2010 Season Calendar
March 24 - April 21
Somewhere, Someone: The 2010 Women's Voices Project
CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan presents
Somewhere, Someone
Readings of new work from the CPT/Elyria YWCA Women's Voices Project
Wednesday, March 24th at 7:00pm
Elyria YWCA
318 West Ave.
Elyria, OH 44035
Wednesday, March 31 at 8:00pm
Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44102
Wednesday, April 21st at 7:00pm
Lakeland Community College
Room T-129
7700 Clocktower Dr.
Kirtland, OH 44094
Made possible by The Women's Center at Lakeland Community College
All performances are free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. Performances will be followed by a post-show discussion.
A powerful evening of original works of drama, story and poetry created and performed by women in transition. Established in 1999, the Women's Voices Project is a collaboration between Cleveland Public Theatre and the Elyria YWCA's Women's Campus Project. Women's Voices connects Campus Project residents with the tools of creative expression to help them achieve independent living and recover from domestic violence, addiction and other adversities.
April 1 - April 4
DanceWorks 10: MegLouise Dance presents Outside the Lines
Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to present the premiere of MegLouise Dance's new dancework Outside the Lines as part of DanceWorks 10.
Enter a place of vibrantly saturated living that leaves no empty spaces for fear or
fatigue to tarnish. Listen to the inspired voices of reason urging us, with singular clarity, to abandon all numbing distractions. Charge forward with purpose and be bold in your experience.
April 8 - April 11
DanceWorks 10: Verb Ballets presents Fresh Inventions
Cleveland's National Repertory Dance Company returns to DanceWorks with Fresh Inventions! Northeast Ohio artists are put in the spotlight for this annual performance, which features some of the best of the area's choreographers and composers. Seven Northeast Ohio choreographers tap into their creativity, paired with seven composers and the company of Verb Ballets dancers. Put to the test with a finite time in the rehearsal studio, see what Fresh Inventions these talented artists create!
Choreographers include Richard Dickinson, Kay Eichman, Diane Gray, Terence Greene, Lisa K. Lock, Troy McCarty and Sara Whale. Music by Larry Baker, Alex Berko, Loris Chobanian, Ty Emerson, Richard Rinehart, Nicholas Underhill and Eric Ziolek and lighting design by Trad A Burns. Check out new work from Northeast Ohio artists and Verb Ballets!
April 8 - April 11
DanceWorks 10: Inlet Dance Theatre
Don't miss Inlet Dance Theatre in another sure-to-sell-out DanceWorks engagement. Inlet will premiere dynamic new works entitled Create and Beauty in Tension by artistic director/founder Bill Wade, plus inspiring selections from the company's repertory. Inlet's concert performances are powerful, athletic and theatrical with repertory that is uplifting and family friendly.
Come see how Inlet is "using dance to further people."
April 15 - May 1
Things of Dry Hours
Written by Naomi Wallace
Directed by Sarah May
CPT is proud to present the Ohio and Regional premiere of Things of Dry Hours, onstage in the Storefront Studio from April 15 - May 1 (Paid Previews on April 15 and 16; Opening Night, Saturday, April 17).
Straight from New York Theatre Workshop, Things of Dry Hours by MacArthur Genius Naomi Wallace focuses on Tice, an African-American member of the Communist Party in the 1920's, his daughter Cali, and Corbin, a white fugitive who hides in their house. Tice strives to convert Corbin, Corbin tries to seduce Cali, and Cali tests them both in this edge-of-your-seat drama. Warning: full male nudity. Directed by Sarah May.
Regional and Ohio Premiere
April 15 - April 18
DanceWorks 10: Antaeus Dance and Travesty Dance Group
CPT is proud to present a weekend of premiere dance performance from Antaeus Dance and Travesty Dance Group as part of DanceWorks 10!
How do we reconcile the infinite - prospect - with the intimate - refuge? Antaeus Dance Director Joan Meggitt and performer Doug Lodge share premiere excerpts from their new evening-length dancework, exploring how the individual and the community function, both as discreet elements and in confluence. The performance will feature new music by composer Bill Sallak and original film by artist Cynthia Penter.
Dawning is a 50-minute contemporary dance/theatre project conceived and choreographed by Travesty Dance Group's Cleveland Director Kimberly Karpanty. "Dawn" refers to a time of morning before the sun appears at the horizon and is used throughout the work as a metaphor for the awakening of the individual and of a community. Dawning incorporates two short films and poetry by Henry Vaughan (17th century) and Randy Guilhas (20th century).
April 15 - April 18
DanceWorks 10: MorrisonDance presents Mysterious
MorrisonDance will take you through several worlds of ancient mystery: real, interpreted, and imagined. Mysterious will feature dances celebrating the vibrancy of the Etruscans, the heart and soul of Roma dancing, the quirky possibilities of imagined cone creatures, and the uninhibited passion of communicating through movement.
It matters not whether you are a die-hard MorrisonDance fan or a newbie to their idiosyncratic explorations - this collection of shorter works featuring different artists will hold something for every taste.
May 6 - May 29
Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Based on the book by Rebecca Solnit
Adapted and Directed by Matthew Earnest
CPT is proud to present the World Premiere of Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Based on the book by Rebecca Solnit, Adapted by Matthew Earnest, onstage in the James Levin Theatre May 6 - May 29 (Paid Previews on May 6 and 7; Opening Night, Saturday, May 8).
Wanderlust opens with a team of paleoanthropologists examining the bones of a recently discovered 3.2 million year-old hominid they have named Lucy and moves to peripatetic lectures of the Greeks to modern tourism - from labyrinths to treadmills, from 19th century mountaineering to the ancient Hajj, from Dr. King's civil rights marches to the AIDS Walk and ultimately, to Las Vegas, Solnit's symbol of a post-Walking America. Adapted and directed by Matthew Earnest.
World Premiere
May 13 - June 5
Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of W. B. Yeats
Developed by Raymond Bobgan
Based on the writings of William Butler Yeats and Dr. Barton R. Friedman
Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to present Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of W. B. Yeats, developed by Raymond Bobgan, onstage in the Gordon Square Theatre from May 13 - June 5 (Paid Previews May 13 and 14; Opening Night, Saturday, May 15).
Original Adaptation
