2012 Season Calendar
January 5 - February 18
Big Box '12
The centerpiece of CPT's season, Big Box provides local artists with the opportunity to create and produce new work. Over seven weeks, Big Box includes eleven world premiere workshop showings of theatre, dance, music and genre-defying performances.
January 19 - February 4
At-TEN-tion Span
Sold out January 27th AND February 3rd and 4th!
A CPT favorite from the past, the 10-minute play series returns! The 2012 At-TEN-tion Span will be made up entirely of devised works created by local artists. At-TEN-tion Span will explore different themes of politics, love and personal struggle in innovative ways.
*Please Note: Due to the nature of the production, this show is not handicap accessible
February 14
The Dark Room
There will be No Dark Room in January.
Dark Room will return on February 14th
The Dark Room is a place where the writers take center stage and their work has a chance to grow. The Dark Room is an ongoing event held on the second Tuesday of each month (subject to change).
Tuesday, February 14th
The Church at CPT
(Just east of the Gordon Square Theatre Box Office)
February 23 - March 10
Antebellum
Written by Robert O'Hara
Directed by Beth Wood
Antebellum unfolds against the backdrops of a southern American plantation, a German concentration camp, the world premiere of Gone With The Wind and 1930s Berlin cabarets. Two stories merge as a love affair between two men, one Jewish and the other African-American, bridges time, space and gender. Through juxtaposed realities of Nazi cruelty and Hollywood dreams, this sweeping romance challenges intolerance of race and religion and discrimination on both sides of the Atlantic.
March 1 - March 17
Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man
By Glen Berger
With story by Glen Berger and Brett Keyser
Back by popular demand!
Cristobal confesses to stealing the original manuscripts of Charles Darwin from rare book libraries around the world. But his court enforced public apology spins off track into a scandalous revelation about Darwin himself and further digresses into a fresh take on the evolution of man and the inherent human need to understand our origins.
March 8 - March 24
Poor Little Lulu
Conceived & Directed by Matthew Earnest
This vintage circus of comic debauchery is based on Frank Wedekind's revolutionary plays Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box. Poor Little Lulu chronicles the exploits of Lulu - a sexual outlaw in a society riven by lust and greed - who is tossed like a frisbee from man to man, ultimately landing in the clutches of Jack the Ripper. Poor Little Lulu is simultaneously a cautionary fable and freewheeling peepshow. Produced in association with Matthew Earnest's new company, The Lunar Stratagem.
March 22 - March 24
Rusted Heart Broadcast
Conceived and Directed by Raymond Bobgan
This work-in-progress showing gives audiences a sneak peek at portions of a new work, which is planned for the 12-13 season. Rusted Heart Broadcast is about staying awake, surviving the apocalypse and championing one's own home.
March 23 - March 25
Opera Per Tutti
Opera Per Tutti, Cleveland's newest professional opera company is continuing its mission of "opera for all" and will return to CPT three times during the 2011 - 12 season to perform selected works from their repertoire.
April 12 - April 28
Iphigenia 2.0
Presented in partnership with Oberlin College
Written by Charles Mee
Directed by Matthew Wright
How fresh can a 2,400-year-old story be? Iphigenia 2.0, Charles Mee's striking update on Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis is surprising reflective of contemporary America tabloid culture, complete with paparazzi! Staged in modern times, this tragedy chronicles a military leader who must decide if he will sacrifice his daughter to legitimize his decision to go to war.
April 13 - April 14
Women's Voices, 2012
An inspiring evening of powerful spoken word performance! Original works of drama, story and poetry created and performed by women recovering from domestic violence, addictions and other adversities. Women's Voices is a collaboration between Cleveland Public Theatre and the Elyria YWCA Campus Project.
April 19 - May 26
DanceWorks '12
Six weeks of dance as local dance companies take the stage to premiere new works and revive celebrated performances at CPT's annual showcase for contemporary dance.
April 19 - May 5
Not The Flying Stupendas
Created by Jill, Frank and Meredith Levin
Directed by Renee Schilling
A show for the whole family! The audience has been promised The Flying Stupendas, acrobats extraordinaire, but due to a terrible accident the performance has been cancelled. The cruel Madame Producer, adamantly refusing to refund the ticket sales, demands that her staff perform in place of the Stupendas. As the "performers" attempt magic shows, song and dance routines, bizarre juggling and clowning acts their own personal dramas play out as love, vengeance and forgiveness test their relationships.
May 17 - June 2
13 Most American Dreams
Conceived and Directed by Pandora Robertson
13 Most American Dreams provides contrasting snapshots of contemporary culture and its attitudes and relationships to dreaming. Subconscious dreams, daydreams, phobias and fears are all explored through movement, music and live streaming video. Live social networking feeds have also been incorporated to encourage audience participation. At most performances you have to turn off your phone, 13 Most American Dreams wants you to turn it on!
May 24 - June 9
Akarui
Written by Jen Silverman
Directed by Raymond Bobgan
Akarui is an exuberant and haunting take on transformation and love that transports its characters to a 'rave cave' at the end of the world where DJ Akarui spins beats that summon the lost, the desperate and the dangerous. Among those that answer the call are a transboy, a young handsome musician, a young boy who awakens to find himself dead and his memory gone and a fearsome scientist caught up in her experimentation. As seekers and revelers follow the sounds of DJ Akarui, they are led into a world where everything comes at a price, and the price is often themselves.
