[FC News]PROFESSIONAL FPAC - THE ODD COUPLE! OPENS APRIL 16
Tom Fulton
tomtq2@gmail.com
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:01:47 -0400
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FAIRMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
8400 Fairmount Rd., P.O. Box 80 w Novelty, Ohio 44072 w 440-338-3171 w
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *=96 March 23 2009
CONTACT SHIRLEY KOLENIC AT 440-338-3171
*FAIRMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS OPENS ITS FIRST PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION: TH=
E
ODD COUPLE*
Beginning April 16, 2009, The Fairmount Center for the Arts will open its
first professional theatre production. In collaboration with the city of
Mayfield Village, Fairmount Center has developed an arts training and
performance initiative in the newly renovated =93Reserve Hall.=94 The proj=
ect
is called the Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC). The
conservatory will oversee all things theatrical with Fairmount including
year round youth and teen productions, the highly acclaimed summer training
program for young people and now, beginning in April a professional theatre
program beginning with Neil Simon=92s classic comedy, THE ODD COUPLE, direc=
ted
by renowned director, Fred Sternfeld and starring local professionals from
Northeast Ohio.
*=93THE ODD COUPLE=94 *(April 16 =96 May 3, 2009)
At the Mayfield Village Civic Center =96 6622 Wilson Mills Rd., Mayfield
Village Ohio
(At the corner of Wilson Mills and S.O.M. Center Roads)
The Odd Couple is the hilarious Broadway comedy about two poker playing
buddies, Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, two mismatched men who are thrown
together into an impossible living situation. Felix is a neat, tidy, health
nut. What we come to realize is that Oscar is the exact opposite of Felix:
sloppy, messy, and a connoisseur of cheap bear and fast food. The Odd
Couple concept is best described in the one-sentence treatment Simon
submitted to Paramount. "Two men--one divorced and one estranged and neithe=
r
quite sure why their marriages fell apart--move in together to save money
for alimony and suddenly discover they're having the same conflicts and
fights they had in their marriages."
In side-splitting Neil Simon fashion, roommates Oscar and Felix skip the
honeymoon and go straight to the hilarious bickering. The play is considere=
d
Neil Simon=92s best. He was at the top of his form when he wrote The Odd
Couple.
Walter Mathau and Jack Lemon made The Odd Couple famous on the silver
screen. In FPAC=92s professional production, the well known Cleveland actor=
s
taking on the classic roles are: Brian Zoldessy as Felix and Scott Hankins
as the party host, Oscar. The rest of the cast is rounded out with Bob
Abelman, Bobby Thomas, Kirk Brown, and Noah Budin, with Amy Pawlukiewicz an=
d
Carla Petroski as the hilarious Pigeon Sisters.
Tickets for the production are $20 for Adults, $18 for seniors and students=
.
Group prices are available. The show plays Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings at 8:00pm and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm. In conjunction with THE
ODD COUPLE, Fairmount will be sponsoring a =93PARTY WITH THE GUYS=94 evenin=
g on
April 25. A fund raiser for the center which includes playing cards with
the cast, lots of party food and a silent auction. Further information is
available on the Fairmount Center website at *www.fairmountcenter.org *or b=
y
calling 440-338-3171.
Information about Mr. Sternfeld, the director of the THE ODD COUPLE and
Artistic Director of FPAC, can be found on his professional website at *
www.fredsternfeld.com*
A FLYER FOR THE SHOW CAN BE DOWNLOADED
HERE<http://www.fairmountcenter.org/OCflyer.pdf>
.
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ine-height:12.05pt"><span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=
=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-weight:bo=
ld">FAIRMOUNT
CENTER FOR THE ARTS </span><br>
8400 Fairmount Rd., P.O. Box 80 </span></span></span></span><span><span><sp=
an style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, s=
ans-serif">w </span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Novelty,=
Ohio 44072 </span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=3D"font-siz=
e:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">w 440-338=
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<p><span><b><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-famil=
y:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE </span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span style=3D"font-siz=
e:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=96 March=
23 2009<br>
CONTACT SHIRLEY KOLENIC AT 440-338-3171</span></span><span><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=
=A0</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><b><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(204, 0, 0)"><span style=3D"font-=
size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">FAIRMO=
UNT CENTER
FOR THE ARTS OPENS ITS FIRST PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION:</span></span></span><=
span><span style=3D"color:rgb(204, 0, 0)"><span style=3D"font-size:small"><=
span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span><=
/span></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(204, 0, 0)"><span style=3D"font-size:=
small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">THE ODD COU=
PLE</span></span></span></span></b></span></p>
<p><span><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(204, 0, 0)"><span style=3D"font-siz=
e:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Beginning=
April 16,
2009,</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"fo=
nt-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> The Fairmount Center for the Arts =
will open its first professional
theatre production.</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><spa=
n style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span></sp=
an><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvet=
ica, sans-serif">In collaboration
with the city of Mayfield Village, Fairmount Center has developed an arts
training and performance initiative in the newly renovated =93Reserve Hall.=
=94</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-=
family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span></span><span style=
=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-seri=
f">The project is called the Fairmount
Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC).</span></span><span><span style=3D"font=
-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 <=
/span></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-fam=
ily:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The
conservatory will oversee all things theatrical with Fairmount including ye=
ar
round youth and teen productions, the highly acclaimed summer training prog=
ram
for young people and now, beginning in April a professional theatre program
beginning with Neil Simon=92s classic comedy, THE ODD COUPLE, directed by
renowned director, Fred Sternfeld and starring local professionals from
Northeast Ohio. </span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0=A0</span></span></spa=
n></span></span></p>
<p><span><b><span><span style=3D"color:rgb(204, 0, 0)"><span style=3D"font-=
size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=93THE=
ODD COUPLE=94 </span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span sty=
le=3D"color:rgb(204, 0, 0)"><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"=
font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(April 16 =96 May 3, 2009)</span>=
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:ar=
ial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, =
helvetica, sans-serif">At
the Mayfield Village Civic Center =96 6622 Wilson Mills Rd., Mayfield Villa=
ge
Ohio<br>
(At the corner of Wilson Mills and S.O.M. Center Roads)</span></span><span =
style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans=
-serif"></span></span></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:2.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin=
-left:2.25pt"><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-fam=
ily:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The
Odd Couple is the hilarious Broadway comedy about two poker playing buddies=
,
Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, two mismatched men who are thrown together i=
nto
an impossible living situation. </span></span></span><span><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fe=
lix is a neat,
tidy, health nut.</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span =
style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span></span=
><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetic=
a, sans-serif">What we come to
realize is that Oscar is the exact opposite of Felix: sloppy, messy, and a =
</span></span></span><span><span style=3D"color:black"><span style=3D"font-=
size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">connoi=
sseur</span></span></span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><spa=
n style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></span>=
<span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, hel=
vetica, sans-serif">of cheap bear and fast food.</span></span><span><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-=
serif">=A0 </span></span></span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small=
"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Odd Couple
concept is best described in the one-sentence treatment Simon submitted to
Paramount. "Two men--one divorced and one estranged and neither quite =
sure
why their marriages fell apart--move in together to save money for alimony =
and
suddenly discover they're having the same conflicts and fights they had=
in
their marriages."</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span></span></p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:2.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin=
-left:2.25pt"><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-fam=
ily:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In
side-splitting Neil Simon fashion, roommates Oscar and Felix skip the honey=
moon
and go straight to the hilarious bickering. The play is considered Neil Sim=
on=92s
best.</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"fon=
t-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span></span><span style=
=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-seri=
f">He was at the top of his form when
he wrote The Odd Couple.</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span=
style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span></span></=
p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:2.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin=
-left:2.25pt"><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-fam=
ily:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Walter
Mathau and Jack Lemon made The Odd Couple famous on the silver screen. In
FPAC=92s professional production, the well known Cleveland actors taking on=
the
classic roles are:</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span=
style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span></spa=
n><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helveti=
ca, sans-serif">Brian Zoldessy as
Felix and Scott Hankins as the party host, Oscar.</span></span><span><span =
style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans=
-serif">=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span styl=
e=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The rest of the cast is roun=
ded out with Bob Abelman,
Bobby Thomas, Kirk Brown, and Noah Budin, with Amy Pawlukiewicz and Carla
Petroski as the hilarious Pigeon Sisters.</span></span></span><span><span><=
span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica,=
sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:a=
rial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tickets for the
production are $20 for Adults, $18 for seniors and students.</span></span><=
span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helv=
etica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:small"=
><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Group prices are =
available.</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=
=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span></span><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sa=
ns-serif">The show plays Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings at 8:00pm and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm.</span></span><span><span =
style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans=
-serif">=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span styl=
e=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In conjunction with THE ODD =
COUPLE, Fairmount
will be sponsoring a =93PARTY WITH THE GUYS=94 evening on April 25.</span><=
/span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:aria=
l, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font-size=
:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A fund rai=
ser for the center which includes
playing cards with the cast, lots of party food and a silent auction.</span=
></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:ar=
ial, helvetica, sans-serif">=A0=A0 </span></span></span><span style=3D"font=
-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Furth=
er information is available on the
Fairmount Center website at </span></span><b><i><span style=3D"font-size:sm=
all"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href=3D"ht=
tp://www.fairmountcenter.org" target=3D"_blank">www.fairmountcenter.org</a>=
</span></span></i></b><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-=
family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">or by calling
440-338-3171.<br></span></span>
</span></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(33, 29, 30)"><span style=3D"font-siz=
e:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></=
span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:a=
rial, helvetica, sans-serif">Information about
Mr. Sternfeld, the director of the THE ODD COUPLE and Artistic Director of
FPAC, can be found on his professional website at </span></span><b><i><span=
style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, san=
s-serif"><a href=3D"http://www.fredsternfeld.com" target=3D"_blank">www.fre=
dsternfeld.com</a></span></span></i></b></span></span><span style=3D"color:=
rgb(33, 29, 30)"><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family=
:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-style: italic; font-weigh=
t: bold;">A FLYER FOR THE SHOW CAN BE DOWNLOADED <a href=3D"http://www.fair=
mountcenter.org/OCflyer.pdf">HERE</a>=A0.</span></p>
<p align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align:center"><span style=3D"color:#211D1=
E"><span style=3D"font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvet=
ica, sans-serif">#30#</span></span></span></p></div>
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