Running 6/14/2012 to 7/8/2012

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

• Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
• Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
• Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

• About the Show
• Ticket Info
• Cast

Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

Directed by Gwen Arment
Musical Direction by John Ebner

An agoraphobic musical-theater fan seeks to cure his "non-specific sadness" by listening to the original cast recording of his favorite Broadway musical from the late 1920s. As the needle drops on his record player, the Jazz Age-era show and its wacky cast of characters suddenly come to life in his apartment! This hilarious show-within-a-show is packed with musical and comedic delights!

TICKET INFORMATION

$18 to $24

Special Preview Night savings: All adult and senior tickets are $18 on Thursday, June 14 only.
$5 for children (ages 17 and younger) and college students

For Performances After June 14

$24 for adults (ages 18 and older)
$21 for seniors (ages 65 and older) on Thursdays and Sundays only
$5 for children (ages 17 and younger) and college students at all performances

Group Discounts

$18 per ticket for groups of 12 or larger -- plus ticket No. 13 is FREE for the group leader!

 

CAST

PATRICK DUKEMAN
Man in Chair

MOLLY WEIDIG
Janet Van De Graaff

AMANDA DAVIS
The Drowsy Chaperone

RYAN F. BERGERON
Aldolpho

SCOTT MIESSE
Robert Martin

SHANE HURST
George

KAREN WOOD
Mrs. Tottendale

HENRY BISHOP
Mr. Feldzieg

ALAN KLESH
Underling

SARAH BAILEY
Trix

MICHELLE RAE CHAHO
Kitty

DANIEL O'DONNELL
JONATHAN MERECHANT
Gangsters/Pastry Chefs

MIKE GROOM
The Superintendent

BRITTANY DOLINAR
KATIE O'CONNER
JOHNNY LUOMA
ADAM VIGNEAULT
Ensemble

Weathervane Playhouse’s Second Annual 8x10 TheatreFest
Eight Plays. Ten Minutes Each.

Performance Dates and Times
Friday, July 13, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
Winners announced at the post-performance reception on July 15

Tickets
$10 each (general-admission seating)

Information for Playwrights
Submission Rules/Guidelines/General Information

All 10-minute play submissions will be accepted until 5 p.m. on May 16, 2012. 

All entrants will receive acknowledgment of their submissions and, following the contest’s closing, notification of the eight Finalist plays. The list of Finalists will also be listed here on this website.

Maximum running time length is 10 minutes. Less is fine.

Cast maximum is three. Any combo, gender-wise. No characters under the age of 16, please.

Set must be very simple and utilize easily moved furniture/set pieces. Similarly, costumes and "tech" must be uncomplicated and easily done. No period pieces, no musicals.

Playwrights must be U.S. citizens and be at least 18 years old.

Submitted plays must be unproduced and unperformed, outside of readings and workshops. Submitted plays may have been entered in other contests.

There is a $10 administrative fee per playwright. Playwrights may submit a maximum of two entries for this administrative fee. (Please see below for "Why We Charge an Administrative Fee.")

Employees of Weathervane Community Playhouse and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.

By submitting an entry, you are affirming that you are the sole creator of the play, and entitled to confer performance rights. You further affirm that, if you are chosen as a Finalist, you will grant performance rights, royalty-free, to Weathervane Playhouse for three performances during its 8x10 TheatreFest on July 13, 14 and 15, 2012. The play remains the sole property of the playwright.

The Inspiration

Title page should include the following information:

• Name and all contact info, including mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.
• Title of play
• A short (two- to three-sentence) description of the play

Playwrights may send a bio as a separate document, also in Word or pdf format.

Administrative fee of $10 per playwright may be paid by credit card online here OR a check may be sent (payable to Weathervane Playhouse).

Mail check to: 
Weathervane Playhouse
ATTN: 8x10 TheatreFest 
1301 Weathervane Lane
Akron, Ohio

44313-5186



Why We Charge an Administrative Fee
CLICK HERE to learn why we charge an administrative fee.

Prizes

All eight finalists will receive full productions of their play and two tickets to the festival.  (As much as we would love to arrange travel and accommodations for our finalists, unfortunately, we cannot!)  If, however, playwrights are able to attend, we will welcome all and shower them with recognition!  

Additionally, we will send out press releases about the finalist playwrights to our local publications and to any of the finalist playwrights’ respective outlets.  

Thanks to a generous donor who very much enjoyed last year’s festival, we were able to increase our cash awards from 2011: 
• First Place: $350
• Second Place: $250
• Audience Favorite: $150
• The five Runners Up: $50 each

Please address all questions to 8x10 TheatreFest Coordinator Eileen Moushey.
E-mail: 10minuteplay@weathervaneplayhouse.com
Telephone: 330-678-3893

A FEW TIPS. . .

• Follow the guidelines!
• Number the pages of your play(s).
• Include a cast of characters, with brief descriptions
• Be careful of length — we will be very picky about sticking to 10 minutes or less!
• Don't forget to include the "inspiration!"

Announcing the New Season!
Weathervane’s 2012-2013 Season Will Serve up a Varied Theatrical Mix!

(Posted April 3, 2012 ) Spring is the season of renewal, rebirth and all things new – and it’s no different for Weathervane Playhouse, whose Executive Director John Hedges is pleased to announce the productions planned for Weathervane’s 2012-2013 season, the theater’s 78th season of theatrical art, education and entertainment.

“The Stories of Your Life” stands as the new season’s overarching theme to describe the 12-show season, says Hedges, who is responsible for the selection of the plays in the new season.

The 2012-2013 season – which runs from July 2012 through June 2013 – consists of seven Mainstage Series productions, three Young Actor Series productions and two Dietz Theater productions.

The variety of play choices represented in the new season – four comedies, four dramas and four musicals – will offer area audiences a diverse depth of entertainment choices and provide Weathervane’s volunteer actors and designers with many exciting and varied artistic opportunities, Hedges said.

New this season is the inclusion of the Playhouse’s annual “holiday special” production into its regular Mainstage Series of shows. Previously, this annual production had been an extra production that Weathervane subscribers could add “a la carte.” For the 2012-2013 season, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol – a funny and slightly irreverent “re-imagining” of a Christmas classic – will be included automatically in all Mainstage Series subscription packages. This play will “share the stage” and run in rotation with the annual Young Actors Series holiday-time production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (which in 2012 will mark its 13th consecutive staging).

Single tickets for the summer Young Actor Series production of Annie will go on sale May 1, 2012. Single tickets for all other shows will go on sale Sept. 4, 2012.

In the meantime, audiences can grab the best seats in advance by purchasing a subscription. Subscription packages are on sale now. With prices ranging between $30 and $174, subscribers have many convenient options. Subscribers can choose a two-play, seven-play or “Whole Kit ‘n’ Kaboodle” 12-play package – and the Playhouse will continue to offer its popular “Super Coupon Book” of eight, pre-paid, flexible-admission vouchers. At this time, online subscription sales are not available. For subscription inquiries, please call the Weathervane Box Office at 330-836-2626 during regular hours of operation: Mondays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

THE 2012-2013 MAINSTAGE SEASON

These are the seven Mainstage productions that will play on Weathervane’s Founders Theater stage, a 240-seat theater, between September 2012 and June 2013:

“August: Osage County”
A drama by Tracey Letts
Sept. 6 to 23, 2012

“The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
A musical by Rupert Holmes
Oct. 4 to 21, 2012

“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”
A comedy by Tom Mula
Nov. 29 to Dec. 23, 2012

“Flyin’ West”
A drama by Pearl Cleage
Feb. 7 to 24, 2013

“Charley’s Aunt”
A comedy by Brandon Thomas
April 4 to 21, 2013

“The 39 Steps”
A comedy by Patrick Barlow
May 2 to 19, 2013

“The Music Man”
A musical by Meredith Willson
June 6 to 30, 2013

THE 2012-2013 YOUNG ACTOR SERIES

Weathervane’s Young Actor Series is theater presented by young actors for the enjoyment of young audiences and their families, all performed on the Founders Theater stage. The three Young Actor productions in the new season are:

“Annie”
A musical
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Martin Charnan
Book by Thomas Meehan
Based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie created by Harold Gray
July 27 to Aug. 12, 2012

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
A musical
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Nov. 20 to Dec. 16, 2012

“Our Town”
A drama by Thornton Wilder
March 7 to 24, 2013

THE 2012-2013 DIETZ THEATER SERIES

These are the two plays that will play on Weathervane’s “second stage,” the John L. Dietz Theater, which is an intimate, 50-seat “black-box” theater:

“Shooting Star”
A comedy by Steven Dietz
Oct. 25 to Nov. 10, 2012

“Next Fall”
A drama by Geoffrey Nauffts
Jan. 10 to 26, 2013