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<b>Weathervane Playhouse’s 80<sup>th</sup> Season Continues with the Fast and Funny “Unnecessary Farce”</b></p>
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<b><i>Two Cops, Three Crooks and Eight Doors Combine</i></b></p>
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<b><i>to Create a Side-Splitting Comic Romp </i></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Through May 10, 2015 Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Written by Paul Slade Smith,
<i>Unnecessary Farce</i> combines all the vital ingredients of a classic British farce — slamming doors, mistaken identities, manic plot twists and scheming shenanigans — but shifts the setting to present-day America. The result of this concoction is an uproarious,
rapid-paced comedy involving two cops, three crooks and eight doors.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">In an economy motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant. In the room next door, two undercover cops are supposed to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's
some confusion as to who's in which room, who's watching the video, who's taken the money, who's hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes!</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Weathervane Playhouse’s production of
<i>Unnecessary Farce</i> is directed by Marc Moritz, whose comic touches as a director have guided such previous Weathervane Playhouse productions as
<i>Don’t Dress for Dinner</i> and <i>The 39 Steps</i>.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">For tickets, visit or call the Weathervane Box Office at 330-836-2626 during Box Office hours or buy tickets online at
<a href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>THE<i> UNNECESSARY FARCE
</i>Cast</b></p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>CASSIE NEUMANN</b><span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><br>
</span>Karen Brown</p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>RACHEL GEHLERT</b><span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><br>
</span>Billie Dwyer</p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>BERNADETTE HISEY</b><span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><br>
</span>Mary Meekly</p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>TOM STEPHAN</b><span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><br>
</span>Mayor Meekly</p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>BRIAN O. JACKSON</b><span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><br>
</span>Todd</p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>SCOTT K. DAVIS</b><span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><br>
</span>Eric Sheridan</p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>DAN SEKANIC</b><span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><br>
</span>Agent Frank</p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>ABOUT THE SHOW’S DIRECTOR</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>MARC MORITZ</b>’s most recent Weathervane directing assignment was last season’s
<i>Don’t Dress for Dinner</i>. Previously for Weathervane he directed <i>The 39 Steps</i>,
<i>3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down</i> and <i>Shine!</i> (with special guest artist Hal Linden). </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><b>About the Show’s Production History</b></p>
<p style="margin: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>Unnecessary Farce</i> received its premiere at the BoarsHead Theater in Lansing, Mich., on Oct. 27, 2006, under the direction of Kristine Thatcher. Since then, the play has seen over 155 productions
to date, in the United States, Canada (performed both in English and French), Great Britain, Australia, Iceland, Singapore and Switzerland.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Weathervane Playhouse and its dedicated volunteers offer vital performing arts resources for the people of Northeastern Ohio. We create exciting and thought-provoking shows with impressive production
values. Through educational programs and volunteer opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds, Weathervane serves the theater community, our patrons and our volunteers.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.</i></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><i>Weathervane Playhouse’s 2014-2015 Season Support Provided by:</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>Akron Community Foundation</i></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation</i></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust (KeyBank, Trustee)</i></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>OMNOVA Solutions Foundation</i></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation</i></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>Sisler McFawn Foundation</i></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><i>Ohio Arts Council</i></p>
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