[NEohioPAL] Final chances to see "A Kid Like Jake" at Weathervane Playhouse

[Fred Gloor via NEohioPAL]

http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-entertainment-news.asp?aID=33186

http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/arts/theater-review-a-kid-like-jake-details-family-struggle-1.740352


AKRON, OH - On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan's most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe, but as the process continues, Jake's behavior becomes erratic and perplexing, and other adults in his life start to wonder whether his fondness for dress-up might be cause for concern.  A Kid Like Jake is a story of a husband and wife struggling to do right by their son.  This production is sponsored in part by the Gay Community Endowment Fund, in partnership with GLSEN.

About the Play: A Kid Like Jake premiered in a sold-out run at LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater (NY Times Critic's Pick). The play won the 2013 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award and was also awarded the prestigious Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation's Theatre Visions Fund Grant. It was also presented at 2012 Old Vic's TS Eliot US/UK Exchange in London.

"[A] smart, fluent drama...Mr. Pearle has found an intriguing subject of real currency, and one that stirs our natural sympathy." -NY Times. A Kid Like Jake is a searching, keenly perceptive look at how the nature-versus-nurture question can play out on the front lines of tolerance today." -Time Out NY. "Daniel Pearle's polished new dramedy...is full of perceptive details about the intense world of affluent parenting, where every child is gifted and the struggle for dominance begins at home." -NY Magazine.

About the Playwright: Mr. Pearle's other works include The Prodigies, Tearin' Up My Heart and Plunder (2008 Loeb Drama Center's Phyllis Anderson Prize). His short play The Truth About Christmas was a winner of the 2011 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and is published & licensed by Samuel French. Residencies/conferences include The Blue Mountain Center, New York State Summer Writers Retreat, UCLA Writers Studio. He earned his BA from Harvard University and his MFA from The New School for Drama.

A Kid Like Jake is being performed at Weathervane Playhouse January 12 to 22, 2017: Thursdays, January 12
and 19 at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, January 13 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays January 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m.; and
Sundays January 15 and 22 at 2:30 p.m.


For interviews, cast photos, or more information contact Melanie Pepe at 330-836-2626. Ext 17 or mycp at weathervaneplayhouse.com<mailto:mycp at weathervaneplayhouse.com>

Next on stage in the Dietz theater is the musical I Love You Because.

The cast and crew of A Kid Like Jake include:


THE CAST

Christine Wright
Alex

Brian Westerley
Greg

Dede Klein
Judy

Allison Kump
Nurse

THE CREATIVE TEAM

Bob Belfance
Director

Richard Worswick
Production Stage Manager

Jared Sparks
Properties Designer

Laura Niehaus
Scenic Designer

Kellie Rossini
Lighting Designer

Jasen J. Smith
Costume Designer

Richard Morris, Jr.
Technical Director

Kathy Kohl
Assistant Technical Director


Weathervane Playhouse produces high-quality live theater with volunteer artists, designers, and technicians under professional direction, delivers education and training in theater arts and appreciation, and engages and entertains its audience and constituents to enrich the quality of life in Northeast Ohio.
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Weathervane Playhouse's 2016-2017 Season Support Provided by:


AARP
Akron Community Foundation
Mary and Dr. George L. Demetrios Charitable Trust

GAR

Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust (KeyBank, Trustee)

The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation
Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services, LLC
The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
Millennial Group
Northeast Ohio Boomer and Beyond Magazine
Northeast Ohio Parent Magazine

Ohio Arts Council

Omnova

WKSU 89.7 FM


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