[NEohioPAL] "Misalliance" at Lake Erie College

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Lake Erie College and Rabbit Run Theater present George Bernard Shaw's
"Misalliance"  

 

PAINESVILLE, Ohio- George Bernard Shaw's comedy "Misalliance" opens Friday,
Nov. 13 at Lake Erie College's C. K. Rickel Theatre. This show is the second
in a four-part collaborative theatrical season between Rabbit Run Community
Arts Association and Lake Erie College. The project, The Studio Series, is
funded in part by a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
and the Lake County Visitors Bureau Arts and Culture Fund.   

 

Directed by Dr. Jerry Jaffe, assistant professor of theatre at LEC,
"Misalliance" is a comedy of manners and one of Shaw's wittier plays.
Written in 1910, Shaw offers a study on the question of what becomes of
traditional marriage in progressive, turn-of-the-century England.

 

Within the confines of one afternoon, no less than eight marriage proposals
are issued in the country estate of self-made industrialist John Tarleton,
played by Greg Gnau. Tarleton's daughter, Hypatia, played by LEC student
Jesse Gobol, is engaged to Bentley (LEC student Justin Keeler), the
milquetoast son of Lord Summerhays (Roger Principe) who once asked Hypatia
to marry him.   

 

Tarleton's son, Johnny (Connor McCarthy) and wife (Beverly Kristy) enters
the mix as well as a mysterious man (Christopher Ashmun) armed with a gun
and a picture of his dead mother, once a lover of Tarleton's. To top things
off, an airplane crashes into the estate's greenhouse with family friend
Joey (LEC alum Richard Keay) piloting the plane carrying the enchantress
Lina (Evie Koh).  

 

Shaw, one of the most celebrated playwrights in the English language, wrote
over 80 plays. "Pygmalion" and "Arms and the Man" are perhaps his most
famous and most frequently produced plays. There are numerous movies and
adaptations, including the beloved musical version of "Pygmalion", "My Fair
Lady."  Shaw is also the motivation for the Shaw Festival every year in
Ontario, Canada.

 

"Misalliance" runs Nov. 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 15 and
22 at 2:00 p.m. in the C.K. Rickel Theatre in Royce Hall for the Fine and
Performing Arts off of Gillett St. on the Lake Erie College campus. 

 

On Saturday, Nov. 20, guests may add on a pre-show stop at the Steele
Mansion in Painesville. Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served for an
additional $10/person followed by a self-guided tour of the mansion. A cash
bar will be available. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Reservations may be made at
rabbitrunonline.org. The Steele Mansion is located at 348 Mentor Ave.,
directly across from Lake Erie College. 

 

Tickets for "Misalliance" are $15 for adults and $13 for seniors and may be
purchased at the door or in advance at rabbitrunonline.org. All seats are
general seating. Parking is free. 

 

"Misalliance" is made possible in part by funding through the National
Endowment for the Arts, the Lake County Visitors Bureau Arts and Culture
Fund, the Ohio Arts Council and ideastream. 

 

For More Information: 

Ruta Greiner
Director of Public Relations and Marketing

Lake Erie College

391 W. Washington Street

Painesville, OH 44077
440.375.7224 (office)

 

Karen Ziegler
Director of Marketing/Group Sales
Rabbit Run Theater

P. O. Box 235, 49 Park St.

Madison, OH  44057
440.428.5913 

 

 

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