Actor's Summit Theatre 2009/2010 Season brings 3 great shows to the stage!
February 11th through February 28th
Last Train to Nibroc
By Arlene Hutton
In December 1940, on an east-bound train, May shares her seat with a young flyer, Raleigh. May plans to be a missionary. Raleigh, discharged from the Army Air Corps for medical reasons, is heading to New York to be a writer. Over the next two and a half years they come together, drift apart, and come together again. It's a funny and romantic story about falling in love in simpler times.
March 18th through April 11th
I Love a Piano
Book by Ray Roderick and Michael Berkeley; Music by Irving Berlin
A celebration of the music and lyrics of Irving Berlin, I Love A Piano follows a single piano from the turn of the century to the present with over sixty of Berlin's most beloved songs, Alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, rousing and reflective, I Love a Piano is a tribute to the man Jerome Kern famously said had "no place in American music - he is American music."
April 29th through May 16th
Crimes of the Heart
By Beth Henley
The Magrath sisters have come home. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, is back from the West Coast after a failed singing career; Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles are highlighted by their cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail. A true, touching and consistently hilarious play.
Performance are Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 PM Preview tickets are $16. Regular performance tickets are $29 on Fridays & Saturdays, $26 on Thursdays & Sundays, with seniors receiving a $3 discount at regular Thursday and Sunday performances. Additional discounts are available to groups of ten or more. ALL full time student tickets (with ID) are $7 at all performances. Actors' Summit, Hudson's professional theater, is located at 86 Owen Brown Street in downtown Hudson, Ohio. For more information and tickets, visit online at www.actorssummit.org or call the box office at 330-342-0800.
The Kokoon Arts Club
Kent State University Museum
Thursday, March 19th - Sunday, February 28th
This exhibit highlights the activities of the Kokoon Arts Club of Cleveland. It will display the posters and costumes designed and worn by members and guests at their bohemian balls--now through February 28, 2010, Kent State University Museum, Kent State University, (330) 672-3450.
*WKSU Member discount*
Gazette du Bon Ton
Kent State University Museum
Thursday, June 25th - Sunday, May 30th
The museum will feature eighty-two original plates from the Algesa O'Sickey collection of Gazette du Bon Ton from 1920 to 1922. Twenty garments from 1912 to 1925 with digital surrogate fashion plates from this period will also be on display--June 25 through May 30, 2010, Kent State University Museum, Kent, (330) 672-0303.
Water: H2O=Life
Great Lakes Science Center
Saturday, November 14th - Sunday, April 11th
Water plays a huge role in the life of the planet, covering nearly three-quarters of Earth's surface and acting as an essential component to existence. Experience water as never before in this engaging and thought-provoking exhibition for the whole family--Now through April 11, Great Lakes Science Center, 601 Erieside Av., Cleveland, (216) 694-2000.
Something From Nothing
Canton Museum of Art
Friday, November 27th - Sunday, March 7th
Something from Nothing features 13 artists living and working in the area of the United States known as the Rustbelt, extending from Minnesota to New Jersey. The work is eclectic and sophisticated, as manifested in the manipulation and reassembly of such diverse materials as scrap metal, wire, pipe and discarded objects. Pieces range from whimsical creations to powerful social and cultural messages--Now through March 7, Canton Museum of Art, Cultural Center for the Arts, (330) 453-7666.
The Savanna Vaughn Clark Collection
Kent State University Museum
Monday, December 21st - Sunday, October 10th
Savanna Vaughn Clark has been wearing, collecting and enjoying hats all her life. She has said that she "never leaves the house without a hat." A generous donor to the Kent State University Museum, Mrs. Clark has given the institution more than one hundred hats. Those selected for this exhibition date from the 1950s to the present day--Now through Oct. 10, Alumni Gallery, Kent State University Museum, (330) 672-3450.
Kent State Museum Stavropoulos Exhibit
Kent State University Museum
Friday, January 22nd - Sunday, September 5th
From January 22, 2010 - September 5, 2010, the Kent State Museum proudly presents "Stavropoulos", a retrospective of the works of George Stavropoulos.
George Stavropoulos was a New York fashion designer that built a multi-million dollar business on his signature, floating chiffon dresses. His self-titled label produced eveningwear and daytime styles for the wholesale, ready-to-wear market, from 1961 to 1991. While he was known for his use of chiffon, Stavropoulos also created notable designs in lace, lamé, suede, and taffeta.
For more information call 330-672-3450.
Akron Art Musuem Pattern ID
Akron Art Museum
Saturday, January 23rd - Sunday, May 9th
Running from January 23, 2010 - May 9, 2010, at the Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries, "Pattern ID".
Certain patterns seem unmistakable: the geometric diamonds of a Navajo blanket, the neatly arranged vines of damask wallpaper, or the interlocking initials of the Louis Vuitton logo. But what happens when you transform the classically sober brown and tan Louis Vuitton pattern into an explosion of bright colors intermingled with Japanese animation forms? Or pair oversized hip-hop clothing with damask wallpaper patterns? Combine fussy Victorian style clothing with vibrant, African prints? The meanings and origins of these patterns are transformed into something new, called Pattern ID.
Pattern ID features fifteen artists of diverse origins who have seized on pattern and dress as powerful visual connectors between themselves, their histories and their audiences.
For more information call 330-376-9185.
Amazing Feats of Aging
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Saturday, January 23rd - Monday, May 3rd
Solve mysteries of why and how animals, including humans, age. Learn more about the biology of aging, aging across the animal kingdom, healthy aging, and aging of the brain. Can you affect the aging process? Find out in this fun and informative exhibit about biology, aging, animals, and you!--Saturday, Jan. 23 through Monday, May 3, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, (216) 231-4600.
Apollo's Fire: Bach Family Fireworks
Apollo's Fire
Thursday, February 4th - Tuesday, February 9th
Join Apollo's Fire and experience the virtuosity that abounded in the Bach family. The string players of Apollo’s Fire bring electricity to symphonies of the fiery C.P.E. Bach and the quirky W.F. Bach, and concertos of the exuberant Papa Bach himself. Featuring JULIE ANDRIJESKI, violin, RENÉ SCHIFFER, cello, and JEANNETTE SORRELL, harpsichord
Performance dates and locations:
Thursday, February 4, 7:30pm
Westminster Presbyterian, Akron
Friday, February 5, 8:00pm
Fairmount Presbyterian, Cleveland Heights
Saturday, February 6, 8:00pm
St. Paul's Episcopal, Cleveland Heights
Sunday, February 7, 4:00pm
Rocky River Presbyterian
Tuesday, February 9, 7:30pm
St. Noel, Willloughby Hills
Rabbit Hole
Weathervane Community Playhouse
Thursday, February 4th - Sunday, February 21st
This drama by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Stephen Skiles tells the story of a sudden and incomprehensible accident that forces a husband and wife to cope in ways each had never imagined possible in this powerful drama. Charting an emotional journey from loss to forgiveness, this 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner, reveals the human capacity for endurance through suffering--February 4 to 21, Weathervane Playhouse, Akron, 330-836-2626, **Members Discount**
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