"You take a bad boy and make him dig holes all day in the hot sun, it turns him into a good boy. That's our philosophy here at Camp Green Lake" AKRON - Weathervane Playhouse is set bring Louis Sachar's Newbery Award-winning Holes to the Founders Theater through March 4, 2018. Evening performances run Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday performances are at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 with special pricing for students and groups of 12 or more. All ticket purchases are subject to additional fees. This production is part of our Weathervane's Emerging Artist series featuring a multi-generational cast. This production of Holes is made possible by a generous donation from Helen Fleming. Based on the Newbery Award-winning young adult mystery/comic novel of the same name - and adapted for the stage by the author himself - Holes tells the story of Stanley Yelnats, a boy who has endured nothing but bad luck thanks to his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather." His bad luck reaches its peak when he is sent to a juvenile detention camp - all for a crime he did not commit! Stanley and the boys are forced to dig large holes in the dirt every day. Hole by hole, day after day, Stanley and his friend Zero dig their destiny. Richard Morris, Jr., the director of Holes, says of the story: "I was first introduced to Holes when my nieces begged me to rent the movie. Since then, I have been captivated by the story. The boys living at Camp Green Lake have all lived hard-luck lives. Each carries the scars of a world that far-too-often forces kids to confront the harsh realities of homelessness, poverty, abuse, absent authority figures, and illiteracy. Though these are difficult topics, the ultimate message of the play is one of hope." CAST JACKSON BIRD X-Ray TREVOR KESSLER Armpit CASEY HA Magnet THOMAS WYATT Stanley Yelnats OWEN CASINO Zig Zag JAHLIL UNDERWOOD Zero JON HEUS Mr. Sir KSAN COOPER Mr. Pendanski TONYA DUUS The Warden RUSSELL MUZYCZKA Elya/Sherriff/Attorney General/ Stanley Yelnats 1st/Jesse SAMANTHA RICHARDSON Madame Zeroni KORY BRAMAN Igor Barkov/Police Officer No. 2 DAYNA OJA Myra's Father/Police Officer No. 1/Trout Walker EMILY CONTI Myra/Linda REBECCA LAGUARDIA Sarah ANNE WRIGHT Mrs. Collingwood CHARLI HABINGREITHER Kate Barlow KELLIE ANN HUGHES Sam PATRICIA WALOCKO Mrs. Morengo MICHAEL ANDERSON MAKENNA BIRD PETER McGINNES Townspeople THE CREATIVE TEAM RICHARD MORRIS, JR. Director/Scenic/Lighting/Sound Design JERRY MIRMAN Stage Manager LOGAN CHAPMAN Assistant Stage Manager SUE SNYDER Properties Designer JASEN J. SMITH Costume Designer KATHY KOHL Assistant Technical Director KELLIE ROSSINI Master Electrician ### Weathervane Playhouse's 2017-2018 Season Support Provided by: Aimee Lambes Photography AARP Akron Community Foundation The Akron/Summit Convention and Visitors Bureau Beatrice K. McDowell Family Fund of Akron Community Foundation The Big Love Network Best Buy Clear Gold Audio and Lighting Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust Margaret Dietz Corinne L. Dodero Foundation for the Arts & Sciences The Fairlawn Chamber of Commerce GAR Foundation Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust (KeyBank, Trustee) The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services, LLC Northeast Ohio Boomer and Beyond Magazine Ohio Arts Council OMNOVA Solutions Foundation The O'Neill Foundation The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation The Ritchie Memorial Foundation The Smith Memorial Foundation Roush Memorial Fund of the Akron Community Foundation The Weathervane Playhouse Volunteer Guild Visit Mickey Vacations WKSU 89.7 FM