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Thackaberry</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red"><font size="4">BAD JEWS</font></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red"><font size="4">Talk Backs At
Actors’ Summit</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Actors’ Summit, Akron’s
professional theater, announces a series of post-performance discussions in
connection with its production of <i>BAD
JEWS</i> by Joshua Harmon.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The talk back schedule, which
features members of the Jewish community with a wide range of perspectives.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">On Thursday, April 16th Robin Selinger. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:rgb(252,247,241)">Dr. Robin
Selinger is a professor in the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program at
Kent State University. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">On Friday, April 17 Cleveland area professional actors Marc
Mortiz & George Roth. Marc and
George have performed and directed throughout Northeast Ohio.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Saturday, April 18th Sol Factor. Sol is a retired history teacher from the
Cleveland Heights school system and a Mandel Fellow.<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">On Thursday, April 23rd - Jen Chestnut. Jen is affiliated with the Hillel
organization in both Kent and Akron.</font></span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">On Saturday, April 25 - Chaya Kessler. Chaya Kessler is the Jewish Studies Program
Director at Kent State University.<br>
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<p style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Sat, May 2nd - <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Adina Bloom Lewkowicz. Adina is
both a talented singer and an arts educator.</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The show opens on Friday night, April
17. <i>BAD
JEWS</i> is scheduled for a 12 performance run, closing on May 3. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">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.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The
Cast</font></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Brittany
Gaul (Daphna) </span></b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Recent acting credits include: <i>Summer Cannibals</i> (Jessa), <i>Loki & Lucy</i> (Mom/Fenrir), <i>One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest</i> (Nurse
Flinn), and <i>Love in Pieces</i> (Ophelia).
Recent Stage Management credits include <i>High Fidelity: A Musical!</i> (BCT) and <i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</i> (BCT). Brittany works as a teaching artist for
several theatres and arts programs throughout Cleveland.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kyle
Huff (Liam)</span></b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> is a Hiram College graduate. Recent roles include Artax in <i>The Neverending Story</i> and Johnson in <i>Anna Christie</i> at Ensemble Theatre. He was also Proteus in <i>Two Gentlemen of Verona</i> and Lucio in <i>Measure for Measure</i> at Cleveland Shakespeare Festival. <span style="color:black"></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font size="4"><b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Nate Miller (Jonah)</span></b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> is a graduate of
Cleveland State University’s Department of Theatre & Dance. He has performed at numerous venues in
Northeast Ohio. Favorite credits
include: <i>4000 Miles</i>, <i>Loki
& Lucy</i>, <i>AirWaves,</i> and <i>The Mousetrap</i>. </span><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Gabi
Shook (Melody) </span></b><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">is a junior musical theatre major at Kent State
University. At Kent Gabi has been in <i>Pride
and Prejudice</i>, <i>On the Town</i>, <i>Finian’s Rainbow</i> and most recently <i>My Heart is the Drum.</i></span><b><u><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><i><br></i></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The
Play </font></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-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">"One of the funniest things on the New York
Stage” Huffington Post</font></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"><font size="4">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. </font></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"><font size="4">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.</font></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"><font size="4">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.</font></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"><font size="4">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.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Six of the performances will be
followed by discussions led by members of the Jewish community.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">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.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The
Theater:</font></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The theater is located on the
sixth floor of historic Greystone Hall in downtown Akron. The facility features
barrier free access and free parking. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">More information is available at
the Actors’ Summit website: <a href="http://www.actorssummit.org">www.actorssummit.org</a>.</font><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></span></p>
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