[NEohioPAL] FPAC Professional Wing Presents COMPANY April 28-May 14, 2011 at the Mayfield Village Civic Center!

[lydia hall]

All
The Single Ladies! All the Single Ladies! 

COMPANY’S
Coming!

 

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OH—Even though handsome and charming Connor O’Brien
(seen recently in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat and Altar Boyz
at The Beck Center for the Arts and PlayhouseSquare) isn’t available,
he’s playing perhaps the most eternal bachelor in modern American musical
theater. O’Brien portrays the ceaselessly single Bobby in the Fairmount Performing
Arts Conservatory's Professional Wing's production of Company,
running April 28-May 14, 2011 at the Mayfield Village Civic Center. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings, the dating game begins at 7:30 PM
and Sunday afternoon delights commence at 2:00 PM.
Located at the corner of Wilson Mills and SOM Center Roads, the Mayfield Village Civic
 Center (6622 Wilson Mills Road in Mayfield Village, OH),
is the home of Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC)’s theatrical
productions.  Order tickets on-line at FAIRMOUNTCENTER.TIX.COM or call 440.338.3171. Discounts are available & tickets for the Thursday, April 28 preview are just
$15!



Set during Bobby’s 35th birthday celebration, the action, as Stephen Sondheim, George Furth and Hal Prince intended,
 takes place internally. The
FPAC production honors that intention, and places Bobby, the single man,
 at the
center of it all: his revolving-door love life spinning in counterpoint 
to the concerns and coaching of his well-meaning, crazy, married 
friends. All of the couples are spokes in the wheels turning in Bobby’s 
mind as
he faces mid-life and examines his choices and options. 

Eastman School of Music
alum Connor O’Brien joins his considerable breadth of performance experience with that of Company’s
company in this FPAC Professional Wing production. A collection of performers
with impressive credentials comprise the couples who populate Bobby’s life and
memory:

Akron-based performer and Pittsburgh native Megan
Elk and Cleveland Shakespeare Festival Production Manager Aaron Elersich
are Sarah and Harry, who deny their penchants for rich food and strong
cocktails, channeling those energies into living room martial arts expositions,
impossibly stringent diet regimens and turbulent rides on the wagon. 

Kent State University
student Michael Glavin and AEA-actress Ursula Cataan appear as
Amy and Paul, a couple on the threshold of that ultimate declaration of
commitment: marriage. Paul feels confident and content, while Amy has some
strong concerns about entering into holy matrimony. 

Larry, the latest husband of the
acerbically-witted Joanne, is portrayed by the recently-returned-to-Cleveland James
E. Jarrell. Tracee Patterson, also a member of Actors’ Equity
Association, becomes Joanne, perhaps the most jaded and relationship-worn of
all of Bobby’s friends. 

Ivy League Peter and southern belle Susan, played by
new-to-Cleveland Abigail Allwein and Actors’ Summit and
convergence-continuum company member Shawn Galligan, share an evening
with Bobby overlooking the Hudson--almost--from the terrace. They want Bobby to
be the first to know about how their relationship is evolving. 

Lydia Hall
and Rick McGuigan play straight-laced but sweet Jenny and her husband
David, who seems to be chaffing a little at the confines of marriage, an
admission that surfaces during the threesome’s evening of...recreational
activities. 

Bobby's bevvy of bachelorettes includes three “special ladies”: a
ditzy flight attendant named April, played by Kent State student Erin Diroll;
Kathy, Bobby’s on again-off again girlfriend who seems ready to get off the merry-go-round,
played by area performer/choreographer Sarah Clare; and Marta, the
high-intensity Manhattan-ite who Bobby describes as “fun,” brought to life by
Point Park University alum and FPAC instructor Natalie Green.



Company’s creative team is helmed by FPAC’s Artistic Director and
Director of School of Theatre, Fred Sternfeld, and includes
musical director Jonathan Swoboda, choreographer Bebe Weinberg Katz,
scenic designer Trad A. Burns, lighting designer Ben Gantose,
costume designer Craig Tucker, sound designer Carlton Guc,
technical director Paul Gatzke and stage manager Rebecca Adams.
Company is presented through special arrangement with Music
Theatre International (MTI). Fairmount Center for the Arts receives
generous support from The Ohio Arts Council and The Lake Geauga Fund

. For more information, visit the Fairmount Center for the Arts website: http://www.fairmountcenter.org
 		 	   		  
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