[NEohioPAL] "HOLES" at Weathervane Playhouse previews tonight!

[Fred Gloor]

"You take a bad boy and make him dig holes all day in the hot sun, it turns him into a good boy.
That's our philosophy here at Camp Green Lake"




AKRON - Weathervane Playhouse is set bring Louis Sachar's Newbery Award-winning Holes to the Founders Theater February 21 - March 4, 2018.  Evening performances run Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday performances are at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 with special pricing for students and groups of 12 or more. All ticket purchases are subject to additional fees.  This production is part of our Weathervane's Emerging Artist series featuring a multi-generational cast. This production of Holes is made possible by a generous donation from Helen Fleming.

Based on the Newbery Award-winning young adult mystery/comic novel of the same name - and adapted for the stage by the author himself - Holes tells the story of Stanley Yelnats, a boy who has endured nothing but bad luck thanks to his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather."  His bad luck reaches its peak when he is sent to a juvenile detention camp - all for a crime he did not commit! Stanley and the boys are forced to dig large holes in the dirt every day. Hole by hole, day after day, Stanley and his friend Zero dig their destiny.

Richard Morris, Jr., the director of Holes, says of the story: "I was first introduced to Holes when my nieces begged me to rent the movie.  Since then, I have been captivated by the story.  The boys living at Camp Green Lake have all lived hard-luck lives.  Each carries the scars of a world that far-too-often forces kids to confront the harsh realities of homelessness, poverty, abuse, absent authority figures, and illiteracy.  Though these are difficult topics, the ultimate message of the play is one of hope."



CAST

JACKSON BIRD
X-Ray

TREVOR KESSLER
Armpit

CASEY HA
Magnet

THOMAS WYATT
Stanley Yelnats

OWEN CASINO
Zig Zag

JAHLIL UNDERWOOD
Zero

JON HEUS
Mr. Sir

KSAN COOPER
Mr. Pendanski

TONYA DUUS
The Warden

RUSSELL MUZYCZKA
Elya/Sherriff/Attorney General/
Stanley Yelnats 1st/Jesse

SAMANTHA RICHARDSON
Madame Zeroni

KORY BRAMAN
Igor Barkov/Police Officer No. 2

DAYNA OJA
Myra's Father/Police Officer No. 1/Trout Walker

EMILY CONTI
Myra/Linda

REBECCA LAGUARDIA
Sarah

ANNE WRIGHT
Mrs. Collingwood

CHARLI HABINGREITHER
Kate Barlow

KELLIE ANN HUGHES
Sam

PATRICIA WALOCKO
Mrs. Morengo

MICHAEL ANDERSON
MAKENNA BIRD
PETER McGINNES
Townspeople

THE CREATIVE TEAM

RICHARD MORRIS, JR.
Director/Scenic/Lighting/Sound Design

JERRY MIRMAN
Stage Manager

LOGAN CHAPMAN
Assistant Stage Manager

SUE SNYDER
Properties Designer

JASEN J. SMITH
Costume Designer

KATHY KOHL
Assistant Technical Director

KELLIE ROSSINI
Master Electrician





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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
Beatrice K. McDowell Family Fund of Akron Community Foundation
The Big Love Network
Best Buy
Clear Gold Audio and Lighting
Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust
Margaret Dietz
Corinne L. Dodero Foundation for the Arts & Sciences
The Fairlawn Chamber of Commerce
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
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
The O'Neill Foundation
The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
The Ritchie Memorial Foundation
The Smith Memorial Foundation
Roush Memorial Fund of the Akron Community Foundation
The Weathervane Playhouse Volunteer Guild
Visit Mickey Vacations
WKSU 89.7 FM






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