[NEohioPAL] BECKY'S NEW CAR - Regional Premiere of a new comedy

[Neil Thackaberry]

*Actors’ Summit*

Presents Regional Premiere of a

New Comedy



*Becky’s New Car*

* *

Actors’ Summit, Akron’s professional theater company, follows up the wildly
successful *Romantic Fools* with another comedy.  *Becky’s New Car* by
playwright Steven Dietz asks the question: “If a handsome millionaire
thought your husband was dead, how much trouble could you get into before he
and your husband found out?”  The comedy will open with a preview
performance on Thursday, February 10, followed by the official opening on
Friday, February 11.  The play will run Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at
8:00 PM and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 PM through February 27 at the theater
on the 6th floor of Greystone Hall in downtown Akron.


*About the Play* * * “When a woman says she needs new shoes, what she really
wants is a new job.  When she says she needs a new house, she wants a new
husband.  And when she says she wants a new car, she wants a new
*life*.”   Becky
works at a car dealership processing paperwork and titles.  Her husband Joe
is a roofer.  Her son is a graduate student and still lives at home.  Becky
has a nice, normal, boring life.  All of that changes when a millionaire
walks into the dealership one night when Becky is working late.    Something
Becky says to the millionaire leads him to think that Becky is a widow.  All
her attempts to correct his impression misfire.  Becky soon finds herself
entangled in a double life.  Visiting a beach front mansion one day and
having pizza with her family the next.

*A Play as a Birthday Present*



Joining the company of Actors' Summit for the opening weekend of *Becky's
New Car* are Charles and Benita Staadecker.  Charles & Benita collaborated
with ACT theater and playwright Steven Dietz to commission this play as a
present for Benita’s birthday.



Actors' Summit is hosting a pre-show talk on the topic of "commissioning
art" with the Staadeckers on Saturday, February 12th at 7:30 PM prior to the
8:00 PM performance.  There will be a post-show reception with the couple
who will be joined by the cast and artistic staff following Saturday night's
performance.



*The Cast*

* *

*Ric Goodwin *is in his 26th year as Professor of Theatre at Ashland
University and is spending his Senior Faculty Study Leave doing 2
productions for Actors’ Summit.  Ric was last seen as Mark Twain as part of
Actors’ Summits’ American Mirrors Festival.



*Bob Keefe *is an Actors’ Summit veteran having appeared in *A Christmas
Carol,* *Tremont*, *Spoon River Anthology*, *Picnic*, *Cotton Patch Gospel*,
among others.

 *Paula Kline-Messner *is a proud member of Equity and was seen earlier this
season in *A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage*.  At Actors’ Summit she has
performed in *Wine, Women & Song *and in *Charlie’s Aunt*.  Paula has
appeared all over the country in G-Four Productions’ *Menopause, The Musical
*.



*Mark Leach, *a newcomer, to* *Actors’ Summit* *is currently working towards
a B.A. in Acting Performance at Kent State University.  He has performed in
productions including *Equus*, *Urinetown*, *The Shape of Things*, *The
Crucible *and *Measure for Measure *at Ashland University.


*Anne McEvoy *is making her first appearance at Actor’s Summit. Anne
recently  performed in Ensemble Theatre’s *Dividing the Estate* and is
currently rehearsing *Insomnia*, a new work being produced by the Cleveland
Public Theatre this coming April.



*Casey Novak *is making her Actors' Summit debut.  A senior theatre major at
Kent State, Casey will graduate summa cum laude this May.  She most recently
appeared onstage as Martha in *Play 13* of the Chester Cycle and in *May 4th:
Voices*.



*Tony Zanoni *co-founded improvisational group *Spontaneous Combustion* and
toured through out the Midwest.  Tony appeared with Actors’ Summit last year
in For Better.  Most recently Tony was Ellard Simms in Porthouse Theatre’s
production of *The Foreigner*.



*Performance times:*

Performances are given Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays
at 2:00 PM at the theater, located at Greystone Hall, 103 South High Street,
6th Floor, Akron, Ohio.



*Ticket Prices*

Preview tickets (February 10) are $17.  Regular performance tickets are $30
on Fridays & Saturdays, $27 on Thursdays & Sundays, with seniors receiving a
$3 discount at regular Thursday and Sunday performances.  All full time
students with ID are $7 at all performances.  Additional discounts are
available to groups of ten or more.



Tickets can be purchased by phone at (330) 374-7568 or from the website at *
www.actorssummit.org*.



Dinner reservations (required) can also be made through the ticket office.  The
all-inclusive prices are $25 for adults and $10 for children under 12.  Dinner
prices are in addition to theater ticket fees.  Dinners are served before
evening performances (arrive 6 – 6:45 PM) and after matinee performances.  The
dining option is available from February 10 - 20.



*Web site**
*Actors’ Summit Theater can be found on the web at www.actorssummit.org.
Actors’ Summit is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 professional arts
organization.


-- 
Neil Thackaberry
Co-artistic Director
Actors' Summit, a professional theater
103 South High Street
6th Floor
Akron OH 44308
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