[NEohioPAL] Press Release for The University of Akron Theatre Program presents

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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


*Date: Sept. 24, 2013*
 From:     School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration

               The University of Akron



Contact:  Joanna Hunkins, (330) 972-7895 or

 Administration.arts at gmail.com



*Shakespeare comedy onstage at UA this fall*

Akron, OH, Sept. 24, 2013 — The University of Akron (UA) Theatre Program
presents *As You Like It* by William Shakespeare at Sandefur Theatre in
Guzzetta Hall, 139 Buchtel Ave. on campus. Performances are Oct. 31-Nov. 2
and Nov. 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 3 and 9 at 2 p.m.

UA Theatre Professor James Slowiak, recipient of the 2011 Outstanding
Artist in Theatre award from the Akron Area Arts Alliance, has adapted
Shakespeare’s comedy for the Sandefur stage.

He will direct two nine-person casts: one all-male and one all-female.

The cast members will be called upon to display exceptional physical and
vocal virtuosity by performing a variety of roles and switching between
genders, ages, and class. The female cast will perform Oct. 31 and Nov. 2
and 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. The male cast will perform Nov. 1,
7 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 3 at 2 p.m.



Audience members who want to see both casts can attend one performance and
receive a $2 discount for the second show.  Those who come in a Halloween
costume for any performance the first weekend will receive a $2 discount.

Tickets for *As You Like It* are $12 general admission; $10 for seniors and
UA faculty, staff and alumni; and $6 for students. Discounts are available
for groups of 10 or more. For more information, call (330) 972-7895. For
more information about the UA Theatre Program, visit www.uakron.edu/dtaa.

*With its cross-dressing heroine and gender games As You Like It* is a
witty and provocative comedy that speaks directly to the 21st Century.
Rosalind, one of Shakespeare’s most sublime creations, is raised at the
court of Duke Frederick with her cousin Celia.  Rosalind falls in love with
a young man named Orlando, but is banished by the Duke.  Celia goes with
Rosalind, now disguised as a boy named Ganymede, and Touchstone, the
court's fool, to the Forest of Arden. What follows is an elaborate scheme
devised by the cross-dressing Rosalind to find out the verity of Orlando's
supposed passion for her and to further capture his heart.
-- 
Graduate Student
University of Akron
Graduate Assistant, Arts Administration
Phone: (330) 972.7895
Email: administration.arts at gmail.com
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