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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT color=#ff00ff size=5>1. Rabbit
Hole - preview Feb. 4/opening Feb. 5</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT color=#ff00ff size=5>2. Italian
American Reconciliation - Auditions</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT color=#ff00ff size=5>3. The
Wedding Singer - Auditions</FONT></o:p></I></H4>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT size=5> <FONT
color=#ff00ff>1.</FONT></FONT></o:p></I></H4>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT color=#008080>Weathervane
Playhouse’s<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT color=#008080>‘Rabbit
Hole’ Spins a Tale<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT color=#008080>of Love,
Loss and Reconciliation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><EM><FONT
size=5><FONT color=#008080>Pulitzer-Winning Drama on Stage from Feb. 4 to 21,
2010<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></EM></SPAN></H1>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Weathervane Playhouse presents
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rabbit Hole</I>, the Pulitzer
Prize-winning drama about love, loss and reconciliation, live on stage between
Feb. 4 and 21, 2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The play’s central characters,
Becca and Howie, are a comfortably happy married couple who reside with their
young son in a cozy New York suburb. All notions of normalcy, however, are
shattered when a sudden and incomprehensible accident results in the death of
their four-year-old son, Danny.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">As they struggle to cope with
the aftermath of their stunning loss, Becca and Howie’s marriage begins to
unravel. While Becca chooses to ignore her grief, Howie holds fast to his
memories. Meanwhile, extended family members – Becca’s implusively irresponsible
sister, Izzy, and their intrusively outspoken mother, Nat – complicate an
already tense domestic situation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The sudden re-appearance of
Jason, the teenager who drove the car that killed Danny, unexpectedly offers a
glimmer of hope as the family charts the emotional terrain of
grief.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Playwright <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">David Lindsay-Abaire</B> told <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The New York Times</I> in 2006 that his play
“is about how people grieve – how they grieve in very different ways and what
can happen when those differences are at odds with each other within a family,
specifically. I hope that it’s about people finding their way back into the
light of day and finding hope where they thought there was
none.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Directed by
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Stephen Skiles</B>,
</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rabbit
Hole </SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">charts<EM> </EM>an emotional
journey from loss to forgiveness, revealing the human capacity for enduring
through suffering.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Originally produced on Broadway
in 2006, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rabbit Hole</I> won the 2007
Pulitzer Prize for Drama.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT
color=#008080>The <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rabbit Hole</I> Cast,
their Roles and their Hometowns<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Holly Humes</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">…Becca
(Wadsworth)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Scott Shriner</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">…Howie
(Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Pascalle Abel</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">…Izzy
(Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Barbara Trotter</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">…Nat
(Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Greg Grimes</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">…Jason
(Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3
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align=center><FONT color=#008080><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">About the </SPAN></STRONG><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rabbit
Hole</SPAN></I><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
Director</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Stephen Skiles (Director) is an
assistant professor of theatre in the School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts
Administration at The University of Akron. He is a professional actor and
director, having performed at such theatres as the Ohio Shakespeare Festival,
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company, The
Phoenix Theatre, The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Monomoy Theatre and The
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. He was also a founding member and actor of the
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. His directing credits include the Cincinnati
Playhouse, The Bang and the Clatter Theatre, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati,
Xavier University, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Anderson
High School, The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Preparatory Program and The Drama Workshop. Mr. Skiles is an active member of
Actors’ Equity Association and an associate member of the Stage Directors and
Choreographers Society. He received his undergraduate degree in theatre from
Hanover College and is a proud graduate of the Professional Actor Training
Program at Ohio University.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT color=#008080><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rabbit Hole</SPAN></I></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> Backstage Team and their
Hometowns<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Stage Manager – <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Timothy Paul</B> (Cuyahoga
Falls)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Costume Designer – <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Karen Burridge</B> (Brimfield
Township)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lighting Designer – <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Brandon Davies</B> (Cuyahoga
Falls)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sound Designer – <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Daniel Taylor</B>
(Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Properties Designer – <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Jen Draher</B> (Akron)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Scenic Designer and Technical
Director – <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Alan Scott Ferrall</B>
(Cuyahoga Falls)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Assistant Technical Director –
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Kathy Kohl</B>
(Akron)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT
color=#008080>About the Play and its Playwright<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U>The
Play<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></H2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Playwright <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">David Lindsay-Abaire</B> told “The New York
Times” in 2006 that “Rabbit Hole” “is about how people grieve – how they grieve
in very different ways and what can happen when those differences are at odds
with each other within a family, specifically. I hope that it’s about people
finding their way back into the light of day and finding hope where they thought
there was none.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rabbit Hole</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> was originally commissioned by
South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, which gave the play a staged
reading in its Pacific Playwrights Festival. Positive critical reaction to the
script encouraged Manhattan Theatre Club to produce the play on
Broadway.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rabbit Hole </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">began previews at the Biltmore
Theatre in New York City on Jan. 12, 2006. Its official opening night was Feb.
2, 2006, and it played for 77 performances before closing April 9, 2006. The
production – directed by Daniel Sullivan – earned five Tony Award nominations
and won one: Cynthia Nixon for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of
Becca. <U>For his play, David Lindsay-Abaire won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for
Drama. <o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Filming has wrapped on a
motion-picture adaptation of the play. The film’s producers tapped playwright
Lindsay-Abaire to adapt his own play for the silver screen. Under the direction
of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” co-creator John Cameron Mitchell, the movie
version of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rabbit Hole</I> stars Nicole
Kidman (who also produced the film) as Becca, Aaron Eckhart as Howie and Dianne
Wiest as Nat. The film is slated for a theatrical release in
2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U>The
Playwright<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></H2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Playwright, lyricist and
screenwriter <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">David Lindsay-Abaire</B>
was born in 1969 in South Boston, Mass. One of five siblings in a working-class
family, his mother was a factory worker and his father worked for a fruit
market. He attended public schools until the seventh grade, after which a
scholarship enabled him to complete his early education at Milton Academy, one
of New England’s oldest “prep” boarding schools.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">At Milton, he discovered
theater, which inspired him to major in it at Sarah Lawrence College. After
graduation, he moved to New York City, where he found work as an arts
administrator at Dance Theater Workshop and he continued to write plays, some of
which were produced at Off-Off Broadway venues (such as SoHo Rep). He was also
accepted into the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the
Juilliard School, where his teachers included playwrights Marsha Norman and
Christopher Durang.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">His first New York “hit” was <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fuddy Meers</I>, a comic drama about a woman
with amnesia, which Manhattan Theatre Club produced in 1999. Lindsay-Abaire
continued his association with MTC two years later when the non-profit theater
company staged his next play, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wonder of
the World</I>, with Sarah Jessica Parker as a woman who leaves her husband and
jumps on a bus to Niagara Falls. In 2003, MTC staged his next play, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Kimberly Akimbo</I>, the story of a woman
with a premature-aging disease.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In addition to re-working his <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rabbit Hole</I> for the forthcoming
motion-picture adaptation, he has written two screenplays: <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Robots</I> (2005) and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Inkheart</I> (2008). Sony Pictures hired him
in the fall of 2008 to re-write a screenplay for the upcoming <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Spider-Man</I> 4, but the studio has since
rejected his script and hired a new screenwriter.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In the world of musical theater,
Lindsay-Abaire wrote the book for the musical <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">High Fidelity</I>, which played a brief
one-month run on Broadway in 2006. He also wrote both the book and lyrics for <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Shrek: The Musical</I>, which concluded a
441-performance run on Jan. 3, 2010. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">He has received commissions from
South Coast Repertory, Dance Theater Workshop, and the Jerome Foundation, as
well as awards from the Berilla Kerr Foundation, the Lincoln Center LeComte du
Nuoy Fund, Mixed Blood Theater, Primary Stages, the Tennessee Williams/ New
Orleans Literary Festival, and the South Carolina Playwrights Festival. In
addition to his 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rabbit Hole</I>, he was also awarded the
2008 Ed Kleban Award as America's most promising musical theatre
lyricist.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">He is married to Christine
Lindsay, an actress, with whom he has two children. His marriage inspired him to
add his wife’s surname to his own legally – thus creating creating his
hyphenated last name.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT
color=#008080>Ticket and Performance Information<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rabbit Hole</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> plays on the Weathervane
Playhouse Founders Theater stage between Feb. 4 and 21,
2010<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The low-cost preview performance
is Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m.; the official opening-night performance is
Friday, Feb. 5 at 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Between Feb. 5 and 21,
performance days and times are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at
8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tickets for the Feb. 4 preview
performance only are $15. Tickets for performances after Feb. 4 are $21.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">$19 tickets for seniors and
college students are available for Thursday and Sunday performances. Tickets for
children ages 17 or younger are $17.00 at all performances after Feb. 4. <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">This play is not recommended for children
under the age of 13.</I><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">For tickets, call the
Weathervane Box Office at 330/836-2626 or connect online to <A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><FONT
color=#800080>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN> </H2>
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><STRONG><EM><FONT
color=#ff00ff size=5>2.</FONT></EM></STRONG></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Weathervane
Playhouse Announces<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT color=#008080>OPEN
CALL AUDITIONS</FONT> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">for<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#008080>ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></H2>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2>A Comic
Folktale by John Patrick Shanley<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Weathervane Playhouse will hold
OPEN CALL AUDITIONS </B>for <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon"><FONT
color=#008080>ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION</FONT></SPAN></I> </B>which will
be performed in Weathervane’s Founders Theater. Auditions will be held at
Weathervane Playhouse, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1301 Weathervane
Lane</st1:address></st1:Street> (in the Valley off <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Merriman Road</st1:address></st1:Street>) on
<FONT color=#008080><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Monday</B> and <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Tuesday, February 15 & 16, 2010 at 7
p.m.</B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2>12
Performances April 29 – May 16, 2010<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=2>2 men ages 20 – 24</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=2>3 women ages 25 – 60</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><o:p><FONT size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=2>Characters:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Aldo
Scalicki</B>. An intense Italian guy, about 30 years old. All his life he’s
lived in Little Italy in New York.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Huey
Maximilian Bonfigliano</B>. Aldo’s best friend since childhood. Huey is more
obviously vulnerable.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Aunt May</B>.
A handsome Italian woman in her middle years.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Teresa</B>. A
big striking Italian girl in her late twenties.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><FONT size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Janice</B>. An
angular, patrician Italian woman with strawberry blond hair and austere good
looks. 30s.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1.3in 0pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2>Audition
Preparation:<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2>Readings from
the script. Audition scenes will be available.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.9pt 0pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=2>About the
Play:<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in" class=MsoBodyText2><FONT size=2>Why would
a man attempt to win back the woman who shot his dog? Hugh Maximillian
Bonfigliano could tell you why – and, in so doing, you might just learn
something wise and wonderful! From the Oscar-, Pulitzer- and Tony-winning writer
of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Doubt </I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Moonstruck,</I> this heartwarming and
comical play shows the lengths to which a man will go to prove his capacity to
love and be loved.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in" class=MsoBodyText2><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
size=2> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.7pt 0pt 0in" class=MsoBodyText2><FONT size=2><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">About the Director: JIM FIPPIN</B>: For
Weathervane, Jim directed last season’s <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Love! Valour! Compassion!</I> and,
previously, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me,</I> both
Dietz productions. As the Artistic Director of Coach House Theatre (2000 –
2007), Jim staged productions of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Chapter Two, Betrayal, Last of the Red
Hot Lovers, ART, Private Lives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? </I>and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Life in the Theatre.</I>
In 2005, he was recognized by the Akron Area Arts Alliance as the area’s
outstanding theater Artist.<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> <FONT color=#ff00ff
size=5 face=Arial>3.</FONT></o:p></SPAN></I></P></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT size=3>Weathervane
Playhouse Announces<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon"><FONT
size=3>AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT for<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon"><FONT size=3>THE WEDDING
SINGER<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">Music is by Matthew Sklar, book by Tim Herlihy
and Chad Beguelin, and lyrics by Chad </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Beguelin.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Weathervane
Playhouse will hold AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT</SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">for
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">THE WEDDING
SINGER </SPAN></I></B>which will be performed in Weathervane’s Founders Theater
(mainstage) June 3 – 27, 2010. Auditions will be held at Weathervane Playhouse,
1301 Weathervane Lane (in the Valley off Merriman Road) on <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">Sunday,
February 28, 2010 beginning at 2 p.m. and Monday, March 1 beginning at 7 p.m.
Callbacks are Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM. <U>Auditions will be scheduled
in 5-minute increments</U>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">It's
the '80s. Robbie Hart lives in his grandmother's basement in New Jersey and
sings in a wedding band. His dreams of being a singer/songwriter are long gone,
replaced now by a burning desire to find the right girl and settle down.. With a
brand-new score that plays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980's, “The
Wedding Singer” takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good,
collars were up, and a wedding singer just might be the coolest guy in the
room.</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Seeking
Energetic and Imaginative actors, singers, dancers and
comedians.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Robbie
Hart<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vocal
Range:</I></SPAN></STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> B
(below middle C) - Bb (above stave)</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">In
love with the idea of LOVE. Robbie is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer, the
best in the business! But all that changes at his own wedding where he gets
dumped at the alter. It’s the connection he finds with Julia that reinforces his
beliefs in love. <EM>Remarkable comic timing required for this role and an
ability to play the guitar is possible.<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Julia
Sullivan<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vocal
Range:</I></SPAN></STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> G
(below middle C) - D (top of stave)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Working
at the reception centre, Julia is a sweet, innocent and naive waitress.
Desperately hoping that, one day soon her boyfriend Glen will “POP” the
question. But the question is; Is he really the ONE for her? <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><EM><o:p></o:p></EM></I></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Glen
Guglia<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vocal
Range:</I></SPAN></STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> D
(above middle C) - Bb (above stave)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Engaged
to Julia, but marriage is the least of his concerns. For Glen, life is all about
making money and he doesn’t care how he gets it or what he has to sacrifice.
He’s the Wall Street type, clean cut and respectable looking. He is very suave,
sophisticated and a little pretentious (CD payers, Mobile phones Cars &
Women.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Linda<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vocal
Range:</I></SPAN></STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> A
(below middle C) - D (top of stave)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Robbie's
trashy, oversexed girlfriend who leaves him at the alter, as she loves the old
Robbie, before he became a Wedding Singer. She is the ultimate Rock
chick!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><EM>Must be able to move
well with flexibility.<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Holly<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vocal
Range:</I></SPAN></STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> A
(below middle C) - E (top of stave)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">She
is Julia’s cousin and together they waitress at the Reception Centre where the
Wedding Singer performs. She is a free and uninhibited twenty-something, setting
her sights on any single man.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Sammy<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vocal
Range:</I></SPAN></STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> D
(above middle C) - Gb (top of stave)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Sammy
plays bass in the Wedding Band and he is Robbie's best friend. He’s not terribly
bright but he is very supportive and means well in all that he does. He is still
in love with Holly after they broke up 6 months ago. Constantly trying to be
cool and he loves the fashions of 1985.<EM><o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">George
<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vocal Range</I></SPAN></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Middle C-G (top of stave)</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Flamboyant
and eccentric, George is Robbie’s other best friend and fellow member of the
band. Styled on Boy George, he is an adorable character with great comic
timing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Rosie
</SPAN></STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(comic
role)<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN></EM><STRONG><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Vocal
Range:</SPAN></I></STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
Middle C - C (middle of stave)</SPAN></EM><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Robbie’s
hip and cool Grandma. She must have dance ability. Rap ability.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon"><FONT size=3>Plus 6 men and 6
women for the ensemble</FONT></SPAN></I></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.</SPAN></I></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: teal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">AUDITION
PREPARATION</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Please prepare two short musical selections of contrasting styles in your key;
bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided. Headshots
and resumes will be accepted at the audition. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">GENERAL
REHEARSAL INFORMATION</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Rehearsals will be weeknights 7:00-10:30 with some possible weekend rehearsals
starting the week of April 19<SUP>th</SUP>. Rehearsal conflicts need to be very
minimal. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CASTING
REQUIREMENTS</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Non - Equity. All roles are open. Weathervane Playhouse is committed to
non-traditional casting. Actors will be cast solely on the basis of talent,
except in cases where age, race or physical ability are essential to a role.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">ABOUT
THE DIRECTOR</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
<SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">Pierre-Jacques Brault</SPAN> is a graduate of
Baldwin-Wallace College's Music Theatre Dept. and is the co-founder of Mercury
Summer Stock, which enters its thirteenth season this summer at Parma Little
Theatre. He has directed countless shows, ranging from full-scale musicals, such
as Evita and Annie, to lesser-known plays, including Never the Sinner. His
favorite directing credit was putting together the critically acclaimed musical
Honk!. As an actor, Pierre has worked with Broadway legends Donna McKechnie and
Pamela Myers and has assisted some of today's top directors and choreographers,
including Cleveland's own Victoria Bussert. Pierre’s work has been seen at Cain
Park, Willoughby Fine Arts, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, Geauga Lyric Theatre
Guild, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Virginia Musical Theatre and Stagedoor
Manor, a theatrical camp in upstate New York.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of
Advancement<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com"><FONT
color=#008080>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>