Save the Date for Pandemonium 08 - Hidden Treasure
Saturday, September 13th
Unlock the treasure at 7:00pm
Tickets: $125
Featuring dozens of area theatre, dance, visual and performance artists along with fabulous food and drink, Pandemonium is a benefit like no other and an evening not to be missed. Pandemonium's action takes place in unexpected places throughout the campus as guests decide how they choose to experience this innovative and unusual benefit!
Click here for more information on Pandemonium 08!
STEP 08 opens July 31
CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to present Free Family Theatre in the Parks! The teens of the Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) present an original play with drums and dance inspired by Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht. This original work will be presented free of charge at parks throughout the city of Cleveland from July 31 - August 10. Free and open to the public! Fun for the whole family!
Raymond Bobgan and Cleveland area artists travel to Turkey
CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan recently spent a week in Istanbul with a group of Cleveland-area arts professionals. The trip launched a year of working with Turkish artists and teachers to develop arts programs for urban youth in Turkey.
CPT now accepting applications for Big [BOX]
"America is a big box full of surprises.”
--Simone De Beauvoir
CPT is gearing up for the 08-09 Season and the centerpiece of our season – Big [BOX]. Big [BOX] is a successful series that promotes new performance projects by local artists. This year CPT will produce Big [BOX] throughout the months of January and February.
Applications are currently being accepted.
The deadline for submission is June 16, 2008.
Click here to learn more about Big [BOX] or to download application materials.
Senator Sherrod Brown visits CPT!
Senator Sherrod Brown stopped by Cleveland Public Theatre earlier this week to facilitate a roundtable discussion with Cleveland's arts leaders.
Matt and Ben: The New Men
Matt and Ben: The New Men
by Christopher Johnston
"How does a package fall from the ceiling?"
I remember, as we all do, exactly where I was when I first saw Good Will Hunting. A movie theater. It proved an epiphanal experience.
Two Plays by Gao Xingjian
CPT is proud to present Two Plays by Gao Xingjian:
Between Life and Death and The Other Shore
Directed by Raymond Bobgan and Holly Holsinger
Don't miss your chance to see these inventive, adventurous and highly original works. This is the kind of theatre you will only see at CPT!
Onstage now through June 14th in the Gordon Square Theatre.
PLEASE NOTE: The Thursday, May 29th performance is SOLD OUT! Plenty of tickets remain for upcoming performances!
Click here for tickets, showtimes and more information!
Click here to read a review from The Plain Dealer
Click here to read a review from Cleveland Scene
Cleveland Public Library to host talk on Gao Xingjian
In conjunction with CPT's presentation of Between Life and Death and The Other Shore, two plays by Gao Xingjian, Cleveland Public Library will present "The Voice and Hand of a Self," a multi-media talk by Dr. Marion Sunghua Lee on Gao Xingjian, the 2000 Nobel Prize winner for Literature.
CPT Awarded NEA Grant
Cleveland Public Theatre receives a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the spring 2008 presentation of two works by Nobel Prize Winner Gao Xingjian.
The Women's Voices Project returns to CPT!
Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to present
Me As I Am, Me As I Will Be
The Elyria YWCA Women's Voice Project
Created by the women of the Elyria YWCA and Directed by CPT Education Director Chris Seibert.
The Women's Voices Project returns to Cleveland Public Theatre for the 7th year with a performance on Wednesday, April 23 at 8:00pm.
Don't miss this touching and transformative performance. It's what CPT is all about!
Flex Passes are on sale now!
Do you love coming to CPT?
Get an even better deal -- pick up a Pan-O-Rama Flex Pass now!
The Pan-O-Rama Flex Pass, named for our mascot, offers vouchers in an oversize matchbook that you can use to see any CPT production during the 2007-2008 season at a discount!
Pick-up a 6-pack or a 12-pack today -- the more you buy, the bigger the savings!
CPT hosts the Ohio Independent Film Festival
Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to host the 2008 Ohio Independent Film Festival in CPT's Gordon Square Theatre, May 5 - 11. The Ohio Independent Film Festival is presented by Independent Pictures (IP), a local organization among the leading film training and exhibition organizations in Ohio. Founded and run by working filmmakers, IP encourages the craft by producing and presenting the work of a diverse community of artists.
CPT named a Champion in Action by Charter One Bank and Fox 8 News
Cleveland Public Theatre receives a $25,000 grant along with public relations and volunteer support in recognition of excellence in community arts programming.
