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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Cleveland Jewish News: </span>
<a href="https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/weathervane-s-it-s-only-a-play-sets-the-stage/article_bc8e2cf0-90cd-11e7-b91b-4342c85c3f64.html">https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/weathervane-s-it-s-only-a-play-sets-the-stage/article_bc8e2cf0-90cd-11e7-b91b-4342c85c3f64.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Akron Beacon Journal: </span>
<a href="https://www.ohio.com/akron/entertainment/arts/theater-review-weathervanes-its-only-a-play-wittily-skewers-showbiz-types">https://www.ohio.com/akron/entertainment/arts/theater-review-weathervanes-its-only-a-play-wittily-skewers-showbiz-types</a><span style="color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Second week of performances begin tonight!
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Weathervane Playhouse presents the hilarious farce, “It’s Only a Play.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Waiting for the review is the hardest part.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AKRON – Weathervane Playhouse presents the first main stage production of its 2017-2018 season<i>,
</i>Terrence McNally’s hilarious <i>It’s Only a Play </i>August 31 through<i> </i>
September 17, 2017. There's no people like show people in this hilarious comedy about the behind-the-scenes hijinks surrounding the opening of a Broadway play. Show times are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets
are $10-$22 and are available by calling the box office at 330-836-2626 or by going to
</span><a href="http://www.weathervanplayhouse.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">www.weathervanplayhouse.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">It's the opening night of <i>The Golden Egg</i> on Broadway, and wealthy theatrical producer Julia Budder is throwing a lavish party in her equally lavish Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs, the celebrities
are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out in the producer's bedroom as they wait for the reviews to come in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Included are the excitable author; the brilliant but unstable director (who courts failure and is devastated when his work is well received); the drug-snorting leading lady (who is hoping to revive her
career after a series of flop movies); a fawning, hypocritical drama critic (who is a closet playwright); and the playwright's best friend, an egotistical but insecure comic actor who passed up a chance to star in the play for a television series — which has
since been cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Associate Artistic and Marketing Director, Fred Gloor,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> directs this hilarious farce.
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AUDIENCE ADVISORY: The play contains a<i>dult language and is therefore not suitable for young children.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">It's Only a Play</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of
this production is strictly prohibited. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">It’s Only a Play</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> is sponsored by a generous donation from Visit Mickey Vacations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">C</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">REATIVE TEAM<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">FRED GLOOR<br>
Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">JOSHUA LARKIN<br>
Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">TIFFANY BIRD<br>
Stage Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">MELANIE YC PEPE & <br>
SCOTT K. DAVIS<br>
Properties Co-Designers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">TOM LIGGETT<br>
Lighting Designer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">HAZEN TOBAR<br>
Sound Designer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">JASEN J. SMITH<br>
Costume Designer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">KATHY KOHL<br>
Scenic Designer and Assistant Technical Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">RICHARD MORRIS, Jr. <br>
Technical Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">KELLIE ROSSINI<br>
Master Electrician<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">CAST<br>
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KYLE BURNETT<br>
Gus P. Head<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">PATRICK MICHAEL DUKEMAN<br>
James Wicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">OLIVIA WIMBERLY<br>
Virginia Noyes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WILL C. CROSBY<br>
Frank Finger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">APRIL DEMING<br>
Julia Budder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">SCOTT K. DAVIS<br>
Peter Austin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">BRIAN O. JACKSON<br>
Ira Drew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">For interviews, media members should contact Fred Gloor at 330-836-2626 or
</span><a href="mailto:fgloor@weathervaneplayhouse.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">fgloor@weathervaneplayhouse.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Weathervane Playhouse provides high-quality live theater with volunteer artists, designers, and technicians under professional direction, delivers education and training in
theater arts and appreciation, and engages and entertains its audience to enrich the quality of life in northeast Ohio.
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<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Weathervane Playhouse’s 2017-2018 Season Support Provided by:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AARP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Akron Community Foundation<br>
The Akron/Summit Convention and Visitors Bureau <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust<br>
Margaret Dietz <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">GAR Foundation <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust (KeyBank, Trustee)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Northeast Ohio Boomer and Beyond Magazine<br>
Big Love Network<br>
Weathervane Playhouse Volunteer Guild <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Ohio Arts Council<br>
Visit Mickey Vacations <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WKSU 89.7 FM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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