For Immediate Release: April 18, 2005
Media Contact: Ted Taylor, Act II Playhouse, 215.576.7212

Personals, a hilarious musical about the world of dating by David Crane, Seth Friedman and Marta Kauffman, the creators of the hit TV show Friends, will be the final play in the 2004-05 season at Act II Playhouse beginning with preview performances May 6-12 March (opening night is May 13) and running through June 5.

This musical takes a not-so-serious look at romance via everyone's favorite way to meet someone special - the Personals Ads in the newspaper. Whether you've ever written those words “Single male/female seeks…” or not, there's something in Personals that's sure to strike a resonant chord with everyone that ever dated – or even contemplated dating. It's a night of pure musical fun.

Directed by William Roudebush, the Act II cast includes Scott Boulware, Aaron Cromie, Mollie Hall, Ellie Mooney, Barbara McCulloh and Christopher Sapienza. Vince di Mura is the musical director.

All weekday performances (except opening night) will begin at 8 PM; the Sunday performances are at 2 PM. There will be Wednesday matinees on May 18 and 25 and June 1 at 2 PM. There will also be a Tuesday performance during preview week on May 10 (normally the theatre is dark on Mondays and Tuesdays).

For tickets call the playhouse at 215-654-0200 or you may purchase them at the box office at 56 East Butler Avenue in Ambler, PA. Prices range from $26-$30 for the run of the show depending on the performance.

For more information 215-654-0200 or go to www.act2.org.

For Media Information: Ted Taylor, 215-576-7212 or e-mail, ted@tedtaylor.com

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THE CAST AND DIRECTOR

Scott Boulware (Man 1) is back at Act II where he was last seen as Man 2 in I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change also under the direction of Bill Roudebush. Since then he has become wed to that (and this) production's Woman 2 which also featured that (and this) production's Woman 1. Regional favorites: Buddy Becker in He HeId Me Grand, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Indiana Rep); Rodolpho in A View from the Bridge, Solanio in The Merchant of Venice (People's Light); I Love You, You're Perfect... (Playhouse Square Center, Boars head Theatre and, of course, Act II).

Aaron Cromie (Man 2) is a Philadelphia based actor, teacher and designer who has worked locally with Walnut street Theater Arden, 1812 Productions, InterAct, Mum Puppet theatre among others, and toured nationally in "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story." He recently received a grant from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative for the development of his first play, Punch's Progress, and received the 2004 Barrymore Award for choreography/movement for Lantem's "Comedy of Errors." Aaron teaches at the University of the Arts and is a graduate of the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

Mollie Hall (Woman 2) Mollie was last seen at Act II in Little By Little and is working once again with Bill Roudebush and fellow cast mates of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (one of whom she has since married!). Mollie was most recently seen at the Walnut Street Theatre as Demeter in CATS. Regional favorites and Barrymore nominations for: Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival); Susie in WIT (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Cordelia in Falsettos (Arden -Theatre Company).

Ellie Mooney (Woman 1) has appeared Off-Broadway/NYC in Silent, Laughter (Ruth US) The Lambs Theatre, The Fabulist (Netha) the York Theatre, A Night at the Nutcracker (A Marc Brothers Musical) Brookdale Performing Arts, The Flue Player's Song (Bethany) NY Musical Theatre Festival. REGIONAL: Two productions of I Love A Piano (Eileen-original cast and recording) The Denver Center and Florida Stage, Peter Pan (Trevor Nunn Adaptation) Trinity Repertory Theatre, Songs for a New World (Woman #2) Bat Boy, The Musical (Shelley) and Are We There Yet? (Woman #1 -original cast) Stage One Productions. Ellie is glad to be back at II Playhouse where she was seen in I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (with Mollie, Scott and Bill).

Barbara McCulloh (Woman 3) Broadway: The King and I (Anna); Peter Pan (Mrs. Darling). National Tour: South Pacific; Peter Pan. Television: Law & Order SVU, Another World; Courage, the Cowardly Dog; A&E's Peter Pan; PBS's A Day in the Life of Conrad Green. Off-Broadway, New York City: 1-2-3-4-5 (MTC), Kuni Leml (Jewish Rep, Outer Circle Critics Award), On the Twentieth Century (York Theatre), Up in Central Park (ELT); Leave It To Me (Musicals Tonite). A Bouquet for Mr. Ziegfeld (Mazur Theatre). Regional: Wings (Pittsburgh Public), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Studio Arena), Hay Fever (Indiana Rep), Jekyll and Hyde (North Carolina Theatre), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Virginia & Syracuse Stages), As Bees in Honey Drown (Theatrefest), Hamlet, Tom Jones; (North Shore), Joyful Noise (Pioneer), Blithe Spirit; 110, in the Shade; of I Tartuffe (Delaware Theatre Co.), A Christmas Carol, (Ford's & Westchester Theatres), The Sweet Revenge of Louisa May (Olney), Company (Fulton Opera), The Sound of Music (Tennessee Rep.), Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Night's Dream (Virginia Shakespeare), The Foreigner, Vanities, Bedroom Farce (Barter). Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, William and Mary; Masters, University of Maryland; Shakespeare Scholarship, Exeter University, England. Barbara is happily married to Brad Little, the Phantom in the international tour of Phantom of the Opera. Her performance is in honor of Jay Tramel.

Christopher Sapienza (Man 3) is thrilled to be making his debut at the ACT 11 Playhouse. A native Philadelphian, Chris was last seen at the Fulton Opera House as J.P. Morgan in Ragtime. Locally, he has been seen at the Walnut Street Theatre as Moose in Crazy For You and in Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Other theatre credits include: Back up vocals for Linda Eder's Christmas Concert at the Keswick Theatre. The Prince Music Theatre in the American Premier cast of Peter Pan and Wendy, American Premier cast of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird's Children of Eden at The Mill Mountain Theatre, The Disney Cruise Line, Jekyll and Hyde at the Gateway Playhouse. Bristol Riverside Theatre (Rothschild's, Zorba, Larry Gatilin's Alive and Well ... ), Arden Theatre Company (Godspell, Working) and the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center (Sunday in the Park with George). TV/Com/Film: IN HER SHOES; JERSEY GIRL; RACK; UNBREAKABLE; TWELVE MONKEYS; David7s Bridal; Verizon cellular; Action News 6 and many more.

WILLIAM ROUDEBUSH (DIRECTOR) has been directing for over thirty years at such theatres as: Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Cleveland Play House, Syracuse Stage Company, Theatre Virginia, The GeVa Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Mum Puppet theatre , The Miami and Palm Beach Opera Guild and many others. In New York he was Artistic Director for the TEN MORE BY N06NAN series at the John Houseman Theatre as well as directing for Ensemble Studio Theatre, The American Folk Theatre, The Mint Theatre Company, The Actors Outlet, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, The Samuel Beckett Theatre and the Village Gate where he researched his soon to be produced new musical VILLAGE GATE FOLLIES. Bill has been based in Philadelphia for the past eight year's where he works as a freelance director/writer. His recent revival of EQUUS was nominated for eight Barrymore awards and won five including Best Overall Production of a play, Best Ensemble and Best Director. Bill is also an educator having taught at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Temple University, The University of Memphis, The University of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University along with being Theatre School Director for the Walnut Street Theatre for four years. His book ACTING BY MISTAKE is available by logging onto XLIARJS.COM.

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