NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Fred Gloor Associate Artistic/Marketing Director Weathervane Playhouse 330.836.2626 Ext 16 fgloor@weathervaneplayhouse.com<mailto:fgloor@weathervaneplayhouse.com> Weathervane Playhouse presents the hilarious farce, "It's Only a Play." Waiting for the review is the hardest part. AKRON - Weathervane Playhouse presents the first main stage production of its 2017-2018 season, Terrence McNally's hilarious It's Only a Play August 31 through 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 www.weathervanplayhouse.com<http://www.weathervanplayhouse.com>. It's the opening night of The Golden Egg 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. 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. Associate Artistic and Marketing Director, Fred Gloor, directs this hilarious farce. AUDIENCE ADVISORY: The play contains adult language and is therefore not suitable for young children. It's Only a Play is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. It's Only a Play is sponsored by a generous donation from Visit Mickey Vacations CREATIVE TEAM FRED GLOOR Director JOSHUA LARKIN Assistant Director TIFFANY BIRD Stage Manager MELANIE YC PEPE & SCOTT K. DAVIS Properties Co-Designers TOM LIGGETT Lighting Designer HAZEN TOBAR Sound Designer JASEN J. SMITH Costume Designer KATHY KOHL Scenic Designer and Assistant Technical Director RICHARD MORRIS, Jr. Technical Director KELLIE ROSSINI Master Electrician CAST KYLE BURNETT Gus P. Head PATRICK MICHAEL DUKEMAN James Wicker OLIVIA WIMBERLY Virginia Noyes WILL C. CROSBY Frank Finger APRIL DEMING Julia Budder SCOTT K. DAVIS Peter Austin BRIAN O. JACKSON Ira Drew For interviews, media members should contact Fred Gloor at 330-836-2626 or fgloor@weathervaneplayhouse.com<mailto:fgloor@weathervaneplayhouse.com> 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. ### Weathervane Playhouse's 2017-2018 Season Support Provided by: AARP Akron Community Foundation The Akron/Summit Convention and Visitors Bureau Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust Margaret Dietz GAR Foundation Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust (KeyBank, Trustee) The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services, LLC The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation Northeast Ohio Boomer and Beyond Magazine Big Love Network Weathervane Playhouse Volunteer Guild Ohio Arts Council Visit Mickey Vacations WKSU 89.7 FM