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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: Last Weekend to See Dover Players<span style='color:blue'>’</span> Adaptation of<b> </b><u>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Dover Players community theater group opens its 2013 season with an adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel, <u>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</u>. The director, Todd Evangelista, has adapted the murder mystery</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> to suit our location in the North Olmsted Old Town Hall, our actors and our budget. We are the first version to use the gimmick Agatha Christie originally used and feel she would find our play more faithful to her book than any other version. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. James Sheppard always wanted a life of excitement but instead lives quietly in a sleepy village where nothing much happens until Hercule Poirot moves in. After a dinner party at Roger Ackroyd's, Dr. Sheppard arrives back at his house and receives a phone call saying to return because Mr. Ackroyd has been murdered. When he returns to Ackroyd's home, no one knows anything about a murder or a phone call, but Roger Ackroyd has indeed been murdered. The family sends for the retired Hercule Poirot who must solve his most baffling case and find out who committed <u>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</u>.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audience members will have a chance to match wits with the famous detective by giving us your answers at intermission and the best answers will be read at the end of the play.</span></i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Cast</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hercule Poirot, Retired Detective……………………………. Eric Magnuson<br>Inspector Raglan ……………………………………………… Neil Donnelly</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. James Sheppard ……………………………………........ Todd Evangelista</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Caroline Sheppard, Dr. Sheppard's sister ………………..… Jackie Kelly<br>Roger Ackroyd, Wealthy industrialist ……………………….. Gregory J. Lavelle</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mr. Ralph Paton, Roger's stepson …………………………… Ben Saylor<br>Mrs. Vera Ackroyd, Roger's sister-in-law …………………… Marilyn Ransom<br>Miss Flora Ackroyd, Vera's daughter, engaged to Ralph…... Rachel Roth<br>Miss Elizabeth Raymond, Roger's Personal secretary……… Madchen Hirsch<br>Ursula Bourne, the Ackroyd's maid …………………………… Emily Rhinehelder</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Parker, the butler ……………………………………………….. Mark Little<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Hand ………………………………………………………… Bill Ransom <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Production Crew</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reservations ……………………………….…<span style='color:blue'>………</span>… Todd Evangelista</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Advertising/Box Office/Refreshments …….……..…... Linda Little<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Technical Advisor/Program .……………………<span style='color:blue'>….</span>…… Mark Little <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stage Assistant ………………………………………….. Bill Ransom <span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Remaining Performance Dates: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Apr. 26-28 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Performance Times: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Friday and Saturday 8:00 p.m.<span style='color:blue'>, </span> Sunday 6:00 p.m.</span><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>(</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Intermissions will be after Act I (10 minutes) and after Act II (15 minutes with light refreshments)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Location:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>North Olmsted Old Town Hall<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>5186 Dover Center Road<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>North Olmsted, OH 44070<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NOTE: The Old Town Hall is located just south of the intersection of Dover Center Road (runs North and South) and Lorain Avenue (runs East and West) in North Olmsted. As you travel south on Dover Center Road you will pass the Police Station on the right. The Old Town Hall is the small building between the Police Station and City Hall. You may park in the lot to the left of the Old Town Hall building. </span></i><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cost:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Admission is FREE, first come, first serve. Arrive early for best seats to view the performance. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Or, call Acting Out! at 440-779-1284 for reservations available for $5.00 per seat. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>