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NEWS
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Contact: Melanie YC Pepe
(330) 836-2323
Weathervane
Playhouse
1301 Weathervane Lane * Akron, Ohio
44313
Proudly Presents
The Importance of
Being Earnest
A trivial comedy for serious
people A Young Actor Series
Production
March 27 ~ April 6,
2008
For Tickets:
330-836-2626 or www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com
Tickets: $8 Oscar Wilde's deliciously satiric masterpiece!
Considered by many to be the funniest play in the English language, it boasts
memorable characters and sparkling wit in a romantic farce that turns on
mistaken identity, Victorian manners and the sheer brilliance of this
fantastically witty British playwright. Earnest is by all accounts, a
masterpiece of modern comedy.Earnest tells a tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon
Moncrieff. Both young men have taken to bending the recipe for truth in order to
add a dash of excitement to their lives. Jack invents an imaginary brother,
Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull home in the country to
frolic in town. Algernon uses the same technique, only in reverse; his imaginary
friend, Bunbury, provides a convenient and frequent method of taking adventures
in the country. Their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series
of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits: Jack of his love
Gwendolyn Fairfax, and Algernon of his belle Cecily Cardew.
The Importance of
Being Earnest Performance
Schedule
March 27, ~ April 6, 2008
Thursday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m. (Project
STAGE)
Friday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 29 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 1 at 10:00 a.m. (Project
STAGE)
Thursday, April 3 at 10:00 a.m. (Project
STAGE)
Friday, April 4 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 6 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at
weathervaneplayhouse.com
Charge by phone at Weathervane?s Ticket
Office at 330-836-2626.
Call between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday.
Tickets: $8 Our Directors
Melanie YC Pepe, Director:
As Director of Education and Young Actor Series Producer at
Weathervane, Melanie is thrilled to direct for the second time at Weathervane.
Melanie holds a BFA in Theater Arts from Kent Weathervane?s
Earnest State University, and has spent the last 10 years
teaching and designing. She is currently returning to her life in the theater
after the births of her three beautiful children.
John C. Davis, Movement & Dialect
Coach: An award winning, certified fight
director and actor who recently relocated to the Cleveland-Akron scene, Davis
has just completed his sixth tour with the USO, where he presented more than
four thousand performances and toured in more than 16 countries worldwide. He
will be teaching as an adjunct professor at Oberlin College this coming
fall.
Our Designers
Mistress Erin Bennett and Miss Julie
Jensen, Property Designers
Mister Alan Scott Ferrall, Resident
Scenic Designer and Technical Director
Miss Kristi Hagenbush, Lighting
Designer
Mistress Sandra Harding, Costume
Designer
Mister Daniel Jankura, Sound DesignerOur
Management Team
Mister Michael Pistrui, Production Stage
Manager
Mister Benjamin Fortin, Assistant Stage
Manager
Our Performers
Mister Jason Davis as Algernon
Moncrieff
Mister Richard Crafton as Lane and
Gribsby
Mister Keith Foster as Jack Worthing,
J.P.
Miss Amanda Davis as Lady
Bracknell
Miss Amanda Morrow as Hon. Gwendolen
Fairfax
Miss Lily Romestant as Miss
Prism
Miss Sarah Brazier as Cecily
Cardew
Mister James Gurney as Rev. Canon Chasuble,
D.D.
Mister Daniel Rylander as
Merriman
The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this
program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,
education excellence and cultural enrichment
for all Ohioans.
Project STAGE Sponsors
The Akron Community Foundation ? Shaw
Fund
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
The Sisler McFawn Foundation.
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