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Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays over twenty-four hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes stupid. But he has fallen in love with a girl so stupid, she has only recently learned how to sit down.

 

~ Courtesy Concord Theatricals

Production Staff

Director - Ryan Dever

Producer - Brian A. Palmer

Board Representative - Randi Honkonen

Assistant Director - Kate France

Stage Manager - Arizona Hamm

Scenic Designer - Travis Williams

Lighting Designer - West Gorenz

Sound Designer - Shannon Daly

Properties Designer - John V. Quigley

Costume Designer - Amy Groseclose

Cast

Leon Tolchinsky - Dallas Ray-Macke

Sophia Zubritsky - Kallen Alsdorf

Dr. Nikolai Zubritsky - Richard P. Wilson

Lenya Zubritsky - Kim Akins

Count Gregor Yousekevitch - Brian A. Palmer

Snetsky - Sonny Panzica

Yenchna - Caroline Rose Thoma

Mishkin - Kate France

Slovitch - Dylan Sedam

Magistrate - Phil Gasper

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Aethereal Jest Arts Council would like to extend a special "Thank You" to the following groups and individuals:

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Lenya Zubritsky

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Sophia Zubritsky

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Assistant Director, Mishkin

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Phil Gasper

Magistrate, Sheep, Cow

Phil will be portraying the role of Magistrate in tonight’s performance. This is the first production that he has done with Aethereal Jest Arts Council. Past credits include Theatre Reset’s Play Festivals 5 and 6, and “The Geographical History of America” at New York City's Red Room Theater. Phil would like to thank his wife, their cat, and The Brehs.

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West Gorenz

Lighting Designer

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Amy Groseclose

Costume Designer

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Arizona Hamm

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Randi Honkonen

Board Representative

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Brian A. Palmer

Producer, Count Gregor Yousekevitch

Brian will be portraying the role of Count Gregor Yousekevitch in tonight’s performance. This is the first production that he has performed with Aethereal Jest Arts Council. Past credits include Michael in “The Boys in the Band” [Performing Arts Creative Ensemble], Roland Maul in “Present Laughter” [Curtain Players], and Prince Dauntless in “Once Upon a Mattress” [Little Theatre Off Broadway]. Brian would like to thank Anthony, Jordan, and Shana.

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Sonny Panzica

Snetsky

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Properties Designer

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Dallas Ray-Macke

Leon Tolchinsky

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Dylan Sedam

Slovitch

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Caroline Rose Thoma

Yenchna

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Travis Williams

Scenic Designer

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Richard P. Wilson

Dr. Nikolai Zubritsky

This is Richard’s first time performing with Aethereal Jest and he is having wonderful fun with his role as the village doctor. Richard has been acting since high school, playing roles both comic and serious. Recently he played Selig in “Gem of the Ocean” with Trinity Theatre, Borachio in “Much Ado About Nothing” with Pickerington Players, and Grandpa in “You Can't Take it With You” with GCP Players. Richard’s other loves are his wife, Anne Grove, and the Bahá'í Faith, which teaches the importance of education and the arts

Board of Directors

Brian A. Palmer, President

Shana French, Vice President

Anthony Reitzel, Treasurer

Tina Palmer, Secretary

Randi Honkonen, Director at Large

Chris Makar, Trustee

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