FATHER OFTHE BRIDE OPENS ON MARCH 4, 2016 It starts asa small event- a minister, the groom, the bride, and two witnesses. But the bride’s mother wants to have herdaughter wear a wedding gown and have at least two attendants stand withher. Nothing big, nothing fancy and thefather of the bride sighs in relief. That is until the families decide that a long lost aunt and a distantcousin need to be invited even though the bride and the groom have never metthe relatives. And if they are invited,all the other relatives must be invited. Then, the fathers decide that there has to be an invitation to all ofthe important clients of their businesses. The problem is all the clients are important. Mothers get into action byinviting the entire garden clubs of their communities. Problem is that everyone has a green thumband must be invited. Siblings of thebride and groom feel that they have to have a few friends to be with them. The number is inconsequential until you findthat a teen party has been invited. Then, to the horror of the father of the bride, the groom and the bridedecide that they have to invite certain friends from high school and college. Problem is the groom and the bride were votedas “Most Popular.” Then, the mother of the bride feelsoverwhelmed so she has to get the wedding planner who has several employees wholook like they are off the road gangs. As things progress, the wedding is on and then wedding is off. The maid is upset. The father’s secretary is upset. The youngest child decides that she has acareer in sports casting and uses the wedding as the first wedding to appearcoast to coast on national television with color commentary. And it only costs…. “well, it’s that amountif you buy American champagne. It’shigher if you buy the French,” says the wedding planner. “And it all comes together like “magic.” The Caroline Francke comedy, Father of the Bride, will be presentedby the Canal Fulton Players on March 4-6, 11-13, 2016 at the SALT BoxMinistries, 408 West Market Street, Canal Fulton, Ohio. The Dramatist Play Service production hasbeen made into two movies. The firstone, starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Leo G. Carroll,and Billie Burke was a huge critical success. The second one, starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, andKimberly Williams, was a huge financial success as many people loved Short’sportrayal of Franck. (Note- The name isa shortened version of the playwright’s last name). Starring as Stanley Banks is CharlesHaywood, who was last seen as the King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. ShellyRayborn is Ellie Banks. Shelly has beenin the Players’ last five productions. Hunter Rapp portrays Kay Banks, the bride in this play. She was last seen as Alice in Alice in Wonderland. The rest of the cast consists of Josh Rowe, JakeSustersic, Madison Witte, Laura Haines, Maya McCoy, Jennifer Neal, Geri Markenin two roles, Drew Hutchinson, Mike Pfiffner, Sean Wirfel, and Matt Farkas asMr. Massoula, the wedding planner. The performances for Fridays andSaturdays will be at 7:30 pm. Sundayperformances will be at 3:00 pm. OnMarch 12, there will be a dinner theatre which will start at 6:00 pm. The menu is lasagna, Italian bread, saladwith your choice of dressing, dessert, and a beverage. The cost of admission for allnon-dinner theatre performances is $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for seniors andchildren under the age of 12. The costof admission for the dinner theatre is $18.00 for adults and $16.00 for seniorsand children under the age of 12. For information or reservations,call David Van Gaasbeek at 330-494-1022 and 330-854-4387.