[NEohioPAL] Actors' Summit's 13th Season

[Neil Thackaberry]

*For Immediate Release*

*For additional information contact: *
*Neil Thackaberry (330) 374-7568*
*Akron**, Ohio *

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*Actors’ Summit Announces*

*2011 – 2012 Season*



Actors’ Summit, Akron’s Equity professional theater, has announced
its13thseason.
The season includes seven shows including four musicals, a world premiere, a
drama, and a classic comedy.  The season will open on October 6th and play
through July 22nd, 2012, at Greystone Hall in downtown Akron.



The season includes:  *Woody Guthrie’s American Song*, a Christmas
musical *Winter
Wonderettes*, the one man show *Bully*, the world premiere of *A Girl’s
Guide to Coffee *by Eric Coble, the classic trivial comedy for serious
people -- *The Importance of Being Earnest*, the return of *I Love You,
You’re Perfect, Now Change which *had its regional premiere at Actors’
Summit in 2002, and a high energy 50’s road trip musical *Route 66*.



For the first time, Actors’ Summit will be offering Saturday matinees.  The
second Saturday of each play will have a 2:00 PM matinee performance.  Because
this is a new day and time, tickets for the Saturday matinees are discounted
to the same price as the preview performance.



“Dinner and a Show” is available for each production.  The dinner is
available before the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances on opening
weekend, and before the Friday and Saturday performances of the second week
of each play’s run.

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*The 13th Season Line-up*



*Woody Guthrie’s American Song      *

Songs & writings by Woody Guthrie. Conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer.



October 6 - 30**



Woody Guthrie, the American troubadour, gave passionate voice to the nation
during the Great Depression.  Talented actor / musicians sing Woody’s story
from New York’s skid row to the ravaged dustbowl of the Midwest, to the
orchards of California.  “So Long It’s Been Good to Know Ya,” “900 Miles,”
“This Land Is Your Land,” plus 20 other songs (and Woody’s poetry) fills the
mind and touches the heart.  Special school matinees available.





*Winter Wonderettes***

By Roger Bean



November 23 - December 23**

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It’s Christmas, 1968 and the Marvelous Wonderettes, Betty Jean, Cindy Lou,
Missy and Suzy, entertain at the holiday party for Harper’s Hardware, where
Betty Jean has worked since high school.  Santa arrives late and brings bad
news – the hardware store is closing.  The girls rescue the holiday with a
concert of pop Christmas favorites from “Frosty the Snowman” to “Rockin’
Round the Christmas Tree.”  Perfect for the whole family.  Corporate and
family packages available.



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*Bully*

By Jerome Alden



January 19 - February 5

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Military hero, cowboy, Secretary of the Navy, Nobel Peace Prize winner,
conservationist, trust buster, police commissioner, Vice President,
explorer, big game hunter, author, governor, President.  It could be a list
of things a child might want to be when they grow up.  It actually is a list
of a few of the things Teddy Roosevelt became in the course of his 60 years.
One actor (Neil Thackaberry) explores some of the lives Teddy lived.





*A Girl’s Guide to Coffee*

By Eric Coble



February 23 - March 11



Eric Coble, the award winning Cleveland based playwright whose works have
been performed all across the country, creates a new play for Actors’
Summit.  Coffee, from the ubiquitous Starbucks, to the neighborhood shop,
has become a defining commodity of a generation.  Alex, a barista
extraordinaire, whose creations elevate the humble bean to hitherto unknown
heights, carves a path from college to whatever comes next.



*The Importance of Being Earnest*

By Oscar Wilde



March 29- April 22 (no performances April 5 - 8)



In the 112 years since the premiere of this trivial comedy for serious
people, it’s generated more laughter than any other piece of dramatic
literature.  Jack is Jack in town, but Earnest in the country.  His ward,
Cecily is deeply in love with Earnest’s ne’re-do-well brother who doesn’t
exist.  Lady Bracknell rules all and is certainly not going to allow her
daughter to “form an alliance with a handbag.”  Naturally everything works
out perfectly and everyone lives happily ever after.

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*I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change *

Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiPietro>.
Music by Jimmy Roberts<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Roberts_(composer)>
.



May 10 - June 3**



This year we mark the tenth anniversary of our first production of “Love,
Perfect, Change” which was the regional premiere of this laugh out loud,
comedy about the stages of love from dating through marriage and beyond.  “The
Perfect Date Play,” said one critic.  Great comic sketches are punctuated by
songs that range from high energy hysterics to touching ballads.





*Route 66*

By Roger Bean



June 21 - July 22 (No performances July 5 - 8)



In *Route 66*, a quartet of rowdy Chicago service station attendants (when
attendants still pumped gas) head west on a road-trip filled with music, all
the way to California.  The show features such hits as "King of the Road",
"Little Old Lady from Pasadena", "GTO" and even "The Texaco Star Song" among
others, to create an evening of laughter and rip roaring road trip music.





*Ticket Prices*



Season subscription prices range from $100 at preview and Saturday matinee
performances to $175 for Friday and Saturday performances.  Good-Time-Any-Time
Coupons are $260 for 10 admissions.  Individual ticket prices range from $19
at preview performances and Saturday matinees to $30 for Friday and Saturday
evenings.  Individual tickets will go on sale two weeks prior to the first
performance of each show.


*Tickets**
Season Subscriptions & Good-Time-Any-Time Coupons** can be purchased by
phone at (330) 374-7568.  To make dinner reservations call 330-374-8905.***
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**Web site* *Actors’ Summit Theater can be found on the web at
www.actorssummit.org. *





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