Celebrate the Holidays at CPT!

Don't miss your chance to see three wonderful productions this holiday season at CPT!

A CPT Holiday Classic Returns!
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Featuring Sean Booker as Crumpet the Elf!
Gordon Square Theatre
November 28 - December 20
Click here for more information on The Santaland Diaries.

Ohio and Regional Premieres:

boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
James Levin Theatre
November 28 - December 20
Click here for more information on boom.

Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) by Sheila Callaghan
CPT Bookstore Theatre
December 4 - December 20
Click here for more information on Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake).

Tickets are on sale now! Call 216.631.2727 or click here to purchase yours today!

Raymond Bobgan announces Request for Projects for 09-10 season

CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is beginning to put together the 2009-2010 CPT season and is looking for strong creative projects. Artists who have a project that fits CPT and what we are all about are encouraged to submit materials before November 30th.

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The CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project at CPT November 13-16

Cleveland Public Theatre's Education Department and the Cleveland YMCA's Y-Haven Program present Mama's Boys, the 2008 CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project.

Free and Open to the Public

Performances at Cleveland Public Theatre:

Thursday, November 13 at 7:30pm*
Friday, November 14 at 7:30pm
Sunday, November 16 at 3:00pm

Suggested donation of $5 accepted to help support the project

(*Donations from the Thursday, November 13th performace will go to the International Rett Syndrome Foundation - www.rettsyndrome.org)

SPECIAL BENEFIT PERFORMANCE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th
Join CPT and Y-Haven for a special benefit performance on Saturday, November 15th at 7:00pm. Tickets for this benefit performance are $75 and include a buffet dinner and silent auction. To purchase tickets for the benefit performance, please call 216.431.2018 or visit www.yhaven.org.

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CPT announces the 25th Anniversary Season: Alive

Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2008-2009, 25th anniversary season:

Alive -- A celebration of premiere performance and original work

"Cleveland Public Theatre is the place for bold, new, adventurous and relevant works of performance," says Bobgan. "Our exciting line-up includes amazing new works from great American playwrights and home-grown premieres of national stature." The 08-09 season includes 4 World Premieres, 3 Ohio premieres, the 8th year of Big [BOX], the return of Little Box and CPT's acclaimed performance series DanceWorks.

Click below for the complete 2008-2009 season schedule!

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Little Box onstage now at CPT!

Little Box is onstage now at CPT in the James Levin Theatre!
October 23 - November 1
7:30pm

As part of CPT's commitment to local playwrights and producers, CPT presents the second year of Little Box, a series of staged readings of new work in development. New works by Andrew Kramer, Steve Maistros, Tara Broeckel Ooten, Adrienne Gosselin, Jeffrey Grover and Mike Geither will be featured. Little Box is modeled after CPT's successful Big [BOX] Series but on a smaller scale.

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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.

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CPT partners with Cuyahoga County Public Libraries to present special Goldstar, Ohio events

Join Cleveland Public Theatre and Cuyahoga County Public Library for two special events, in conjunction with CPT's presentation of Goldstar, Ohio, featuring Andy Paris, the play's director; Michael Tisdale, the playwright; actors from the company performing excerpts; a grief counselor from Cornerstone of Hope; and a representative from the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, along with other special guests.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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