[NEohioPAL] MAKING GOD LAUGH Media Request

[via NEohioPAL]

Hello, Neil:
Is it possible to get two media tickets for the opening night performance on Friday (tonight)?
Thanks,
Fred Dolan
Arts On The Heights
WJCU-FM & wjcu.org

---- Neil Thackaberry via NEohioPAL <neohiopal at lists.neohiopal.org> wrote: 
> *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:*
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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 and free parking.
> 
> 
> 
> More information is available at the Actors’ Summit website:
> www.actorssummit.org.