<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red"><br>Actors’ Summit Presents</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">Regional Premiere of</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:red">FREUD’S LAST SESSION </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:red">Opens in Akron
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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 opens this Friday at Actors’ Summit,
Akron’s
professional theater, following a preview performance on Thursday, February 28.
The show is currently scheduled for a
limited run of three weeks, closing on March 17<sup>th</sup>. This production is the regional premiere of
the play. Performances are given at Greystone
Hall in downtown Akron
on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sunday afternoons at 2:00
PM.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red"><br></span></i></b></p><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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Cast</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">The two man
cast has the famous Actors’ Studio of New York and Los Angeles in common. Keith E. Stevens is a lifetime member of the
Actors’ Studio and presents work in New
York regularly.
Brian Zoldessy has also been associated with the Actors’ Studio both in New York and in California.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Brian Zoldessy</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> (Sigmund Freud) is Professor and
Director of Theatre at Cuyahoga Community College and is making his Actors’ Summit debut. As a
professional actor, Brian has worked in New York, L.A., Chicago, and Cleveland,
and has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in television and films, having
worked with many performers of note, including: Kevin Bacon, Matthew Broderick,
John Travolta, Patrick Stewart, Woody Allen, Eli Wallach, Jack Gilford, as well
as The Royal Shakespeare Company. A winner of two Kennedy Center's
Irene Ryan Acting and Directing Awards, he has directed and produced over 70
award winning productions. Brian is the recipient of seven Times
Newspaper Theatre Tribute Awards for Outstanding Performances and Direction,
and has recently received the 2012 Cleveland Critics Award for Best Actor for
his performance in<i> The Normal Heart</i>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Keith E.
Stevens</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">(C.S. Lewis). <i>Freud's Last Session </i>marks Keith's 27th
production with Actors' Summit.
With Actors' Summit
he has performed in: <i>Proof, Romantic Fools, Last Train to
Nibroc, Big Boys and My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding</i>.
Keith just finished performing in <i>The Gospel According to James</i> at
Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights.
NYC credits: <i>The Snob</i> (Actors Studio), <i>Audience</i> (Brooklyn
Playwright's Collective), <i>Fool for Love</i> and<i> The Honey
Makers</i> and the world premiere </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">of </span><i style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">2:51</i><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt"> (all
at Circle in the Square Downtown), </span><i style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">Deserters </i><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">(Bernie West Theater)
and</span><i style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt"> Loader #26</i><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt"> (Theater for a </span>New City<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">). Keith holds a MFA in Acting
from The Actors Studio Drama School at </span>New<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">
</span>School<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt"> </span>University<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">
and a BA in Theater from </span>Cleveland
State<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt">. Keith is a
lifetime member of the Actors Studio.</span></p>
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<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"><br></span></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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ticket Information </span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></u></b></p>
<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>