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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red">FREUD’S LAST
SESSION </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">by Mark
St.Germain will receive its regional premiere at Actors’ Summit,
Akron’s
professional theater. The production
will have a preview performance on Thursday, February 28 with the official
opening on Friday March 1st. The show will
run for three weeks, closing on March 17th<sup> </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">FREUD’S LAST
SESSION</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> is set
in the London
study of Sigmund Freud, one of the seminal figures of the 20<sup>th</sup>
century. Freud has been in London for a little over a
year, having fled the Nazi persecution. On
the day that Great Britain
enters the Second World War, C. S. Lewis, a young Oxford professor, visits at Freud’s
invitation. Freud, a lifelong atheist
has invited Lewis to chat about Lewis’ recent conversion to Christianity from
atheism. Although religion is the
starting point of the discussion, it soon expands to include the nature of
humor, sexual mores, and death. Freud is
approaching the end of his life, which may or may not have prompted him to
invite Lewis to his home. Lewis is still
early in his career with <b>The Chronicles
of Narnia </b>and<b> The Screwtape Letters</b>
yet to be written. </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" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Mark St.
Germain</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">is an American playwright, author, film and television
writer. He has written<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Camping With Henry And Tom</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Out of Gas On Lover’s Leap</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Forgiving Typhoid Mary</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Ears On A Beatle</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The God Committee</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Collyer Brothers At Home</i>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> and </span><i>The Gifts of The Magi</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(co-written with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randy_Courts&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Randy Courts (page does not exist)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Randy Courts</span></a>. His television credits include<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">The Cosby
Show</span></a></i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Writer/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Consultant" title="Creative Consultant"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Creative Consultant</span></a>),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment" title="Crime and Punishment"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Crime and Punishment</span></a></i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The
Wright Verdicts</i>. As a dramatist, St. Germain shows a strong preference for
historical fiction, bringing to life historical events and personalities with
vivid, imagined dialogue. His most recently
written play is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Best of
Enemies</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>which premiered in
the summer of 2011. <b><i><span style="color:red">FREUD’S LAST SESSION</span></i></b> ran Off-Broadway for two years and has been produced at
regional theaters across the country. </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 February 28th and the Saturday matinee
on March 9th. On Thursdays and Sundays
adults are $28 and seniors over 65 are $25.
Opening Night, Friday, March 1st 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 (<u><a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a></u>),
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>