Cut to Pieces

CPT presents the World Premiere of a CPT Original Work, Cut to Pieces by Raymond Bobgan and Chris Seibert, onstage in the James Levin Theatre from May 16 - June 6th.

Please note: Cut to Pieces includes graphic images of violence and is suggested for mature audiences only. There is NO LATE SEATING.

Cut to Pieces is a new original work written by CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan and CPT Education Director Chris Seibert. Cut to Pieces is an ambitious theatrical experience that integrates live performance and video projections in an affecting solo show. Cut to Pieces begins as a classic "who-done-it" tale and quickly spirals into an epic story of the dismembering power of violence, love, and the quest for self knowledge. Chris Seibert stars in this tour de force one woman show.

Cut to Pieces was developed with support from the Ohio Arts Council Arts Innovations program and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

World Premiere, CPT Original Work

Written by Raymond Bobgan and Chris Seibert

May 16 - June 06 2009
120 Minutes
James Levin Theatre

May 2009

7:30 PM

3:00 PM

June 2009

7:30 PM

3:00 PM

Special Performances

Saturday, May 16 2009
7:30 PM

Opening Night!

Tickets are $10-$20

Tickets may be purchased online, by calling (216) 631-2727 extension 501, or in person at our box office.

Reviews

"Without spoiling the mystery, which lies both in the content and its manner of unspooling, suffice to say that Seibert and Bobgan...create an innerscape that alternates between the humorous and horrific. Despite the collaboration, it is Seibert -- an existentially lone boat tossed on the stormy breast of the great ocean of being -- who is laying herself bare here for all to see the ugliness and beauty, the monstrous and the monotonously quotidian, about being alive and engaged in oneself and one's world. Seibert burned brightly as Emily in Our Town at Cleveland Public Theatre, but her candlepower on her return to the CPT stage attains supernova intensity."
Tony Brown, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"By taking an age-old trope of several people convened at a spooky mansion and twisting virtually everything thereafter, Bobgan (who also directs) and Seibert (who also performs) come up with a bounty of inspired moments. Cut to Pieces has an innocent arrogance and an energetic spirit of invention that makes it a thoroughly memorable experience...don't expect any easy plotting trajectory here. This is weird but wonderful theatrical creation, and it is most fascinating when it is least understandable. Seibert is a marvel."
Christine Howey, Cleveland Scene

Cast

Featuring

Chris Seibert

Creative Team

Written by

Raymond Bobgan and Chris Seibert

Directed by

Raymond Bobgan

Video Design by

Spencer Padilla

Costume and Special Props Design by

Inda Blatch-Geib

Assistant Video Design, Video and Sound Operator

Carly Garinger

Sound and Video Operator

Douglas Snyder

Your comments

Anonymous

Hope my next pity party is as fun as CC Bertie's

Thom

Cut to Pieces was moving and innovative. It will remain in my mind as a daring and captivating experience at the theatre.

Nice work. Beautiful, beautiful production.

Fran

If I could I would ask for my money back. This play was the worst play that I have ever seen. Cleveland Public Theatre needs to be more selective in their play choices.

Leslie

Kudos to the creators of this remarkable piece. Brilliant. Audience members will think about this a long time after the performance. Chris Seibert is quite a simply a Cleveland gem.

Andrew

Thanks for such a great experience at the theatre - Chris Seibert was amazing onstage. I think I may even see it again.

Jennifer

I saw Cut to Pieces on Friday and have not stopped thinking about it since! What a powerful, original, moving play. Loved the video - congrats!