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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">Actors’ Summit</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">Grand
Opening at Greystone Hall</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">Regional Premiere of
Mark Twain’s </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Actors’ Summit,
Akron’s professional theater, will inaugurate its new home in historic
Greystone Hall (formerly the Masonic
Temple) with the regional
premiere of <b style=""><i style="">A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage</i></b>.<span style=""> </span>Based on a story by Mark Twain, the show
features b<span style="color: black;">ook and lyrics by <span style="">Aaron Posner and m</span>usic by <span style="">James
Sugg.<span style=""> </span>The country musical will have a
preview performance on Thursday, October 14,</span></span> followed by the
official opening on Friday, October 15.<span style="">
</span>The play will run Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM and
Sunday afternoons at 2:00 PM through November 7 at the theater on the 6<sup>th</sup>
floor of Greystone Hall in downtown Akron.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">About the Play</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Mark Twain’s signature wit, loving
irreverence for his characters, and sheer exuberance drives the comedy in </span><i style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">A Murder, a
Mystery & a Marriage.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mary Gray is the prettiest girl in Deer
Lick, Missouri,
and shy Hugh Gregory loves her as much as she loves him. Sally, Mary’s mother,
is happy for her daughter and convinces Mary’s father, John, that Hugh is
perfect for Mary. Unfortunately, John does not get along with his rich brother
David, and on the eve of the wedding, David reveals that he is leaving his
entire fortune to Mary in his will—on the condition that she never marry Hugh!
No sooner is the ink dry than David is found dead. Who done it? Was John trying
to hurry his daughter’s inheritance? Could Hugh have killed David for straining
his relationship with Mary? What about the mysterious stranger claiming to be a
Count from Kansas?
The sheriff believes Hugh is the killer and the poor boy is convicted and
sentenced to hang. But it is, of course, the stranger who done it, and he woos
Mary while Hugh waits in vain for a pardon from the governor. The counterfeit
Count finally wins Mary’s hand, but on the day of the wedding, Mary—kept in the
dark by the dastardly Count and her well-meaning parents—learns that Hugh is to
be hanged that same day! Accompanied by the whole town, she runs to the jail,
and with some detection that’s more Dr. Watson than Sherlock Holmes, Mary
figures out that the stranger is the killer. The Kansas Count is arrested, and
Hugh and Mary are free to wed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Critics have commented that the show is “a
rapturous celebration of country folk and folkways.” —Washington Post.<span style=""> </span>Talkin’ Broadway called the show “…a
high-spirited evening for the entire family…a bouncy bluegrass score.”</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Performers</span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Keith E. Stevens</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;"> is an Equity actor and a lifetime member of the Actors’ Studio in New York. A graduate of Cleveland State University,
Keith holds an MFA from New
School/Actors Studio Drama School. Recently, at Actors’ Summit, Keith has appeared in <i style="">I Love a Piano, Last Train to Nibroc, For
Better, </i>and <i style="">Don’t Hug Me.</i></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Ryan Anderson</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"> is performing with Actors’ Summit for the first time.
Some of his favorite roles<span style=""> </span>include
MacHeath in <i>Three Penny Opera, </i>Lysander in <i>A Midsummer Nights Dream, </i>and
Paryfon Rogozhin in <i>Subject to Fits.</i></span></p>
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<b><span style="color: black;">Scott Davis </span></b><span style="color: black;">returns
to the Actors’ Summit
stage for the first time in a decade. With the company Scott performed in <i>Cotton
Patch Gospel,</i> <i>Charlie Brown,</i> and <i>A Child’s Christmas In Wales.</i>
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<b><span style="color: black;">Shani Ferry</span></b><span style="color: black;"> is a regular performer with<b> </b></span><span style="color: black;">Actors’ Summit.<span style=""> </span>Last season she was seen in <i>Are We There
Yet?</i>, <i>Last Train to Nibroc</i>, and <i>Wine, Women, & Song</i>.</span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color: black;">Shawn Galligan </span></b><span style="color: black;">has<b>
</b>appeared at Actors’ Summit
in <i>Don’t Hug Me</i>, <i>Are We There Yet?</i>, <i>Guys on Ice</i>, and <i>I
Love a Piano.</i> </span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color: black;">Frank Jackman</span></b><span style="color: black;"> is an Equity actor who has performed in more shows
at Actors’ Summit
than any other male performer. He has been with the company since 1999 playing
a wide range of roles from </span><i><span style="color: black;">The Gingerbread
Lady </span></i><span style="color: black;">to</span><span style="color: black;"> <i>Guys on Ice</i>, <i>Don’t Hug Me</i>, <i>Russians in
Love</i>, and <i>Polish Joke</i>.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Paula
Kline-Messner </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">a proud
member of Equity, was last seen at Actors’ Summit this past summer in <i>Wine,
Women & Song</i>. Before that she appeared with the company in <i>Charlie’s
Aunt</i>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Dawn
Sniadak-Yamokoski </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">is
returning to Actors’ Summit.<span style=""> </span>Last season Dawn appeared in <i>Are We There
Yet?</i>, <i>I Love a Piano</i> and the musical revue </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Wine, Woman & Song</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after: avoid;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Performance times:</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Performances
are given Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM
at the theater, located at Greystone Hall, 103 South High Street, 6<sup>th</sup>
Floor, Akron, Ohio. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ticket Prices</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Preview tickets (October 14) are $17.<span style="">
</span>Regular performance t</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">ickets
are $30 on Fridays & Saturdays, $27 on Thursdays & Sundays, with
seniors receiving a $3 discount at regular Thursday and Sunday
performances.<span style=""> </span>All full time students
with ID are $7 at all performances.<span style="">
</span>Additional discounts are available to groups of ten or more.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Tickets can be
purchased by phone at (330) 374-7568 or from the website at <u><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org/"><span style="">www.actorssummit.org</span></a></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Web site</span></strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br>
</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Actors’ Summit Theater
can be found on the web at </span><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org/" target="_blank" title="http://www.actorssummit.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">www.actorssummit.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">. Actors’ Summit
is a professional, not for profit, 501-c-3 professional arts organization.</span></p>
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<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Neil Thackaberry<br>Co-artistic Director<br>Actors' Summit, a professional theater<br>103 South High Street<br>6th Floor<br>Akron OH 44308<br><div style="display: inline;"></div><br>
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