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at the 2006-07 Weathervane Season!

The Sisters Rosensweig

a comic drama by Wendy Wasserstein

April 25 to May 13, 2007

Three Jewish-American sisters reunite for a birthday party in London -- and the occasion provokes each sister to confront the personal choices she has made and to examine how each defines herself as a woman through a wistful mixture of tears and laughter.

The Players

MARGO PARKER

Sara Goode

IAN HABERMAN

Mervyn Kant

MARYANN ELDER

Gorgeous Teitelbaum

RICHARD WORSWICK

Geoffrey Duncan

MARYJO MACE WOODBURN

Pfeni Rosensweig

ROBERT KEITH, JR.

Tom Valiunus

TONI CLAIR

Tess Goode

GEOFFREY DARLING

Nicholas Pym

About the Director

CURT ARNOLD makes his Weathervane directorial debut with The Sisters Rosensweig, but he is no stranger to the Playhouse. His work has been seen on our stage in several annual benefit performances of Forever Plaid, Nunsense, A-Men!, Nunsense II, and Pump Boys and Dinettes for Community AIDS Network. Several years ago, he appeared in the Weathervane productions of Sweeney Todd and Annie. Since then, he has been involved in the Cleveland area in such roles as actor, director, and stage manager at such venues as Ensemble Theatre Company, Dobama Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, the Beck Center for the Performing Arts, Playhouse Square Center, the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland's Halle Theater, Huntington Playhouse, Clague Playhouse, Cassidy Theatre, Berea Summer Theater and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Curt has also served on Weathervane's play-selection committee.

Meet the Sisters Rosensweig!

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ABOUT

THE PLAYERS

	MARGO PARKER (Sara Goode) first appeared on Weathervane’s stage nearly 27 years ago in Dracula. She was last seen as Lee Green in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. In 1985, she won a Chanticleer for her many roles in The Dining Room. Her resume includes 43 productions also lists Coach House Theatre, North Canton Playhouse and Stow Players as well as several Cleveland-area theaters. She is the daughter of a musician and a dancer. Her daughter, Melanie Fox, is a writer who lives in Pittsburgh. Her son, Bryan Czibesz, is an artist who lives in San Diego. Margo takes great delight in her new role as grandmother to one-year-old Zora Morgan Fox. She lives in Akron.
	IAN HABERMAN (Mervyn Kant) began his involvement with Weathervane began in 1982 when he was cast in a production of The Royal Family. In the nearly 25 years since that first on-stage appearance, Ian has been involved with Weathervane in a variety of capacities: he has acted in about 20 different plays and musicals, designed and run sound for several shows, directed two Women’s Board Christmas productions, served as a member of the Board of Trustees for four three-year terms including a stint as President of the Board in the early 1990’s and as Secretary of the Board for three years, and he has been a member of and has chaired the Play Selection Committee for many years. He has won Chanticleers for acting in Doubles, Conversations with My Father, and Little Shop of Horrors and for sound design in The Diary of Anne Frank. Several years ago, he received the Trustees’ Award from the Board and is currently serving as Interim Artistic Director for the Playhouse. He lives in Sharon Center.
	MARYANN ELDER (Gorgeous Teitelbaum) is appearing at Weathervane for the first time. A resident of Gates Mills, she returned to her Cleveland-area roots two years ago after 25 years in Philadelphia. She has performed with many area theaters, most recently Ensemble Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of The Price with Dorothy and Reuben Silver. She has also been seen on stage at the Beck Center, Willoughby Fine Arts, and Cleveland Stage Company. Charenton Theatre recently produced her original work, Both Sides of the Family, documenting her adventures as a non-Jew raising a Jewish daughter. She lives in Gates Mills.
	RICHARD WORSWICK (Geoffrey Duncan) is a local actor and model. He reports a long list of stage credits in addition to his work in commercial, industrial, print and voiceover advertising for a wide range of companies. At Weathervane he was seen in productions of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Noises Off, The Dinner Party, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Chosen, As Bees in Honey Drown and The Laramie Project. He chaired Weathervane's 2005 gala fundraiser, and hosted a dinner for this year's TheaterFest fundraiser. He has also been on stage at The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company, Dobama Theatre, Berea Summer Theatre and The Cleveland Play House. He lives in Bath Township.
	MARYJO MACE WOODBURN (Pfeni Rosensweig) holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater from Kent State University. She also finished her degree with an acting internship at the Cleveland Play House. She currently works for AmeriCorps VISTA and has taught in Weathervane’s education program for several years. She lives in Cuyahoga Falls. She last appeared on the Weathervane stage in The King of the Kosher Grocers. She lives in Cuyahoga Falls with husband, Dan, and sons, Sam and Leo.
	ROBERT KEITH, JR. (Tom Valiunus) is a junior at Firestone High School where he has appeared in The Diary of Anne Frank, Grease and Urinetown. He played Laurie in our youth production of Little Women and was Roger in The Lord of the Flies for Magical Theatre Company. He lives in Clinton.
	TONI CLAIR (Tess Goode) is working toward a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater and French at the University of Akron and is a graduate of GlenOak High School. In her two years of study at UA, she has appeared in Cabaret, June Daydreaming, Buried Child, Inherit the Wind and Tartuffe. She lives in Massillon.
	GEOFFREY DARLING (Nicholas Pym) is making his first appearance at Weathervane and was most recently Frank Strang in Equus at the Beck Center in Lakewood. Based in Canton, Geoffrey arrived from New Zealand last year and has already been in productions in Cleveland and Stow as well as many solo performances of The Gospel According to St. Mark in Northeast Ohio. Among his credits are lead roles in Shadowlands, Terra Nova, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew and The Crucible and his forays into solo theatre also include The Ancient Mariner and his own creation, Shakespeare and the Supernatural. He lives in Canton.
	ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
	DAVID HESS (Stage Manager) is a Cleveland native who has setled in Akron after several years in college and military service. A long time designer and sign-maker, he has worked in a number of behind-the-scenes duties at Weathevane, including lighting, props, sound, and scenic work. He was the assistant stage manager (and a flyman) for Weathervane's production of Smokey Joe's Cafe. With The Sisters Rosensweig, David makes his debut as a stage manager.
	TODD DIERINGER (Scenic Designer) first began volunteering at Weathervane as the "fly guy" on the props crew for the summer 2005 production of The Rocky Horror Show. Since then, he has served on set-construction crew for every production -- 20 shows and counting! Todd has a bachelor's public relations from the University of Akron, where he also studied theater. Currently, he works at the University as an assistant systems administrator in the admissions office.
	JENNIVER SPARANO (Costume Designer) is the co-producer and costume designer for our annual Community AIDS Network benefit productions. (Be sure to catch this year's show, Ruthless! The Musical, August 20 and 21!). With The Sisters Rosensweig, she is pleased to finally have the opportunity to work on a mainstage Weathervane production. An employee of KeyBank, she has designed costumes for theaters in and around the Cleveland area (the Beck Center for the Arts, Ensemble Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, Clague Playhouse) and also for theaters in Albany, New York, and Sanibel, Florida. She is happy and proud to interpret the work of her alumna sister, Wendy Wasserstein -- "All years are as one, and our loyal pledge shall be, Mt. Holyoke forever!"
	ERIN KATZ FORD (Lighting Designer) became interested in technical theater as a student at Copley High School. She was the co-lighting designer for Weathervane's production of Charlotte's Web and she worked backstage on Stuart Little and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She also provided lighting-design assistance for The Chosen, The Sunshine Boys, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Erin has a bachelor's degree in Jewish studies and theater from Ohio State University and is the second year of a master's degree program as the Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland. She is employed as a family educator for Congregation Bethayno and is married to Kevin Ford, a longtime Weathervane volunteer.
	JUDY WILLEMSEN (Sound Designer) celebrates her 20th year at Weathervane with this production of The Sisters Rosensweig. Her first backstage job was on John Cotter's props crew for Sherlock Holmes' Last Case. Since then, Judy has acted on our stage in three productions -- Rumplestiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella. For her sound-design expertise, Judy has won Chanticleer Awards for Translations, The Piano Lesson, and My Three Angels. For her stage-management expertise, Judy has won Chanticleer Awards for Harvey and The Laramie Project. Just for the record, she says she's retired.