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“Very few actors get an opportunity to return to a role, even twice,” said Paul Causman (R, as Scrooge). “But with Christmas Carol, I’ve gotten to revisit this now 16 times. And that is so rare for an actor. It’s a real honor.”

16 Years of Humbug—Paul Causman in Toledo Rep’s Carol

November 20, 2018

When the Toledo Rep’s production of A Christmas Carol takes to the stage at the Valentine Theatre on November 30, it will mark the 16th year that veteran actor Paul Causman will portray Ebenezer Scrooge. Well, actually the 17th year. But Causman himself doesn’t count the first one. It was back in 1987 when Causman–then

Kate Abu-Absi and Dennie Sherer in Heisenberg, a play by British writer Simon Stephens.

The Uncertainty of the Human Condition

October 10, 2018

In 1927, German physicist Werner Heisenberg introduced his most famous theory, the Uncertainty Principle. The basic idea is that it is impossible to measure multiple properties of an object— position and movement, for example— simultaneously.