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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Hilariously Charming Musical Comedy</font></h4>
<h6 style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ Closes Out Weathervane Playhouse’s 77<sup>th</sup>
Season!</font></h6><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Delightful Comic Valentine to Old-Time Broadway Musicals,
This Show-Within-a-Show Won Five 2006 Tony Awards</font></p><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Weathervane Playhouse closes its 77<sup>th</sup> Mainstage season with the
hilariously charming musical comedy, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The
Drowsy Chaperone</i>. This heartfelt spoof of old-time Broadway musicals is
presented live on stage between June 14 and July 8, 2012. The production is
directed and choreographed by Gwen Arment with musical direction by John Ebner.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The show begins when a lonely musical-theater fan – known
only as Man in Chair – seeks to cure his "non-specific sadness" by
listening to the original cast recording of his favorite Broadway musical from
the late 1920s, a fictional smash hit called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">The Drowsy Chaperone</i>. As the needle drops on his record player, the
Jazz Age-era show and its wacky cast of characters suddenly come to life in his
dumpy apartment! It’s a hilarious show-within-a-show packed with musical and
comedic delights!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Winner of five 2006 Tony Awards – including best score and
best book – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Drowsy Chaperone</i> is a
delightful valentine to Broadway musicals of old, complete with loveable stock
characters.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Drowsy
Chaperone</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> introduces us to Janet Van De Graaff, a young Broadway
starlet about to be married. There’s her harried producer, Mr. Feldzieg, who’s
eager to stop the nuptials. Attached to the producer is a dizzy chorus girl. We
also meet the handsome and carefree bridegroom, his tap-dancing best man, two
gangsters pretending to be pastry chefs, a conceited Latin song-and-dance man,
an aviatrix, and a daffy rich woman and her foppish butler. And then there’s
the vampish, slightly older – and slightly tipsy! – woman known as The Drowsy
Chaperone, who’s supposed to be keeping an eye on the blushing bride!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Against this Roaring ‘20s backdrop, hilarity ensues as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Drowsy Chaperone</i> serves up clever
songs and a gleeful story about love and marriage – complete with all the witty
post-modern asides interjected by Man in Chair, who comments on the action with
witty asides as his favorite musical magically unspools in his apartment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: center;border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "><span style="font-family:
Arial">Weathervane’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Drowsy Chaperone
</i>Performance and Ticket Information<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Drowsy
Chaperone </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">plays on the Weathervane Playhouse Founders Theater stage
between June 14 and July 8, 2012.</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial">The
low-cost preview performance is Thursday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.; the official
opening-night performance is Friday, June 15 at 8 p.m.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial">Between
June 14 and July 8, 2012, the 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.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Tickets for the June 14 preview performance only (at 7:30
p.m.) are $18 each. Tickets for performances after June 14 are $24 each.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">$21 tickets for seniors are available for Thursday and
Sunday performances. Tickets for children (ages 17 or younger) and college
students are $5 each at all performances. Additional discounts for groups of 12
or larger are also available.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The Weathervane Playhouse Box Office is open Mondays between
10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and
is also open beginning one hour before each performance. For tickets, visit or
call the Weathervane Box Office at (330) 836-2626 during Box Office hours or
connect online to <a href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><span class="MsoPageNumber"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; "><em><span style="font-style:normal">About the Show’s Director/Choreographer</span></em></span></p><div style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">GWEN ARMENT</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> did her undergraduate work at the Indiana University
School of Music in piano and voice and her Masters work in Theater History at
Hunter College. She also studied at London’s National Theatre. Based in New
York City, she performed there as well as on tour and in regional theaters
before starting a career in producing, directing and teaching. In the New York
area, she has directed at the Abingdon Theatre, Theatre 315, The Theatre Arts
Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre (associate producer 1995), Broadway Theatre
Institute for Musical Mondays Theatre Lab (artistic director 2002-2003) and The
Century Center. Nationally, she also has directed at the South Jersey Regional Theater;
Arundel Barn Playhouse in Maine; Charles Playhouse in Boston; Pennsylvania
Stage Company; Mishler Theatre in Altoona, Pennsylvania; and at the Royal Palm
Festival Theater in Florida, where she received Carbonell nominations for
choreography and performing. At Ohio Northern University in 2010 and 2011 Gwen
had the pleasure of directing and choreographing <i>Urinetown</i> and <i>The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee</i>. She has also given master classes in musical
theater at both ONU and Indiana University. As a teacher of professional
actors, alongside guest faculty instructors from the Royal National Theatre and
the Royal Shakespeare Company, she produced and taught Shakespeare workshops in
New York City and at Western Connecticut State University. In addition, she
instructed in piano and voice at Valparaiso University as well as theater
history at Hunter College. In 2004, she co-founded and currently remains the
artistic director and producer for Hell’s Kitchen Musicals (HKM), a company
that develops new works with readings, staged readings and showcases. Most
recently, HKM produced the new musical <i>Peg
O’ My Heart</i> for New York City's 2011 Midtown International Theatre
Festival. It won the award for best musical. Among the many celebrated artists
with whom Gwen has worked are Gower Champion, Peter Gennaro, Donald Saddler,
Christopher Hewitt, Bob Herget, Tommy Tune, George Faison and Ron Lagomarsino.
When performing the role of Lola in Damn Yankees, Gwen danced Bob Fosse’s
original choreography, having been taught and supervised by the original Lola,
Gwen Verdon. When not directing or producing, Gwen teaches voice privately.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4">About the Show’s Musical Director</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><o:p></o:p></font></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><b>JOHN EBNER</b></span></font><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> is glad to be back at the Weathervane Playhouse.
In past seasons, he directed <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Ragtime</span>
and <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Putting it Together</span>,
receiving a Chanticleer and YACTA Marque Award for <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Ragtime.</span> John has worked extensively in a variety of ways as
music director, keyboardist and accompanist for Canton Cabaret, Carousel Dinner
Theatre, Coach House, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Player’s Guild of Canton and
Voices of Canton. He has performed with Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops
Orchestra, Academy Award-winning Paul Williams and a Billy Joel Tribute band at
Cleveland’s House of Blues. John is a retired music teacher and continues to
work with local schools in Stark & Summit counties. “It is great to be
working with Henry, Karen and Mandy again. Special thanks to Nancy, Terry, Ron
and Jim for giving me the opportunity to do what I truly love as well as Gwen,
Scott, Jason and our fantastic cast, orchestra and crew.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; ">Weathervane Playhouse and its dedicated volunteers offer
vital performing arts resources for the people of Northeastern Ohio. We create
exciting and thought-provoking shows with impressive production values. Through
educational programs and volunteer opportunities for people of all ages and
backgrounds, Weathervane serves the theater community, our patrons and our
volunteers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Ohio
Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></i>Janis Harcar</p><div><div>Director of Advancement</div><div>Weathervane Playhouse</div><div>330-836-2626 X16</div><div><a href="mailto:jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com">jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com</a></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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