"10 Minutes to Cleveland" Hudson Players Presents 10 Short Plays by Eric Coble Event Dates & Time: July 16 @ 8 p.m., July 17 @ 8 p.m., & July 19 @ 2 p.m.* Available on...YouTube, Hudson Cable HCTV (Spectrum Channel 1021), Facebook Back in April, the Hudson Players helped fill the local entertainment void by presenting "A Night with Eric Coble", a virtual evening of two short comedies written by the famed Cleveland-based playwright. It turned out so well that the Hudson Players are presenting 10 more short plays by Eric Coble - "10 Minutes to Cleveland," presented July 16 and 17 at 8:00 p.m and July 19 at 2:00 p.m. The plays will be streamed on YouTube, Hudson Cable HCTV (Spectrum Channel 1021) and the Hudson Players Facebook page. Please use the link on those viewing outlets that will be provided at the appropriate presentation times to view the production. For more details and to RSVP for the Facebook event go to http://fb.me/e/6aj0s5w1U. Viewers can subscribe to the Hudson Players YouTube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCEzAriUs-StG85QtPEGCXyg<http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEzAriUs-StG85QtPEGCXyg>. Please note that the links for the shows will not be accessible until the first performance. While the event is being presented free of charge, viewers can consider making a tax-deductible donation through the Hudson Players website at www.HudsonPlayers.com<http://www.HudsonPlayers.com> to help support the group as it embarks on its 77th season offering "Good shows, good friends, good times. "10 Minutes to Cleveland" is directed by Don Bernardo. These short, fun, interesting and reflective scenes by Eric Coble, consist of ten scenes set at various well-known locations in the Cleveland area, circa 2005: "Detroit-Superior Bridge" "West Side Market" "RTA Train" "Legacy Village" "Cleveland Clinic" "Tremont" "Jacobs Field" "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" "Lakeview Cemetery" "The Flats" The event will be followed by a brief interview with the author. The cast includes: Jim Hagan, Jennifer Ranaudo Kubinski, Abby Longshore, Brian L. Pichola, Jesse Pollak, Brenda Redmond, Linda Ryan, Steve Ryan, Doug Vanek, Justin Wells, Kate Williams-Bernardo & Brenda Willis A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Coble was raised on Navajo and Ute reservations in New Mexico and Colorado. With an interest in theatre, he ultimately ended up at Ohio University where he earned an MFA in Acting. Along the way he started writing plays and the rest is history. His The Velocity of Autumn was presented on Broadway in 2014. Bright Ideas, The Dead Guy, A Girl's Guide to Coffee, My Barking Dog, and The Giver are among his shows that have been presented off-Broadway, in all 50 states and on several continents. Some of the noted theatres that have presented Coble's plays include the Manhattan Class Company, The Kennedy Center, Playwrights Horizons, Area Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, and the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota. He is currently a member of the Cleveland Play House Playwrights Unit. Of his work, the New York Times says "Eric Coble's hilariously funny, psychologically astute portraits hit home with rib-tickling acuity"; the New Yorker says "Coble's work is a tour-de-force with physical and verbal comedy to spare"; Variety says "A tidy little gem of comedy insanity. A toy box of a script stuffed with nasty jokes and outrageous situations"; and the Los Angeles Times says, "Adeptly lunatic, a hoot, a superior sitcom with a conscience." Coble's awards include the American Alliance for Theatre & Education Distinguished Play Award for Best Adaptation, an Emmy nomination, the Chorpenning Playwriting Award for Body of Work, the At&T Onstage Award, National Theatre Conference Playwriting Award, an NEA Playwright in Residence Grant, the Cleveland Arts Prize, two Cuyahoga Arts and Culture Fellowships and four Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence grants. While Hudson Players has not been able to share live theatre for more than a year, it has established a Hudson Players Endowment Fund, in conjunction with the Hudson Community Foundation, that will benefit the Hudson community. 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