[NEohioPAL] Coach House Theatre about to start hating Hamlet!

[Nancy Cates]

COACH HOUSE THEATRE

Box Office: 330-434-7741

732 W. Exchange Street

Akron, OH 44302

coachhousetheatre.com

 

Coach House Theatre opens season with

"I Hate Hamlet"

Starring special guest artist Daren Kelly

Directed by Nancy Cates

September 27-October 14, 2012

($12 Preview Performance, Thursday, Sept. 27 only!)

 

Coach House Theatre will open its 85th season with the charming comedy I
Hate Hamlet, by Paul Rudnick.

A Hollywood TV star (Joe Pine) comes to New York City to perform Hamlet to
beef up his resume. The only problem is, he hates Hamlet! The ghost of
Broadway legend John Barrymore (special guest artist Daren Kelly), the
greatest Hamlet of his generation, is compelled to return from the great
beyond to show the actor the error of his ways.

I Hate Hamlet will be presented Sept. 27 to Oct 14. Curtain times are
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m.
Dinner or Brunch is available to all theatre patrons prior to every
performance at the Akron Woman's City Club next door. 

There will be a special $12 preview performance Thursday, Sept. 27 only, at
8 p.m. 

The official opening night is Friday, Sept. 28. Group rates are available.

Our three-week run will likely sell out quickly, so reserve your seats now!

Tickets are $18. The box office opens one hour before the show. Coach House
Theatre is located at 732 W. Exchange Street, in Akron, next to the Akron
Woman's City Club, and at the corner of W. Exchange and N. Portage Path.
Reservations may be made by calling our box office at 330-434-7741, or
online at www.coachhousetheatre.com

 

The Cast

Felicia Dantine --- Holly Humes

Andrew Rally --- Joe Pine

John Barrymore --- Daren Kelly

Dierdre McDavey --- Tess Burgler

Lillian Troy --- Dede Klein

Gary Peter Lefkowicz --- Scott Shriner

 

 Guest Artist

Veteran stage, screen and television actor Daren Kelly, who has appeared in
several Broadway hits and national touring productions, comes to Akron
courtesy of Coach House's Guest Actor grant, donated by the Ohio Shakespeare
Festival. 

He is happy to reprise his role as the Ghost of legendary actor John
Barrymore, which he has performed both at TheatreVirginia and the Ohio
Shakespeare Festival.

Mr. Kelly was last seen in Akron as Garry Essendine in Coach House's hit
2010 production of Present Laughter. He has been featured in four of
Broadway's biggest hits: Deathtrap, Woman of the Year, Crazy for You, and
South Pacific (NYCO). He toured as Julian in the National Revival of 42nd
Street, and as Rev. Moore in Footloose.  For many years Daren played soap
opera heartthrob Dan Kennicott on "All My Children."  Other television
credits include the entire "Law and Order" franchise, as well as "True
Blood," "M*A*S*H," "Kate and Allie," and "Tales from the Darkside." Daren
has performed Shakespeare, Moliere, Dickens, Chekhov, Shaw, Ibsen, Albee,
Williams, Miller, Guare and Gurney in regional theatres from Alaska to
Florida, and from Maine to California, and he has had the privilege to
perform with Tony Award winners Al Pacino, Richard Kiley, Lauren Bacall,
Sada Thompson, Harriet Harris, John Wood, Susan Stroman, Mike Ockrent, Karen
Ziemba, Stacy Keach, Justino Diaz, John Cullum, Bob Moore and Barbara
BelGeddes. 

 

 The Director

Nancy Cates, one of our two Artistic Directors, directed Coach House's hit
productions of The Philadelphia Story and And Then There Were None last
season. In past seasons at Coach House she has directed Deathtrap, Doubt: A
Parable, Steel Magnolias, Barrymore's Ghost, Tonight at 8:30, Oh Coward!,
The Gin Game, Present Laughter, Sleuth and Royal Coach Award winners for
Best Production Hay Fever (2006-2007), Driving Miss Daisy, (2007-2008) and
Leading Ladies (2009-10). She is also one of the two Artistic Directors of
the Ohio Shakespeare Festival, which performs each summer at Stan Hywet Hall
& Gardens.  Nancy is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
(SDC). 

 

And don't miss the rest of Coach House's fantastic 2012-13 season: 

 

Social Security by Andrew Bergman, November 15-December 16

Black Coffee by Agatha Christie, January 24-February 17

Sea Marks by Agatha Christie, March 14-April 7

The Fox on the Fairway by Ken Ludwig, May 9-June 2

 

Visit us at
<http://webmail.roadrunner.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.coachh
ousetheatre.com%252F> www.coachhousetheatre.com!

 

 

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