[NEohioPAL] One-Act Play Festival at Firestone Theatre (Akron) on 1.12.12

[firestonetheatre at gmail.com]

Rehearsals are underway.


* January 6, 2012 -- Akron, OH) -- *Five fast and funny plays make up
Firestone Theatre’s annual *One-Act Play Festival. *This fun event is to be
Five  held in the Linda B. Kersker Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday,
January 12, 2012. All tickets cost $5.00 and will be available only at the
door on the night of the show.


The festival is comprised of five short comedies including *Bride and Gloom* by
Rich Orloff, *Dreaming of Sugar Plums and Maintanence Men* by Jen Letherer,
*From the River *by Jessica Reese and *The Omolet Murder Case* by Tim
Kelley, and On* the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning* by Alex Dremann.

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*Bride and Gloom* is directed by FHS junior Zoe Sapienza and features a
cast comprised of junior Greg Hill ad freshman Morgan Csejtey. *Bride and
Gloom* is a play about a nervous bride whose fear of divorce prevents her
from getting married.**

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*Dreaming of Sugar Plums and Maintenance Men *is directed by Ray Brown and
features a cast comprised of senior Marissa Wilson, juniors Deandre
Hairston and Erika Johnson; and freshmen Olivia Doria, Tyler Gillespie, and
Nalani Rodgers. In *Dreaming of Sugar Plums and Maintenance Men*, a group
of mixed nuts are on the way home for the holidays when a technical glitch
traps them in a broken down dorm elevator.

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*From the River* is directed by FHS sophomore Shea Lee and features a cast
comprised of junior Aaron Eckhardt and sophomore Lani Skelley. *From the
River* is features the story of two newly graduated students who come to
find they are in love but cannot experience it.

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*The Omelet Murder Case* is directed by FHS graduate Jeremy Clarke and
features a cast comprised of juniors Emily Carlier and Katie Johanni;
sophomores Sam Puglia and Rikayla Wright; and freshman Lee Carr, Zal
Daneshgari, Kate Piscetta, and Sataira Williams. *The Omolet Murder
Case *re-imagines
Shakespeare’s *Hamlet* as a modern murder mystery.

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*On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning* is directed by Elynmarie Kazle and
features sophomore Francine Parr and freshman Kyla Davis. In *On the Porch
One Crisp Spring Morning *a mother and daughter sip coffee on the porch one
gloriously crisp spring morning . . . and then try to kill each other

-- 
Mark A. Zimmerman,
Theatre Director

Harvey S. Firestone High School
333 Rampart Avenue
Akron, Ohio 44313

330.873.3408
www.FirestoneTheatre.com
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