[NEohioPAL] David Ives One Acts

[Marc Howard via NEohioPAL]

*AURORA COMMUNITY THEATRE *

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 7, 2017

Contact:

Christine Patronik-Holder

330-562-1818 <(330)%20562-1818>



* ONE ACTS by David Ives opens Mar. 3*

*An evening of comedies combining wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun*





AURORA, OHIO ---- Eight comic plays in a collection called, *One Acts by
David Ives*, opens Mar. 3 for a limited, four show-run to benefit Aurora
Community Theatre and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Mar.
11. The theatre is located at 115 E. Pioneer Trail.



*Theresa Benyo-Marzullo, Robert McCoy, Michael Oatman* and *D. Keith Stiver*
 will each direct two plays from the award-winning playwright, screenwriter
and novelist, *David Ives,* whom the New York Times calls: "maestro of the
short form,” and a “master of fun” who “spins hilarity out of words.”



Twelve talented actors including *Jenny Barrett, Samantha Cocco, Leigh
Garrett, Andrew Gordon, Barbara Howitt, Stephen Kay, Travis Reilly, Michael
J. Rogan, Jerry Schaber, Macey Staninger, Robert A. Walter, Brenda
Willis,* will
take on one or more roles in the eight short plays.



Helping to bring the fast-paced show to the stage are: *Marc C. Howard*,
producer, *Ann Nyenhuis*, stage manager, *Craig Kollai*, lighting
designer, *Maggie
Hamilton*, sound designer and *Leigh Garrett*, *David Nyenhuis* and *April
Sike*, running crew. Vicki Rizzo-Prato is serving as liaison to the ACT
Board of Trustees.



"Theatre that aerobicizes the brain and tickles the heart. Ives is a
mordant comic who has put the play back in playwright…A wondrous
wordmaster." —*Time Magazine*.



The selection will include the following one-act plays:




*Words, Words, Words*Directed by *Theresa Benyo-Marzullo*

Kafka, Milton, and Swift, three intelligent chimpanzees are put in a cage
together to test the hypothesis that three apes hitting keys at random on
typewriters for an infinite amount of time will almost surely
produce Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

*Time Flies*
Directed by *Theresa Benyo-Marzullo*

Two mayflies on a date realize they have only twenty-four hours to live.

*Soap Opera*

Directed by *Robert McCoy*

A washing-machine repairman falls in love with a picture-perfect washer.
Should he tell his girlfriend Mabel? Is the washer two-timing him with a
dryer? Stay tuned.

*Sure Thing*

Directed by *Robert McCoy*

Two people meet in a cafe and find their way through a conversational
minefield as an offstage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and
faux pas on the way to falling in love.

*Mere Mortals*

Directed by *Michael Oatman*

Eavesdrop during lunch hour on a girder 50 stories over the street, as
three construction workers share increasingly amazing secrets of their past.

*Lives of the Saints*

Directed by *Michael Oatman*

Two women preparing a funeral breakfast in a church basement muse on life,
death, and the meaning of Polish jokes. Along the way they achieve a kind
of sanctity.

*The Philadelphia*

Directed by *D. Keith Stiver*

A young man in a restaurant has fallen into a “Philadelphia" – a Twilight
Zone-like state in which he can’t get anything he asks for. His only way
out of the dilemma is to ask for the opposite of what he wants.

*Foreplay, Or, The Art of the Fugue*

Directed by *D. Keith Stiver*

Chuck, a self-styled Don Juan, uses the youthful game of miniature golf as
the backdrop for his seductive outreach. As Chuck ages, his lines remain
slick and staid while his dates grow smarter and younger.



Audiences are advised that many of the plays contain adult language and
situations.



Performers, listed alphabetically, will be seen in the following plays:

Jenny Barrett: *Foreplay, Lives of the Saints, Soap Opera*

Samantha Cocco: *Foreplay*

Leigh Garrett: *Lives of the Saints*

Andrew Gordon: *Foreplay, Mere Mortals*

Barbara Howitt: *Lives of the Saints*

Stephen Kay: *Lives of the Saints, Soap Opera*

Travis Reilly: *Foreplay, The Philadelphia, Time Flies, Words, Words, Words*

Michael J. Rogan: *Mere Mortals, The Philadelphia*

Jerry Schaber: *Soap Opera, Time Flies*

Macey Staninger: *Foreplay, Lives of the Saints , Time Flies, Words*

Robert A. Walter: *Foreplay, Mere Mortals, Words, Sure Thing*

Brenda Willis: *The Philadelphia, Soap Opera, Sure Thing*



*ONE ACTS by David Ives *is presented by special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service Inc.



Tickets at $16 for adults, $11 for youth 18 and under, are available
online, including seat selection, at www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com, or
call the box office at 330-562-1818 <(330)%20562-1818>. Group discounts are
available by calling the box office.



Opening night tickets include a complimentary after-show gala and the
opportunity to meet cast and crew.



Aurora Community Theatre’s Regular Season continues in 2017 with *BRIGADOON*
 Apr 28-May 20 and the summer musical, *GREASE*June 30-July 15.



Aurora Community Theatre is located at 115 E. Pioneer Trail, near the
intersection of SR 43 and 306, at the gazebo, in the center of Aurora. ACT
extends appreciation to The Denise G. & Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family
Foundation for their generous underwriting of the Wells Main Stage.



*ACT, celebrating 57 successful seasons in 2016-17, annually presents three
Regular Season shows, a summer stock production, benefit show, plus two
children’s summer workshops, reaching an annual audience of nearly 7,000.
ACT showcases the region’s top actors, musicians, costume and set
designers, construction, lighting, sound and backstage crews -- all of whom
generously donate their time and talent.*
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