[NEohioPAL] "Tonight at 8:30" Opening at Coach House Theatre

[Nancy Cates]

COACH HOUSE THEATRE

Box Office: 330-434-7741

732 W. Exchange Street

Akron, OH 44302

 

 

 

Double the Comedy 

with two one-act musicals from

Tonight at 8:30

by Noel Coward

"Tonight at 8:30" plays at Coach House Theatre April 2- 19

 

Coach House Theatre will present a double dose of "The Master" of comic wit,
Noel Coward, with Tonight at 8:30, showing April 2-19, 2009.

Audiences will get to see two one-act musical comedies in this unique
production. First, in the fast-paced, laugh-filled "Red Peppers," a
husband/wife song & dance team scheme to keep their place on the vaudeville
bill despite recalcitrant props, personal spats and pushy producers. Then,
in the poignant and charming "Shadow Play," a glamorous couple who are on
the brink of divorce relive happier, funnier times through a series of
musical dreams.

Admirers of last season's hit musical revue Oh, Coward! will recognize
classic Noel Coward tunes like "Has Anybody Seen Our Ship," "You Were There"
and "Men About Town," which come from these two Tonight at 8:30 vignettes.

Lisa Marie Schueller and Scott Shriner, re-uniting after their appearance
Oh, Coward!, will play husband and wife in both plays, in the roles
originated by Coward and Gertrude Lawrence. Ms. Schueller has appeared
locally at Porthouse Theatre, Actors' Summit, Carousel, Cleveland Stage
Company and Ohio Shakespeare Festival.  Mr. Shriner has appeared extensively
at Weathervane, Actors' Summit, The Bang and the Clatter and Ohio
Shakespeare Festival.

The cast of Tonight at 8:30 also includes several other top-notch Coach
House veterans:

Henry Bishop, last seen in Light up the Sky and Coward's Hay Fever two
seasons ago; Karen Wood, previously appearing in Light up the Sky and Steel
Magnolias this season; Ron Cuirle, of Hay Fever, Picasso at the Lapin Agile
and Custer; Emily Haase, who appeared in last season's Drowning Sorrows; and
Greg Bealer, who just completed our production of Appointment with Death.

On the piano is Music Director John Ebner, who also accompanied Oh, Coward!
Mr. Ebner has also performed with Ohio Shakespeare Festival and has worked
extensively as a keyboardist, rehearsal pianist and musical director.

Tonight at 8:30 is directed by Nancy Cates. In her first year as one of
Coach House's two Artistic Directors, Ms. Cates has also directed Coach
House's season opener, Steel Magnolias, as well as Barrymore's Ghost,
presented by Ohio Shakespeare Festival.  In past seasons here she has
directed Driving Miss Daisy, Oh, Coward!, and Hay Fever. She is also one of
the two Artistic Directors of Ohio Shakespeare Festival, which performs each
summer at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, as well as periodically at Coach House
and the Players Guild of Canton. 

Tonight at 8:30 will be presented April 2 to April 19. Curtain times are
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m.
There will be an added Saturday matinee at 2:30 on Saturday, April 18 (there
will be no performance Easter Sunday, April 12). 

And don't be deceived by the title---if you actually come to the theater at
8:30, you'll be late for the show!

Dinner or brunch is available at the Akron Woman's City Club before every
performance.

Tickets are $16. (Tickets are $10 for the "preview" performance on Thursday,
April 2.)

The box office opens one hour before the show. Coach House Theatre is
located at 732 W. Exchange Street, in Akron, next to the Akron Woman's City
Club, and at the corner of W. Exchange and N. Portage Path. Reservations are
recommended by calling our box office at 330-434-774.

 

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