NEWS RELEASE

Melanie YC Pepe

Chief Executive/Artistic Director

330.836.2626

THE CAST IS SET FOR “THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME” PLAYING AT WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE SEPTEMBER 6 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Tony and Olivier Award-Winning Best Play

A New Play by Simon Stephens, Adapted From the Novel by Mark Haddon

Directed by Melanie YC Pepe, Choreographed and Assistant Directed by Kevin Lambes

Casting is set for “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” presented at Weathervane Playhouse in Akron. The Tony Award-winning new play by Simon Stephens is adapted from Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel.

CAST

CHRISTOPHER                                                                               Maxwell Rees

SIOBHAN                                                                                        Grace Mitri

ED                                                                                                    Richard Worswick

JUDY                                                                                                Jeannie Clarkson

VOICE ONE/MRS. SHEARS/GASCOYNE (and others)             Laura Stitt

VOICE TWO/ROGER SHEARS (and others)                Scott Davis

VOICE THREE/POLICEMAN (and others)                                 Stephen Pfister

VOICE FOUR/REV. PETERS (and others)                                  John Zido

VOICE FIVE/NO. 40/PUNK GIRL (and others)                         Allison Kump

VOICE SIX/MRS. ALEXANDER (and others)                              Harriet DeVeto

In “… this highly original, deeply engaging play” (Elysa Gardner, USA Today), 15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain; he is exceptionally intelligent but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion for killing his neighbor’s dog, he sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery and a journey that will change his life forever.

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” transferred to London’s West End, following a sold-out run at the National’s Cottesloe Theatre in 2012. The production received seven 2013 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play and continues to play to sold-out houses at the Gielgud Theatre in London. A UK and Ireland Tour launched in 2014 and a second tour of the UK and Ireland launched in January of this year.

“Curious Incident…,” the longest running play on Broadway in the past 10 years, opened on October 5, 2014, at the Barrymore Theatre, winning five Tony Awards including Best Play, six Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Play, five Outer Critics Circle Awards including Outstanding Production of a Broadway Play and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play.

Tickets for “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” are available by calling 330.836.2626, online at www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com or by visiting the Weathervane Playhouse Box Office located at 1301 Weathervane Lane in Akron. Tickets range from $10 – $22. Weathervane Playhouse is located in Merriman Valley in Akron, 1301 Weathervane Lane, 44313.

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