[NEohioPAL] The Kathleen Howland Theatre Premier Performance

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The Kathleen Howland Theatre Premier Performance

 

The Kathleen Howland Theatre will present two plays: ?The Grouch? by Menander and ?The Haunted House? by Plautus as the first performance in the newly designed theater space on the lower lever of 2^nd April galerie & Studios. The plays will be performed March 28^th & 29^th at 8:00pm; March 30^th at 2:00pm and April 4^th & 5^th at 8:00pm. Tickets for the performances are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 with a student ID.

 

?The Grouch? is a comedy by Menander, a writer sometimes referred to as ?The Shakespeare of Ancient Greece?. It tells the story of a mean old man and a young man?s attempt to marry his daughter. ?The Haunted House?, an Ancient Roman comedy, by Plautus the writer who inspired ?A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum?, is the story of a wealthy father who?s son has been persuaded by a clever slave to squander his money on wild parties while he is gone for three years. To keep the returning father from finding out, the slave makes him think the house is haunted.

 

Both plays are adapted and directed by Frank Motz, who produced and directed ?The Merry Wives Of Windsor? in Downtown Canton in 2007. Frank has been instrumental in developing the theater space at 2^nd April galerie & Studios and has assembled a cast including Don Dixon, Mary Lou Ianni, Joe Martuccio Don Jones, Janet McGregor Jones, Matt King and Leah Abel, among others. The theater space was named after the late Kathleen Howland who was a well known and respected local actress who appeared in over 100 community theater roles as well as television and film.

 

Tickets for the performances are available online at www.secondapril.org/theater,

by calling 330-451-0924 or at 2^nd April galerie & Studios.

Seating is limited for each performance.

For more information, please call 2^nd April galerie & Studios at

330-451-0924.