{"id":200750,"date":"2025-12-19T23:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=200750"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:45:53","slug":"cast-announced-for-new-production-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/12\/19\/cast-announced-for-new-production-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast announced for new production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The cast is set for the Van Wert Civic Theatre&#8217;s the upcoming production of Neil Simon\u2019s beloved romantic comedy, <em>Barefoot in the Park<\/em>, a witty and heartwarming look at marriage, compromise, and the chaos of first apartments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barefoot in the Park plunges audiences into the hilarious ups and downs of newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter as they navigate life in their first walk-up apartment &#8212; six flights up, no heat, and plenty of opinions. This Neil Simon classic explores the clash of personalities at the early crossroads of marriage, revealing the comedic struggles that come with learning how to live, love, and grow together. Filled with laughter and touching moments, the play reminds us that strong connections can thrive even with big differences, and that love often depends on compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cast for Barefoot in the Park includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul Bratter \u2014 Adam Shanaman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corie Bratter \u2014 Alea Rex<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Banks \u2014 Amber Evans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victor Velasco \u2014 Travis Nihiser<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telephone Repairman \u2014 Ed Eichler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delivery Person \u2014 Dizzy Lantz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Performances will be held February 6, 7, 8 and 13, 14, 15 at the Van Wert Civic Theatre. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.\u00a0Tickets are $16. The box office will open to the public on January 23, theatre members may purchase tickets now. Tickets may be purchased by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/vwct.org\">vwct.org<\/a> or by calling the box office at 419.238.9689.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cast is set for the Van Wert Civic Theatre&#8217;s the upcoming production of Neil Simon\u2019s beloved romantic comedy, Barefoot in the Park, a witty and heartwarming look at marriage, compromise, and the chaos of first apartments. Barefoot in the Park plunges audiences into the hilarious ups and downs of newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 06:05:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200751,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200750\/revisions\/200751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}