[NEohioPAL] The hilarious "It's Only a Play" opens this week at Weathervane Playhouse

[Fred Gloor via NEohioPAL]

NEWS RELEASE
Media Contact:
Fred Gloor
Associate Artistic/Marketing Director
Weathervane Playhouse
330.836.2626 Ext 16
fgloor at weathervaneplayhouse.com<mailto:fgloor at weathervaneplayhouse.com>

Weathervane Playhouse presents the hilarious farce, "It's Only a Play."
Waiting for the review is the hardest part.
AKRON - Weathervane Playhouse presents the first main stage production of its 2017-2018 season, Terrence McNally's hilarious It's Only a Play August 31 through September 17, 2017.  There's no people like show people in this hilarious comedy about the behind-the-scenes hijinks surrounding the opening of a Broadway play.  Show times are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.  Tickets are $10-$22 and are available by calling the box office at 330-836-2626 or by going to www.weathervanplayhouse.com<http://www.weathervanplayhouse.com>.

It's the opening night of The Golden Egg on Broadway, and wealthy theatrical producer Julia Budder is throwing a lavish party in her equally lavish Manhattan townhouse.  Downstairs, the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out in the producer's bedroom as they wait for the reviews to come in.

Included are the excitable author; the brilliant but unstable director (who courts failure and is devastated when his work is well received); the drug-snorting leading lady (who is hoping to revive her career after a series of flop movies); a fawning, hypocritical drama critic (who is a closet playwright); and the playwright's best friend, an egotistical but insecure comic actor who passed up a chance to star in the play for a television series - which has since been cancelled.
Associate Artistic and Marketing Director, Fred Gloor, directs this hilarious farce.

AUDIENCE ADVISORY: The play contains adult language and is therefore not suitable for young children.

It's Only a Play is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

It's Only a Play is sponsored by a generous donation from Visit Mickey Vacations

CREATIVE TEAM

FRED GLOOR
Director

JOSHUA LARKIN
Assistant Director

TIFFANY BIRD
Stage Manager

MELANIE YC PEPE &
SCOTT K. DAVIS
Properties Co-Designers

TOM LIGGETT
Lighting Designer

HAZEN TOBAR
Sound Designer

JASEN J. SMITH
Costume Designer

KATHY KOHL
Scenic Designer and Assistant Technical Director

RICHARD MORRIS, Jr.
Technical Director

KELLIE ROSSINI
Master Electrician

CAST

KYLE BURNETT
Gus P. Head

PATRICK MICHAEL DUKEMAN
James Wicker

OLIVIA WIMBERLY
Virginia Noyes

WILL C. CROSBY
Frank Finger

APRIL DEMING
Julia Budder

SCOTT K. DAVIS
Peter Austin

BRIAN O. JACKSON
Ira Drew


For interviews, media members should contact Fred Gloor at 330-836-2626 or fgloor at weathervaneplayhouse.com<mailto:fgloor at weathervaneplayhouse.com>

Weathervane Playhouse provides 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 to enrich the quality of life in northeast Ohio.

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Weathervane Playhouse's 2017-2018 Season Support Provided by:

AARP
Akron Community Foundation
The Akron/Summit Convention and Visitors Bureau
Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust
Margaret Dietz
GAR Foundation
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
Northeast Ohio Boomer and Beyond Magazine
Big Love Network
Weathervane Playhouse Volunteer Guild
Ohio Arts Council
Visit Mickey Vacations
WKSU 89.7 FM



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