This World War II romance captures the optimism of America as it follows one couple’s journey out of misunderstanding to love.

The Play

Two young people meet in December 1940 on a California to New York bound train. May is a self-admitted goody two shoes schoolteacher with a "never no mind" certainty about right and wrong. She is feisty and religious and plans to become a missionary. Raleigh is a young soldier who has recently been discharged from the Army air corps. May will change trains to complete her journey home to Corbin, Kentucky. Raleigh is also a Kentuckian (in fact, his home is close enough to Corbin for him to visit the annual Nibroc Festival), but he is headed for New York City to become a writer. This ambition has been bolstered by the fact that the train is carrying the bodies of two famous writers -- F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathaniel West.

Out of this chance meeting begins an unlikely romance that over time, draws them together and pushes them apart. Over the next three years, Raleigh and May experience the changes in the country caused by the war, and changes in their lives as they fight, challenge and eventually discover their love. There is no fairytale, happily ever after ending here -- just an honest look at falling in love in simpler times, when people rode trains, wrote letters and had dinner with their family on Sunday.

The Cast

Two of Actors’ Summit regular company members take the roles of May and Raleigh.

Shani Ferry (May) returns after having appeared in this season’s opening show, Are We There Yet? Shani’s other credits with Actors’ Summit include Quilters, Inside Out, Swingtime Canteen, and The Shakespeare Revue.

Keith Stevens (Raleigh) was seen earlier this season in both Are We There Yet? and For Better. Other recent Actors’ Summit credits include: Don’t Hug Me, Big Boys, Russians in Love, Main-Travelled Roads & Sanders Family Christmas. Keith holds a MFA in Acting from The Actors Studio Drama School and a BA in Theater from Cleveland State University. He is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.

The Director

Constance Thackaberry is directing her fourth show at Actors’ Summit. Previously, Connie directed Big Boys, Nixon’s Nixon and Rounding Third and she restaged Clarence Darrow for the Defense. She has also served as assistant director for Tremont, Macbeth, and Musical of Musicals, The Musical! Other directing credits include: For You, The Audience, Liner Notes, 11th Hour, To Be Confirmed, and Sartre’s No Exit (Leicester, England). She was a co-creator of two original pieces for the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, of which she is an alum. She holds an MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School.

Performance Times

Performances are given Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM at the theater, located at 86 Owen Brown Street, Hudson, Ohio.

Ticket Prices

Preview tickets (February 11) are $16. Regular performance tickets are $29 on Fridays & Saturdays, $26 on Thursdays & Sundays, with seniors receiving a $3 discount at regular Thursday and Sunday performances. Additional discounts are available to groups of ten or more.

ALL full time student tickets (with ID) are $7 at all performances. 

Season subscriptions are still available.

Tickets can be purchased by phone at (330) 342-0800

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