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THE UNAVOIDABLE DISAPPEARANCE OF TOM DURNIN
Dayton Theatre Guild
Nov. 18-Dec. 4
Dayton

Directed by Marjorie Strader
Produced by Barb Jorgensen

Cast: Ray Geiger as Tom Durnin, Tim Madden as James Durnin, Ryan Kelly as Katie Nicholson, Ryan Shannon as Chris Wyatt & Karen Righter as Karen Brown-Canedy

Tom Durnin did the time for his white-collar crime. Now, he’s determined to win back the respect he believes he deserves—even if that means ripping apart the new life his family has so carefully put together in his absence. Tom’s son warily allows his father to camp out on his couch, hoping the man who let everyone down has finally turned a new page. After a lifetime of empty promises, can Tom find a place in a family that has worked so hard to move on without him?

• Fri-Sat, Nov. 18-19 at 8pm
• Sun, Nov. 20 at 3pm
• Fri, Nov. 25 at 8pm
• Sat, Nov. 26 at 5pm
• Sun, Nov. 27 at 3pm
• Fri, Dec. 2 at 8pm
• Sat, Dec. 3 at 5pm
• Sun, Dec. 4 at 3pm

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THE OUTGOING TIDE
Dayton Theatre Guild
Oct. 7-23
Dayton

Directed by Kathy Mola
Produced by Rick Flynn

Cast: Peter Wallace as Gunner, Barbara Jorgensen as Peg & Matthew Smith as Jack

An older couple, Gunner and Peg, live on Chesapeake Bay. Gunner now suffers from Alzheimer’s, and their grown son comes to visit them one autumn to help his mother with decisions that need to be made. Peg wants to move into a senior facility, but Gunner wants to leave his wife and son something other than the bitter memories and resentments he is sure they hold against him.

• Fri-Sat, Oct. 7-8 at 8pm
• Sun, Oct. 9 at 3pm
• Fri,  Oct. 14 at 8pm
• Sat, Oct. 15 at 5pm
• Sun, Oct. 16 at 3pm
• Fri, Oct. 21 at 8pm
• Sat, Oct. 22 at 5pm
• Sun, Oct. 23 at 3pm

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THE LAST LIFEBOAT
Dayton Theatre Guild
Aug. 19-Sept. 4
Dayton

Directed by Jeff Sams
Produced by Debra Kent

Cast: Matt Lindsay as Actor 01: J. Bruce Ismay; Mike Beerbower as Actor 02: William Randolph Hearst, Thomas Andrews, and others; Zach Katris as Actor 03: Policeman, Sailor, Senator Fletcher, etc.; Gary Thompson as Actor 04: Cpt. Smith (of the Titanic), J.P. Morgan, Thomas Ismay and John Jacob Astor; Cassandra Engber as Actress 01: Vivian and other female characters; Heather Martin as Actress 02: Florence Ismay and others; Kerry Simpson as Actress 03: Margaret Ismay and other female roles & Heather Atkinson as Actress 04: A variety of female roles

Joseph Bruce Ismay, an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line of steamships becomes the perfect scapegoat for the sinking of the Titanic. Ismay saved as many people as he could, but with no women and children in sight, he stepped into the last lifeboat…and was branded a coward and a traitor forever. This play deals not only with the disaster itself, but the sensationalized trials and aftermath of an event that changed the world forever.

• Fri-Sat, Aug. 19-20 at 8pm
• Sun, Aug. 21 at 3pm
• Fri, Aug. 26 at 8pm
• Sat, Aug. 27 at 5pm
• Sun, Aug. 28 at 3pm
• Fri, Sept. 2 at 8pm
• Sat, Sept. 3 at 5pm
• Sun, Sept. 4 at 3pm

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