[NEohioPAL] "Talking With..." at Weathervane Playhouse previews tonight!

[Fred Gloor]

Weathervane Playhouse to present Jane Martin's Talking With...
11 stories from 11 women set to grace the Dietz Stage


AKRON - Weathervane Playhouse presents the first Dietz Theater production of the season as Jane Martin's iconic monologue play Talking With... is set to run November 2 - 12 in Weathervane's intimate Dietz Theater.
Show times are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.  There is also a single Saturday matinee performance on November 11 at 3:30 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>

Talking With... is a play made up of monologues, each eight to ten minutes long and featuring a different female character who talks about their life and personal ordeals.  These idiosyncratic characters amuse, move, frighten, and speak from the depths of their souls. They include a baton twirler, a fundamentalist snake handler, an ex-rodeo rider and an actress willing to go to any length to get a job. Many of the monologues are touching, some are intensely emotional, and a couple are even comical. All of the pieces, however, show how the varied experiences and events in one's life affect who we are as humans.

These extraordinary monologues received a standing ovation when they premiered at The Actors Theatre of Louisville and won the 1982 American Theatre Critics Association Award for Best Regional Play.

Jane Martin, a Kentuckian, first came to national attention for Talking With..., a collection of monologues premiering in Actors Theatre of Louisville's 1982 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Since its New York premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1982, Talking With... has been performed around the world, winning the Best Foreign Play of the Year Award in Germany from Theatre Heute magazine. Her other work includes: Vital Signs, Cementville, Keely And Du (Pulitzer Prize nominee; 1994 American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play Award), Jack And Jill (1997 American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play Award), Anton In Show Business (2001 American Theatre Critics/Steinberg Principal Citation), Mr. Bundy, and Flaming Guns Of The Purple Sage. Good Boys premiered at Guthrie Theater in 2002. Flags was co-produced by Guthrie Theater and Mixed Blood in 2004, and her most recent work, Sez She, premiered at Illusion Theatre in April 2006.

Weathervane's production of Talking With... includes performances by a kitten named Pongo courtesy of Paws and Prayers and a ball python named Bedford courtesy of The Herps Alive Foundation.  Both animals will be up for adoption during the run of the show.

Weathervane's production of Talking With... is sponsored by a generous donation from Margaret J. Dietz and produced in partnership with The Big Love Network.
Audience Advisory: Due to adult language and themes, this play is not suitable for children.

Talking With... is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited


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.

CAST

JEANNE MADISON
Fifteen Minutes

JOCELYN LARACUENTE
Scraps

ANITA SALLEY
Clear Glass Marbles

ROCKY KUNZ
Audition

BRANDI EATON
Rodeo

ELLA GEORGE
Twirler

MARCI PAOLUCCI
Lamps

LAURA NIEHAUS
Handler

RYANN MARCHETTI
Dragons

HELEN McWILLIAMS
French Fries

MEG HOPP
Marks

THE KITTEN
Pongo

THE SNAKE
Bedford the Ball Python

THE CREATIVE TEAM

DEB LEMIRE
Director

MARY KATE CLANCY
Stage Manager

TIFFANY BIRD
Assistant Stage Manager

RICHARD MORRIS, JR.
Scenic Designer

CHELBY BENSON
Assistant Scenic Designer

PAM COSTA
Properties Designer

KELLIE ROSSINI
Lighting Designer/Master Electrician

KATIE ROWLAND
Sound Designer

MEGAN NELSON and JASEN SMITH
Costume Designers

RICHARD MORRIS, JR.
Technical Director

KATHY KOHL
Assistant Technical Director



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

Aimee Lambes Photography
AARP
Akron Community Foundation
The Akron/Summit Convention and Visitors Bureau
Clear Gold Audio and Lighting
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
Northeast Ohio Boomer and Beyond Magazine
Ohio Arts Council
The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
The Weathervane Playhouse Volunteer Guild
Visit Mickey Vacations
WKSU 89.7 FM




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