<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">For
Immediate Release</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">For
additional information: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Neil
Thackaberry, 330-374-7568</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:red">FICTION</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red">Fiction</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green"> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">by Stephen Dietz will receive its
regional premiere at Actors’ Summit, Akron’s professional
theater. The production, the company’s
113<sup>th</sup>, will have a preview performance on January 17 with the official
opening on January 18. The comedy will run
for three weeks, closing on February 3<sup>rd </sup>at Greystone Hall in
downtown Akron.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red">Fiction</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> is a witty, intelligent play about
the intersection of literary fiction and life.
It centers around Linda and Michael, two writers who
revel in arguments about literary and popular culture. Each has prolific
private diaries of their lives, and these diaries soon become a catalyst of the
drama. After agreeing to read each
other’s journals, Linda discovers that Michael’s journals reveal his obsessive
infatuation for many years with Abby, a young woman that he once met at a
writer's colony. The word
"fiction" soon comes into the plot and the audience begins to wonder
whether the diary entries are true, or could they just be in husband's mind as
fiction. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Playwright</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Steven
Dietz is well known as the writer of cutting edge dramas. He has written 25
plays, and all of them have been produced<span style="background:white">. In 2010, Dietz was once again named one of
the most produced playwrights in America (excluding Shakespeare), placing
eighth on the list of the Top Ten Most Produced Playwrights in America, tied
with Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee for number of productions. Actors’ Summit
has previously produced his <i>Becky’s New
Car.</i></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Critics</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">“Without
giving away some of the play’s juicy revelations, let’s just say that it
continues to tease out questions about what is true, what is fictional and what
has been hidden.” Richard Connema</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">“<i>Fiction</i> keeps the audience on its toes.
It’s quick, wordy, and full of literary allusions and memorable one-liners. The
play’s simple and minimalistic staging allows the audience to keep on
questioning what is real and what is imagined.”
Clare Canavan</span></p>
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<h1 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal">“Playwright Steven Dietz offers a mental
Rubik's Cube in <i>Fiction.</i></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Memory
deceives. The written word tries to encapsulate memory, but it, too, deceives —
and sometimes it deceives deliberately.”
Juliette Wittman</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ticket Information </span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Individual
ticket prices are $19 at the preview on January 17th and the Saturday matinee
on January 26th. Thursdays and Sundays
adults are $28 and seniors over 65 are $25.
Opening Night, Friday, November 30th and all Saturdays are $30. Fridays are $28. All full time students with ID can attend any
performance for $9. Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday performances are at 8:00 PM.
Sunday matinees are at 2:00 PM.<b><u></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white">Tickets <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">can be purchased on our website,
or by phone at (330) 374-7568. </span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style><strong><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial initial">The Theater</span></u></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">The theater
is located on the sixth floor of historic Greystone Hall in downtown Akron. The facility
features barrier free access, free parking, and full bar service. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:white;font-weight:normal;background-repeat:initial initial">More
information is available at Actors’ Summit
website: <u><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a></u></span></strong></p>
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