[NEohioPAL] MAKING GOD LAUGH Regional Premiere Comedy Opens at Actors' Summit

[Neil Thackaberry via NEohioPAL]

*MAKING GOD LAUGH*

*Opens At Actors’ Summit*



*MAKING GOD LAUGH, *the first production of Actors’ Summit’s 16th season
opens this Friday for a 4 week run closing November 2.  This will be the
regional premiere of a work subtitled “a comedy of planners.” The story
follows the changes that one family experiences over a thirty year period.



The show will have a preview performance on October 9 with the official
opening on Friday night, October 10.  Performances are given Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday nights at 8:00 P.M. and Sundays at 2 PM, and take
place at Greystone Hall, in downtown Akron.  The show is appropriate for
all ages.  A free dessert reception with the cast follows the opening night
performance on Friday, October 10.



*The Play *

*“…a gem of comic relief… this new heartwarming comedy has everything going
for it.” — Chicago Sun-Times*

Starting in 1980, Ruthie and Bill's grown children -- a priest, an aspiring
actress, and a former football star -- all return home for the holidays.
There we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult
lives. The empty-nester parents contend with their own changes, too, as old
family rituals are trotted out and ancient tensions flare up. As time
passes, the family discovers that, despite what we may have in mind, we
often arrive at unexpected destinations.  The scenes are set at
Thanksgiving, 1980; Christmas, 1990; New Years, 2,000; and Easter several
years later.

As Woody Allen once said, "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your
plans..."

*“Making God Laugh has a dramatic and honest story of real people layered
with a hoot of hilarity.”** — Chicago Sun-Times*

*The Playwright*



*   Sean Grennan* studied English at Northwestern University in Evanston,
IL. (’77)  An actor for many years, predominantly in Chicago, he began
writing for the theatre in 1995 as co-librettist (with his wife, Kathy
Santen) for *Phantom of the Country Palace* (MTI), which was produced that
year at Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theatre.

   He repeated in this capacity the following year with *Ms. Cinderella* at
the same theatre.  Following this show, he became involved with business
theatre writing and performance for many years before returning to stage
writing.  His play *LUCK!* won an honorable mention from the National
Writer’s Association’s Playwrighting Festival and was produced in NYC by
the Epic theatre company.  Working at a librettist and lyricist with
composer Leah Okimoto he wrote *Married Alive!, A Dog’s Life* and *Another
Night Before Christmas* (Playscripts Inc.) all of which debuted at the
American Heartland Theatre in Kansas City, MO.  His play *Making God
Laugh *premiered
at Peninsula Players Theatre in Wisconsin.  His plays *Beer for Breakfast*
and *As Long As We Both Shall Live* premiered in the ’12 season back at the
American Heartland Theatre.  He is currently at work on many projects
including a new musical *1st & 10* with composer David Kreppel and other
works.



*Tickets:*

Tickets for *MAKING GOD LAUGH* are on sale now through the box office at
330-374-7568 and online at www.actorssummit.org.  Preview tickets (October
9) are $20.  Tickets for all other performances: $33 for adults, $28 for
seniors over 65; and $10 for all full time students under 30.



*The Theater:*



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



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