[NEohioPAL] WRPlayhouse Opens with Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson

[Marie Dusini via NEohioPAL]

                                                      WESTERN RESERVE PLAYHOUSE OPENS THE SEASON WITH MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
The comedy MOONLIGHT AND
MAGNOLIAS is scheduled to open the 58th season and run on June
6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21.   1939 Hollywood
is abuzz.  Legendary producer David O. Selznick
(played by Ed Conrad) has shut down production on his new epic Gone With TheWind, a film adaptation of Margaret
Mitchell’s novel.  The screenplay, you
see, just isn’t working.   So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do?  
While fending off the film’s
stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick  sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht
(Dan Williams) and pulls formidable director Victor Flemming (Al Klesh) from
the set of The Wizard of Oz.   Summoning both to his office, he locks the
doors, closes the shades and on a steady diet of bananas and peanuts fed to
them by the loyal and the ever present secretary (Pat Robertell Hudson), the
three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become a
blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.   Playwright
Ron Hutchinson and director Jim Volkert turn this storyline into a
hyperventilating slapstick comedy, an impassioned love song and a blazing
critique of Hollywood.  Producers for WRP
are  board members Sue Snyder and Marty
Hess.
While Ed Conrad is new to
the WRP stage Dan William and Al Klesh are board members and have been in
several productions.  Pat Robertell-Hudson also has
been in several WRP productions and co-directed Don’t Hug Me a few season
ago.  Director Jim Volkert once again
brings an audience winning show to our stage.  NOTE:  Peanuts are
extensively used onstage, so if you have a peanut allergy   this may not be the show for you.
                                                   OPENING NIGHT JUNE 6TH        BUY ONE, GET ONE HALF OFF          PUNCH AND COOKIES SERVED
                                    CALL:   330-620-7314 FOR RESERVATIONS                     TICKETS:   $12.00 FOR ADULTS AND $10.00 FOR SENIORS
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