[NEohioPAL] Canal Fulton Players- Caught in the Net Opens March 4, 2011

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Caught in the Net, the sequel to  
Run for Your Wife
Opens on March 4, 2011


In October, 2008, the Canal Fulton Players presented  the raucous British 
comedy, Run For Your Wife, by Ray Cooney on six  nights.  The audiences 
thoroughly loved the presentation of the story of a  British cab driver who had 
two wives, two apartments and two major  headaches.  It appeared that John 
Smith, the cabbie, had an accident and  the police discovered that there were 
either two John Smiths who drove the same  cab or one John Smith with two 
households.  The rollicking fun spawned by  the massive web of deception 
started by John and his neighbor, Stanley Gardner,  left most people laughing far 
after the curtain fell. 
Ray Cooney  decided that the ending of the play when Police Inspector 
Traughton tells John  that “he is a bloody liar” after John admits the bigamy 
with Stanley’s approval  was not the way this story should end.  He saw it as 
a beginning.  So,  he wrote Caught in the Net, which starts eighteen years 
later with John still  driving a cab and still having Stanley as his boarder 
and friend.  John  also is still married to Barbara and Mary who do not know 
each other.  He  still has the two apartments.  He now, however, has a son 
to Barbara and a  daughter to Mary.  The children are both the same age and 
they have a  fondness for the Internet.  So much so that they discovered 
that their  fathers are both named John Leonard Smith and they both drive taxi 
cabs.   So intrigued by the coincidence, Vicki and Gavin decide that they 
have to meet  much to the horror of John.  Thus, a new web of deception starts 
and  Stanley is drawn in again.  You will have to come see Caught in the 
Net to  see the antics of John and Stanley.
Starring as John Smith is Gary  Gallagher, who last was seen as Leonato in 
Much Ado About Nothing.  He is  ably supported by Matt King as Stanley 
Gardner.  Matt was last seen as  Richard in The Lion in Winter.  Sarah Price is 
Barbara, the liberal  thinking wife, while Anita Artzner returns as Mary, the 
conservative thinking  wife.  Sarah was last seen as Ursula in Much Ado 
About Nothing.  Anita  was Beatrice in the same play and won the hearts of the 
audience when she  climbed all over the canal boat while it was moving.  
Stacey Pasternak and  Josh Rowe appear as Vicki and Gavin.  Stacey last 
appeared as Margaret in  Much Ado About Nothing.  Josh last was seen as John in The 
Lion in  Winter.  Playing Stanley’s elderly father is Jonathan Neumann, who 
last was  seen as the member of the watch in Much Ado About Nothing.
Directing  her first play is Sandra Schmeltzer who brings a comedic 
overtone to the entire  production.  A great deal of the dialogue is funny but 
Sandra is making  sure that what does not appear in the script is also a major 
contributor.   That is the manner in which the actors interact with one 
another.
The  play will be presented on March 4-6 and 11-13 at 7:30 pm at the United 
Methodist  Church of Canal Fulton, 363 West Cherry Street, Canal Fulton, 
Ohio.   Admission is $8.00 for adults and $6.00 for seniors and children under 
the age  of twelve.  David Van Gaasbeek is the producer and for further 
information  you can call him at 33-494-1022 or 330-854-4387.  The crew of the 
play has  constructed a moving stage with five doorways on it.  The 
presentation is  pure environmental theatre.

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