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Summit</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Actors’ Summit, Akron’s
professional theater, announces another regional premiere: <i>BAD
JEWS</i> by Joshua Harmon.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The show will have a preview
performance on April 16 with the official opening on Friday night, April 17. <i>BAD
JEWS</i> is currently scheduled for a 12 performance run, closing on May 3. Performances are given Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday nights at 8:00 P.M. and Sundays at 2 PM, and take place at Greystone
Hall, in downtown Akron. The show is
appropriate only for adults because of strong language. A free dessert reception with the cast
follows the opening night performance on Friday, April 17.</span></p>
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Play </span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">"One of the funniest things on the New York
Stage” Huffington Post</span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">You really don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy <i>BAD JEWS</i>. It’s a compact, comedic tale of young
millennial cousins behaving very badly in a battle over a family heirloom. The play, performed without intermission, will
translate to families of just about any religion or ethnicity. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Daphna, the cousin who’s come in from college
for her grandfather Poppy’s funeral, is staying at an Upper West Side apartment
that belongs to her aunt and uncle. She’s
a nonstop talker and an intent listener with a keen ear for any chance to push
her case.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Daphna is on a mission. As the most “Jewish”
grandchild, she’s convinced she deserves to inherit Holocaust survivor Poppy’s
little gold Chai (Hebrew for “life”) amulet. Fully assimilated and no less
argumentative eldest grandchild Liam is equally adamant that the necklace is,
by rights, his. When Liam shows up with his new gentile girlfriend sparks
combust in a conflagration of insults and argument. Jonah, the hapless younger
brother simply does his best to stay out of the way.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">With all the rest of the family in town for
the funeral, the grandkids are stuck bunking together in this living room for
the duration.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Six of the performances will be
followed by discussions led by members of the Jewish community.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tickets:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tickets for <i>BAD JEWS</i> are on sale now through the box office at 330-374-7568 and
online at <a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a>. Preview
tickets (April 16) are $20. Tickets for
all other performances: $33 for adults, $28 for seniors over 65; and $10 for
all full time students under 30. Special
discounts are available for groups.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
Theater:</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The theater is located on the
sixth floor of historic Greystone Hall in downtown Akron. The facility features
barrier free access and free parking. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">More information is available at
the Actors’ Summit website: <a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a>.</span></p>
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