigh said of acting. "I love the feeling of being 
on stage and being a character. I love to explore the characters."

"Wait Until Dark" tells the story of Sam Hendrix, who unwittingly agrees 
to help a stranger by carrying an innocuous looking doll for her across 
the Canadian border, not knowing the toy is stuffed with heroin. 
Following the mysterious woman's murder, sinister con man Harry Roat 
teams up with ex-convicts, Mike Talman and Sgt. Carlino to track down 
the drug doll. The trail takes them to the Greenwich Village apartment 
of Hendrix and his wife Susy, who has learned to adapt to her new, 
sight-impaired world.

Through cleverly constructed deception, Roat and his compatriots 
convince Susy that the police have implicated her husband Sam in the 
woman's murder, and that the doll, which she believes is the key to his 
innocence is, in fact, evidence against him. Susy refuses to reveal the 
doll's location, and with the help of a neighbor's child, Gloria, begins 
to realize she is the victim of a bizarre charade.

The play is directed by Bob McCoy, who is making his directing debut 
with Aurora Community Theatre.

"I'm a brat," Ashleigh said of her character, Gloria. "I'm also smart." 
Gloria also can be helpful, she added.

Ashleigh said she enjoyed her time working on the play and at the theater.

"This is the first scary play I've been in," she said. "I really like 
it, and I think I want to try out for more scary plays, like mysteries. 
I like musicals, too."

There's little doubt in the assured 9-year-old's mind as to what she 
wants to do when she is older.

"I love theater, singing and dancing," she said. "That's my goal in 
life, to do those things."

Ticket information

Tickets at $15 for adults, $10 for youth 18 and under, are available 
online, including seat selection, at www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com, or 
call the box office at 330-562-1818. Group discounts are available by 
calling the box office.

Aurora Community Theatre is at 115 E. Pioneer Trail, near the 
intersection of state Route 43 and 306, near the gazebo in the center of 
Aurora.

-- 
Christine Patronik-Holder
Business Manager
Aurora Community Theatre
P.O. Box 9
115 E. Pioneer Trail
Aurora, Ohio 44202
330-562-1818
christine at auroracommunitytheatre.com
www.auroracommunitytheatre.com


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