[NEohioPAL] FREUD'S LAST SESSION $19 Preview Tickets

[Neil Thackaberry]

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Actors’ Summit Presents*

*Regional Premiere of*

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*FREUD’S LAST SESSION *

*Opens in Akron *

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*FREUD’S LAST SESSION *by Mark St. Germain opens this Friday at Actors’
Summit, Akron’s professional theater, following a preview performance on
Thursday, February 28.  The show is currently scheduled for a limited run
of three weeks, closing on March 17th.  This production is the regional
premiere of the play.  Performances are given at Greystone Hall in downtown
Akron on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sunday afternoons
at 2:00 PM.

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*FREUD’S LAST SESSION* is set in the London study of Sigmund Freud, one of
the seminal figures of the 20th century.  Freud has been in London for a
little over a year, having fled the Nazi persecution.  On the day that
Great Britain enters the Second World War, C. S. Lewis, a young Oxford
professor, visits at Freud’s invitation.  Freud, a lifelong atheist has
invited Lewis to chat about Lewis’ recent conversion to Christianity from
atheism.  Although religion is the starting point of the discussion, it
soon expands to include the nature of humor, sexual mores, and death.
Freud is approaching the end of his life, which may or may not have
prompted him to invite Lewis to his home.  Lewis is still early in his
career with *The Chronicles of Narnia *and* The Screwtape Letters* yet to
be written.

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*The Cast*



The two man cast has the famous Actors’ Studio of New York and Los Angeles
in common.  Keith E. Stevens is a lifetime member of the Actors’ Studio and
presents work in New York regularly.  Brian Zoldessy has also been
associated with the Actors’ Studio both in New York and in California.



*Brian Zoldessy* (Sigmund Freud) is Professor and Director of Theatre at
Cuyahoga Community College and is making his Actors’ Summit debut.  As a
professional actor, Brian has worked in New York, L.A., Chicago, and
Cleveland, and has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in television and
films, having worked with many performers of note, including: Kevin Bacon,
Matthew Broderick, John Travolta, Patrick Stewart, Woody Allen, Eli
Wallach, Jack Gilford, as well as The Royal Shakespeare Company. A winner
of two Kennedy Center's Irene Ryan Acting and Directing Awards, he has
directed and produced over 70 award winning productions.  Brian is the
recipient of seven Times Newspaper Theatre Tribute Awards for Outstanding
Performances and Direction, and has recently received the 2012 Cleveland
Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in* The Normal Heart*.



*Keith E. Stevens* (C.S. Lewis). *Freud's Last Session *marks Keith's 27th
production with Actors' Summit.  With Actors' Summit he has performed
in:  *Proof,
Romantic Fools, Last Train to Nibroc, Big Boys and My Mother's Lesbian
Jewish Wiccan Wedding*.  Keith just finished performing in *The Gospel
According to James* at Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights.  NYC credits:
*The Snob* (Actors Studio), *Audience* (Brooklyn Playwright's
Collective), *Fool
for Love* and* The Honey Makers* and the world premiere of *2:51* (all at
Circle in the Square Downtown), *Deserters *(Bernie West Theater) and* Loader
#26* (Theater for a New City).  Keith holds a MFA in Acting from The Actors
Studio Drama School at New School University and a BA in Theater from Cleveland
State.  Keith is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.



*The Playwright*

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*Mark St. Germain* is an American playwright, author, film and television
writer.  He has written *Camping With Henry And Tom*, *Out of Gas On
Lover’s Leap*, *Forgiving Typhoid Mary*, *Ears On A Beatle*, *The God
Committee*, *The Collyer Brothers At Home*, and *The Gifts of The
Magi* (co-written
with Randy Courts<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randy_Courts&action=edit&redlink=1>.
His television credits include *The Cosby
Show<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosby_Show>
* (Writer/Creative Consultant<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Consultant>
), *Crime and Punishment <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment>
* and *The Wright Verdicts*. As a dramatist, St. Germain shows a strong
preference for historical fiction, bringing to life historical events and
personalities with vivid, imagined dialogue.  His most recently written
play is *The Best of Enemies* which premiered in the summer of 2011.  *FREUD’S
LAST SESSION* ran Off-Broadway for two years and has been produced at
regional theaters across the country.

*Ticket Information *

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Individual ticket prices are $19 at the preview on February 28th and the
Saturday matinee on March 9th.  On Thursdays and Sundays adults are $28 and
seniors over 65 are $25.  Opening Night, Friday, March 1st and all
Saturdays are $30.  Fridays are $28.  All full time students with ID can
attend any performance for $9.  Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances
are at 8:00 PM.  Sunday matinees are at 2:00 PM.**



Tickets *can be purchased on our website (www.actorssummit.org), or by
phone at (330) 374-7568.  *

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*The Theater*

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The theater is located on the sixth floor of historic Greystone Hall in
downtown Akron. The facility features barrier free access, free parking,
and full bar service.

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*More information is available at Actors’ Summit website:
www.actorssummit.org.*
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