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- [Meet our 2026 Pandemonium Honoree: Deb Janik](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/meet-our-2026-pandemonium-honoree-deb-janik/) - Leaders have a gift for seeing our world as it could be, and the best leaders have the passion and dedication to bring that future into being. Deb Janik has dedicated over 35 years to transforming Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio through her extensive work in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Her career is marked by a range of leadership roles that have shaped the
- [Audition Notice for "Jardín Salvaje"](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/audition-notice-for-jardin-salvaje/) - Cleveland Public Theatre and Teatro Público De Cleveland Announce Auditions for "Jardín Salvaje" By Karen Zacarías Translated into Spanish by Gustavo Ott Directed by Juliana Frey-Méndez AUDITIONS… Thursday, 6/25 — 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Saturday, 6/27 — 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Monday, 6/29 — Callbacks from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Auditions are
- [Test Flight 2027 RFP Callout](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/test-flight-2027-rfp-callout/) - Test Flight RFPs are due june 26, 2026 Test Flight, our multi-week play development series — a unique blend of education and creative incubation — returns, offering artists the opportunity to take bold risks and elevate their work like never before. This year, we're continuing our innovative cohort model, where you'll learn from and be
- [CPT Announces Three-Day "Poetic Theatre Research" Workshop with Raymond Bobgan](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-three-day-poetic-theatre-research-workshop-with-raymond-bobgan/) - Three-Day "Poetic Theatre Research" Workshop with Raymond Bobgan May 15–17 This Spring, Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan will hold a free, three-day Poetic Theatre Research Workshop to share his process, further develop his ongoing creative work, and broaden the pool of artists for future projects. This workshop will serve as an introduction (or reintroduction for past collaborators)
- [Request for Proposals for "Pandemonium 2026: Under Construction"](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium26rfp/) - Pandemonium 2026 Request for Proposals: Deadline May 22 On Saturday, September 19, 2026, Cleveland Public Theatre will open its campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual arts, music, and performance for Pandemonium 2026: Under Construction! We're seeking self-producing artists and creators to help us make the best party of the year a roaring success! For the
- [CPT Presents "Ignite: Lakeview Spring Arts Festival"](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-presents-ignite-lakeview-spring-arts-festival/) - On May 29, 2026, Cleveland Public Theatre presents a community arts festival at Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority's Lakeview Terrace! Join the young artists in our CMHA CAN program and members of the Lakeview community in a celebration of creativity with food, performances, and interactive experiences. The event runs 2:30–5pm at the Lakeview Terrace Community Center.
- [Opening Acts #3: Where Do New Plays Come From?](https://www.cptonline.org/opening-acts/openingacts3/) - Welcome back to Opening Acts. In this edition of the newsletter, we're covering: NNPN and the Rolling World Premieres we talk so much about A special trip for Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) artists An invitation into our "Open Home" Subscribe now to receive future installments of Opening Acts directly to your inbox. Keep Those New Plays
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS & INTERVIEWS FOR STEP 2026](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/stepauditions2026/) - CPT's Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) is a rigorous arts-based program that provides hands-on job training and engages youth from Cleveland families in a powerful learning experience that develops job skills, academic achievement, and interpersonal skills. As part of this eight-week summer program, youth ages 14–19 work together to create, produce, perform, and tour their
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING TEACHING ARTISTS FOR THE STEP PROGRAM](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-teaching-artists-for-the-step-program-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring Teaching Artists for our nationally recognized Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) 2026. Available roles are temporary, full-time positions beginning June 1, 2026 and ending no later than August 5, 2026. Exact start dates depend on the role. The STEP Technical Assistant earns $650/week, the STEP Teaching Artist earns $685/week, and the STEP Technical Director and Lead Teacher earns $850/week. Set salaries are based on candidate experience and range
- [CPT Is Hiring a Manager of Grants and Municipal Relations](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-manager-of-grants-and-municipal-relations/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Manager of Grants and Municipal Relations which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled. To apply for the position, send an
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Looking for a Summer Graphic Design Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-looking-for-a-summer-graphic-design-intern/) - Job Title: Graphic Design Intern Reports To: Director of Audience Engagement & Marketing and Graphic Designer Duration: Summer (June 4 through August 4, 2026), 28 hours a week (7 hours including lunch 4 days a week with the exception of Fridays.) Position Overview Cleveland Public Theatre, through a grant from Studio in a School (Formerly
- [Cleveland Public Theatre presents Open Home, Open House: A Tour of Existing and Future Buildings February 11—May 14, 2026](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-presents-open-home-open-house-a-tour-of-existing-and-future-buildings-february-11-may-14-2026/) - We’re about to break ground on our multi-million-dollar renovations to our Gordon Theatre space and the Romanian church on our site, and we want you to be a part of it! Please join us for our FREE tours to see firsthand what all the fuss is about and meet some of the key players on
- [Paige Conway Promoted to Associate Artistic Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/paige-conway-promoted-to-associate-artistic-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the promotion of Associate Producer Paige Conway to Associate Artistic Director, a role that is part of CPT's senior leadership team. In the four years Paige has been a part of CPT, she has demonstrated grace under pressure and a knack for working
- [Melissa Crum Appointed as CPT's Director of Education](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/melissa-crum-appointed-as-cpts-director-of-education/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the promotion of Melissa Crum, former Artistic and Education Associate and Interim Director of Education, to the official role of Director of Education. Melissa takes over from former Director of Education Nicole Sumlin, who left the organization last summer to pursue other opportunities.
- [CAN Academy 2026 Winter Session](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/can-academy-2026-winter-session/)
- [CAN Academy: Winter 2025–2026 Enrollment Open Now!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/can-academy-winter-2025-2026-enrollment-open-now/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s CAN Academy to be led by multidisciplinary artist, Cassandra Miller. Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy is a free performing arts program for younger teens and youth from Cleveland and surrounding neighborhoods ages 11-14, held on-site at the theatre. Young artists engage in rigorous (and fun!) theatre training, learning acting fundamentals, script analysis, storytelling techniques, and play creation.
- [Opening Acts #2: A Rededication to Our Founder, James Levin](https://www.cptonline.org/opening-acts/openingacts2/) - Welcome back to Opening Acts. In this edition of the newsletter, we're covering: A celebration of our founder A new URL for our IRL renovations Literary attention for CPT Subscribe now to receive future installments of Opening Acts directly to your inbox. Let's dive in! The House That James Built CPT founder James Levin raises a glass. Earlier
- [CPT IS HIRING AN OPERATIONS APPRENTICE](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-an-operations-apprentice/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Operations Apprentice who will become part of the CPT team and contribute to life at CPT and its success while gaining hands-on experience in arts administration and producing. Reviews of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Marguerite Hannah, general manager, at
- [Now Accepting Applications for SoftLaunch 2026](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/now-accepting-applications-for-softlaunch-2026/) - This weekend-long performance festival seeks to reinvent what theatre can be. SoftLaunch 2026 takes place Jan. 15-17, with applications due Oct. 27, 2025.
- [Apply for The PILOT Project 2025](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/apply-for-the-pilot-project-2025/) - Applications for the learning community guided by CPT's Executive Artistic Director, Raymond Bobgan, due no later than October 6, 2025.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre's "Luminous" 2025–2026 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-luminous-2025-2026-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's "Luminous" 2025–2026 Season Cleveland Public Theatre's (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2025–2026 Season, called "Luminous." Luminous lu·mi·nous /ˈlo͞omənəs/: emitting or reflecting light, something enlightened. "This is a time for us to shine our light in a special way—luminous, not like the sun but like the moon, that shines
- [CPT IS HIRING PART-TIME SUPPORTING TEACHING ARTISTS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-part-time-supporting-teaching-artists/) - CPT is seeking ongoing, part-time Supporting Teaching Artists (CMHA CAN, CAN Academy) to assist in implementing CPT Education programming beginning in the Fall. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work to further racial and economic justice. CMHA CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CMHA CAN)
- [CPT IS HIRING PART-TIME SUBSTITUTE TEACHING ARTISTS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-part-time-substitute-teaching-artists/) - CPT is seeking part-time Substitute Teaching Artists to assist in implementing CPT Education programming beginning in the Fall. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work to further racial and economic justice. CMHA CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CMHA CAN) CMHA Cleveland Act Now (CAN)
- [Opening Acts #1: The Future of American Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/opening-acts/openingacts1/) - There's more to Cleveland Public Theatre than what you see on stage. We delight in showing you the people and ideas behind the scenes, so we've created Opening Acts! In this newsletter, you'll get glimpses of CPT's everyday work, lesser-known special projects, and so much more we want to share that transcends business as usual. In this first
- [Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi مسرح كليفلاند العربي Holding Free Theatre Workshops in July 2025](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-مسرح-كليفلاند-العربي-holding-free-theatre-workshops-in-july-2025/)
- [CPT Hiring Part-Time, Ongoing Facilities Associate & Substitute/Overhire Associates](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-hiring-part-time-ongoing-facilities-associate-substitute-overhire-associates/) - CPT is hiring a part-time, ongoing Facilities Associate & Substitute/Overhire Associates to contribute to our success and community.
- [Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation’s $4 million commitment brings Cleveland Public Theatre to over half of its total $12 Million Capital Campaign goal](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/jack-joseph-and-morton-mandel-supporting-foundations-4-million-commitment-brings-cleveland-public-theatre-to-over-half-of-its-total-12-million-capital-campaign-goal/) - CPT is embarking on a $12 million capital project to improve, expand and renovate its campus in the Gordon Square Arts District.
- [KULAS FOUNDATION COMPOSER FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/kulas-applications-open-2025/) - CPT is thrilled to announce the next round of Kulas Foundation Composer Fellowships for composers and sound designers. Application deadline is June 30, 2025.
- [Announcing Test Flight 2026  ](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/testflight2026/) - TEST FLIGHT 2026 Deadline for submissions is Sunday, July 20, 2025 Following the incredible success of this past Test Flight series, we’re thrilled to invite you to be part of an exciting new chapter! Our unique blend of education and creative incubation returns, offering artists the opportunity to take bold risks and elevate their work
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "HAUNTED" BY TARA MOSES](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-world-premiere-of-haunted-by-tara-moses/) - CPT’s will be the third production in the National New Play Network’s Rolling World Premiere of "Haunted."
- [Pandemonium 2025 Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium-2025-request-for-proposals/) - We're seeking self-producing artists and creators to help us make the best party of the year a roaring success!
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE HIRING LEAD TEACHING ARTIST FOR THE STEP TECH PROGRAM](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-hiring-lead-teaching-artist-for-the-step-tech-program/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Tech Director/Co-Lead Teaching Artist for our nationally recognized STEP Tech Ensemble for the 2025 cycle.
- [CPT SEEKS SEASONAL FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME PANDEMONIUM PRODUCTION & TECHNICAL STAFF](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-seeks-seasonal-full-time-and-part-time-pandemonium-production-technical-staff/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring seasonal FULL-TIME and PART-TIME Pandemonium Production and Technical Staff. These roles are integral to the creation & implementation of all artistic & technical components for CPT’s annual fundraiser gala, Pandemonium! Positions can begin as early as July 5th and can last through October 15th. The hourly rate for full and part-time work ranges from $19-$23. CPT will
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING PART-TIME SUBSTITUTE TEACHING ARTISTS FOR SUMMER](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-part-time-substitute-teaching-artists-for-summer/) - CPT is seeking part-time Substitute Teaching Artists to assist in implementing CPT Education summer programming.
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS & INTERVIEWS FOR STEP 2025!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/stepauditions2025/) - This paid opportunity provides hands-on job training to Cleveland youth ages 14–19 as they work together to create, produce, perform, and tour their own play.
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING TEACHING ARTISTS FOR THE STEP TECH PROGRAM](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-teaching-artists-for-the-step-program/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring Teaching Artists for our nationally recognized Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) Tech Ensemble for the 2025 cycle. Available roles are temporary, full-time positions beginning June 2, 2025 and ending no later than August 8, 2025. Exact start dates depend on the role. The STEP Technical Assistant earns $650/week, and the STEP
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Is Hiring a Full-Time Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-full-time-teaching-artist-and-site-coordinator/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for the Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority Cleveland Act Now (CMHA CAN) program to continue to serve Cleveland Public Theatre’s mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through life-changing education programs. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING PART-TIME SUPPORTING TEACHING ARTISTS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-part-time-supporting-teaching-artists-2/) - CPT is seeking part-time Supporting Teaching Artists (CMHA Cleveland Act Now program Supporting Teaching Artist and Substitute Teaching Artists for CAN programs and Y-Haven Theatre Project) to assist in implementing CPT Education programming. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work to further racial
- [A Message From Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan and the CPT Board](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/messagefromexecutiveartisticdirectorandboard/) - At Cleveland Public Theatre, we believe in the power of art to transform, heal and build community. In these times of uncertainty, fear, anxiety and division...
- [CPT Is Hiring a Graphic Design Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-graphic-design-intern/) - This opportunity through Studio Institute gives students firsthand experience in graphic design while learning the inner workings of an arts nonprofit.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring an Operations Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-operations-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Operations Manager to join the CPT staff and contribute to our success and community. This is an integral role at CPT. You will enable impressive theatre and art experiences by collaborating to make a great environment. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is
- [Apply for Special Workshop/Audition With Raymond Bobgan March 1 and 2](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/apply-for-special-workshop-audition-with-raymond-bobgan-march-1-and-2/) - CPT announces a free workshop with nationally recognized theatre creator Raymond Bobgan. This workshop will serve as an introduction to Raymond’s unique approach to physical theatre/performance and as an audition for the upcoming CPT CORE Ensemble project. Workshop & Audition Raymond Bobgan is creating a new work and is seeking additional actors for the creation
- [Una Declaración Pública de Teatro Público de Cleveland / A Public Statement From Teatro Público de Cleveland](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/una-declaracion-publica-de-teatro-publico-de-cleveland-a-public-statement-from-teatro-publico-de-cleveland/) - TPC Declaración Pública 7 de febrero de 2025 Dado el clima político, los miembros del Teatro Público de Cleveland sienten que es imperativo abordar y mostrar solidaridad con nuestra comunidad. Nuestro objetivo como colectivo teatral es ser por y para nuestra gente, contar nuestras propias historias y representar la diversidad de lo que significa ser
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Receives a Transformational Gift of $6M, in Support of Programming and Capital Enhancements, from the Joan Yellen Horvitz Trust](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/joanyellenhorvitzgift/) - UPDATE: Thank you to Ideastream Public Media, News 5 Cleveland, Cleveland.com, and Crain's Cleveland Business for the press about this historic gift. Read their articles below! Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) has received the largest gift since its founding in 1981 from the Joan Yellen Horvitz Trust. Through a bequest, Yellen Horvitz has gifted $6M to
- [CPT Is Hiring Temporary, Full-Time Supporting Teaching Artists for Summer](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-temporary-full-time-supporting-teaching-artists-for-summer/) - Experience in at least one theatre-related arts discipline preferred.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring an Associate Technical Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpthiringatd2025/) - This core member of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Auditions for THE BODY PLAY](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-body-play/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for THE BODY PLAY By Madison Wetzell Directed by Paige Conway Looking to cast the following roles… Ensemble: 30 and older, female or gender non-conforming BIPOC actors, to play a variety of roles, including doctors, specialists, and other healthcare practitioners. We are open to seeing both AEA and non-AEA actors
- [Announcing SoftLaunch and The PILOT Project!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-softlaunch-the-pilot-project-announcement/) - Calling all not-quite-play creators for a new performance festival that seeks to completely reinvent what theatre can be!
- [Cleveland Public Theatre/ Teatro Público de Cleveland Announces Auditions for EL COQUÍ ESPECTACULAR and the Bottle of Doom](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-teatro-publico-de-cleveland-announces-auditions-for-el-coqui-espectacular-and-the-bottle-of-doom/) - Cleveland Public Theatre/ Teatro Público de Cleveland announces Auditions for EL COQUÍ ESPECTACULAR and the Bottle of DooM By Matt Barbot Directed by Fabio Polanco LOOKING TO CAST THE FOLLOWING ROLES… ALEX, mid to late 20s, Nuyorican. A comic book artist from Sunset Park, Brooklyn, who has taken to dressing as a superhero of his
- [CPT IS HIRING FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-front-of-house-staff/) - CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring Front of House (FOH) staff, key members of the CPT team who make meaningful contributions to the CPT Patron Experience. This is a part-time, seasonal position from January to May, with options to renew employment for the following season based
- [Auditions for "Showin' Up Black" Take Place Nov 16 & 18](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/auditions-for-showin-up-black-take-place-nov-16-18/) - Seeking actors for a play about an affluent African American family juggling competing desires, obligations, and violence crashing through their world.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring an Associate General Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-associate-general-manager-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Associate General Manager (AGM) which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Marguerite Hannah, general manager, at careers@cptonline.org by
- [CPT is hiring Overhire Technicians](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-overhire-technicians/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring overhire technicians. CPT will be accepting applications on an ongoing basis to fill needs throughout the year. Employment is AS NEEDED. To be added to our list, send an email to Greg Owen, interim technical director, at gowen@cptonline.org. Subject line should read: [LAST NAME], Overhire Tech. The email should
- [Apply Now for DanceWorks 2025!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/danceworks-2025-apply/) - Cleveland Public Theatre presents DanceWorks 2025 Request for Proposals – Deadline: November 22nd CPT seeks local dance companies for DanceWorks 2025! For consideration, please fill out this form by November 22, 2024 at 5pm. DanceWorks offers an opportunity for emerging and established Northeast Ohio dance companies and choreographers to present world premiere works in a series with other
- [Announcing Test Flight 2025](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/announcing-test-flight-2025/) - Our unique education and creative incubation program returns, helping artists take risks and elevate their work like never before! Apply by Nov 15, 2024.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre’s  “Cultivate”  2024/2025 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-cultivate-2024-2025-season/) - Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2024/2025 Season aptly named “Cultivate.” The theme is a nod to the theatre’s ongoing dedication to the expansion of new work partly supported by a generous grant from Mellon Foundation as part of the Future of American Theatre Cohort
- [Marguerite Hannah Joins CPT as General Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-general-manager-marguerite-hannah/) - Recent VP of the National New Play Network Board and founder of The New Georgia Woman Project: Black Women Speak brings her talents to Cleveland Public Theatre!
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Melissa Waddell as Director of Development](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-melissa-waddell-as-director-of-development/) - “Over the past months Melissa has demonstrated leadership in advancing CPT aims. Her powerful belief in our mission and how we implement it, along with her keen understanding of development and fundraising will support CPT’s advancement in the coming years. “― Raymond Bobgan, executive artistic director Melissa Waddell joined Cleveland Public Theatre as the Associate
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING PART-TIME SUBSTITUTE TEACHING ARTISTS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-part-time-substitute-teaching-artists/) - CPT is seeking part-time Substitute Teaching Artists to assist in implementing CPT Education programming. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work to further racial and economic justice. This role pays $22/hr. CMHA CLEVELAND ACT NOW CMHA Cleveland Act Now (CAN) takes place in
- [CPT Offers Cuyahoga Artists Awards!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-offers-cuyahoga-artists-two-developmental-awards/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is excited to announce the recipients of two new artistic initiatives for Cuyahoga County artists that were announced earlier this year―The Individual Artist Fund and the Premiere Fellowship.Both awards are generously funded by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture in partnership with Assembly for the Arts . The grantees were selected by accomplished artists and producers
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS LOOKING FOR A DIGITAL STRATEGY MANAGER](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-looking-for-a-digital-strategy-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Digital Strategy Manager with at least two years of experience who will be an integral part of the Audience Engagement team which includes the Director of Audience Engagement & Marketing (DAEM) and a Graphic Designer. The DSM will work with the DAEM to create digital marketing campaigns, create
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity, and inclusion play) ](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-world-premiere-of/) - not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity, and inclusion play) A dark comedy by francisca da silveira Directed by Jeannine Gaskin LOOKING TO CAST THE FOLLOWING ROLES… Lisa early 50s Black She/Her title: Interim CEO lunch: does she eat because honestly she’s always in a meeting but is also always carrying an uneaten apple *Other roles in this play
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS LOOKING FOR A TECHNICAL DIRECTOR](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-looking-for-a-technical-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Technical Director who is a core part of CPT’s leadership team and makes a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT is accepting applications for this position until the role is filled. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION CPT is hiring a Technical Director (TD) who reports to the Executive Artistic Director (EAD). In addition to
- [Production Associate - Temporary Full-Time](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/production-associate-temporary-full-time/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Production Associate (PA) for a seasonal full-time position. Position begins as early as July 1 (no later than July 31) and ends ideally September 20, 2023 (could be part time between September 9 and 20). Deadline to apply is June 7, 2024. Salary range is $750-850/week based on
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring An Associate Technical Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-associate-technical-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Associate Technical Director, which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled. Review of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until
- [Pandemonium 2024 Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium-2024-request-for-proposals/) - Deadline: May 24th On Saturday, September 7, 2024, Cleveland Public Theatre will open its campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual arts, music, and performance for Pandemonium 2024: In the Garden of Shadow and Delight! We're seeking self-producing artists and creators to help us make the best party of the year a roaring success! For the
- [Meet Playwright Rachel Bublitz, author of Funny, Like An Abortion](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/meet-playwright-rachel-bublitz-author-of-funny-like-an-abortion/) - CPT: What are some of your other interests when you’re not writing? Rachel Bublitz: My kids are 14 and 16 years old, so it’s a nice age. I was thinking, man, they both do a lot of sports, so a lot of my job is taking them from one activity to another activity. My
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces unique class: Directing Creation by Raymond Bobgan](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-unique-class-directing-creation-by-raymond-bobgan/) - Director/Creator Raymond Bobgan’s work centers on collaborating with performers to create performance. Raymond’s work engages actors in the creating of physical, mental, and emotional “scores.” Through the montage of these “scores” with original text, song creation, storytelling, and the moving of objects to transform space, Raymond creates layered performances that work on multiple levels. Raymond
- [PANDEMONIUM TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE JOB DESCRIPTION](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium-technical-associate-job-description/) - Every September, Cleveland Public Theatre hosts its one and only fundraising spectacular: Pandemonium! The Technical Associate works with the TD and ATD to create & implement all artistic and technical components in multiple spaces across the CPT campus. During the event, the staff acts as a go-to team of stagehands & technicians, solving issues that
- [Volunteer at Station Hope 2024](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/volunteer-at-station-hope-2024/) - CPT needs your support as we create this powerful and unique event for the eleventh year! Station Hope is a free arts festival and community event filled with short works of theatre, dance, choral performances, and visual art installations, all inspired by historical and current social justice issues. Taking place throughout Cleveland’s first authenticated Underground
- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy summer session!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-summer-session/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for the Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority Cleveland Act Now (CMHA CAN)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-teaching-artist-and-site-coordinator-for-the-cuyahoga-municipal-housing-authority-cleveland-act-now-cmha-can/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for the Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority Cleveland Act Now (CMHA CAN) program to continue to serve Cleveland Public Theatre’s mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through life-changing education programs. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING TEACHING ARTISTS FOR THE SUMMER](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-teaching-artists-for-the-summer/) - CPT is seeking temporary, full-time Teaching Artists for summer CMHA CAN and STEP programming. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work to empower young voices, excite creativity, and further racial and economic justice. CMHA CLEVELAND ACT NOW CMHA Cleveland Act Now (CAN) takes place in partnership with
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Auditions for STEP 2024, celebrating 30 years of empowering artmaking! ](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-step-2024-celebrating-30-years-of-empowering-artmaking/) - CPT’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) is a rigorous arts-based program that provides hands-on job training and engages youth from Cleveland families in a powerful learning experience that develops job skills, academic achievement, and interpersonal skills. As part of this eight-week summer program, youth ages 14-19 work together to create, produce, perform, and tour their
- [The Individual Artist Fund and The Premiere Fellowship](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/the-individual-artist-fund-and-the-premiere-fellowship/) - Cleveland Public Theatre CPT’s mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT’s programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream, broadening the range of work available to the Cleveland public and expanding the impact and originality of theatre across the country. CPT strives to
- [Station Hope 2024 Request for Proposals -- Deadline: March 1st](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/station-hope-2024-request-for-proposals-deadline-february-23rd/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the eleventh annual STATION HOPE, a one-night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Episcopal Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression, and contemporary struggles for social justice, on Friday, March 1th, 2024. How Station Hope Works Audiences explore St. John’s campus on the corner of W 26th St. and
- [KULAS FOUNDATION COMPOSER FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN AND DUE BY MARCH 1, 2024!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/kulas-foundation-composer-fellowship-applications-are-open/) - CPT is thrilled to announce the next round of Kulas Foundation Composer Fellowships for singer/songwriters, composers, and sound designers. This is a brand-new version of the program with three different options to maximize engagement and really connect with artists in the region. The Kulas Foundation was established in 1937 with the primary purpose of supporting the musical arts in
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a General Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-general-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a General Manager (GM) which is a leadership role on the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. For the appropriate candidate, this role could evolve into a Managing Director role. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the
- [CAN Academy 2024 Spring Session - Juniors](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/can-academy-2024-spring-session-juniors/)
- [CAN Academy 2024 Spring Session-Seniors](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/can-academy-2024-spring-session-seniors/)
- [Major Grant from the Mellon Foundation for the Innovative Future of American Theatre Cohort.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-oh-company-one-theatre-ma-crowded-fire-theater-ca-mosaic-theater-company-dc-and-perseverance-theatre-ak-announce-major-grant-from-the-mellon-foundation-for-t/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (OH), Company One (MA), Crowded Fire Theater (CA), Mosaic Theater Company (DC), and Perseverance Theatre (AK) are thrilled to announce an exciting new collaboration entitled The Future of American Theatre Cohort, bolstered by a generous $2.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. Each of these organizations will receive $500,000 from Mellon over
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Facilities Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-facilities-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Facilities Manager who is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Denis M. Griesmer, general manager, at careers@cptonline.org by end
- [BURIED WORDS, SEEDS OF HOPE | A Benefit for Ukraine](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/buried-words-seeds-of-hope-a-benefit-for-ukraine/) - We asked Director Nadia Tarnawsky, and Line Producer Anastasía Urozhaeva what audiences can expect from the event. Anastasía ―Tell us how Buried Words, Seeds of Hope came about as a project for Cleveland Public Theatre. The project had started from conversations in and outside of CPT about the growing sense of need to do
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces new Kulas Foundation Recipient](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-new-kulas-foundation-recipient/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to announce the new Kulas Foundation music fellow Ryan Charles Ramer. This is the theatre’s first new fellow since the pandemic. Ryan was selected for his keen musical talent in classical compositions. The central focus of this fellowship is composing original music for the National Premiere of Requiem by Hanoch
- [Interview with Director Tania Benites on Pilar and Paloma](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/interview-with-director-tania-benites-on-pilar-and-paloma/) - Director Tania Benites on Pilar and Paloma (A Featured Play in Debut de Piezas Teatrales: Festival de Lectura) A Festival of New Play Readings Pilar and Paloma asks “What do we owe to nature and to the ones who came before us? How do we treat people who are born under different circumstances? And what
- [Interview with Director Obed Medina on Grandeza](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/interview-with-director-obed-medina-on-grandeza/) - Director Obed Medina on Grandeza (A Featured Play in Debut de Piezas Teatrales: Festival de Lectura) A Festival of New Play Readings Grandeza is a rapid-paced comedy. These 2 families [featured in the play] have a lot to say and they don’t hold back from saying it! It can get savage, as familial love sometimes
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Auditions For the US premiere of the English translation of Requiem](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-us-premiere-of-the-english-translation-of-requiem/) - By Hanoch Levin Translated by Leland Frankel and Lee Ishri Directed by Raymond Bobgan Starring Peter Lawson Jones as The Old Man Seeking a female identifying performer who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color for the role of The Old Woman: Wife of The Old Man, resilient, tolerant, stubborn, sick, resolved to
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING A TEACHING ARTIST AND SITE COORDINATOR FOR CAN ACADEMY](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-teaching-artist-and-site-coordinator-for-can-academy-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for the Cleveland Act Now Academy (CAN Academy) program to continue to serve Cleveland Public Theatre’s mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through life-changing education programs. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Nicole Sumlin,
- [Cleveland Public Theatre presents | DanceWorks 2024](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-presents-danceworks-2024/) - Request for Proposals – Deadline: December 1st CPT seeks local dance companies for DanceWorks 2024! For consideration, please fill out this form by December 1, 2023 at 5pm. DanceWorks offers an opportunity for emerging and established Northeast Ohio dance companies and choreographers to present world premiere works in a series with other local dance companies as an important
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Auditions For the US premiere of the English translation Requiem](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-us-premiere-of-the-english-translation-requiem/) - By Hanoch Levin Translated by Leland Frankel and Lee Ishri Directed by Raymond Bobgan Starring Peter Lawson Jones as The Old Man Seeking Jewish, Latiné, and MENA (Middle Eastern North African) performers for the following roles. The Old Woman: Wife of The Old Man, resilient, tolerant, stubborn, sick, resolved to her fate. The Prostitute with
- [Cleveland Public Theatre/ Teatro Público de Cleveland announces Auditions for Debut De Piezas Teatrales: Festival De Lectura](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-teatro-publico-de-cleveland-announces-auditions-for-debut-de-piezas-teatrales-festival-de-lectura/) - Featuring staged readings of Pilar and Paloma by Milta Ortiz Directed by Tania Benites Grandeza by Ernesto Luna Camargo Directed by Obed Medina This event is a bilingual reading series that features two new works from the Latine community: Grandeza by Ernesto Luna Camargo, a founding member of Teatro Público de Cleveland and Pilar and
- [Cleveland Public Theatre/ Teatro Público de Cleveland announces Auditions for ALTER](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-teatro-publico-de-cleveland-announces-auditions-for-alter/) - By Tania Benites Directed by Kari Barclay Looking to cast the following roles… Narrator: (any race, female, any age); Narrator for the book “Hypnosis for Self-Confidence”. Maria: (Latinx, female, 20s-30s); A customer service representative who struggles with her sense of self. A quiet person in a loud world who feels pressure as only a daughter-of-immigrants
- [The Open Door](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/the-open-door/) - Artists need space—performing artists need more space. We have space. We want more art! Let’s talk about FREE SPACE. CPT is beta testing a new program for dance, theatre and other performance art makers: The Open Door. Application Process for this opportunity is closed The Open Door is a program to provide free space
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING PART-TIME SUPPORTING TEACHING ARTISTS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-part-time-supporting-teaching-artists/) - CPT is seeking part-time Supporting Teaching Artists (ongoing CMHA Cleveland Act Now programs STA and Substitute Teaching Artists for CMHA CAN and CAN Academy) to assist in implementing CPT Education programming. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work to further racial and economic
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING A TEACHING ARTIST AND SITE COORDINATOR FOR CAN ACADEMY](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-teaching-artist-and-site-coordinator-for-can-academy/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for the Cleveland Act Now Academy (CAN Academy) program to continue to serve Cleveland Public Theatre’s mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through life-changing education programs. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Nicole Sumlin,
- [TEST FLIGHT 2024 | REVAMPED](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/test-flight-2024-revamped/) - Deadline for submissions is Friday, October 6th, 2023 Forget everything you know about Test Flight! Okay, maybe not everything… but the process will look quite different this year. We’re piloting a new approach to this program based on feedback from playwrights in our community. We want to create an even more creative space that
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING HOUSE MANAGERS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-house-managers-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring House Managers, key members of Front of House (FOH) staff who will make critical contributions to the CPT Patron Experience. This is a part-time, seasonal position from September to May, with options to renew employment the following year during the same timeframe based on performance. Hours depend on production schedules
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-front-of-house-staff/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring Front of House (FOH) staff, key members of the CPT team who will make meaningful contributions to the CPT Patron Experience. This is a part-time, seasonal position from September to May, with options to renew employment the following year during the same timeframe based on performance. Hours depend on production
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION ](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-funny-like-an-abortion/) - By Rachel Bublitz Directed by Paige Conway Looking to cast the following roles… Monroe: she/her, mid-twenties, any race. Makes bad jokes. Like, really bad. Can juggle quite well, actually. Jade: she/her, close in age to Monroe, any race. Has legitimate concerns and distress over how to actually help her friend. We are open to seeing
- [Cleveland Public Theatre’s  “Making Waves” In Their 2023/2024 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-making-waves-in-their-2023-2024-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2023/2024 Season “Making Waves.” “From the gorgeous poetry of Jaiie Dayo Aliya’s Our Lady of Common Sorrows to Rachel Bublitz’s raucous humor with a heart-wrenching core in Funny, Like an Abortion, from the highly anticipated U.S.A. premiere of legendary Israeli playwright
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Finance Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-finance-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Finance Manager which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. To apply for the position, send an email to Denis M. Griesmer, General Manager/Director of Finance at careers@cptonline.org by end of day Friday, August 11th.
- [CPT's Raymond Bobgan and Holly Holsinger Presenting in South Korea](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/29513/) - In June, Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan and longtime CPT artist Holly Holsinger, Cleveland State University’s theatre and dance department chair, went to South Korea at the invitation of Global Women’s Performing Arts Festival (GWPAF). This trip, facilitated by acclaimed international lighting designer and professor Jakyung Seo of Kent State University, had several goals:
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for the World Premiere of  Our Lady of Common Sorrows](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-world-premiere-of-our-lady-of-common-sorrows/) - Written & Directed by: Jaiie Dayo-Aliya Looking to cast the following roles... Aramis: A charismatic young black man in his twenties, exuding a contemporary urban vibe. With a smooth demeanor and a quick wit, he captivates others. Aramis is a cunning trickster, skillfully navigating life’s challenges with a mischievous charm that is both
- [CPT’s Raymond Bobgan and Holly Holsinger Presenting in South Korea](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpts-raymond-bobgan-and-holly-holsinger-presenting-in-south-korea/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan and longtime CPT artist Holly Holsinger, Cleveland State University’s theatre and dance department chair, will be representing the theater at the Global Women’s Performing Arts Festival in Busan, South Korea (GWPAF) this summer. The event is being facilitated by acclaimed international lighting designer and professor Jakyung
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Bookkeeping Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-bookkeeping-intern/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a part-time Bookkeeping Intern. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Amy Weaver, Finance Manager, at careers@cptonline.org. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Subject line should read: [YOUR LAST NAME], Bookkeeping Intern. Your email should include an attached PDF
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring an Accounting Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-accounting-intern/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a full-time Accounting Intern. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Amy Weaver, Finance Manager, at careers@cptonline.org. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Subject line should read: [YOUR LAST NAME], Accounting Intern. Your email should include an attached PDF
- [Volunteer at Station Hope!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/volunteer-at-station-hope/) - We need your support as we create this powerful and unique event for the tenth year! What is Station Hope? Station Hope is a free arts festival and community event filled with short works of theatre, dance, choral performances, and visual art installations, all inspired by historical and current social justice issues. Taking place
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring an Artistic Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-artistic-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Artistic Associate which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. This position is suited for an individual with an experience level ranging from early career Stage Management to a more seasoned theatre professional with
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Production Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-production-associate-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Production Associate (PA) for a seasonal full-time position. Position begins as early as June 1 (no later than June 30) and ends ideally September 22, 2023 (could be part time between September 11 and 22). Salary range is $650-750/week based on experience and range of skills. This role
- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy: Junior and Senior Sessions](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-junior-and-senior-sessions/)
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING A PATRON SERVICES ASSOCIATE](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-patron-services-associate-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Patron Services Associate (PSA), a core part of the CPT staff who will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and our community impact. All prospective candidates must make a commitment to centering antiracist and anti-oppression practices in their work. This is a year-round, full-time staff position with
- [Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for the Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority Cleveland Act Now (CMHA CAN) program](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/teaching-artist-and-site-coordinator-for-the-cuyahoga-municipal-housing-authority-cleveland-act-now-cmha-can-program/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for the Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority Cleveland Act Now (CMHA CAN) program to continue to serve Cleveland Public Theatre’s mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through life-changing education programs. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email
- [Education Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/education-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring an Education Associate to support its work serving and empowering youth, adults, and families through the arts. This role reports directly to the Director of Education. This position is a year-round, salaried staff position. The salary range is $37k to $41k based on work experience. Benefits include health insurance and
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING A TECHNICAL INTERN FOR THE STEP PROGRAM](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-technical-intern-for-the-step-program/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Technical Intern for our nationally recognized Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). This is a temporary full-time position. Position begins July 5, 2023 and no later than August 11, 2023. Salary range is $500-600/week based on experience and range of skills. JOB DESCRIPTION CPT is hiring support staff for the STEP Technical Team.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre requests proposals for Station Hope 2023](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-requests-proposals-for-station-hope-2023/) - Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 20 Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the tenth annual STATION HOPE, a one-night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Episcopal Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression and contemporary struggles for social justice on Saturday, May 27th, 2023. To make the best proposal possible for Station Hope,
- [Cleveland Public Theatre  Welcomes Joshua Smith!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-welcomes-joshua-smith/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to welcome Joshua Smith as the new Technical Director. "His vast expertise, precision, and creativity make him a great candidate for any theatre. His level-headedness, leadership, and kindness make him an especially good fit for CPT." -Raymond Bobgan About Joshua Smith “The clear community forward relationships
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES PART TWO OF THE  INCREMENTAL AND MONUMENTAL 2022/2023 SEASON](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-part-two-of-the-incremental-and-monumental-2022-2023-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the highly anticipated second part of the Incremental & Monumental 2022/2023 season which delivers on CPT’s mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion through theatre that is daring, relevant, and socially conscious. As explained by Mr. Bobgan, “Though we will be announcing this
- [HOUSE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AT  CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/house-management-position-at-cleveland-public-theatre-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is currently looking for House Managers for the 2022/2023 season. This role is responsible for ensuring the best experience for all patrons and providing accurate records to CPT staff. Candidates must be outgoing, detail-oriented problem solvers who can work calmly under pressure. Hours will depend on production schedules, but will involve
- [CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CAN) ACADEMY: GALAXY VOYAGE – JUNIORS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-galaxy-voyage-juniors/)
- [CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CAN) ACADEMY: Galaxy Voyage – SENIORS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-galaxy-voyage-seniors/)
- [Bartender Positions at Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/bartenders-foh-staff-positions-at-cleveland-public-theatre-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is looking for Bartenders to join its Front of House Team for the 2022-2023 season. CPT Bartenders are passionate about the arts, Cleveland, and positive change in their community. Beyond selling beverages and refreshments, our Bartenders are expected to be knowledgeable about Cleveland Public Theatre, our performances and programs, and the Gordon
- [Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi FREE THEATRE WORKSHOPS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-free-theatre-workshops-2/)
- [MEET THE AMAZING JAIME BOUVIER OF CROOKED RIVER CIRCUS & SCHOOL](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/meet-the-amazing-jaime-bouvier-of-crooked-river-circus-school/) - “Crooked River Circus is really about the fact that a lot of us found the circus through a crooked river—we weren’t trained that way, it was not a straight path for us, some of us started late in life, and we celebrate that.” ―Jaime Bouvier As performances of How the Circus Stole Christmas: A Circus
- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy: Stitching the story of us - Seniors](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-stitching-the-story-of-us-seniors/)
- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy: Stitching the story of us - Juniors](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-stitching-the-story-juniors/)
- [CPT Welcomes Sharon Schuldt as Director of Development!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-proud-to-welcome-sharon-schuldt-as-director-of-development/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to welcome Sharon Schuldt as the new Director of Development. "Her keen sense of donor cultivation, her recent experience with a capital campaign, and strong sense of social justice make her a great fit for CPT." -Raymond Bobgan About Sharon Schuldt “I’ve always believed that art
- [Artist Spotlight: Charmaine Spencer](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/artist-spotlight-charmaine-spencer/) - When you take a trip through the maze that is Candlelight Hypothesis, you will see a number of art pieces that resemble wings that are overhead when you enter the “exhibit” space of the immersive production. These pieces where commissioned by Director Raymond Bobgan for his newly mounted version of Candlelight Hypothesis; and created by
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Technical Director!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-technical-director-3/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Technical Director, who is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION CPT is hiring a Technical Director (TD). This role requires leadership and initiative and reports to the
- [Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Associate Technical Director!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-cpt-is-hiring-an-associate-technical-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Associate Technical Director, which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled. Review of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until
- [Cleveland Public Theatre’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) Workshop Series.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-workshop-series/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to present the STEP Workshop Series. Available to ages 14-19, these workshops aim to support Cleveland’s young artists in the continuation of their artistic training. These free workshops will occur throughout the calendar year and will explore a variety of artistic practices. Participants will work with professional Cleveland artists working
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- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy - Building the Actors Toolkit - Juniors](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-building-the-actors-toolkit-juniors/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Finance Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-finance-intern/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Finance Intern. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Amy Weaver, Finance Associate, at careers@cptonline.org by end of day, Wednesday September 7, 2022. Subject line should read: [YOUR LAST NAME], Finance Intern. Your email should include an attached PDF resume.
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING AN ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-associate-development-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring the newly created position of Associate Development Director who is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and our community impact. All prospective candidates must make a commitment to centering antiracist and anti-oppression practices in their work. Review of
- [CAN Academy 2022-2023 Season At A Glance!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/can-academy-2022-2023-season-at-a-glance/)
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING A Part-Time Supporting Teaching Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-part-time-supporting-teaching-artists/) - CPT is seeking part-time Supporting Teaching Artists (Cleveland Act Now Academy and CMHA Cleveland Act Now programs) to assist in implementing CPT Education programming. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work to further racial and economic justice. CMHA CLEVELAND ACT NOW CMHA Cleveland
- [CPT Is Hiring a Graphic Designer & Content Coordinator](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-graphic-designer-content-coordinator/) - CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING A graphic designer & content coordinator Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring the newly created position of Graphic Designer & Content Coordinator who is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and our community impact. All prospective candidates must make
- [CPT is looking for Volunteer Stage/House Managers for Pandemonium 2022!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-looking-for-volunteer-stage-house-managers-for-pandemonium-2022/) - On Saturday, September 10, 2022, Cleveland Public Theatre will transform its campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual arts, and performance for Pandemonium 2022: The Doors of Imagination, the theatre’s 20th annual fundraiser that supports its groundbreaking artistic work and life-changing education programs. We are looking to fill our AMAZING team of Stage and
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Technical Director!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-technical-director-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Technical Director, which is a core part of the CPT staff who will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT, and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled, with a start date goal between 10/1/22 and 11/15/22. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR JOB
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING TWO TEACHING ARTISTS AND SITE COORDINATORS FOR CUYAHOGA MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CMHA CAN)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-two-teaching-artist-and-site-coordinators-for-cuyahoga-municipal-housing-authority-cleveland-act-now-cmha-can/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring two Teaching Artists and Site Coordinators for the Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority Cleveland Act Now (CMHA CAN) program to continue to serve Cleveland Public Theatre’s mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through life-changing education programs. All prospective candidates must make a commitment to centering antiracist and anti-oppressive practices in
- [Test Flight 2023 Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/test-flight-2022-request-for-proposals/) - Test Flight Request for Proposals Deadline for submissions is Friday, August 5th, 2022 Cleveland Public Theatre’s New Play Development Our new play development programs are based on our years of experience, community input, and key principles of focusing on artists, valuing diversity of approach, aesthetics, and perspective, and balancing impact with investment. Test Flight
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces 2021/2022 Catapult Artists & Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellows](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2021-2022-catapult-artists-nord-family-foundation-playwright-fellows/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce Siaara Freeman and Jeanne Madison as the 2021/2022 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellows. Inside of CPT’s commitment to cultivating new voices and providing new work development platforms for both experienced and emerging local artists, the theatre has initiated a series of special
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces 2022/2023 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2022-2023-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces 2022/2023 Season Incremental and Monumental Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2022/2023 season, which delivers on CPT’s mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion through theatre that is daring, relevant, and socially conscious. CPT invests in innovation and diversity, and has been recognized regionally
- [Cleveland Public Theatre invites you to the 2022/2023 season sneak peek](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-invites-you-to-the-2022-2023-season-sneak-peek/) - Be the first to get a sneak peek at CPT's upcoming season! Saturday, July 16 From 5:15PM- 7:30PM If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Anastasia Urozhaeva at aurozhaeva@cptonline.org by July 13th. Please include "Season Sneak Peek" in your subject line. CPT's 2022/2023 Season Sneak Peek is free and open to the public! Join us
- [Pandemonium 2022: The Doors of Imagination Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium-2022-the-doors-of-imagination-request-for-proposals/) - Pandemonium 2022: The Doors of Imagination Request for Proposals Application Deadline: Monday, July 18 On Saturday, September 10, 2022, Cleveland Public Theatre will transform its campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual arts, and performance for Pandemonium 2022: The Doors of Imagination. Tickets are all-inclusive, featuring fabulous local food, free valet, and complimentary drinks
- [CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan Presents in South Korea](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-executive-artistic-director-raymond-bobgan-presents-in-south-korea/) - EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RAYMOND BOBGAN PRESENTS IN SOUTH KOREA Cleveland, OH – At the invitation from Busan Theater Company, Cleveland Public Theatre’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan travels to South Korea June 30- through July 7, 2022 to lead an acting/creation workshop, and present on symposia. “I am so grateful to Hyeja Ju and
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for  the continued world premiere of BREAKOUT SESSION (OR FROGORSE)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-continued-world-premiere-of-breakout-session-or-frogorse-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for the continued world premiere of BREAKOUT SESSION (OR FROGORSE) By Nikkole Salter Directed by Beth Wood Looking to cast the following roles… Officer Preston Walker: late 30s – early 40s, Black, male. A 5-year patrolman with the Cleveland Division of Police. Formal. By-the-book. Loyal. Sensitive. Oh, and he can
- [TPC FREE IN-PERSON ACTING WORKSHOP](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/tpc-free-in-person-acting-workshop/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces a Workshop Audition for  Candlelight Hypothesis](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-a-workshop-audition-for-candlelight-hypothesis/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces a Workshop Audition for Candlelight Hypothesis with Raymond Bobgan Looking to cast two types of roles… Principal Ensemble (2 roles open) – one role requires actor to be Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color and one role that is open for all. Principles begin rehearsals July 25. Second Wave Ensemble
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for the Rolling World Premiere of  can i touch it?](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-rolling-world-premiere-of-can-i-touch-it/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for the Rolling World Premiere of can i touch it? By Francisca Da Silveira Directed by India Nicole Burton Looking to cast the following roles… Shay: early/mid 40s; Black; whatever style, she wears it like a boss. think viola davis. Ruth: late teens; Black; she’s gone natural after years of
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS HIRING PANDEMONIUM PRODUCTION STAFF!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-pandemonium-production-staff/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring seasonal FULL-TIME and PART-TIME Pandemonium Production Staff. These roles are integral to the creation & implementation of all artistic & technical components for CPT’s annual fundraiser gala, Pandemonium! Positions can begin as early as July 5th and can last through September 23rd. Part-time rate is $15/hour, and Full-time salary range is $650-750/week. CPT
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Patron Services Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-patron-services-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Patron Services Associate who is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and our community impact. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Gregory Markgraf-Grimes, Patron Services Manager at ggrimes@cptonline.org
- [Seeking Volunteers for Station Hope on May 28th](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/seeking-volunteers-for-station-hope-on-may-28th/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre welcomes Kim Furganson as Director of Audience Engagement & Marketing!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-cpt-is-proud-to-welcome-kim-furganson-as-director-of-audience-engagement-and-marketing/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's (CPT) Executive Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to welcome Kim Furganson as the new Director of Audience Engagement & Marketing. Kim brings extensive knowledge and experience along with boundless creativity. Her initiative-driven mindset makes Kim a wonderful fit for the CPT staff. "I have long been a fan of CPT's commitment and care
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Pandemonium Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-pandemonium-intern-3/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a part-time Pandemonium Intern, who will play a key role in this annual CPT event and make a meaningful contribution to its success and impact. Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Jennifer Shepard, Donor Relations Associate, at jshepard@cptonline.org by end of day April 3, 2022.
- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) announces summer in-person program](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-announces-summer-in-person-program/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority Cleveland Act Now (CMHA CAN)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-teaching-artist-and-site-coordinator-for-the-cuyahoga-municipal-housing-authority-cleveland-act-now-program/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Teaching Artist and Site Coordinator for the Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority Cleveland Act Now (CMHA CAN) program to continue to serve Cleveland Public Theatre’s mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through life-changing education programs. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring an Artistic and Education Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-artistic-and-education-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Artistic and Education Associate, a new position that would serve the mission of CPT in both the Artistic and Education Departments of the theater. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Nicole Sumlin, Education Director, at nsumlin@cptonline.org by end of
- [CPT Announces Auditions for Student Theatre Enrichment program (STEP)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-student-theatre-enrichment-program-step/) - Monday, April 4 from 6:00-8:30pm OR Monday, April 25, 2022 from 6:00-8:30pm on Zoom! Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) CPT’s STEP is a summer arts-based job training program that engages Cleveland teens in a powerful 8-week intensive that focuses on excellence in performance, play creation, physical theatre, writing, production, and set design/construction. Youth ages 14-19 work together to create,
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring an Associate General Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-associate-general-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Associate General Manager (AGM) which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Denis M. Griesmer, General Manager, at careers@cptonline.org
- [CPT is hiring a Project Assistant for Station Hope 2022.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-project-assistant-for-station-hope/) - Cleveland Public Theatre seeks a collaborative and detail-oriented person to fill a five-week position for the ninth annual STATION HOPE, a one-night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Church and the Underground Railroad, on Saturday, May 28, 2022. The Project assistants work includes: Arrange and conduct walkthroughs with artistic teams
- [CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CAN) ACADEMY – AFTER-SCHOOL IN-PERSON COURSE (AGES 11-14 YEARS OLD)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-after-school-in-person-course-ages-11-14-years-old/)
- [CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CAN) ACADEMY – AFTER-SCHOOL IN-PERSON COURSE (AGES 7 – 10 YEARS OLD)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-after-school-in-person-course-ages-7-10-years-old/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring unique full-time summer seasonal positions for the Student Theatre Enrichment Program.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-unique-full-time-summer-seasonal-positions-for-the-student-theatre-enrichment-program/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs inside our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks collaborative theatre artists to fill a unique two-month position with CPT’s nationally-recognized education program, Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). For more information about STEP, visit www.cptonline.org or www.cptonline.org/education/student-theatre-enrichment-program. Program Description CPT’s Student Theatre
- [Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to welcome Garrett Markgraf as Technical Director.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-cpt-is-proud-to-welcome-garrett-markgraf-as-technical-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's (CPT) Executive Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to welcome Garrett Markgraf as the new Technical Director. Garrett's technical precision and resourceful creativity make him an excellent fit for the CPT Staff. Before joining the staff, full-time, Garrett worked with young artists from the Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) as Tech Team Leader
- [Cleveland Public Theatre requests proposals for Station Hope 2022](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-requests-proposals-for-station-hope-2022/) - Station Hope 2022 Deadline for submissions is on Monday, February 7. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the ninth annual STATION HOPE, a one night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression, and contemporary struggles for social justice, on Saturday, May 28,
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES AN UPDATE TO 2021/2022 SEASON](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-an-update-to-2021-2022-season-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Announces an Update to 2021/2022 Season: Teatro Público de Cleveland & CPT present THE RIVER BRIDE by Marisela Treviño Orta, directed by Bridgett Martinez March 17 – April 2, 2022, in CPT’s Gordon Square Theare Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is thrilled to announce an update to
- [Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring Education Staff](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatrecpt-is-hiring-education-staff/) - CPT is seeking part-time Support Teaching Artists (Cleveland Act Now Academy and CMHA Cleveland Act Now programs) and a full-time Teaching Artist & Site Coordinator (CMHA CAN) to support and implement CPT Education programming. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Director of Audience Engagement & Marketing](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-director-of-audience-engagement-marketing/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Director of Audience Engagement & Marketing, which is a core part of CPT’s leadership team and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled with a start date goal between 3/1/22
- [CPT is Hiring a Technical Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-technical-director-3/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Technical Director, which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled, with a start date goal between 1/1/22 and 2/15/22. Technical Director Job Description CPT is hiring a Technical Director (TD). This role requires leadership
- [CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CAN) ACADEMY – FREE AFTER-SCHOOL IN-PERSON COURSE (AGES 7 - 10 years old)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-free-after-school-in-person-course-ages-7-10-years-old-2/)
- [CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CAN) ACADEMY - FREE AFTER-SCHOOL IN-PERSON COURSE (AGES 11-14 YEARS OLD)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-free-after-school-in-person-course-ages-11-14-years-old-2/)
- [Free Workshop with Raymond Bobgan](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/free-workshop-with-nationally-recognized-theatre-creator-raymond-bobgan/) - Start the new year off with a deep dive into the creative... Into the Depths: poetic theatre creation CPT is proud to announce a Free Workshop with nationally recognized theatre creator Raymond Bobgan. This workshop will serve as an introduction (or reintroduction for past collaborators) to Raymond’s unique approach to physical, experimental theatre—what he calls
- [CPT is Hiring Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Substitute Teaching Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-substitute-teaching-artist/) - The timeline for this role runs from November 2021 through May 2022. Substitute Teaching Artists successfully support Teaching Artists & Site Coordinators or lead in implementing CAN programming (depending on the need of the day), during which youth will build storytelling skills (incorporating body, voice, and ensemble) and community. Pay for Substitute Teaching Artists is
- [Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi - Free Theatre Workshop](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/24703/)
- [CPT is hiring an Interim Assistant to the Executive Artistic Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-an-interim-assistant-to-the-executive-artistic-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Interim Assistant to the Executive Artistic Director, which is a temporary position ending on June 30, 2022. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Raymond Bobgan at rbobgan@cptonline.org. Subject line should read: “YOUR LAST NAME, Interim Assistant.” Your email should
- [Parking Lot Attendant Position at Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/parking-lot-attendant-position-at-cleveland-public-theatre/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is currently looking for a Parking Lot Attendant for our 2021/2022 season. The CPT Parking Lot Attendant will be responsible for handling cash transactions for parking, being knowledgeable about current performances at Cleveland Public Theatre and in the Gordon Square Arts District, and keeping watch over the CPT parking lot. Cash handling
- [Bartenders/FOH Staff Positions at Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/bartenders-foh-staff-positions-at-cleveland-public-theatre/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is currently looking for Bartenders/Front of House Staff for our 2021/2022 season. CPT Bartenders are passionate about the arts, Cleveland, and positive change in their community. Beyond being responsible for selling refreshments to our patrons, our Bartenders are expected to be knowledgeable about Cleveland Public Theatre, our performances and programs, and the
- [House Management Position at Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/house-management-position-at-cleveland-public-theatre/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is currently looking for a House Manager for our 2021/2022 season. This role is responsible for ensuring the best experience for all patrons and providing accurate records to CPT staff. Candidates must be outgoing, detail-oriented problem solvers who can work calmly under pressure. Hours will depend on production schedules, but will
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring an Associate Artistic Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-associate-artistic-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Associate Artistic Director, which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled with a start date goal between 12/1/21 and 1/15/22. Job
- [CMHA Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy Announces After-School In-Person Course](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cmha-cleveland-act-now-can-academy-announces-after-school-in-person-course/)
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANUNCIA EL IMPLEMENTO DE ESCOGE TU PRECIO](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-anuncia-el-implemento-de-escoge-tu-precio/) - El Director Artístico Ejecutivo de Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT), Raymond Bobgan, tiene el agrado de anunciar que, dentro de un espíritu de Hospitalidad Radical, todos los boletos para cualquiera de las producciones de CPT serán Choose What You Pay (Escoge tu Precio). De esta forma, CPT ha eliminado el boleto de valor estándar, dando al
- [CMHA Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy ANNOUNCES FREE AFTER- SCHOOL PROGRAMMING](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cmha-cleveland-act-now-can-academy-announces-free-after-school-programming/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces auditions for  the World Premiere of 10 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT: 9 QUIRKY PLAYS FOR THE HOLIDAYS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-world-premiere-of-10-minutes-to-midnight-9-quirky-plays-for-the-holidays/) - Short plays by local & national creators Director: Caitlin Lewins, CPT’s Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations Associate Director: Ananias J. Dixon Looking to cast 7-10 ensemble members who will play a variety of roles. The ensemble includes roles that are Black, Latinx, white, and open/undefined. We are seeking a diverse ensemble. We
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring an Assistant General Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-assistant-general-manager-3/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Assistant General Manager which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Denis M. Griesmer, General Manager, at careers@cptonline.org by
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces an  Update to 2021/2022 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-an-update-to-2021-2022-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan announces an update to CPT’s 2021/2022 Season. On September 30, Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) announced new rehearsal and production guidelines. To give the play and the artists the best chance for success, CPT is moving Breakout Session (or Frogorse) into the winter slot, March/April, and How
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces auditions for the World Premiere of Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-world-premiere-of-panther-women-an-army-for-the-liberation/) - Written & Directed by India Nicole Burton, CPT Artistic Associate Looking to cast… 3-4 African American Women (over the age of 18) who can sing and dance and come with an open mind. The piece is highly physical and actors are present onstage for the entire play. Equity agreements may be considered for this production.
- [CPT is Hiring a Development Assistant](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-development-assistant/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Development Assistant who is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and our community impact. Review of candidates will begin immediately. To apply for the position, send an email to Caitie H. Milcinovic, Director of Organizational Advancement at
- [CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CAN) ACADEMY – FREE AFTER-SCHOOL IN-PERSON COURSE (AGES 11 - 14 years old)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-free-after-school-in-person-course-ages-11-14-years-old/)
- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy - FREE After-School In-Person Course (Ages 7-10 years old)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-academy-free-after-school-in-person-course-ages-7-10-years-old/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Expanded CHOOSE WHAT YOU PAY Ticketing Practice](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-expanded-choose-what-you-pay-ticketing-practice/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce, in the spirit of radical hospitality, all tickets to CPT productions are Choose What You Pay. CPT is eliminating standard ticket prices, and every ticket purchased will be valued at the discretion of the patron. CPT believes theatre is essential. Our typical
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- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for the continued world premiere of BREAKOUT SESSION (OR FROGORSE)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-the-continued-world-premiere-of-breakout-session-or-frogorse/) - BREAKOUT SESSION (OR FROGORSE) By Nikkole Salter Directed by Beth Wood, CPT’s Associate Artistic Director Looking to cast the following roles… Sara Benton: 30s, white, female. A group facilitator. Passionate. Assertive. Self-congratulatory. Savior complex. Officer Preston Walker: late 30s – early 40s, Black, male. A 5-year patrolman with the Cleveland Division of Police. Formal.
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- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces 2021/2022 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2021-2022-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces 2021/2022 Season EVOLVE Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2021/2022 season, which delivers on CPT’s mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion through theatre that is daring, relevant, and socially conscious. CPT invests in innovation and diversity, and has been recognized
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- [CPT’s Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative Application](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpts-kulas-foundation-theatre-composer-initiative-application/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is now accepting applications for The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative, a yearlong fellowship program providing early-career composers with first-hand experience creating music and sound design for theatre. This initiative engages composers/designers in a collaborative process, under the guidance of the show producer and director, to compose and produce original music
- [RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/research-and-development-workshop/)
- [MASRAH CLEVELAND AL-ARABI: FREE IN-PERSON THEATRE WORKSHOPS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-free-in-person-theatre-workshops/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a STEP Technical Director/Lead Teacher](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-step-technical-director-lead-teacher/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Technical Director and Lead Teacher for our nationally recognized Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). This is a seasonal full-time position. Position begins July 5, 2021 and no later than August 15, 2021. Salary range is $650-720/week based on experience and range of skills. Job Description CPT is hiring
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Pandemonium Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-pandemonium-intern-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a part-time Pandemonium Intern. This role brings a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position through May 31, 2021. Job Description Every September, Cleveland Public Theatre hosts its one and only fundraising spectacular: Pandemonium. It takes over 6 months
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- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Technical Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-technical-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Technical Director, which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position through Friday, May 21. Technical Director Job Description CPT is hiring a Technical Director (TD). This
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- [CPT Education Spring Kickoff Zoom Party](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-education-spring-kickoff-zoom-party/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a unique full-time summer seasonal position: Program Director/Creator](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-unique-full-time-summer-seasonal-position-program-director-creator/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs inside our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks a collaborative theatre artist to fill a unique two-month position with CPT’s nationally-recognized education program, Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). For more information about STEP, visit www.cptonline.org or www.cptonline.org/education/student-theatre-enrichment-program. Program Description CPT’s Student
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- [CLEVELAND ACT NOW (CAN) ACADEMY: FANTASY-JUNIORS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/23213/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Finance Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-business-manager/) - (previously listed as Business Manager – updated as of 3.8.21) Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Finance Manager, which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position through Friday, March 26th. FINANCE Manager
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring an Assistant General Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-assistant-general-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Assistant General Manager, which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position through Friday, March 26th. Assistant General Manager Job Description CPT is hiring an Assistant
- [CPT's Spring Season: Alive On Line](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpts-spring-season-alive-on-line/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Spring Season: Alive On Line march 19 – May 1, 2021 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce CPT’s Spring Season: Alive On Line, which delivers on CPT’s mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion through theatre that is daring, relevant, and socially conscious. CPT
- [CPT Announces 2020/2021 Premiere Fellowship Recipients](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-2020-2021-premiere-fellowship-recipients/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) announces 2020/2021 Premiere Fellowship Recipients 4 local artists receive financial award and Fellowship at CPT Cleveland, OH—Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the selection of four Northeast Ohio-based artists as 2020/2021 Premiere Fellows, made possible by dedicated funding from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC).
- [STEP ANNOUNCES SUMMER HYBRID WORKSHOP](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/step-announces-summer-hybrid-workshop/)
- [STEP (STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM) 2021 SUMMER SESSION](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/step-student-theatre-enrichment-program-2021-summer-session/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces STEP (Student Theatre Enrichment Program) 2021 Summer SESSION Who: Youth Ages 14-19 (Cuyahoga County Residents) What: As part of this eight-week summer program, 12-16 youth, ages 14-19, work together to create, produce, perform, and tour their own play. This program is the longest-running arts-based, workplace development program in Cleveland and is
- [Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Cleveland Act Now (CAN) 2021 Spring Session](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cuyahoga-metropolitan-housing-authority-cmha-cleveland-act-now-can-2021-spring-session/) - Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Cleveland Act Now (CAN) 2021 Spring Session March 8-April 22, 2021 Mondays & Thursdays | 4:00-5:30pm Who: Any young person, age 7-13, who is currently living in a Cleveland Municipal Housing Authority community. Format: Virtual (via Zoom) What: Under the guidance of CPT Teaching Artists, young artists learn how to
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- [STEP (STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM) 2021 WINTER SESSION](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/step-student-theatre-enrichment-program-2021-winter-session/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces STEP (Student Theatre Enrichment Program) 2021 WINTER SESSION Who: Youth Ages 14-19 What: The 2021 STEP Winter Session youth will build storytelling skills (incorporating body, voice, and ensemble) and community while devising an original performance piece to be presented on Zoom. Since its beginning in 1994, STEP has received multiple awards
- [Station Hope 2021 Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/station-hope-2021-request-for-proposals/) - STATION HOPE 2021 Deadline for submissions is Monday, February 22. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the eighth annual STATION HOPE, a one night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Episcopal Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression, and contemporary struggles for social justice, on Saturday, May 1,
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for a Summer Outdoor Workshop of Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-a-summer-outdoor-workshop-of-panther-women-an-army-for-the-liberation/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for a Summer Outdoor Workshop of Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation By India Nicole Burton Directed by: India Nicole Burton, CPT Artistic Associate Assistant Director: Zyrece Montgomery, CPT Education Associate Choreographer: Lexy Lattimore Stage Manager: Jaytionna Wells Looking to cast the following roles… Woman 1: Angela Davis &
- [CPT's Winter Season: Alive On Line](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpts-winter-season-alive-on-line/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Winter Season: Alive On Line February 11—March 14, 2021 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce CPT’s Winter Season: Alive On Line, which delivers on CPT’s mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion through theatre that is daring, relevant, and socially conscious. CPT invests in
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces 2020/2021 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow, John Dayo-Aliya](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2020-2021-nord-family-foundation-playwright-fellow-john-dayo-aliya/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce John Dayo-Aliya as the 2020/2021 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow. Inside of CPT’s commitment to cultivating new voices and providing new work development platforms for both experienced and emerging local artists, the theatre has initiated a series of special programs that focus
- [CPT Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Announces Kickoff Zoom Party](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-cleveland-act-now-kickoff-zoom-party/)
- [STEP announces winter virtual workshop](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/step-announces-winter-virtual-workshop/)
- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) announces three free winter sessions](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-can-announces-three-free-winter-sessions/)
- [CMHA Cleveland Act Now Announces Winter Session](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cmha-cleveland-act-now-announces-winter-session/)
- [Cleveland Act Now Academy announces Fall Session](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-academy-announces-fall-session/)
- [Cleveland Public Theatre's Fall Season: Alive On Line](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-fall-season-alive-on-line/) - CPT'S FALL SEASON: ALIVE ON LINE October 30 – December 19 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce CPT’s Fall Season: Alive On Line, which delivers on CPT’s mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion through theatre that is daring, relevant, and socially conscious. CPT invests in innovation and diversity
- [CPT announces applications for Premiere Fellowships](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-applications-for-premiere-fellowships/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Premiere Fellowship Deadline for submissions is Monday, November 2, 2020 About Cleveland Public Theatre CPT’s mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT’s programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream, offering a much broader range of work available to the
- [Cleveland Public Theatre seeks Audience Engagement & Marketing Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-seeks-audience-engagement-marketing-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT seeks an Audience Engagement & Marketing Associate interested in joining its hardworking team with ambitious goals of deepening the organization’s work and making change. Deadline to Apply is November 9, 2020 Description of Position The
- [Cleveland Public Theatre welcomes Nicole Sumlin as new Education Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-welcomes-nicole-sumlin-as-new-education-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to welcome Nicole Sumlin as the new Education Director. Nicole Sumlin’s extraordinary artistry, demonstrated leadership, and array of experience from in-school programming, out-of-school arts programs, and community-based engagement, align with CPT’s values and public commitment. “My artistic work with CPT and its commitment to
- [Updated: Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Fall Programming](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/updated-cleveland-act-now-can-fall-programming/)
- [Announcing Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy Fall Program Dates](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/announcing-cleveland-act-now-can-academy-fall-program-dates/)
- [Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) Fall Auditions (Virtual)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-fall-auditions-virtual/)
- [Cleveland Act Now Academy (CAN) announces Free Summer Virtual Workshop](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-academy-can-announces-free-summer-virtual-workshop/) - Cleveland Public Theatre CLEVELAND ACT NOW Academy Announces FREE Summer Virtual Workshop August 17 - 21 FOR ages 7 - 10 & 11 - 14 years old Description Yes, We CAN!, taking place online over three days (90 minutes each day), includes storytelling paired with social-distance curriculum that reinforces health and safety learning, and provides
- [Awakenings: A Virtual Gala is Saturday, September 12!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/awakenings-a-virtual-gala-is-saturday-september-12/)
- [A Celebration of Teatro Público de Cleveland](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/a-celebration-of-teatro-publico-de-cleveland/) - As Latinos and Latinas today we take pride in our work, and the results of our efforts translate into providing new resources while serving the community we live in. Teatro Público de Cleveland (TPC) started in 2013, opening more doors for our Latino community. I joined TPC in 2014 as an amateur actor, and had
- [Compassion and Consciousness.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/compassion-and-consciousness/) - We are all grieving as our hearts are broken again and again—not just by police, but by the wider system we are all part of. This onslaught of racism and violence against black lives is not new and it impacts us all, especially those who must witness people who look like them and their brothers,
- [Benjamin Gantose & Colleen McCaughey in the CPT Spotlight!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/benjamin-gantose-colleen-mccaughey-in-the-cpt-spotlight/) - Over the past couple weeks, we've been highlighting CPT Fellows, staff members, and folks who call CPT their creative home in our Artist Spotlight series. This week we're celebrating Benjamin Gantose and Colleen McCaughey! Read on to check out snapshots of Benjamin and Colleen's work here at CPT in recent seasons, why they do what
- [CPT Spotlight: India Nicole Burton & Caitlin Lewins!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-spotlight-india-nicole-burton-caitlin-lewins/) - Have we mentioned how much we love highlighting the remarkable CPT Fellows, staff members, and folks who call CPT their creative home in our Artist Spotlight series?! Today, we're celebrating India Nicole Burton and Caitlin Lewins! Read on to check out snapshots of their work here at CPT in recent seasons and to discover why
- [Celebrating Faye Hargate & Obediya Jones-Darrell!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/celebrating-faye-hargate-obediya-jones-darrell/) - We love celebrating the incredible CPT Fellows, staff members, and folks who call CPT their creative home. And this week, the spotlight is on Faye Hargate and Obediya Jones-Darrell! Read on to check out snapshots of their work here at CPT in recent seasons and to discover why Faye and Obediya do what they do,
- [Spotlight on Nina Domingue & Holly Holsinger!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/spotlight-on-nina-domingue-holly-holsinger/) - We are psyched to continue to highlight the incredible CPT Fellows, staff members, and folks who call CPT their creative home. Today, we celebrate Nina Domingue and Holly Holsinger, longtime members of the CPT family. Read on below for a look back (and forward!), and to see what Nina and Holly are up to currently.
- [CPT Announces Auditions for the Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-the-student-theatre-enrichment-program-step/) - CPT’s STEP is a summer arts-based job training program that engages Cleveland teens from families defined as low-income in a powerful 8-week intensive that focuses on excellence in performance, play creation, physical theatre, writing, production, and set design/construction. 2020 STEP Auditions CPT is hosting virtual auditions for STEP. These will be 10 to 15 minutes
- [Shining a light on CPT Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/shining-a-light-on-cpt-artists/) - Core to our mission, Cleveland Public Theatre nurtures Northeast Ohio artists—particularly those whose work is inventive, intelligent, and socially conscious. We're honored to serve as an incubator for local talent and homegrown art, and over the next couple of weeks we'll be celebrating artists in what we're calling the "CPT Artist Spotlight Series", highlighting Fellows,
- [Celebrating Denis M. Griesmer, Hillary Wheelock, & Beth Wood!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/celebrating-denis-m-griesmer-hillary-wheelock-beth-wood/) - Witnessing artists deepen their craft, sharing their important work on (or behind!) CPT stages, is a true joy. CPT strives to be an incubator for homegrown art and local talent, and earlier this week we announced the CPT Artist Spotlight Series, where we'll be highlighting Fellows, staff members, and folks who call CPT their creative
- [Hoping for Hope](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/hoping-for-hope/) - The 7th annual Station Hope was scheduled for May 2—which we understand now is not a time in which we can gather together. After Mayor Frank G. Jackson's Friday announcement and clarification with the City, we are hoping for HOPE. We are marching forward, and rescheduling the festival in hopes we can safely convene on Saturday,
- [[SUSPENDED SEARCH] CPT is Hiring a Physical Operations Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-physical-operations-manager-3/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a full-time Physical Operations Manager. This role makes a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position through Friday, April 3, 2020. Job Description Cleveland Public Theatre has an opening for a Physical Operations Manager (POM). This role requires a
- [CPT COVID-19 UPDATE 3-18-2020](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-covid-19-update-3-18-2020/) - CPT Family, At this point, we all know what's happening, and we all know the importance of decisions and communications. And we know you are getting a bunch of these emails, updating you with challenging decisions people are making every day. We are grateful to you all and will continue to update you as our
- [CPT COVID-19 UPDATE](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-covid-19-update-3-12-20/) - Last updated: 3/13/2020 CPT Family, We are writing with the unfortunate news that all remaining performances of Breakout Session (or Frogorse) and Marisol are canceled. Though we are saddened by these cancellations, we are grateful for the abundance of caution being taken. The health and safety of our patrons, artists, and staff is our number one priority.
- [We’re open.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/were-open/) - CPT Family, We are grateful for those working to ensure the safety of our community, and our hearts go out to those who are affected by the spread of disease and its repercussions. The health and safety of our patrons, artists, and staff is our number one priority and we are following the guidance of
- [CPT Announces Catapult Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-catapult-request-for-proposals/) - CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES CATAPULT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MONDAY, April 13, 2020 Cleveland Public Theatre’s New Play Development CPT’s mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT’s programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream, offering a much broader range
- [CPT is hiring a unique full-time summer seasonal position: Theatre Creator/Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-unique-full-time-summer-seasonal-position-theatre-creator-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks up to three experienced collaborative theatre artists to fill a unique two-month position with CPT’s nationally recognized education program – Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). For more information, visit www.cptonline.org or www.cptonline.org/education/student-theatre-enrichment-program
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a paid part-time summer Pandemonium Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-pandemonium-intern/) - Every September, Cleveland Public Theatre hosts its one and only fundraising spectacular: Pandemonium. It takes over 6 months to plan; hosts over 1,400 guests, features 300 artists who donate their time, engages 150 volunteers; and raises between $250,000 and $315,000 each year for our programming. The intern would work directly with our Director of Organizational
- [CPT is Hiring a Director of Patron Services](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-director-of-patron-services/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Director of Patron Services. Reporting to the Director of Organizational Advancement, this role will be a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. Submissions will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
- [CPT Announces a New Staff Position: Education Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-a-new-staff-position-education-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT seeks an Education Director interested in joining its hardworking team with ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org. DEADLINE TO APPLY: March 30, 2020 Description of Position The
- [Cleveland Act Now Academy at Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-academy-at-cpt/) - Cleveland Act Now Academy at Cleveland Public Theatre Spring Session: 7-week after school theatre training program WHEN February 4 – March 19 Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00pm – 5:45pm WHO 6th, 7th, and 8th graders WHAT Taught by Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Academy Lead Teaching Artists Faye Hargate and Zyrece Montgomery, the spring session explores acting fundamentals
- [TPC y CPT Anuncian audiciones para / TPC and CPT Announce Auditions for Ana en el Trópico](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/tpc-and-cpt-announce-auditions-for-anuncian-audiciones-para-ana-en-el-tropico/) - Cleveland Public Theatre y el Teatro Público de Cleveland anuncian audiciones para / Cleveland Public Theatre and Teatro Público de Cleveland announce Auditions for: Ana en el Trópico de / By Nilo Cruz dirigida por / Directed by Julia Rosa Sosa Presentada en español con subtítulos en inglés / Performed in Spanish with English subtitles Del
- [CPT is Now Requesting Proposals for the 2020/2021 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-now-requesting-proposals-for-the-2020-2021-season/) - Dear Northeast Ohio artists, Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is planning our 2020/2021 Season, and we are reaching out to you for great ideas. CPT is focused on new work that is surprising, unexpected, and outside the realm of conventional theatre. CPT is looking for proposals from Northeast Ohio artists for complete projects. Proposals may be
- [CPT announces Auditions for Breakout Session (or Frogorse)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-breakout-session-or-frogorse/) - CPT announces Auditions for the world premiere of BREAKOUT SESSIon (OR FROGORSE) By Nikkole Salter Directed by Beth Wood, CPT’s Associate Artistic Director and Director of Production Looking to cast the following roles… Sara Benton: 30’s, white, female. A group facilitator. Passionate. Assertive. Self-congratulatory. Savior complex. Sergeant Karen Spencer: early 50’s, black, female. A 20+
- [CPT Announces Auditions for Entry Point 2020](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-entry-point-2020/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Entry Point Created & Performed by various Northeast Ohio artists Looking to cast… A variety of performers, diverse in age*, race, physical ability, background, and theatre experience. *At this time we are only casting actors 18 and above. About the festival… Entry Point is a platform for artists to
- [Station Hope 2020 Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/station-hope-2020-request-for-proposals/) - Station Hope Deadline for submissions is Monday, January 6. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the seventh annual STATION HOPE, a one night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression, and contemporary struggles for social justice, on Saturday, May 2, 2020. How
- [Station Hope 2019 Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/station-hope-2019-request-for-proposals/) - Station Hope Deadline for submissions is Monday, January 7. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the sixth annual STATION HOPE, a one night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression and contemporary struggles for social justice, on Saturday, May 4, 2019. How
- [Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi مســرح كليفلاند العربــي Free Theatre Workshops](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-free-theatre-workshops/) - FREE THEATRE WORKSHOPS Experience acting and theatre creation! For beginners and experienced theatre artists For people who identify as coming from Arabic-speaking communities Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce FREE THEATRE WORKSHOPS for Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi مســرح كليفلانــد العربــي, a theatre project by, for, and with people from Arabic-speaking communities. There will be
- [Cleveland Act Now Academy Free Theatre Training - Fall 2019 Session](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-academy-free-theatre-training/) - CLEVELAND ACT NOW Free Theatre Training Fall Session - 7 weeks long Audition-Based Youth Theatre Program for current 6th, 7th, and 8th graders Auditions take place in October Classes take place Nov 5 - Dec 17 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-5:45pm WHO 6th, 7th, and 8th graders WHAT Taught by Cleveland Act Now Academy Lead
- [Cleveland Act Now - Summer Arts Program](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-summer-arts-program/) - Cleveland Act Now Summer Arts Program Cleveland Act Now is an intensive summer arts program for young artists that is fun and challenging. Youth will learn acting fundamentals, storytelling methods, and ensemble play creation. Under the dedicated guidance of CPT Teaching Artists, children learn how to create and perform their own theatrical works. Enrollment is
- [CPT’s Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpts-kulas-foundation-theatre-composer-initiative-2/) - CPT’s Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative Application Deadline for Application is Monday September 9, 2019 CPT is now accepting applications for The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer fellowships. The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative is a yearlong fellowship program providing early-career composers with first-hand experience creating music and sound design for theatre. This initiative engages composers/designers
- [CPT Announces Request for Proposals: DanceWorks 2020](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-request-for-proposals-danceworks-2020/) - Request for Proposals DanceWorks 2020 Deadline for submissions is August 30, 2019. DanceWorks 2020 is an important part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2019/2020 Season. DanceWorks offers Northeast Ohio dance companies and choreographers the opportunity to have world premiere works presented in a series with other local dance companies. Through a submission process, CPT hopes to
- [Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is Hiring Teaching Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-teaching-artists-2/) - Fall 2019 – Summer 2020 46 week commitment APPLICATION DEADLINE AUGUST 10 CPT is seeking energetic, flexible, and collaborative interdisciplinary Teaching Artists to join our core, who are dedicated to working with youth to create art focused on furthering racial and economic justice with Cleveland Act Now (formerly Brick City Theatre). Theatre experience is a
- [CPT announces Auditions for The Loush Sisters Love Dick'ns: Oops!... They Did It Again](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-the-loush-sisters-love-dickns-oops-they-did-it-again/) - CPT announces Auditions for The Loush Sisters Love Dick’ns: Oops!... They Did It Again Created by Liz Conway, Michael Seevers Jr., and Beth Wood Directed by Beth Wood, CPT’s Associate Artistic Director & Director of Production Looking to cast… 3 – 5 funny people (over the age of 21) who can sing/carry a tune, move/shake
- [Cleveland Public Theatre at BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-at-borderlight-international-theatre-fringe-festival/) - What is BorderLight? Founded in 2016 by Dale Heinen and Jeffrey Pence, BorderLight Festival of International Theatre launches as a 4-day late summer festival from July 24-27, 2019 in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The Festival will feature top-flight performers from abroad, world premiere collaborations between Cleveland-based theatre artists and international artists, and “fringe festival” that will
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Physical Operations Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-physical-operations-manager-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a full-time Physical Operations Manager. This role makes a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position thru Friday, June 21. Job Description Cleveland Public Theatre has an opening for a Physical Operations Manager (POM). This role requires a broad
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Bookkeeping Assistant](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-bookkeeping-assistant/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a part-time Bookkeeping Assistant. This role makes a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position thru July 31, 2019. Job Description Cleveland Public Theatre has an opening for a 12 to 16 hour/week Bookkeeping Assistant. This role does basic
- [CPT is Hiring a Patron Services Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-patron-services-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Patron Services Associate. This role reports to the Director of Patron Services in the Front of House (FOH) Department and will be a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. The deadline to apply is July
- [Job Announcement: Paid Bartending Position at Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/paid-bartending-position-at-cpt/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is currently looking for Bartenders for our 2019/2020 season. CPT bartenders are passionate about the arts, about Cleveland, and about positive change in their community. Beyond being responsible for selling refreshments to our patrons, our bartenders are expected to be knowledgeable about Cleveland Public Theatre, our performances and programs, and our neighborhood,
- [Cleveland Public Theatre's 2019/2020 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-2019-2020-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Announces 2019/2020 Season Call and Response "CALL AND RESPONSE speaks to the interactive nature of theatre. Inherent to the artistic process, artists and audience are called to listen and to respond. Their responsibility lies in the immediate moment, but also in listening to the world we live in, and responding back. CALL
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Technical Director/Production Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-technical-director-production-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT seeks a wide range of mid-career candidates interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community as the Technical Director/Production Manager. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Technical Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-technical-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT seeks an experienced Technical Director interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org. DEADLINE TO APPLY: Friday, November 16, 2018
- [Teatro Público de Cleveland and Cleveland Public Theatre announce Auditions for A Xmas Cuento Remix](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/tpc-and-cpt-announce-auditions-for-a-xmas-cuento-remix/) - Teatro Público de Cleveland and Cleveland Public Theatre announce AUDITIONS: A Xmas Cuento Remix Written by Maya Malán-González Composition & Arrangements by Emiliano Valdez & Daniel Valdez Directed by Holly Holsinger with Jason Estremera Music Direction by Maria DiDonato Performed in English with some songs in Spanish and Spanish Subtitles. Runs December 5 – 21.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Announces 2019/2020 Premiere Fellowship Recipients](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-cpt-announces-2019-2020-premiere-fellowship-recipients/) - 5 local artists receive financial award and year-long Fellowship at CPT Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the selection of five Cuyahoga County-based artists as 2019/2020 Premiere Fellows, made possible by dedicated funding from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC). The purpose of the Premiere Fellowship is to celebrate,
- [CPT Announces Auditions: 2019 STEP Tech Team](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-2019-step-tech-team/) - TEENS CAN WORK AT CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE SUMMER 2019 Teens ages 14-19 interested in the arts can work at Cleveland Public Theatre this summer through CPT’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) CPT is recruiting students who want to be a part of the STEP Tech Team which runs June 17 - Aug 6 at Cleveland Public Theatre. Teens
- [CPT Announces Request for Proposals: Pandemonium 2019](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-request-for-proposals-pandemonium-2019/) - Pandemonium 2019: Alchemy Request for Proposals Application Deadline: Monday, June 10 Cleveland Public Theatre is planning a festive evening in keeping with its tradition of presenting innovative, original artistic work, featuring diverse artists. On Saturday, September 7, 2019, CPT will present its annual fundraising extravaganza and party of the year – Pandemonium 2019: Alchemy. Featuring
- [CPT announces ADDED auditions for youth (7-14 years old) summer program: CLEVELAND ACT NOW](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-added-auditions-for-youth-7-14-years-old-summer-program-cleveland-act-now/) - CLEVELAND ACT NOW SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM Cleveland Act Now is an intensive summer arts program for young artists that is fun and challenging. Youth will learn acting fundamentals, storytelling methods, and ensemble play creation. Under the dedicated guidance of CPT Teaching Artists, children learn how to create and perform their own theatrical works. Enrollment is by
- [CPT Announces 2019/2020 New Play Development Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-2019-2020-new-play-development-request-for-proposals/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Announces 2019/2020 New Play Development Request for Proposals Deadline EXTENDED! DEADLINE FOR submissions is Monday, May 6, 2019 CPT's New Play Development CPT's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT's programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream, offering a much broader
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces General Auditions for the 2019/2020 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-general-auditions-for-the-2019-2020-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is holding general auditions for our 2019/2020 season. All Northeast Ohio actors interested in working with CPT are encouraged to audition. CPT has a history of multicultural casting and is committed to representing our community on stage. General Auditions When: Saturday, April 6, 12pm – 5pm Monday, April 8, 5:30pm –
- [Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is Hiring Teaching Artists for Summer Session of Brick City Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-teaching-artists-summer-brick-city-theatre/) - DEADLINE April 12, 2019 CPT is seeking Teaching Artists for the summer session of our Brick City Theatre program. We are seeking interdisciplinary artists of all performance-related arts disciplines with experience leading youth and/or artistic projects. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to
- [Free Workshop with the Cleveland Core Ensemble (CPT’s in-house devising ensemble)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/the-cleveland-core-ensemble-cpts-in-house-devising-ensemble-is-holding-a-free-workshop/) - Free Workshop with the CLEVELAND CORE ENSEMBLE (CPT’S IN-HOUSE DEVISING ENSEMBLE) This three day workshop with Raymond Bobgan, Darius J. Stubbs, and Faye Hargate is focused on physical work of the actor, our approach to voice and song, and actor creation. This session will also function as a selection session for future work. This is a way
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Seeks Development Assistant](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-seeks-development-assistant-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks a Development Assistant willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. Summary of Position: This position is a year-round, salaried, staff position. Salary is competitive and based
- [CPT is Now Requesting Proposals for the 2019/2020 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-now-requesting-proposals-for-the-2019-2020-season/) - Dear Northeast Ohio artists, CPT is planning the 2019/2020 Season, and we are reaching out to you for great ideas. CPT is focused on new work that is surprising, unexpected, and somehow outside the realm of conventional theatre. CPT is looking for proposals from Northeast Ohio artists for complete projects. Proposals may be for world
- [CPT is Now Requesting Proposals for the 18/19 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-now-requesting-proposals-for-the-1819-season/) - Dear Northeast Ohio artists, CPT is planning the 2018/2019 Season, and we are reaching out to you for great ideas. CPT is focused on new work that is surprising, unexpected and somehow outside the realm of conventional theatre. CPT is looking for proposals from Northeast Ohio artists for complete projects. Proposals may be for world
- [Cleveland Public Theatre's 2018/2019 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-2018-2019-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre previews 2018/2019 Season Here and Now "CPT's work is here. It is locally grown. And it confronts contemporary issues and social norms – struggles of now. But our work is also about the ongoing human obligation to live in the present moment. Theatre is about the sense of being alive in this
- [CPT Announces Applications for Premiere Fellowship](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-premiere-fellowship/) - CPT Announces Applications for Premiere Fellowship Cleveland Public Theatre CPT’s mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT’s programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream, broadening the range of work available to the Cleveland public and expanding the impact and originality of theatre
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Gloria](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-gloria/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Gloria By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed by Beth Wood, CPT’s Associate Artistic Director & Director of Production Looking to cast... Late 20’s/early 30’s male, white 20’s/30’s female, Chinese-American or Korean-American 20’s female, white Late 30’s/40’s female, any ethnicity 20’s male, black 30’s/40’s male, any ethnicity Equity agreements may be considered
- [Cleveland Act Now - Winter 2018 Session - Audition Announcement](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-act-now-winter-2018-session-audition-announcement/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Auditions for Cleveland Act Now - Winter 2018 Session Winter Break Audition-Based Youth Theatre Program 10-14 years old Audition Dates Sun, Dec 9, 2-5pm Sat, Dec 15, 10-1pm TO SCHEDULE YOUR AUDITION: Call Faye Hargate, Program Director, 216.631.2727 x207 **a guardian/caregiver must be present for the audition** Full Class Schedule Wed, 12/26,
- [CPT & TPC Announce Auditions for / Anuncian Audiciones Para La Gringa](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-tpc-announce-auditions-for-anuncian-audiciones-para-la-gringa-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre and Teatro Público de Cleveland announce Auditions for / Cleveland Public Theatre y el Teatro Público de Cleveland anuncian audiciones para: La Gringa By / de Carmen Rivera Directed by / Dirigida por Ernesto Luna Camargo Looking to cast 2 Women (20’s – 40’s) with fluent Spanish speaking ability 1 Woman (40’s
- [CPT Announces Auditions for Entry Point 2019](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-entry-point-2019/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Entry Point Created & Performed by various Northeast Ohio artists Looking to cast… A variety of performers, diverse in age, race, physical ability, background, and theatre experience. About the festival… Entry Point is a platform for artists to develop their work in the early stages of creation, and then
- [Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is Hiring Lead Teaching Artists to Direct Original Brick City Theatre Productions for Winter/Spring 2019](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-lead-teaching-artists-to-direct-original-brick-city-theatre-productions-for-winter-spring-2019/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is seeking exceptional Teaching Artists for its celebrated Brick City Theatre. Artists with experience in theatre creation and/or spoken word performance are welcome to apply. The Lead Teaching Artist position has the following core areas of responsibility: Lead Creation of Original Performance based in the artist’s primary discipline and area of
- [CPT & TPC Announce Auditions for / Anuncian Audiciones Para La Gringa](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-tpc-announce-auditions-for-anuncian-audiciones-para-la-gringa/) - Cleveland Public Theatre and Teatro Público de Cleveland announce Auditions for / Cleveland Public Theatre y el Teatro Público de Cleveland anuncian audiciones para: La Gringa By / de Carmen Rivera Directed by / Dirigida por Ernesto Luna Camargo Looking to cast 2 Women (20’s – 40’s) with fluent Spanish speaking ability 1 Woman (40’s
- [CPT is Hiring Teaching Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-teaching-artists/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is seeking exceptional Teaching Artists for its celebrated Brick City Theatre program and Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). Teaching Artists of all performance-related arts disciplines are welcome to apply. The deadline to apply is March 1. The Teaching Artist position has two areas of responsibility: Instruction: teach the basics of their
- [CPT Announces Auditions for... / TPC anuncia Audiciones para En el Tiempo de las Mariposas (In the Time of the Butterflies)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-en-el-tiempo-de-las-mariposas/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for… / Teatro Público de Cleveland anuncia Audiciones para En el Tiempo de las Mariposas (In The Time of The Butterflies) Regional Premiere / La premier Regional A play by Caridad Svich. Based on the novel by Julia Alvarez. Spanish translation by Caridad Svich. Directed by Julia Sosa. Una obra de
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Auditions for Fire on the Water](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-fire-on-the-water/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Fire on the Water Created & Performed by Northeast Ohio artists Conceiver, Producer, and Co-Lead Director: Raymond Bobgan; Co-Lead Director: India Nicole Burton Looking to cast… A variety of performers, diverse in age, race, physical ability, background, and theatre experience. Equity agreements may be considered for this production. About
- [CPT Announces Request for Proposals: DanceWorks 2019](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-request-for-proposals-danceworks-2019/) - Request for Proposals DanceWorks 2019 Deadline for submissions is October 29, 2018. DanceWorks 2019 is an important part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2018/2019 Season. DanceWorks offers Northeast Ohio dance companies and choreographers the opportunity to have world premiere works presented in a series with other local dance companies. Through a submission process, CPT hopes to
- [Cleveland Act Now - Fall 2018 Session - Audition Announcement](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/can-fall-2018-session-audition-announcement/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Auditions for Cleveland Act Now - Fall 2018 Session Eight-Week-Long Audition-Based Youth Theatre Program 10–14 years old OCTOBER 13 – DECEMBER 8 SATURDAYS, 10:00am-12:45pm snacks are provided classes take place at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102 NO COST TO SCHEDULE YOUR AUDITION: Call Faye Hargate, Program Director, 216.631.2727
- [Cleveland Public Theatre & Teatro Público de Cleveland Announce Audition: ¡OBRAS EN EVOLUCIÓN 2018! A FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAY READINGS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-tpc-announce-audition-obras-en-evolucion-2018-a-festival-of-new-play-readings/) - CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE & TEATRO PÚBLICO DE CLEVELAND ANNOUNCE AUDITION ¡OBRAS EN EVOLUCIÓN 2018! A Festival of New Play Readings Cleveland Public Theatre and Teatro Público de Cleveland are holding open auditions for our fall production of ¡OBRAS EN EVOLUCIÓN 2018! A Festival of New Play Readings. All Northeast Ohio actors who identify as Latino/a/x are
- [Teatro Publico de Cleveland announces FREE Theatre Workshop](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/teatro-publico-de-cleveland-announces-free-theatre-workshop/) - Ensemble members of Teatro Público de Cleveland Photo by Steve Wagner Teatro Publico de Cleveland FREE Theatre Workshop ALL SPEAKERS WELCOME English, Spanish, Bilingual. (Spanish Translation available below) Monday, August 15th, 6-9pm CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102 Meet Teatro Público de Cleveland ensemble members Learn about storytelling and story sharing
- [Theatre Directing/Creation Class](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/theatre-directing-creation-class/) - Theatre Directing/Creation Class Taught by Raymond Bobgan, Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Executive Artistic Director Deadline for application is May 21, 2018 CLASS DESCRIPTION Theatre Directing/Creation Class is for theatre directors, writers, actors, designers, and composers who wish to explore the rigors of directing and creating original performances. In this class everyone will direct, act, and
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring an Artistic Programs Producer](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-an-artistic-programs-producer/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT seeks an Artistic Programs Producer interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org. DEADLINE TO APPLY: July 16, 2018 Description
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring full-time summer season Theatre Creators/Directors for Unique Position](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-theatre-creatorsdirectors/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks up to three experienced collaborative theatre artists to fill a unique two-month position with CPT’s nationally recognized education program – Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). For more information, visit www.cptonline.org or www.cptonline.org/education/student-theatre-enrichment-program
- [Pandemonium '15: TRANSFORM Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium-15-transform-request-for-proposals/) - Pandemonium ‘15; TRANSFORM Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, June 30th, 2015. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning a festive evening in keeping with its tradition of presenting innovative, original artistic work, featuring diverse artists. On Saturday, September 12, 2015 CPT will present its annual fundraising extravaganza and party of the year – PANDEMONIUM ‘15, TRANSFORM. Featuring
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces a New Staff Position: Education Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-new-staff-position-education-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks an Education Associate willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT is committed to reviewing a diverse pool of applicants for this position. DESCRIPTION of
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces a New Staff Position: Education Assistant](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-a-new-staff-position-education-assistant/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks an Education Assistant interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. Description of Position The Education Assistant works with the Education Staff at CPT, and works
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces a New Staff Position: Education Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-a-new-staff-position-education-associate-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks an Education Associate willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT is committed to reviewing a diverse pool of applicants for this position. DESCRIPTION of
- [CPT Announces Request for Proposals: Pandemonium ‘17](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium-17-request-for-proposals/) - PANDEMONIUM ‘17: UNLEASH DEADLINE Extended to MONDAY, JUly 3, 2017! Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is planning a festive evening in keeping with its tradition of presenting innovative, original artistic work, featuring diverse artists. On Saturday, September 9, 2017, CPT will present its annual fundraising extravaganza and party of the year – PANDEMONIUM ‘17: UNLEASH. Featuring dozens of area
- [CPT Seeks Applicants for New Education Director position](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-seeks-applicants-for-new-education-director-position/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks an Education Director interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. JOB DESCRIPTION Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing
- [CPT Announces a New Staff Position:  Education Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-a-new-staff-position-education-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Announces a New Staff Position: EDUCATION ASSOCIATE Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks an Education Associate willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT is committed to reviewing a diverse
- [DEADLINE EXTENDED: Pandemonium 2016: Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium-2016-request-for-proposals/) - Pandemonium '16; The Fire Within is SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Deadline for artist proposals is Monday, JULY 4TH, 2016. On Saturday, September 10, 2016 CPT will present its annual fundraising extravaganza and "Party of the Year" - Pandemonium '16: The Fire Within. Featuring dozens of area theatre, dance, visual and performance artists and with fabulous food
- [CPT Announces Request for Proposals: Pandemonium 2018](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/pandemonium-18-request-for-proposals/) - Pandemonium 2018: Labyrinth of Desire Request for Proposals Application Deadline: Friday, June 22 Cleveland Public Theatre is planning a festive evening in keeping with its tradition of presenting innovative, original artistic work, featuring diverse artists. On Saturday, September 8, 2018, CPT will present its annual fundraising extravaganza and party of the year – Pandemonium 2018:
- [Building Reserve Grant will be utilized to offset cost of maintaining CPT campus](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/building-reserve-grant-will-be-utilized-to-offset-cost-of-maintaining-cpt-campus/) - Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan announces that Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) has received a one million dollar grant from The Kresge Foundation's Building Reserve Grant program. The awarded funds will be utilized to offset the cost of long-term care and maintenance of the buildings and facilities on the CPT campus. Now in its 30th
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces a New Staff Position: Education Coordinator](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-a-new-staff-position-education-coordinator/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks an Education Coordinator willing to join its hardworking team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT is committed to reviewing a diverse pool of applicants for this position. Deadline to
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces a New Staff Position: Full-Time Teaching Artist/Site Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-a-new-staff-position-full-time-teaching-artist-site-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks a Full-Time Teaching Artist/Site Manager willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT is committed to reviewing a diverse pool of applicants for this position.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces General Auditions for the 2018/2019 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-general-auditions-for-the-1819-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces General Auditions for the 2018/2019 Season Cleveland Public Theatre is holding general auditions for our 2018/2019 season. All Northeast Ohio actors interested in working with CPT are encouraged to audition. CPT has a history of multicultural casting and is committed to representing our community on stage. A casting breakdown for each
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces General Auditions for the 2017/2018 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-general-auditions-for-the-1718-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces General Auditions for the 2017/2018 Season Cleveland Public Theatre is holding general auditions for our 2017/2018 season. (Check out our season announcement here.) All Northeast Ohio actors interested in working with CPT are encouraged to audition. CPT has a history of multicultural casting and is committed to representing our community on
- [CPT Announces Tour of Red Ash Mosaic](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-tour-of-red-ash-mosaic/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces tour of RED ASH MOSAIC Created by Raymond Bobgan & Cleveland Core Ensemble. Directed by Raymond Bobgan. Red Ash Mosaic will tour from Cleveland to New Orleans & Columbus Spring, 2018 Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce a limited tour of Red Ash Mosaic, created by
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Deputy General Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-deputy-general-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Deputy General Manager which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position through Friday, April 27. Deputy General Manager Job Description CPT is hiring a Deputy General
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Pandemonium Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-pandemonium-intern/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a paid part-time summer Pandemonium Intern. CPT will be accepting applications for this position through Sunday, April 15. Every September, CPT hosts its one and only fundraising spectacular: Pandemonium. It takes over 6 months to plan; hosts over 1,300 guests, 300 artists who donate their time, and 150 volunteers; and
- [Cleveland Act Now - Summer 2018 Session](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/can-summer-2018-session/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Announces Cleveland Act Now - Summer 2018 Session Four-Week-Long Audition-Based Youth Theatre Program at Cleveland Public Theatre 10 – 14 years old JULY 9 – AUGUST 3, Monday – Fridays, 1:00pm-5:00pm Lunch is NOT provided but snack breaks are scheduled in the afternoon All classes take place at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415
- [CPT Announces 2018/2019 New Play Development Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-2018-2019-new-play-development-request-for-proposals/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Announces 2018/2019 New Play Development Request for Proposals Deadline EXTENDED! DEADLINE FOR submissions is Monday, June 18, 2018 CPT's New Play Development CPT's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT's programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream, offering a
- [CPT Announces Auditions for Everything is okay (and other helpful lies)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-everything-is-okay-and-other-helpful-lies/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) announces Auditions for EVERYTHING IS OKAY (AND OTHER HELPFUL LIES) A World Premiere Musical at CPT. Created by Melissa Crum & Caitlin Lewins, 16/17 Nord Family Foundation Catapult Fellows. Directed by Matthew Wright. About the Musical… This dark musical comedy is a celebration of the not-so-happy ways in which we persevere,
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Physical Operations Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-physical-operations-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a full-time Physical Operations Manager. This role will function as a department head, will be a core part of the CPT staff, and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position through Friday, March 9. Job Description
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Co-Technical Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-co-technical-director/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT seeks a Co-Technical Director interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT’s season typically includes 2 or more community events, 8-10 full productions, and
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Box Office Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-box-office-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Box Office Associate. This role will support the Director of Patron Services in the Front of House (FOH) Department and will be a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. The deadline to apply is February
- [CPT announces Additional Auditions for Entry Point](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-additional-auditions-for-entry-point/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Additional Auditions for Entry Point a part of CPT’s New Play Development Series Looking to cast… 1 Female, African American, Late 20s - Mid 30s 1 Male, African American, Late 20s - Late 30s 2 Females, African American, 40s - 60s All actors should be comfortable with singing. Cleveland Public Theatre
- [CPT Announces Auditions for Entry Point 2018](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-entry-point-2018/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Entry Point a part of CPT’s New Play Development Series Looking to cast… 15 – 20 Actors of all ethnicities and types! Cleveland Public Theatre is helping Lead Artists of Entry Point to cast several selections as part of our 2017/2018 Entry Point festival. We are looking to cast
- [Job Announcement: Paid Parking Lot Attendant Position at CPT](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/paid-parking-lot-attendant/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is currently looking for Parking Lot Attendants for our 2017/18 season. CPT Parking Lot Attendants will be responsible for handling cash transactions for parking, being knowledgeable about current performances at Cleveland Public Theatre and the Gordon Square Arts District, and keeping watch over the CPT parking lot. Cash handling and customer service
- [CPT Announces 3 day "Research and Development" Workshop with Raymond Bobgan](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-3-day-research-and-development-workshop-with-raymond-bobgan/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces 3 day "Research and Development" Workshop with Raymond Bobgan This winter, Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan will hold a free, 3 day Research and Development open session in an effort to further his work and broaden the pool of diverse artists involved in this exciting work. This 3 day workshop will both
- [CPT’s Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpts-kulas-foundation-theatre-composer-initiative/) - CPT’s Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative Application Deadline for Application is Monday, December 18th, 2017 CPT is now accepting applications for The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer fellowships. The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative is a year-long fellowship program providing early-career composers with first-hand experience creating music and sound design for theatre. This initiative engages composers/designers
- [Joan Yellen Horvitz Director Fellowship Application](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/joan-yellen-horvitz-director-fellowship-application/) - Joan Yellen Horvitz Director Fellowship Application Deadline: Monday, December 18th, 2017 CPT’s Director Fellow Program is a year-long program for emerging directors of extraordinary potential living in Northeast Ohio. Supported by Joan Yellen Horvitz, CPT initiated this program to address Cleveland’s limited pool of directors with experience in directing new work and to meet the
- [STATION HOPE 2018 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/station-hope-2018-request-for-proposals/) - Station Hope Deadline for submissions is Monday, December 11th. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the fifth annual STATION HOPE, a one night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression and contemporary struggles for social justice, on Saturday, May 5th, 2018. How
- [CPT ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR BR'ER COTTON](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-brer-cotton/) - CPT announces Auditions for Br'er Cotton National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm Directed by Jennifer L. Nelson Looking to cast… 1 African-American young man (teen) 1 white young woman (teen) 1 African-American woman (30's) 1 African-American man (60's) 1 white man (30's) Equity agreements may be considered for this production.
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring Bartenders](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-bartenders/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is currently looking for Bartenders for our 2017/18 season. CPT Bartenders are passionate about the arts, about Cleveland and about positive change in their community. Beyond being responsible for selling refreshments to our patrons, our Bartenders are expected to be knowledgeable about Cleveland Public Theatre, our performances and programs and our
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring House Managers](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-house-managers/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is currently looking for House Managers for our 2017/18 season. This role is responsible for ensuring the best experience for all patrons and providing accurate records to CPT staff. Candidates must be outgoing, detail-oriented problem solvers who can work calmly under pressure. Hours will depend on production schedules, but will involve
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a New Play Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-a-new-staff-position-new-play-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs. CPT seeks a New Play Associate interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org. DEADLINE TO APPLY EXTENTED to July 17,
- [CPT announces Auditions for The Loush Sisters get HARD for the Holidays (Yippie-Kai-Yay Mother-Loushers)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-the-loush-sisters-get-hard-for-the-holidays-yippie-kai-yay-mother-loushers/) - CPT announces Auditions for The Loush Sisters get HARD for the Holidays (Yippie-Kai-Yay Mother-Loushers) Created by Liz Conway, Michael Seevers, Jr. & Beth Wood. Directed by Beth Wood. Looking to cast... 4 - 6 funny people (over the age of 18) who can sing/carry a tune, move/shake their maracas, and don't take themselves too seriously, to
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces a New Staff Position: Master Electrician and Carpenter](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-master-electrician-and-carpenter/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs. CPT seeks a Master Electrician and Carpenter interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT’s season typically includes 2 or more community events, 8-10 full productions
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Director of Patron Services/Box Office Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-a-director-of-patron-servicesbox-office-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Director of Patron Services/Box Office Manager. This role will function as a department head, will be a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. Job Description CPT is looking for an upbeat, charming, helpful person to
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a Graphic Design Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-graphic-design-intern/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is seeking a Graphic Design Intern to perform design and layout of marketing materials to support the theatre’s 2017/2018 season. Job Description The ideal candidate will be available 20 hours per week on site at CPT, with some periods of increased or decreased workload during special events. Design and/or layout projects
- [CPT Announces 2017-2018 New Play Development  Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-2017-2018-new-play-development-request-for-proposals/) - CPT Announces 2017-2018 New Play Development Request for Proposals The Deadline for Test Flight has been extended to Sunday, June 18, 2017! The Deadline for Entry Point and Catapult is Monday, June 12, 2017. CPT'S NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT CPT's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs. CPT's programming agenda
- [CPT Announces the 2017/2018 Season: STAND](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-the-20172018-season-stand/) - Click here for the 2017/2018 Season Announcement!
- [CPT Announces Request for Proposals: DanceWorks 2018](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/danceworks-2018-request-for-proposals/) - Request for Proposals DanceWorks 2018 Deadline for submissions is July 10, 2017. DanceWorks 2018 is an important part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2017-2018 Season. DanceWorks offers Northeast Ohio dance companies and choreographers the opportunity to have world premiere works presented in a series with other local dance companies. Through a submission process, CPT hopes to
- [DEADLINE EXTENDED: CPT Announces 2017/2018 Local Request for Season Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-20172018-local-request-for-season-proposals/) - We are extending the deadline for submission for the 17-18 season. Typically over half of CPT’s season is locally created work! Let us know your ideas by February 20th! Dear Northeast Ohio artists, CPT is planning the 2017-2018 Season, and once again we are reaching out to you for great ideas. CPT is focused on
- [Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring Teaching Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-hiring-teaching-artist/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is seeking exceptional Teaching Artists for its celebrated Brick City Theatre program and Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). Teaching Artists of all performance-related arts disciplines are welcome to apply. The Teaching Artist position has two areas of responsibility: Instruction: teach the basics of their primary discipline to children participants; create and
- [Station Hope 2017 Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/station-hope-2017-request-for-proposals/) - Station Hope Deadline for submissions is Monday, January 30th. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the fourth annual STATION HOPE, a one night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression, and contemporary struggles for social justice on April 29, 2017. How
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces a New Staff Position: Artistic Associate](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-a-new-staff-position-artistic-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs. CPT seeks an Artistic Associate interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org. DEADLINE TO APPLY: February 17, 2017 Description of
- [Wintertide](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/wintertide-at-gordon-square/) - WINTERTIDE at Gordon Square Saturday, December 3, 2016 1pm-7pm Guests are invited to stay in the district after hours to enjoy ticketed performances at Cleveland Public Theatre (Light the Lights, Ol’ Moses CLE – A Wild Holiday Romp @ 7:30pm), Near West Theatre (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ 7:30pm), Talespinner Children’s Theatre
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a Director of Audience Engagement.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-director-of-audience-engagement/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks a Director of Audience Engagement interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org. DEADLINE TO APPLY: December
- [CPT Announces Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative Application](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-kulas-foundation-theatre-composer-initiative-application/) - CPT’s Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative Application Deadline for Application is Monday, December 5th, 2016 In anticipation of the renewal of this grant, CPT is now accepting applications for The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer fellowships. The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative is a six month fellowship program providing early-career composers with first-hand experience creating music
- [Cleveland Foundation Creative Fusion artists begin three-month residency in Ohio City/Hingetown neighborhood](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-foundation-creative-fusion-artists-begin-three-month-residency-in-ohio-cityhingetown-neighborhood/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to host Brazilian muralist Ananda Nahu, who is developing a mural on site at CMHA Lakeview Terrace Estates, home to CPT’s Brick City Theatre program. Ananda is working in partnership with Cleveland-based artists Gary Williams and Robin Robinson, as well as the residents of Lakeview Terrace to conceive and implement
- [CPT announces Additional Auditions for Entry Point; a part of CPT’s NEW New Play Development Series](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-additional-auditions-for-entry-point-a-part-of-cpts-new-new-play-development-series/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is looking to cast for Saturated Fat as part of our inaugural Entry Point festival. We are looking to cast a diverse group of actors interested in supporting the development of a new work. Entry Point will be a weekend festival of raw art-in-progress—a platform for artists to develop new work that
- [CPT announces Auditions for Entry Point](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-entry-point/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Entry Point a part of CPT’s NEW New Play Development Series Cleveland Public Theatre is looking to cast several pieces of theatre as part of our inaugural Entry Point festival. We are looking to cast a diverse group of actors of all ages and types interested in supporting the
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE SEEKS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-seeks-development-assistant/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks a Development Assistant willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. Summary of Position: This position is a year round, salaried, staff position. Salary is competitive and
- [CPT Seeking Bartender](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-seeking-bartender/) - Job Announcement: Paid Bartending Position at Cleveland Public Theatre Cleveland Public Theatre needs bartenders who are passionate about the arts, about Cleveland and about positive change in their community. Beyond being responsible for selling refreshments to our patrons, our bartenders are expected to be knowledgeable about Cleveland Public Theatre, our performances and programs, and our
- [Cleveland Public Theatre is Hiring a part-time Story Connector](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-part-time-story-connector/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks a Story Connector interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org. DEADLINE TO APPLY: Friday, September 23,
- [CPT Seeking Stage Managers](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-seeking-stage-managers/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Seeking Energetic, Kind and Highly Organized Individuals to join our Stage Management Team for the 16/17 Season Cleveland Public Theatre is seeking extraordinary stage managers for our 16/17 season. CPT is a groundbreaking, professional theatre focused on workshopping and producing new plays, devising ensemble-based work and engaging underserved communities in making theatre.
- [CPT ANNOUNCES A NEW STAFF POSITION: ARTISTIC AND EDUCATION ASSOCIATE](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-a-new-staff-position-artistic-and-education-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Announces a New Staff Position: Artistic and Education Associate Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks an Artistic and Education Associate interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and
- [CPT’S 2016-2017 SEASON](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpts-2016-2017-season/) - CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE’S 2016-2017 SEASON: ATTENTION: TENSION: INTENTION “Attentiveness, the act of being present in the moment, takes effort and sometimes courage. When we look and see, it is often not pleasant at first. This tension, this friction, is the fuel that makes theatre so exciting and interesting – conflict and dynamism wakes us up
- [CPT announces General Auditions for 16/17 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-general-auditions-for-1617-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is holding general auditions for our 16/17 season. (Check out our season announcement on Cleveland.com.) All Northeast Ohio actors interested in working with CPT are encouraged to audition. CPT has a history of multicultural casting and is committed to representing our community on stage. There are many ethnically specific roles available for
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for "I Call My Brothers"](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-i-call-my-brothers/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for I Call My Brothers Written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri. Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles. Directed by Evren Odcikin, 2015 National Directing Fellow. About the play… Something has happened. A car. An explosion. And a city is paralyzed with fear. But Amor has an important errand to run. He walks
- [Cleveland Public Theatre will consider non-local actors for "I Call My Brothers"](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-will-consider-non-local-actors-for-i-call-my-brothers/) - Cleveland Public Theatre will consider non-local actors for… I Call My Brothers Written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri. Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles. Directed by Evren Odcikin, 2015 National Directing Fellow. About the play… Something has happened. A car. An explosion. And a city is paralyzed with fear. But Amor has an important errand to run.
- [CPT Announces Request for Proposals: DanceWorks 2017](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-request-for-proposals-danceworks-2017/) - Request for Proposals DanceWorks 2017 Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2016. DanceWorks 2017 is an important part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2016-2017 Season. DanceWorks offers Northeast Ohio dance companies and choreographers the opportunity to have world premiere works presented in a series with other local dance companies. Through a submission process, CPT hopes
- [CPT is Hiring a Physical Operations Manager](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-is-hiring-a-physical-operations-manager/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is hiring a new full-time position, Physical Operations Manager. This role will function as a department head, will be a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position thru Friday, July 10th, 2016. Job
- [CPT SEEKS EXTRAORDINARY VOLUNTEERS FOR ROAD TO HOPE ON JUNE 17TH!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-seeks-extraordinary-volunteers-for-road-to-hope-on-june-17th/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is seeking extraordinary individuals to volunteer for ROAD TO HOPE at METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER. ROAD TO HOPE is one of a series of free, neighborhood-based community arts events produced by Cleveland Public Theatre and community partners from January – June 2016, in celebration of hope and honoring current day struggles for freedom and
- [UNIQUE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY WITH CALEY VICKERMAN (HAIKU MISTRESS).](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/seeking-volunteers-road-to-hope-metrohealth-medical-center/) - FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH – ROAD TO HOPE AT METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER – ROAD TO HOPE is one of a series of free, neighborhood-based community arts events produced by Cleveland Public Theatre and community partners from January – June 2016, in celebration of hope and honoring current day struggles for freedom and justice. The public event
- [Cleveland Public Theatre proudly announces a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2016-2017 New Play Development Program.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-proudly-announces-a-request-for-proposals-rfp-for-2016-2017-new-play-development-program/) - CPT’s mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through ground-breaking performances and life-changing educational programs. CPT’s programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream offering a much broader range of work available to the Cleveland public and expanding the impact and originality of theatre across the country. CPT strives to make
- [Seeking Volunteers for Station Hope on April 30th](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/seeking-volunteers-for-station-hope-on-april-30th/) - CPT SEEKS EXTRAORDINARY VOLUNTEERS FOR STATION HOPE ON APRIL 30TH Cleveland Public Theatre is seeking extraordinary individuals to volunteer for STATION HOPE 2016. To learn more about Station Hope, watch this video. Station Hope, now in its third year, is on Saturday, April 30th from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Station Hope is an all-ages community arts event featuring 250
- [Seeking volunteers for STATION HOPE on April 30th](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/volunteers-for-road-to-hope-on-april-9th/) - CPT Seeks Extraordinary Volunteers for STATION HOPE on APril 30th Cleveland Public Theatre is seeking extraordinary individuals to volunteer for STATION HOPE 2016. To learn more about Station Hope, watch this video. Station Hope, now in its third year, is on Saturday, April 30th from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Station Hope is an all-ages community arts event featuring 250
- [CPT announces Box Office Manager opening](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-box-office-manager-opening/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a new full-time position, Box Office Manager. This role will function as a department head, will be a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. Job Description CPT is experiencing rapid growth while trying to maintain an
- [Cleveland Foundation launches arts initiative for children in need with $500k grant to Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-foundation-launches-arts-initiative-for-children-in-need-with-500k-grant-to-cleveland-public-theatre/) - Brick City Theatre youth perform "In the Wings of the Whispering Trees" at Lakeview Terrace, 2012. Photo by Steve Wagner. Special to The Plain Dealer By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer Follow on Twitter on April 01, 2016 at 8:02 AM, updated April 01, 2016 at 9:14 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Foundation
- [JOBS FOR TEENS at CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/jobs-for-teens-at-cleveland-public-theatre/) - JOBS FOR TEENS CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE SUMMER 2016 Teens ages 14-19 interested in the arts can work at Cleveland Public Theatre this summer through CPT’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program STEP STEP runs June 20th - Aug 12th, 4pm-9pm Monday-Friday at Cleveland Public Theatre. Teens will work with professional theatre artist-mentors in the following areas: acting, singing, dance,
- [Sweep.](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/sweep/) - Our friends are awesome. And one of the equally awesome things about Northeast Ohio is that publicly-funded programs, such as the Creative Workforce Fellowship, exist to support their work: making plays that stir the soul, building companies, championing change and contributing to the vibrant arts and culture offerings that make our region a great place
- [CPT is now Requesting Proposals for the 16/17 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-now-requesting-proposals-for-the-1617-season/) - Dear Northeast Ohio artists, CPT is planning the 2016-2017 Season, and once again we are reaching out to you for great ideas. CPT is focused on new work that is surprising, unexpected and somehow outside the realm of conventional theatre. CPT is looking for proposals from Northeast Ohio artists for complete projects. Proposals may be
- ["CPT pulls plug on Big Box 2016; construction delays are cause"](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-pulls-plug-on-big-box-2016-construction-delays-are-cause/) - "CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Public Theatre has canceled Big Box 2016, the annual centerpiece of CPT's eclectic season, citing delays in the renovations of the James Levin Theatre. Designed to showcase and develop new work, Big Box is one of the theater's most popular events and the sort of grassroots nurturing of artists CPT brass
- [CPT Seeking Graphic Design Intern](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-seeing-graphic-design-intern/) - Job Title: Graphic Design Intern Job Description: Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is seeking a graphic design intern to perform design and layout of marketing materials to support the theatre’s 2015‐2016 season. The ideal candidate will be available 15 hours per week on site at CPT, with some periods of increased or decreased workload during special
- [STATION HOPE // ROAD TO HOPE Request for Proposal](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/stationhope2015rfp/) - Station Hope // Road to Hope Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, December 15th. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the third annual STATION HOPE, a one night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Church and the Underground Railroad, the repercussions of oppression, and contemporary struggles for social justice on April
- [CPT Station Hope Artist Informational Meeting: Call for Artists!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-station-hope-artist-informational-meeting-call-for-artists/) - Dear Northeast Ohio Artists, This year, Station Hope will be bigger and better than ever. With support from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Our Town grant, Station Hope 2016 will include ROAD TO HOPE: smaller, pop-up performances and community events that will span 4-5 neighborhoods across Greater Cleveland occurring over a 2 month span,
- [Calling for Haiku Volunteers!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/calling-for-haiku-volunteers/) - Calling for Haiku Volunteers! The Haiku Mistress is returning to CPT for the Gordon Square Fall Fest: TEST FLIGHT on October 17th and we are looking for volunteers! This is not your typical volunteer experience. You will work in teams on a scavenger hunt to get people to write haiku with you. Yes. Haiku, the
- [Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellowship Readings](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-auditions-for-nord-family-foundation-playwright-fellowship-readings/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellowship Readings Cleveland Public Theatre is looking to cast 3 plays for a series of readings for our Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellows. We are looking for a diverse group of all ages and types interested in originating roles in three new plays. The Nord
- [CPT announces Auditions for "The Loush Sisters Love Dick'ns: Great Expectations](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-the-loush-sisters-love-dickns-great-expectations/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for The Loush Sisters Love Dick’ns: Great Expectations Created by Liz Conway, Michael Seevers, Jr. & Beth Wood Directed by Beth Wood Looking to cast… 2 – 3 funny women (over the age of 18) who can sing/carry a tune, move/shake your maracas, and don’t take themselves too seriously, to
- [CPT Announces auditions for Mr. Burns](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-auditions-for-mr-burns/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Mr. Burns Written by Anne Washburn. Score by Michael Friedman. Lyrics by Anne Washburn. Directed by Matthew Wright. About the play… A post-apocalyptic tale of survival, passion, and… the enduring power of Bart Simpson. Across a devastated landscape, gangs of survivors band together to keep the pilot light of
- [Teatro Publico de Cleveland FREE Theatre Workshops](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/teatro-publico-de-cleveland-free-theatre-workshops/) - 2015 workshop flyer ALL
- [CPT's 2015/2016 Season has been announced!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpts-20152016-season-has-been-announced/) - CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON CLEVELAND.COM. Stay tuned! Tickets go on sale Monday, August 3rd!
- [CPT now accepting applications for DanceWorks 2016](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-now-accepting-applications-for-danceworks-2016/) - Request for Proposals DanceWorks 2016 Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2015. DanceWorks 2016 is an important part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s 15-16 Season. DanceWorks offers Northeast Ohio dance companies and choreographers the opportunity to have world premiere works presented in a series with other local dance companies. Through a submission process, CPT hopes to
- [Summer Internship at Cleveland Public Theatre in Arts Management](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/summer-internship-at-cleveland-public-theatre-in-arts-management/) - Summer Internship at Cleveland Public Theatre in Arts Management Range of Duties: Assist with financial record keeping and preparation of audited financial statements. DATES & STIPEND: This unpaid 20 hour/week internship starts June 1st and can run as late as Sept 25th (17 weeks). Earlier end dates are possible based on the intern’s schedule. Exceptional candidates
- [Cleveland Public Theatre presents two workshops this month](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-presents-two-workshops-this-month/) - IMAGINING ACTIVISM – creating work that touches hearts and minds of our community taught by Tlaloc Rivas, director of Johanna: Facing Forward A collaborative workshop that combines rigorous physical and creative exercises that focuses on how we can create work based on social / economic / environmental issues. Saturday, May 30th, 12-5pm Fee: $60.00* Tlaloc
- [CPT Now Accepting Applications for the 2015/2016 Nord Playwright Fellowship](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-now-accepting-applications-for-the-20152016-nord-playwright-fellowship/) - CPT’s Nord Playwright Fellowship Application Deadline: June 1st, 2015 CPT’s Nord Playwright Fellowship is a year-long program for a local emerging playwright supported by the Nord Family Foundation. CPT initiated this program to provide greater support to the region’s playwright community and to nurture active artists. Up to two residencies may be awarded in 2015, which
- [Cleveland Public Theatre's Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) featured in Cuyahoga Arts & Culture's Annual Report](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatres-student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-featured-in-cuyahoga-arts-cultures-annual-report/) - Click here to view the report.
- [CPT now accepting applications for Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-now-accepting-applications-for-kulas-foundation-theatre-composer-initiative/) - CPT’s Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative Application Deadline for Application is May 15, 2015 The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative is a nine month fellowship program providing early-career composers with first-hand experience creating music and sound design for theatre. This initiative engages composer/designers in a collaborative process under the guidance of the show producer and
- [CPT is now accepting applications for Big Box 2016!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-is-now-accepting-applications-for-big-box-2016/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Local Request for Proposals Big Box Deadline for submissions is Thursday, April 30, 2015 Big Box has been the centerpiece of Cleveland Public Theatre’s season over the past twelve years. New work development is a core value at CPT, and we are always looking for the best way to support the new
- [TEENS CAN WORK AT CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE—SUMMER 2015](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/teens-can-work-at-cleveland-public-theatre-summer-2015/) - Teens ages 14-19 interested in the arts can work at Cleveland Public Theatre this summer through CPT’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program STEP STEP runs June 15 - Aug 9, 4pm-9pm Monday-Friday at Cleveland Public Theatre. Teens will work with professional theatre artist-mentors in the following areas: acting, singing, dance, writing, set construction, marketing, performance creation
- [Upcoming Workshop! Physical Approaches to Acting Workshop with Jeffrey Fracé](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/upcoming-workshop-physical-approaches-to-acting-workshop-with-jeffrey-frace/) - PHYSICAL APPROACHES TO ACTING WORKSHOP Taught by Nationally Acclaimed Artist, Jeffrey Fracé of Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant MARCH 21st, 10:30am -4:30pm Cleveland Public Theatre Wonder how to apply that Viewpoints, Suzuki or Lecoq method to your professional practice? Curious how to get your body expressing and moving with intention and purpose? Need some feedback on
- [Upcoming Workshop! THE DIRECTOR'S PITCH: HOW TO DESIGN AND DISCUSS YOUR BIG IDEA](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/upcoming-workshop-the-directors-pitch-how-to-design-and-discuss-your-big-idea/) - The Director's Pitch: How to Design and Discuss your Big Idea Taught by New York Director, Craig George MARCH 7th, 1:00-5:00pm Cleveland Public Theatre APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 3rd 2015 The Director's Pitch: Concept Design and Persuasive Dialogue You have a great idea, but how do you communicate that idea to designers, actors, artistic directors, or
- [CPT Announces Auditions for Johanna: Facing Forward](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/4322/) - Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for Johanna: Facing Forward Written and Directed by Tlaloc Rivas Inspired by the writings of Johanna Orozco and the investigative journalism of Rachel Dissell About the play… Based on the true story of Johanna Orozco, a Cleveland teen who survived a gunshot wound to the face by her boyfriend
- [Senator Sherrod Brown visits CPT!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/senator-sherrod-brown-visits-cpt/) - Cleveland Public Theatre was proud to host a roundtable discussion facilitated by Senator Sherrod Brown in the James Levin Theatre. Senator Brown met with the leaders of the Gordon Square Arts District for an informative discussion and tour of the Capitol Movie Theatre before heading to CPT. Senator Brown facilitated a lively discussion focused on
- [CPT announces the 25th Anniversary Season: Alive](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/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
- [Raymond Bobgan named one of Cleveland's Most Interesting People!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/raymond-bobgan-named-one-of-clevelands-most-interesting-people/) - In the January, 2009 issue of Cleveland Magazine, CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan was chosen as one of the Most Interesting People! You can check out who else made the cut and read all about them by clicking here! The full article on Bobgan is below. Raymond Bobgan I'm the executive artistic director
- [Raymond Bobgan recognized by American Theatre Magazine](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/raymond-bobgan-recognized-by-american-theatre-magazine/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan was selected by , the monthly publication from the as one of 25 theatre artists who are working to shape the next 25 years of theatre in America. Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan was selected by American Theatre Magazine, the monthly publication from the
- [CPT Announces the 2009-2010 Season!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-the-2009-2010-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2009-2010 Season: Ahead of the Curve...Right on Track "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 local and national playwrights and is full of world
- [CPT welcomes Turkish playwright Ozen Yula](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-welcomes-turkish-playwright-ozen-yula/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to announce the arrival of Ozen Yula for a 9 month residency Unique residency made possible by the Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion International Artist in Residence Program "For too long Cleveland has rested on the laurels of the 19th and early 20th century industry and culture that shaped our
- [CPT Announces 2010-2011 Season!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-2010-2011-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2010-2011 Season: Go Deep ... Go Long Cleveland Public Theatre is the place for bold, new, adventurous and relevant works of performance. The 10-11 season includes 4 World Premieres, another production straight from the New York Public, three Midwest Premieres,
- [CPT Announces the 2011 - 2012 Season!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-the-2011-2012-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan announces the 2011 - 2012 season: Seven World Premieres! Cleveland Public Theatre is the place for original, adventurous and relevant works of performance. The 2011 - 2012 season delivers on CPT's mission. The season includes seven world premiere productions, five by Northeast Ohio artists. Six of the
- [Cleveland Public Theatre's Inaugural Director Fellows](https://www.cptonline.org/older-news-articles/cleveland-public-theatres-inaugural-director-fellows/) - Cleveland Public Theatre, Northeast Ohio's most innovative and adventurous theatre is proud to announce The Director Fellows Program funded by a generous grant from Joan Yellen Horvitz, a long-time friend of CPT. "The intent of this new initiative is to address Cleveland's limited pool of directors with experience creating new theatrical work" said Raymond Bobgan, CPT's Executive
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces  14/15 Season: Experience](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-1415-season-experience/) - Check out the Season Announcement on Cleveland.com. Cleveland Public Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is announcing the 2014-2015 Season, which delivers on CPT's bold mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion through theatre that is inventive, intelligent and socially conscious. CPT invests in innovation and diversity, and is the leading producer of new work and
- [Raymond Bobgan Announces 2012-13 Director Fellow](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/raymond-bobgan-announces-2012-13-director-fellow/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT), Northeast Ohio's most innovative and adventurous theatre announces the second year awardee of The Director Fellows Program funded by a generous grant from Joan Yellen Horvitz, a long-time friend of CPT. The 2012-2013 Director Fellow is Denise Astorino. Ms. Astorino will receive $3,000 and full underwriting of her learning and artistic
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces 2012 - 2013 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2012-2013-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan announces the 2012 - 2013 season: REMARKABLE. Cleveland Public Theatre is the place for original, adventurous and relevant works of performance. The 2012-2013 Season: REMARKABLE delivers on CPT's mission by including seven world premiere productions five by Northeast Ohio artists, and a host of regional premieres.
- [CPT Announces the Inaugural 2013/2014 Nord Playwright Fellow](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-the-inaugural-20132014-nord-playwright-fellow/) - Cleveland Public Theatre, Northeast Ohio's most innovative and adventurous theatre is proud to announce The Nord Playwright Fellowship funded by a generous grant from The Nord Family Foundation. The Nord Playwright Fellowship, a year-long program for emerging playwrights from Northeast Ohio, raises CPT's new play development program to an even higher level. Fellows are
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces 2013/2014 Joan Yellen Horvitz Director Fellows](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-20132014-joan-yellen-horvitz-director-fellows/) - Cleveland Public Theatre, Northeast Ohio's most innovative and adventurous theatre announces the 2013-14 Joan Yellen Horvitz Director Fellows. The Director Fellows Program is a year-long residency that provides mentoring, formal classwork and practical work. Fellows assistant direct, create new work, and direct at least one show in CPT's season. Raymond is proud to
- [Raymond Bobgan Announces Cleveland Public Theatre's 2013/2014 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/raymond-bobgan-announces-cleveland-public-theatres-2013-2014-season/) - Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce Cleveland Public Theatre's 2013-2014 Season. This season delivers on CPT's bold mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion, while investing in the local theatre scene and making significant impact on our community. Two signature themes of the season programming are innovation and diversity. CPT invests
- [CPT Announces the Inaugural Kulas Composer Fellows](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-the-inaugural-kulas-composer-fellows/) - The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative is a three month fellowship program providing emerging, early-career composers with first-hand experience creating music for theatre. This initiative engages composers in a collaborative process under the guidance of the show producer and director to compose and produce original music for at least one full production in CPT's
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Announces General Auditions for CPT's 14/15 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-general-auditions-for-cpts-1415-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is holding general auditions for our 14/15 season. (Check out our season announcement on Cleveland.com.) All Northeast Ohio actors interested in working with CPT are encouraged to audition. CPT has a history of multicultural casting and is committed to representing our community on stage. A casting breakdown for each show is below.
- [CPT announces 14/15 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellows  Andrew Kramer and Arwen Mitchell](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-announces-1415-nord-family-foundation-playwright-fellows-andrew-kramer-and-arwen-mitchell/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the selection of two local playwrights for the second annual Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellowship. The 2014-2015 Fellows are Andrew Kramer and Arwen Mitchell.Now in its second year, the Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellows program is funded by a 3-year grant from the
- [Raymond is Proud to Announce the 2014/15 Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/raymond-is-proud-to-announce-the-201415-kulas-foundation-theatre-composer/) - Samuel Fisher's original compositions are an integral part of our Season Opening Production, Spirits to Enforce"I am immensely grateful and excited to be CPT's 2013-2014 Kulas Composer Fellow. Working on The Drowning Girls during my 2013 fellowship at CPT provoked in me the idea that the musical score and environmental soundscape of a play can exist as a
- [Faye Hargate's Creative Workforce Fellowship Video is released!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/faye-hargates-creative-workforce-fellowship-video-is-released/) - Click Here to view a video celebrating our Education Associate, Faye HargateFaye is a 2014 Creative Workforce Fellow for Theatre. The Creative Workforce Fellowship is a program of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture. The Fellowship program is supported by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. In that very
- [Station Hope Artist Informational Meeting: You're Invited!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/station-hope-artist-informational-meeting-youre-invited/) - Dear Northeast Ohio Artists, Last year on April 26th, 2014, 150 artists and over 2,000 attendees gathered to celebrate the triumphs of the Underground Railroad and explore contemporary issues of Social Justice at St. John’s Church in Ohio City for the inaugural Station Hope. “Station Hope is a true gathering of community and demonstrates how
- [Cleveland Public Theatre seeks Technical Director](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-seeks-technical-director/) - CPT produces ground-breaking performances and life-changing educational programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT needs a Technical Director willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT’s season typically includes the production of 10-13 plays and four performance series in three theatres. Summary of
- [Upcoming Fitzmaurice Voicework® Workshop with Holly Holsinger](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/hone-your-vocal-skills-this-february-in-fitzmaurice-voicework-workshop-led-by-acclaimed-cleveland-theatre-artist-holly-holsinger/) - Hone your vocal skills this February in Fitzmaurice Voicework® Workshop, led by acclaimed Cleveland theatre artist Holly Holsinger. Fitzmaurice Voicework® Workshop takes place over two weekends at the end of February in 4 intensive vocal classes that will explore the dynamics between body, breath, voice, the imagination, language, and presence. All classes take place in Cleveland
- [CPT Now Accepting Proposals for Station Hope 2015](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-now-accepting-proposals-for-station-hope-2015/) - Click Here for More Information!
- [CPT Now Accepting Applications for the Joan Yellen Horvitz Director Fellowship](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-now-accepting-applications-for-the-joan-yellen-horvitz-director-fellowship/) - Click Here for More Information!
- [CPT Now Accepting Proposals for the 2015/2016 Season!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cpt-now-accepting-proposals-for-the-20152016-season/) - Dear Northeast Ohio artists, CPT is planning the 2015-2016 Season, and once again we are reaching out to you for great ideas. CPT is focused on new work that is surprising, unexpected and somehow outside the realm of conventional theatre. CPT is looking for proposals from Northeast Ohio artists for complete projects. Proposals may be
- [Raymond Bobgan and Cleveland area artists travel to Turkey](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/raymond-bobgan-and-cleveland-area-artists-travel-to-turkey/) - The trip was arranged by The Council of International Programs USA (CIPUSA), a non-profit international exchange program, and the Turkish Arts for Peace Program. The goal of the trip was to use CPT's STEP program as a model for developing a youth arts program to marginalized youth in Turkey. In addition to Raymond Bobgan,
- [CPT Awarded NEA Grant](https://www.cptonline.org/older-news-articles/cpt-awarded-nea-grant/) - In December, Cleveland Public Theatre was awarded a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA grant will support the production of Cut to Pieces by CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan and CPT Education Director Chris Seibert. The NEA Grant will support the final development phase and a full production of Cut to
- [Looking for Somewhere to Park?](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/looking-for-somewhere-to-park/) - There is plenty of free parking in the neighborhood! Click here to check out our Directions and Parking page!
- [James Levin Awarded 2012 Cleveland Arts Prize!](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/james-levin-awarded-2012-cleveland-arts-prize/) - Founder of Cleveland Public Theatre, James Levin, is the winner of the 2012 Cleveland Arts Prize's Robert Bergman Prize. Awarded only from time to time, The Robert P. Bergman Prize applauds the rare leaders whose life and work are illuminated by an energetic and inspiring dedication to a democratic vision of the arts. Click here
- [Raymond Bobgan and CPT Featured in American Theatre Magazine](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/raymond-bobgan-and-cpt-featured-in-american-theatre-magazine/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director, Raymond Bobgan, is being featured in American Theatre Magazine for his work at CPT, turning around CPT's financial situation and creating a home where local artists can build their craft. Click here to read the whole article and see how a public theatre and a man with a vision
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Awarded the Inaugural 50/50 Applause International Centre for Women Award from the Playwrights (ICWP)](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-awarded-the-inaugural-5050-applause-international-centre-for-women-award-from-the-playwrights-icwp/) - Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to announce they are one of five recipients of the inaugural 50/50 Applause Award from the International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP). The 50/50 Applause Award is for theatres in the United States that have at least 50 percent of their 2011-2012 season feature plays written by women. Other recipients
- [A message from Cleveland Public Theatre: The Neighbor's Grief is Greener](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/a-message-from-cleveland-public-theatre-the-neighbors-grief-is-greener/) - Due to unexpected Visa issues, CPT's upcoming presentation of The Visual Theatre of Emanuella Amichai's production The Neighbor's Grief is Greener must be postponed. We are extremely disappointed by the situation and regret any disappointment or inconvenience this may cause to our audience and media colleagues.Along with our partners at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, CPT is
- [Raymond Bobgan, Executive Artistic Director, named a 2014 Cleveland Arts Prize Winner](https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/raymond-bobgan-executive-artistic-director-named-a-2014-cleveland-arts-prize-winner/) - "An eclectic group of artists has been awarded the 2014 Cleveland Arts Prize, the organization announced Friday. They include theater directors, designers, filmmakers, visual artists, arts administrators and a gallery owner.The winners of the 54th annual awards will be honored at a ceremony at the Cleveland Museum of Art at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday,
- [Chris Seibert's Released CPAC Video!](https://www.cptonline.org/older-news-articles/chris-seiberts-released-cpac-video/) - CPT Director of Education Chris Seibert discusses her work in devised theatre and the creation of original productions in this video for The Creative Workforce Fellowship Chris Seibert from CPAC on Vimeo.
- [Raymond Bobgan in the Spotlight!](https://www.cptonline.org/older-news-articles/raymond-bobgan-in-the-spotlight/) - Raymond Bobgan from CPAC on Vimeo.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.cptonline.org/) - CPT's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs.
- [Pandemonium](https://www.cptonline.org/cptonline-3/) - Save the Date! (You'll be glad you did...) Pandemonium 2026: under construction Pandemonium transforms the CPT campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual art, and performance in every corner. Tickets are all-inclusive, featuring fabulous local food, free valet, and complimentary drinks served all night long. A feast for the eyes, mind, appetite, and imagination—Pandemonium
- [Auditions](https://www.cptonline.org/artist-opportunities/auditions/) - THE 2025/2026 SEASON EACH SHOW WILL BE CAST ON A SHOW TO SHOW BASIS To keep up-to-date on all upcoming audition opportunities at Cleveland Public Theatre, join our mailing list and get notice delivered right to your inbox! Click here to sign up for our e-newsletter! Current Audition Opportunities Auditions for Jardín Salvaje CLEan House
- [Cleveland Public Theatre Privacy Policy and Terms of Use](https://www.cptonline.org/cptonline-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions Effective Date: June 8, 2026 Cleveland Public Theatre Privacy Policy Cleveland Public Theatre and its community ensembles Teatro Público de Cleveland, Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi and Cleveland CORE Ensemble care about your privacy and the importance of protecting your information when you visit and interact with our
- [New Play Development](https://www.cptonline.org/new-play-development/) - CPT's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT's programming agenda is to produce work that is outside the mainstream, offering a much broader range of work available to the Cleveland public and expanding the impact and originality of theatre across the country. CPT strives to make
- [Test Flight](https://www.cptonline.org/test-flight/) - Test Flight is a part of CPT's New Play Development programThe new play development was designed to produce work that is outside the mainstream, offering a much broader range of work available to the Cleveland public and expanding the impact and originality of theatre across the country. Test Flight Test Flight is a multi-week series that
- [Staff and Board of Directors](https://www.cptonline.org/about/staff-and-board-of-directors/) - Meet the Staff (Click on job title for email) RAYMOND BOBGAN (EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO) Raymond Bobgan creates new performances that are bold, multilayered, and highly physical through an ever-evolving ensemble process. Raymond's work has been seen in Romania, Brazil, Denmark, Serbia, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and has been featured
- [The Remarkable Rating System](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/special-projects/the-remarkable-rating-system/) - CPT produces a great variety of new work. To help you select shows that will appeal to you, we have designed "The Remarkable Rating System." Inspired by restaurants that use a hot pepper symbol to alert diners to the degree of spiciness of the dishes on their menu, "The Remarkable Rating System" was developed as
- [Cleveland Act Now](https://www.cptonline.org/cleveland-act-now/) - Cleveland Act Now (CAN) is a year-round theatre arts program for young artists ages 5-14. Explore our youth opportunities CMHA CAN CMHA CAN takes place in partnership with Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) at community centers for children and families who live in public housing. Under the guidance of CPT Teaching Artists, young artists learn
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- [A Case for Giving](https://www.cptonline.org/a-case-for-giving/) - At Cleveland Public Theatre, we are working to raise consciousness and nurture compassion every day. Our donors are a critical part of the CPT family, helping sustain our groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. Art is essential. Artists are essential. YOU are essential. Yes, you! Thank you in advance for your support. Ways to Give You
- [CONSIDER A DONATION TO CPT](https://www.cptonline.org/support-cleveland-public-theatre/) - The role you play as a donor to CPT is invaluable. We thank you for assisting us in our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion in our community through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. 100% of your donation goes directly to Cleveland Public Theatre. [NEW DONATION FORM COMING SOON!]
- [Our Neighborhood](https://www.cptonline.org/our-neighborhood/) - Make a visit to CPT a complete experience! Parking map of our neighborhood What our Neighborhood has to offer The Gordon Square Arts District's vibrancy is driven by arts and culture. It's where our diverse neighbors live and thrive. It's where entrepreneurs create small businesses, from art galleries to pinball parlors to handmade leather goods
- [Box Office](https://www.cptonline.org/box-office/) - Choose What You Pay In the spirit of radical hospitality, CPT offers a "Choose What You Pay" program for all mainstage productions produced solely by CPT (not including presented pieces by other organizations) by phone at 216.631.2727 and online at cptonline.org (with no added fees!). Purchase Tickets Online Box Office Phones To reach the box office,
- [Volunteer](https://www.cptonline.org/support/volunteer/) - Here are some opportunities to lend a hand! Ushers for a CPT show Ushering at CPT is a great opportunity to support and engage with the groundbreaking performances happening throughout the season. In exchange for your contribution of time and enthusiasm, you get a chance to see the performance the same night, and many other great
- [Mission and Artistic Statement](https://www.cptonline.org/about/mission-and-artistic-statement/) - Mission Statement Cleveland Public Theatre's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT develops new, adventurous work; and nurtures Northeastern Ohio artists-particularly those whose work is inventive, intelligent, and socially conscious. CPT's acclaimed education programs engage communities in devising new works that speak to contemporary issues, and empower
- [The CPT Experience](https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/the-cpt-experience/) - GETTING TO CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE Getting to CPT is easy. We're located on Detroit Ave. just east of W. 65th St. We're five minutes from the West Shoreway, ten minutes from I-90, and about ten minutes from downtown Cleveland. A good address to use for your GPS is our Box Office street address: 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. THE THEATRES Cleveland
- [Youth Opportunities](https://www.cptonline.org/education/youth-opportunities/) - Education is a core aspect of Cleveland Public Theatre's mission. We believe art can change lives and that everyone is an artist. Throughout our history, we have offered unique education programs that celebrate the artist within all of us. Cleveland Act Now (CAN) CMHA CAN takes place in partnership with Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA).
- [Education](https://www.cptonline.org/education/) - Cleveland Public THeatre Education Celebrating The Artist in all of us Explore our youth classes About CPt's Education Programs Save the date! On May 29, CPT presents the first "Ignite: Lakeview Spring Arts Festival." Click to learn more. About CPt's Education Programs Education is a core aspect of Cleveland Public Theatre's mission. We believe art
- [Work at CPT](https://www.cptonline.org/artist-opportunities/current-opportunities/) - CPT SEEKS EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE WILLING TO JOIN ITS HARD-WORKING TEAM WITH THE AMBITIOUS GOALS OF GROWING THE ORGANIZATION AND CHANGING THE COMMUNITY. Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. Artistic Production Operations Development Manager of Grants and Municipal Relations Audience Engagement Education STEP
- [Supporters](https://www.cptonline.org/believers/) - CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE IS PROUD TO recognize THE MEMBERS OF our DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE. These community leaders have pledged gifts of over $10,000 in support of CPT's groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. We thank them for their support-past, present, and future. The Fowler Family Marcia W. Levine Ray & Katie Murphy Dr. Richard Freeman Ellen
- [Student Theatre Enrichment Program](https://www.cptonline.org/education/student-theatre-enrichment-program/) - Youth Opportunities Click here for STEP Summer 2026 auditions! CPT's Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) is a rigorous arts-based program that provides hands-on job training, engages youth from Cleveland families in a powerful learning experience that develops job skills, academic achievement, and interpersonal skills. As part of this eight-week summer program, youth ages 14-19 work together
- [Cleveland CORE Ensemble](https://www.cptonline.org/cleveland-core-ensemble/) - Coming in 2026: An exciting new show from CORE (Check back for updates) About Cleveland Core Ensemble Since his first full production at CPT in 1994, Pinocchio Rising, Raymond Bobgan has been creating premiere performances through an organic, evolving ensemble process. Raymond often collaborates with a group of artists over the years, continuing his
- [Fellowships](https://www.cptonline.org/artist-opportunities/fellowships/) - Because of our commitment to cultivating new voices, local creators, and both experienced and emerging artists, CPT has initiated a series of special programs that focus on the individual artist. JOAN YELLEN HORVITZ DIRECTING FELLOWSHIP L to R: Jimmie Woody, Anastasía Urozhaeva, Juliana Frey-Méndez, Nailah Unole didanas'ea Harper-Malveaux, Paige Conway, Ray Caspio Established in honor
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project](https://www.cptonline.org/education/y-haven-theatre-project/) - Y-Haven Theatre Project Is a program for residents of Y-Haven, a YMCA center providing temporary housing and Substance Use Disorder Treatment to individuals who are homeless, re-entering the community from incarceration, and/or recovering from Opioid Use Disorder. The program teaches performing arts and technical aspects of theatre while addressing critical personal, interpersonal, and job-related skills
- [Teatro Público de Cleveland](https://www.cptonline.org/education/teatro-publico-de-cleveland/) - Teatro Público de Cleveland from ArtsFwd on Vimeo. In 2013, Cleveland Public Theatre launched Teatro Público de Cleveland (TPC), a local Latinx theatre company, whose work reflects the artistic goals, interests, and ideals of its members. The purpose of this theatre ensemble is to share the rich diversity and perspectives of the Latinx-Cleveland culture, and
- [Plan Your Visit](https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/) - CPT COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS Updated: November 22, 2022 MASKS PROTOCOLS Masks are optional, but recommended for patrons, staff, and volunteers in all public areas of CPT except for Covid-Conscious performances which are all Sundays for performances indicated on the eligible event's page. Typically, this does not include events with outside producers. We recognize and acknowledge
- [The Dark Room](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/new-work-development/the-dark-room/) - The Dark Room Part of CPT's New Play Development! The Dark Room is a place where writers take center stage, and their work has a chance to grow. Held on the second Tuesday of every month (except September when there is no Dark Room), this ongoing event affords emerging and veteran writers the space and resources
- [SoftLaunch + The PILOT Project](https://www.cptonline.org/softlaunch-pilot-project/) - SoftLaunch is a weekend-long performance festival/conference that seeks nothing less than a complete reinvention of what theatre can be.
- [PANDEMONIUM 2025 SPONSORS](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2025-sponsors/) - Collette & Daryl Laisure Paul & Jill Clark Dr. Joseph Coney and Tammy Coney AKA Construction Amelia & Heather Blonsky Cleveland Guardians Cleveland Foundation Cleveland State University Cuyahoga Community College Diane Downing & Tom Corrigan ErieBank Fairmount Properties FIT Technologies Gilbane Building Company HKM Direct Market Communications Hahn Loeser & Parks Home of the Perfect
- [Community Ensembles](https://www.cptonline.org/about/resident-artists-and-companies/) - Teatro Público de Cleveland In 2013, Cleveland Public Theatre launched Teatro Público de Cleveland, Cleveland’s first Latinx theatre company, whose work reflects artistic goals, interests, and ideals of its members. The purpose of this theatre ensemble is to share the rich diversity and perspectives of the LatinxCleveland culture, and to fulfill CPT’s core mission. Teatro
- [STEP 2025: BIOGRAPHIES](https://www.cptonline.org/step-2025-biographies/) - CAST ENSEMBLE AALIYAH WAGNER, a 16-year-old who attended Ginn-Thompson School for Girls, loves to act and sing. She really loves theater and being a part of plays. She was a part of STEP 2025, where she played “Kitty” and other cool characters. She would love to thank her mom, her dad, God, and family. AILENE
- [Pandemonium 2024: In the Garden of Shadow and Delight](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/pandemonium-2024-in-the-garden-of-shadow-and-delight/) - Pandemonium 2024 from The Cleveland Film Company on Vimeo.
- [Directions and Parking](https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/directions-and-parking/) - Parking Cleveland Public Theatre is located at 6415 Detroit Ave, just east of W 65th St. The following parking options are within walking distance of the theatre: NEW as of 5/29/2025-The parking lot at W 64th St & Detroit Ave (South of Detroit) requires payment through ParkMobile. Patrons will be able to pay for parking by credit/debit
- [Past Pandemoniums](https://www.cptonline.org/past-pandemoniums/) - Scroll down to view videos and event pages from past Pandemoniums. PANDEMONIUM 2024: IN THE GARDEN OF SHADOW AND DELIGHT Videography by Cleveland Film Company Pandemonium 2023: Into The Depths Videography by Cleveland Film Company Pandemonium 2022: The Doors of Imagination Videography by Ted Sikora. Pandemonium 2021: The Break of Dawn Videography by Ted Sikora. awakenings: a
- [Resident Artists and Part-time or Auxiliary Staff](https://www.cptonline.org/resident-artists-and-part-time-or-auxiliary-staff/) - INDA BLATCH-GEIB (RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGNER) Inda Blatch-Geib's work as a costume and production designer for over 1,000 theatrical, commercial, and film releases has spanned 37 years and crossed 4 continents. Production and Costume Design has included commercials for Krylon, Bryant & Stratton, Footlocker, The West Virginia Lottery's national award-winning campaigns, The Ohio Lottery, Microsoft, Under
- [Get Tickets](https://www.cptonline.org/get-tickets/)
- [Partners](https://www.cptonline.org/partners/) - The Institute at St. Johns Broadway Public Art Harvard Community Services Center Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy
- [Friends](https://www.cptonline.org/friends/) - Preferred vendors
- [PANDEMONIUM 2024 SPONSORS](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2024-sponsors/) - Mark Ross David & Holly Neumann Cleveland Foundation Cleveland State University Cuyahoga Community College Diane Downing & Tom Corrigan Dollar Bank Gilbane Building Company Hilton Downtown Cleveland Huntington Bank LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland McDonald Hopkins Medical Mutual Phil & Rachel Oliss Oswald Companies Pioneer Savings Bank Porter Wright Specialized Construction Superior Beverage Group
- [STEP 2024: BIOGRAPHIES](https://www.cptonline.org/step-2024-biographies/) - CAST ENSEMBLE (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Gabrielle Muleba (Blue Fairy/ Nature Chorus) she goes by Gabby and she’s going to share some of my interest. She loves to sing; it is her passion. She really wants to improve her skills so that she can be the best artist that she can be. This is
- [Funny, Like An Abortion — Special Events](https://www.cptonline.org/funny-like-an-abortion-special-events/) - Go back to performance page. Meet the Playwright: Rachel Bublitz Friday, April 26th Join us after the Friday, April 26th performance as we welcome playwright Rachel Bublitz who will be talking about her play Funny, Like An Abortion after the show. Post-Show Discussion with Preterm Friday, May 3rd Preterm is
- [About](https://www.cptonline.org/about/) - OUR MISSION To raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. FACTS CPT was Founded in 1981 by James Levin. Annual operating budget is $2,500,000. 22 full-time staff, 12 part-time staff, & 800 artists participate in our performances, education programs, & fundraising events. CPT Engages Youth and Communities Each year CPT engages
- [Y-Haven Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/education/education-photo-gallery/y-haven-gallery/)
- [CAN Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/education/education-photo-gallery/gallery-education-placeholder-1/)
- [Rental Inquiries](https://www.cptonline.org/about/rentalinquiries/) - CPT does not rent its venues for theatrical productions, musical events or any other type of public performance event. Please do not contact us about a rental if you are mounting a theatrical production or public musical event or other type of performance event. However, if you have an awesome show that matches CPT's mission,
- [Pandemonium 2023: Into the Depths](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/pandemonium-2023-into-the-depths/) - Pandemonium 2023 from The Cleveland Film Company on Vimeo.
- [Season Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/artist-opportunities/general-submissions/) - CPT is dedicated to producing bold, adventurous, new work. We champion creators of new performance-devising ensembles, directors, playwrights, choreographers, performance artists, etc. Though we seek projects from national and international artists, we also make a special investment in local creators. How to get your project considered for full production by CPT: If you are a
- [Ushers](https://www.cptonline.org/ushers/) - Ushering at CPT is a great opportunity to support and engage with the groundbreaking performances happening throughout the season. In exchange for your contribution of time and enthusiasm, you get a chance to see the performance the same night. Duties and Responsibilities: Arrive at the theatre 75 minutes before curtain time. Generally, curtain time on
- [Pandemonium 2023 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2023-sponsors/) - Jim & Susan Ratner Trina Evans & Ken Birch Mark Ross Holly & David Neumann Adcom Group Ancora Bank of America Cleveland Film Company Cleveland State University Diane Downing & Tom Corrigan Cuyahoga Community College Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Barbara Freeman Gilbane Building Company Hilton Downtown Cleveland Alexandria Johnson Boone Karpinski Engineering Jaros Strategy Collette
- [2022-2023](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2022-2023/)
- [STEP Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/education/education-photo-gallery/step-gallery/)
- [Station Hope 2023](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2023/)
- [STEP 2023: Tour Rain Locations](https://www.cptonline.org/step-2023-tour-rain-locations/) - Herman Park: 6198 Herman Ave, Cleveland Rain Location: Gordon Square Theater, CPT Woodhill: 2491 Baldwin Place, Cleveland Rain Location: Woodhill Community Center Gym Outhwaite: 2452 E 46th St & Quincy Ave, Cleveland Rain Location: Outhwaite Community Center Gym Stanislaus: 3649 E. 65th St, Cleveland Rain Location: St. Stanislaus Social Center Cain Park,14591 Superior Rd. (Evans
- [STEP 2023: Biographies](https://www.cptonline.org/step-2023-biographies/) - Inda Blatch-Geib (Costume Design) Inda’s work as a costume and production designer for over 1,000 theatrical, commercial, and film releases has spanned 37 years and crossed four continents. Production and costume design has included commercials for Krylon, Bryant & Stratton, Footlocker, The West Virginia Lottery’s national award-winning campaigns, The Ohio Lottery, Microsoft, Under Armor, McDonalds,
- [Become a Monthly Donor](https://www.cptonline.org/support/become-a-member/)
- [Can I touch it?—Community Partners](https://www.cptonline.org/can-i-touch-it-community-partners/) - Hairitage; Don’t Touch My Hair April 20 - May 13 Photographer and artist Ryan Harris takes us through a journey and celebration of Black Hair with Black and white photography. Exhibit is free for ticket holders and will be available to explore before or after performances of can I touch it? Ryan Harris Wake up.
- [The Theatres](https://www.cptonline.org/2232-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre has three primary venues and a variety of additional performance spaces. All of our theatres are intimate flexible-use spaces, meaning that we can alter their configuration to suit the show. THE GORDON SQUARE THEATRE The Gordon Square Theatre is our largest theatre. It features a bar stocking beer, wine, soft drinks, coffee, and snacks. We
- [PANDEMONIUM 2022: The Doors of Imagination](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/pandemonium-2022-the-doors-of-imagination/) - Pandemonium 2022 from Ted Sikora on Vimeo.
- [PANDEMONIUM 2021: The Break of Dawn](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/pandemonium-2021-the-break-of-dawn/)
- [Artistic Opportunities](https://www.cptonline.org/artistic-opportunities/) - CPT INVESTS IN INNOVATION AND DIVERSITY, AND IS THE LEADING PRODUCER OF NEW WORK AND LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. Join our e-newsletter for upcoming opportunities Explore CPT's current artistic opportunities. Auditions General Submissions New Play Development Work at CPT Volunteer Fellowships Adult Classes
- [Playwrights Welcome](https://www.cptonline.org/playwrights-welcome/) - Playwrights Welcome is a program developed for Dramatists Guild of America Members by Samuel French along with Dramatists Play Service, Dramatic Publishing, Music Theatre International, Playscripts, and Rodgers and Hammerstein. The goal is to provide free access to theatre for playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. We are invested in the success and artistic health of
- [Dining](https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/dining/) - Make a night at CPT a whole experience! Gordon Square and the Detroit Shoreway have experienced a resurgence of activity in the last six years. There are some wonderful local restaurants nearby guarantied to satisfy any craving! Grab a bite to eat! Flight Cleveland Flight Cleveland is your neighborhood wine shop and bar offering a
- [Instagram](https://www.cptonline.org/instagram/) - December 2022 Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi Free Theatre Workshops We're back with more Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi workshops! These free workshops are for adults (18+) interested in theatre performance and curious about being a part of an Arabic-speaking theatre company. Participants will have the extra option of being a part of the next Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi play!
- [Media](https://www.cptonline.org/media/) - Photos Productions Student Enrichment Program (STEP) Cleveland Act Now (CAN) Y-Haven Theatre Project Videos Performances & Documentaries CPT in the Media Awakenings: A Celebration of Cleveland Public Theatre Looking for more? Checkout Cleveland Public Theatre's VIMEO Page
- [2021-2022](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2021-2022/)
- [Candlelight Hypothesis on Kickin' It With Kenny - Fox 8 News](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/27128-2/)
- [WKYC feature on Station Hope 2020](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/wkyc-feature-on-station-hope-2020/)
- [PANDEMONIUM 2022 SPONSORS](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2022-sponsors/) - Suzanne & Akram Boutros Nancy W. McCann Trina Evans & Ken Birch Beth E. Mooney holly & David Neumann James Waters & Frances Cudjoe Waters Mark Ross Adcom Group Peter & Jane Anagnostos Anonymous Ardelian Kuzma Group Bank of America Alexandria Johnson Boone Brewer-Garrett Company Barb & Chuck Brown Micki Byrnes Cleveland Food Bank Cleveland
- [STEP 2022: Biographies](https://www.cptonline.org/step-2022-biographies/) - Melissa Crum (Director) Melissa Crum (she/her) is a Cleveland-based director, writer, performer, educator and meaning maker. Focused on humor, heart, and vulnerable truth-telling, she creates with a messy sort of whimsy that explores the crevices, complexities, and contradictions of our shared human-ness. Melissa received the 2016/2017 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellowship through Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT),
- [Station Hope 2022](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2022/)
- [Video Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/media/video-gallery/) - Awakenings: A Celebration of Cleveland Public Theatre Looking for more? Check out Cleveland Public Theatre's Vimeo page. Mini-docs, select show trailers, and additional features are available Cleveland Public Theatre's Vimeo page. PERFORMANCES & DOCUMENTARIES CPT IN THE MEDIA
- [Season Archive](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/)
- [Station Hope 2022 Panelists](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2022-panelists/) - Action is Hope: a virtual panel discussion MAY 27, 2022 | 7:00PM-8:30pm (ET) Free & Open to All Local leaders who have changed their community through activism in different ways speak about their process and what called them to activism. Action is Hope: a virtual panel discussion is a call to action and a sharing of
- [Talk Back](https://www.cptonline.org/talk-back/) - Black Women in Storytelling and Modern-Day Abolition Thursday, MAY 12, 2022 Following the 7:30pm performance of The Absolutely Amazing and True Adventures of Ms. Joan Evelyn Southgate, on Thursday, May 12, join us for what is sure to be a spirited discussion moderated by Aseelah Shareef, a dancer, performer, educator and arts administrator with Karamu
- [Adult Classes](https://www.cptonline.org/education/adult-classes/) - Cleveland Public Theatre nurtures our artists. Throughout the year, we have opportunities for personal and professional development. As workshops and events come up, we’ll post them here and on NeOhioPal. You can also sign up for our e-newsletter to receive important information directly to your inbox. For information about classes and workshops, contact Raymond Bobgan, Executive Artistic Director, at rbobgan@cptonline.org or
- [Station Hope Donation](https://www.cptonline.org/give/)
- [Awakenings: A Virtual Gala Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/awakenings-a-virtual-gala-sponsors/) - We would like to recognize the steadfast sponsors who have donated services to our in-person galas in past years Special Thanks to Our Other Supporters of Awakenings 90.3 WCPN / ideastream Anonymous David Beach & Dena Magoulias Amelia & Heather Blonsky Brown Memorial Foundation Denise Carkhuff Cerity Partners LLC CGB Tech Solutions Inc. Cleveland Bakers' Local
- [Pandemonium 2021 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2021-sponsors/)
- [Pandemonium 2019: Alchemy](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/pandemonium-2019-alchemy/) -  Videography by Ted Sikora.
- [2020 - 2021](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2020-2021/)
- [Station Hope 2021 Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2021-gallery/)
- [2019 - 2020](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2019-2020/)
- [Station Hope 2020 Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2020-gallery/)
- [Station Hope 2019 Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2019-gallery/)
- ["Walk the Path" - Brick City Theatre at Station Hope 2016](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/walk-the-path-brick-city-theatre-at-station-hope-2016/) - "Walk the Path" - Brick City Theatre at Station Hope 2016 from Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) on Vimeo.
- [“We Belong” – An original performance by the CPT / TJINA Student Ensemble](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/international-students-write-perform-original-play-in-partnership-with-cpt-2/)
- [CPT Education: Brick City Theatre in "Playground" (2015)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/playground-2015/)
- [Meet Teatro Público de Cleveland](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/teatro-publico-de-cleveland-mini-doc-by-artsfwd/)
- [Square Talk on WKYC: Raymond Bobgan & Micki Byrnes](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/wkyc-squaretalk-raymond-bobgan/)
- [I Call My Brothers on ideastream](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/i-call-my-brothers-on-ideastream/)
- [Teatro Público de Cleveland on WKYC](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/cleveland-public-theatres-labio-de-liebre-the-lip-of-the-hare/)
- [WKYC’s Features Joan Southgate & Raymond Bobgan – Station Hope](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/wkycs-we-the-people-features-joan-southgate-raymond-bobgan-station-hope/)
- [WKYC Feature on Station Hope 2017](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/wkyc-feature-on-station-hope-2017/)
- [Celebrating the Stokes Brothers: Brick City Theatre at Outhwaite Homes](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/celebrating-the-stokes-brothers-brick-city-theatre-at-outhwaite-homes/)
- [Pandemonium 2016: The Fire Within](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/pandemonium-2016-the-fire-within/) - Pandemonium 2016: The Fire Within from Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) on Vimeo.
- [The Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) on Ideastream](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/step-on-ideastream/)
- [Entry Point 2017](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/entry-point-a-new-play-development-program/) - Videography by Adam Smalley DBA AJ Video.
- [Brick City Theatre on WKYC's We The People](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/brick-city-theatre-on-wkycs-we-the-people/)
- [2017 Y-Haven Theatre Project on ideastream](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/2017-y-haven-theatre-project-on-ideastream/)
- [Brick City Theatre at Riverside Park Community Center](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/brick-city-theatre-at-riverside-park-community-center/)
- [The Art of Longing on WKYC](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/the-art-of-longing-on-wkyc/)
- [News 5 Cleveland features 2017 Y-Haven Theatre Project](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/news-5-cleveland-features-2017-y-haven-theatre-project/)
- [How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes on Ideastream](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/how-to-end-poverty-in-90-minutes-on-ideastream/)
- [News 5 Cleveland Features American Dreams](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/news-5-cleveland-features-american-dreams/)
- [Pandemonium 2017: UNLEASH](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/pandemonium-2017-unleash/) - Video produced by Ted Sikora.
- [Pandemonium 2018 on Live on Lakeside](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/pandemonium-2018-on-live-on-lakeside/)
- [The Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) on WKYC](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/the-student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-on-wkyc/)
- [Station Hope 2016](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/station-hope-2016/) - Video produced by North Water Partners.
- [Pandemonium on WKYC's We The People](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/pandemonium-on-wkycs-we-the-people/)
- [Entry Point 2018](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/entry-point-2018/) - Entry Point 2018 from Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) on Vimeo.
- [Entry Point 2019 Panel Discussion: The Play's Not the Only Thing](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/entry-point-2019-panel-discussion-the-plays-not-the-only-thing/)
- [Entry Point 2019 Panel Discussion: Who Owns the Story?](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/entry-point-2019-panel-discussion-who-owns-the-story/)
- [Pandemonium 2018: Labyrinth of Desire](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/pandemonium-2018-labyrinth-of-desire/)
- [Station Hope 2019 on WKYC's We the People](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/station-hope-2019-on-wkycs-we-the-people/)
- [Station Hope 2019 on WKYC's Donovan Live](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/station-hope-2019-on-wkycs-donovan-live/)
- [Pandemonium 2019: Alchemy on WKYC's Live on Lakeside](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/pandemonium-2019-alchemy-on-wkycs-live-on-lakeside/)
- [2019 Y-Haven Theatre Project on Spectrum News](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/2019-yhaven-theatre-project-on-spectrum-news/)
- [TPC's A Xmas Cuento Remix on WKYC's We The People](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-in-the-media/tpcs-a-xmas-cuento-remix-on-wkycs-we-the-people/)
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- [¡OBRAS EN EVOLUCIÓN 2018! A Festival of New Play Readings](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/obras-en-evolucion-2018-a-festival-of-new-play-readings/)
- [Action is Hope: a panel discussion | as part of CPT’s Station Hope 2020](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/action-is-hope-a-panel-discussion-as-part-of-cpts-station-hope-2020/)
- [CPT Education: Cleveland Act Now](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/cpt-education-cleveland-act-now/) - Cleveland Act Now from Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) on Vimeo.
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- [Station Hope 2017](https://www.cptonline.org/performances-2/station-hope-2017/) - Station Hope 2017 from Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) on Vimeo.
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- [How the Baby Died](https://www.cptonline.org/how-the-baby-died/) - Written by Tori Keenan-Zelt. Directed by Beth Wood. EVERY TICKET is “Choose What You Pay” and will be offered online, over the phone, and at the Box Office. How the Baby Died is a darkly visceral, absurdly comic play about parenting, pregnancy, abortion, and women’s physical self-agency. Contemporary comedy and Grand Guignol (a.k.a. French Horror
- [ABOUT A LINEAGE OF LANGUAGE PERFORMERS](https://www.cptonline.org/about-a-lineage-of-language-performers/) - Click here to go back to CPT's 2021 free summer season Ali Black Ali Black is a writer from Cleveland, Ohio. She is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets University & College Poetry Prize for her poem “Kinsman.” Her work has appeared in December, jubilat, LitHub, The Offing, and elsewhere. Her first book of poetry, If It Heals
- [Awakenings, A Celebration of Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/awakenings-a-celebration-of-cleveland-public-theatre/) - Awakenings, A Celebration of Cleveland Public Theatre from Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) on Vimeo.
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- [Station Hope 2021 Emcees](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2021-emcees/) - Click here to go to the Station Hope 2021 page. Adeolomo AdeOlomo has been teaching and performing for over forty years from the Lincoln Center in New York to Yamoussoukro in West Africa. She has taught in many prestigious institutions, including The Ohio State University, Baldwin Wallace University, and Cleveland State University. AdeOlomo has won
- [Station Hope 2021 Panelists](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2021-panelists/) - Action is Hope: a panel discussion April 30, 2021 | 7:00-8:15pm (ET) Free & Open to All Local leaders who have changed their community through activism in different ways speak about their process and what called them to activism. Action is Hope: a panel discussion is a call to action and a sharing of ideas to
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- [Awakenings: A Virtual Gala | After-Party Program](https://www.cptonline.org/awakenings-virtual-after-party/) - VIRTUAL AFTER-PARTY Saturday, September 12, 2020 8:15pm (ET) in Zoom The mission of Cleveland Public Theatre is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. Executive Artistic Director: Raymond Bobgan Line Producer: Beth Wood Director of Organizational Advancement: Caitie H. Milcinovic Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations: Caitlin Lewins
- [Awakenings](https://www.cptonline.org/awakenings/) - AWAKENINGS A CELEBRATION OF CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE AWAKENINGS PRODUCTION UNIT WKYC Studios Executive Producers: Micki Byrnes & Jeff Reidel Production Company: The Cleveland Film Company Directed by: Travis Pollert in collaboration with Raymond Bobgan, Caitlin Lewins, & Beth Wood Script Supervisor: Caitlin Lewins Unit Production Manager: Beth Wood Production Designers: Benjamin Gantose,
- [PAN Award Artist Shawn Godwin](https://www.cptonline.org/pan-award-artist-shawn-godwin/) - Shawn Godwin has created the Cleveland Public Theatre PAN Award each year since it was established in 2004. The award is a unique and personalized piece of art, inspired by the mission of CPT as symbolized by an architectural detail from the historic Gordon Square Theatre and the recipients’ biographies. Shawn Godwin is an enthusiastic
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- [Station Hope 2020 Emcees](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2020-emcees/) - Click here to go to the Station Hope 2020 page. Adeolomo AdeOlomo has been teaching and performing for over forty years from the Lincoln Center in New York to Yamoussoukro in West Africa. She has taught in many prestigious institutions, including The Ohio State University, Baldwin Wallace University, and Cleveland State University. AdeOlomo has won
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- [Station Hope 2020 Panelists](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2020-panelists/) - Click here to go to the Station Hope 2020 page. Action is Hope: a panel discussion Friday, June 26 | 7:00-8:15pm (ET) Free & Open to All Local leaders who have changed their community through activism in different ways speak about their process and what called them to activism. Action is Hope: a panel discussion is
- [Entry Point 2019 Panelists](https://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-2019-panelists/) - Click here to return to the Entry Point 2019 performance page. FREE afternoon panel discussions Saturday, January 19 at 2:00pm & 3:30pm Enjoy free Saturday afternoon panel discussions with guest speakers whose work is shaping the national theatre field. Saturday’s panel discussions are an official Dramatists Guild – Ohio event and will be livestreamed by
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- [Teatro Público de Cleveland Leadership Committee](https://www.cptonline.org/teatro-publico-de-cleveland-leadership-committee/) - MÓNICA A. CERPA ZÚÑIGA (chair) Mónica A. Cerpa Zúñiga joined Teatro Público de Cleveland (TPC) in 2014. She serves as Chair of the TPC Leadership Committee and was recently seen performing at Cleveland Public Theatre as Dolores Avara in TPC’s winter production, A Xmas Cuento Remix. Other TPC Stage credits: Vuelo del Ocean (Pandemonium 2014);
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- [About the Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/about-the-artists/) - RAYMOND BOBGAN Raymond Bobgan creates new performances that are bold, multilayered, and highly physical through an ever-evolving ensemble process. Raymond’s work has been seen in Romania, Brazil, Denmark, Serbia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and has been featured in American Theatre magazine, Canadian Theatre Review, Theatre Journal, and in Lisa Wolford’s book Grotowski’s Objective Drama Research. Raymond has created
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- [Entry Point 2020 Creators](https://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-2020-creators/) - Click here to go to the main Entry Point 2020 page. India Nicole Burton* | PANTHER WOMEN: AN ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION (WORKING TITLE) India Nicole Burton is an actress, director, playwright, and producer. India founded Ma’Sue Productions, an African American theatre company located in Akron, and has directed, produced, and performed in several of Ma’Sue’s plays
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- [About Raymond, Ananias, Holly, and Anastasía](https://www.cptonline.org/about-ananias-holly-anastasia-raymond/) - Raymond Bobgan Raymond is a director, playwright, and the Executive Artistic Director of Cleveland Public Theatre. His theatrical work has been seen in Romania, Brazil, Denmark, Serbia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and throughout the US and Canada. Raymond has won numerous awards and currently serves as the President of the Board for National New Play
- [Entry Point 2020 Panelists](https://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-2020-panelists/) - Click here to go to the Entry Point 2020 event page. FREE afternoon panel discussions Saturday, January 25 at 2:00pm & 3:30pm Enjoy free Saturday afternoon panel discussions with guest speakers whose work is shaping the national theatre field. Saturday’s panel discussions are an official Dramatists Guild – Ohio event. the panelists include: India Nicole
- [Entry Point 2020: Behind the scenes with the Creators](https://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-2020-creators-works-in-progress/) - Click here to go to the main Entry Point 2020 page. Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation (working title) Created by India Nicole Burton* Follows the stories of three prominent women who were members of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Movement to explore the lives and unique experiences of Black Women in America.
- [Get to Know the Siblings & Spirits of The Loush Sisters Love Dick*ns](https://www.cptonline.org/meet-the-siblings-and-spirits/) - Dolly Loush If you had a tagline or a catchphrase, what would it be? "Make America sexy again" How do you know the Sisters? We have the same Mother If you had a theme song, what would it be? "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" by Billie Eilish What would your DJ name be?
- [A Xmas Cuento Remix Lead Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/a-xmas-cuento-remix-lead-artists/) - ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: MAYA MALAN-GONZALEZ Maya Malan-Gonzalez is a multidisciplinary artist focused on performing, writing, and ensemble collaboration. She’s a lifelong member of Milagro Theatre in Portland, where she most recently performed in Wolf at the Door. Through her history with the company, Milagro commissioned her new play, A Xmas Cuento Remix. In addition, Maya is an
- [Before They Were Famous: The SIStory](https://www.cptonline.org/before-they-were-famous-the-sistory/) - Under the strict tutelage of their mother, The Loush Sisters exploded onto the scene in the summer of 1985 when Holly and Jolly Loush first performed their “What Chew Talk In About Willis? Tour” in their basement, at their Head Start Program, and Fulson Prison. From that point forward, The Loush Sisters were unstoppable. Holly
- [History of Cleveland Public Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/history-of-cleveland-public-theatre/) - Cleveland Public Theatre was founded and incorporated in 1981. James Levin had returned from New York and was determined to form a theatre similar to Cafe LaMama, the internationally renowned experimental theatre in New York City, where he worked as an actor and director for three years. CPT continues to fulfill Levin's vision of a
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- [About Sherrie Tolliver, Saturday Post-show Discussion Facilitator](https://www.cptonline.org/about-saturday-post-show-discussion-facilitator-sherrie-tolliver/) - Sherrie Tolliver is a native Clevelander whose 40-year career as an actor, writer, director, stand-up comic, and history interpreter has taken her across the country and around the world. She has performed in major productions at Cleveland Play House, Karamu Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, and the JCC Halle Theatre. As a member of
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- [Cleveland Act Now (CAN) News Archive](https://www.cptonline.org/cleveland-act-now-can-news-archive/) - “Brick City Theatre 10.13.2017.” We The People. WKYC-TV. Oct 13 2017. Click here to watch: http://www.wkyc.com/entertainment/television/programs/we-the-people/brick-city-theatre-10132017/483174826 Smedley, Chealsia. “A New Ohio City Mural Paints a Community of Togetherness.” Cleveland Magazine. Cleveland Magazine, 9 February 2017. Web. Click here to read: http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/entertainment/articles/new-ohio-city-mural Dissell, Rachel. “‘Kings and queens’ of Lakeview Terrace reflected on mural wall that for decades has divided residents from Ohio
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- [About the International Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/about-the-international-artists/) - Hyeja Ju (South Korea) HyeJa Ju is the standing director of theatre group “Bae Kwan Gong” (B.K.G.), which translates to “Actor, Audience, and Space.” She is from the Department of Theatre and Film at Kyungsung University and is the director of the Nakdong River GupoNaru Festival. She is the representative of “Original City Street Artist
- [ENDependence Creators](https://www.cptonline.org/endependence-creators/) - Click here to go to the main ENDependence page. Molly Andrews-Hinders Molly Andrews-Hinders is a performer, composer, educator, and activist. She has been performing and teaching as an independent artist at CPT since 2011. She has taught in CPT’s Brick City Theatre Program, Global Teen Performance Project, and the Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP). Molly
- [2019 PAN Award Honoree: Mark Ross](https://www.cptonline.org/2019-pan-award-honoree-mark-ross/) - Mark Ross is the Managing Partner for PwC in Northeast Ohio. He began his career with PwC in Cleveland as an audit associate in 1987 after graduation from Miami University. Mark transferred into the Firm's Transaction Services (TS) practice to focus on M&A Advisory services where he was promoted to Senior Manager and ultimately Partner
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- [GLORIA CONTENT WARNING](https://www.cptonline.org/gloria-content-warning/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s production of Gloria includes a realistic depiction of suicide and death by gun violence, using prop weapons, that occurs at the end of the first act. The second act does not include any depictions of gun violence, but it does include graphic discussions, among the characters, of the violent events at the end of
- [Entry Point 2019 Creators](https://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-2019-creators/) - Click here to go to the main Entry Point 2019 page. Tania Benites of Teatro Público de Cleveland Tania Benites is a Cleveland-based Theatre Artist. She graduated from Cleveland State University in 2012 with her Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts. Tania is a newcomer to the world of playwriting. She has also written La Gringuita
- [Entry Point 2018 Panelists](https://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-2018-panel-discussions/) - Click here to return to the Entry Point performance page. FREE afternoon panel discussions Saturday, January 20 at 2:00pm & 3:30pm Guest speakers whose work is shaping the national theatre field will be featured on two panel discussions Saturday afternoon. The topics include Activism and Audience Interaction and Getting Better as an Artist. the panelists include:
- [Cleveland Public Theatre's 2018/2019 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/cpts-2018-2019-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre previews 2018/2019 Season Here and Now "CPT's work is here. It is locally grown. And it confronts contemporary issues and social norms – struggles of now. But our work is also about the ongoing human obligation to live in the present moment. Theatre is about the sense of being alive in this
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- [Everyone's a Critic - Review of Ya Mama! by RA Washington](https://www.cptonline.org/everyones-a-critic-review-of-ya-mama-by-ra-washington/) - Ya Mama!: The Body Map of Becoming The lobby is playing a light soundtrack of black music, when I say light I mean in volume for the room is stoked by the presence of the music as if the bass was turned all the way up, and you cannot distinguish heartbeat for backbeat. That is
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- [The James Levin Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/the-james-levin-theatre/) - The Levin Theatre was the first performance space purchased by Cleveland Public Theatre. This newly-renovated theatre is fully ADA compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all gender, wheelchair accessible restroom. The entrance to the James Levin Theatre is the door to the west of the Box Office, also known as the Holly's Hall entrance.
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- [Entry Point 2018 Creators](https://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-2018-artists/) - Click here to return to the Entry Point Performance Page. Molly Andrews-Hinders Molly Andrews-Hinders is a performer, composer, educator and activist. She has been performing and teaching as an independent artist at CPT since 2011. Molly has created many original works for CPT shows. Her original compositions were featured in Station Hope (2017); Light the
- [Cleveland Act Now – Summer 2018 Session](https://www.cptonline.org/education/can-summer-2018-session/) - Cleveland Act Now - Summer 2018 Session Four-Week-Long Audition-Based Youth Theatre Program at Cleveland Public Theatre 10 – 14 years old JULY 9 – AUGUST 3, Monday – Fridays, 1:00pm-5:00pm Lunch is NOT provided but snack breaks are scheduled in the afternoon All classes take place at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH
- [Never miss an email from CPT! Add us to your Safe Senders list.](https://www.cptonline.org/add-us-to-your-safe-senders-list/) - In order to provide a better experience for our patrons, we've updated a few things - including our e-newsletters. All CPT e-newsletters will now be coming from a new address: clevelandpublictheatre@mail-cptonline.org. Be sure to check your junk or spam folder if you suddenly stop receiving our emails... and to ensure they get delivered directly to your
- [Believers, Friends, & Partners](https://www.cptonline.org/about/believersfriendspartners/) - Believers Friends Partners
- [Joe Cimperman, President of Global Cleveland, Reflects on Station Hope](https://www.cptonline.org/joe-cimperman-reflects-on-station-hope/) - An idea… For me, Cleveland Public Theatre has always been an idea. An idea that can transform the life of a young person living in public housing, or somebody who’s a refugee from another country, or probably most challenging of all – an idea that can remind people of their own origins and DNA. And
- [Cranks, Hand Gears, and... Cotton Stalks?](https://www.cptonline.org/cranks-hand-gears-and-cotton-stalks/) - Scenic Designer Wes Calkin and Special Effects Designer Ryan T. Patterson describe the mechanism that makes cotton stalks grow onstage in Br'er Cotton. "It's all coordinated by voice and activated by stagehands. The cotton comes up in three parts, and each part is a flat piece of plywood that goes back to a crank backstage.
- [<i>Br'er Cotton</i> Post-Show Panel Discussions](https://www.cptonline.org/brer-cotton-post-show-panel-discussions/) - Join us for important conversations following the performances of Br’er Cotton on Saturday, April 7 and Saturday, April 14. Saturday, April 7 DR. RONNIE A. DUNN Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Director of Institutional Diversity, Cleveland State University Dr. Ronnie A. Dunn is an urban sociologist and his research interests include race, crime, and policing, as well
- [Red Ash Mosaic Program Notes](https://www.cptonline.org/red-ash-mosaic-program-notes/) - Click here or on the image above to view a pdf of the Red Ash Mosaic program. Biographies MOLLY ANDREWS-HINDERS (Stage Manager/Performer) (see season program for full bio) is a performer, songwriter, educator, and activist. Most recently, Molly created Emergence, a musical piece featured in Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2018 Entry Point festival. She also created
- [Pandemonium 2017: UNLEASH Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2017-unleash-sponsors/)
- [<i>How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes</i>: Full List of Recipients](https://www.cptonline.org/htep-full-list-of-recipients/) - Click here to return to the How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes performance page. Full List of Recipients At each performance of How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes, audiences were invited to consider 5 approaches most frequently deployed in the U.S. to fight poverty: 1) making opportunities, 2) education, 3) daily needs, 4)
- [Meet the Performer/Facilitators and Creative Production Team Of](https://www.cptonline.org/meet-the-performerfacilitators-and-creative-production-team/) - How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes (with 119 people you may or may not know) Bobby Bermea* (Performer/Facilitator) Bobby Bermea is co-artistic director of The Beirut Wedding World Theatre Project, a member of Sojourn Theatre, a member of Badass Theatre and a long-time member of Actors' Equity Association. He is a three-time award-winning actor
- [Station Hope 2017 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2017-sponsors/) - STATION HOPE 2017 IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS
- [2016 - 2017](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2016-2017/)
- [Station Hope 2016 Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2016-gallery/)
- [2015 - 2016](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2015-2016/)
- [Station Hope 2015 Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2015-gallery/)
- [2014 - 2015](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2014-2015/)
- [Station Hope 2014 Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/station-hope-2014/)
- [2013 - 2014](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2013-2014/)
- [2012 - 2013](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2012-2013/)
- [2011 - 2012](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2011-2012/)
- [2010 - 2011](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2010-2011/)
- [2005 - 2010](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2005-2010/)
- [2000 - 2005](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/2000-2005/)
- [1990 - 2000](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/1990-2000/)
- [1983 - 1990](https://www.cptonline.org/media/photogallery/1983-1990/)
- [Box Office](https://www.cptonline.org/box-office-2/) - CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE Click on the link above to purchase tickets online and view show times and dates. BOX OFFICE PHONES The Box Office phones are open 2pm-5pm, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sat. You can also purchase tickets online without any fees. During the summer there are no box office phone
- [Artist Opportunities](https://www.cptonline.org/artist-opportunities/) - CPT invests in innovation and diversity, and is the leading producer of new work and local playwrights in our community. Annually, we produce more original work than all the professional theatres in the area combined. The upcoming 17-18 mainstage season includes five World Premieres, one National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere and two Regional Premieres. CPT’s
- [The Church, The Parish Hall and Other Spaces](https://www.cptonline.org/the-church-the-parish-hall-and-other-spaces/) - These spaces are both located off the parking lot to the east of the main campus. Neither space is wheelchair accessible and refreshments may or may not be offered. For information about rentals, rates, and scheduling, Click Here.
- [From an Interview with Raymond Bobgan, Director/Creator of Red Ash Mosaic](https://www.cptonline.org/from-an-interview-with-raymond-bobgan-creatordirector-of-red-ash-mosaic/) - On the themes of Red Ash Mosaic... There are some themes that recur in my work which have to do with how an immaterial or internal or spiritual (or whatever you want to say) life sits and interacts with our daily life in ways that maybe most of the time aren't evident. And I’m really interested in
- [A Recipe para la Vida (Una Receta para la Vida)](https://www.cptonline.org/a-recipe-para-la-vida-una-receta-para-la-vida/) - Creación del elenco del TPC (Teatro Público de Cleveland) y Raymond Bobgan Dirigido por Raymond Bobgan Música y Comida - 6:30pm 16 al 19 de octubre - 7:30pm Teatro Gordon Square Compra de Tickets - Información La obra se presenta en Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102. Entrada general para A Recipe para
- [Pandemonium 2016: The Fire Within Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2016-the-fire-within-sponsors/)
- [Station Hope 2016](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2016/) - Station Hope 2016 from Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) on Vimeo.
- [Entry Point Panel Discussions](https://www.cptonline.org/entry-point-panel-discussions/) - Click here to return to the Entry Point Performance Page FREE afternoon panel discussions Saturday, January 21st at 2:00pm & 3:30pm Guest speakers whose work is shaping the national theatre field will be featured on two panel discussions Saturday afternoon. The topics include Diverse Voices, The New Play Exchange, National New Play Network and more. the
- [Online Ticketing - Monday, September 12th](https://www.cptonline.org/online-ticketing-monday-september-12th/) - Dear Patron: We're so glad that you have decided to buy tickets for our 2016-2017 Season! All ticketing (online or over the phone)will be offline starting at noon on Monday, September 12th until 9:00am on Tuesday, September 13th for routine server maintenance. Online and phone ticketing will resume Wednesday, September 14th. For your reference, CPT
- [Pandemonium Ticket Sales](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-ticket-sales/) - We’re so FIRED UP you want to come to PANDEMONIUM 2016! Online ticketing has closed, but you’ll still be able to buy tickets at the door! Doors open at 6:45, and you’re welcome to line up early and take advantage of our SMOKING-HOT storefront performers. Back to the Pandemonium 2016: The Fire Within Event Page.
- [CPT's 2016-2017 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/2016-2017-season/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's 2016-2017 Season: ATTENTION: TENSION: INTENTION "Attentiveness, the act of being present in the moment, takes effort and sometimes courage. When we look and see, it is often not pleasant at first. This tension, this friction, is the fuel that makes theatre so exciting and interesting - conflict and dynamism wakes us up
- [Social Media Committee](https://www.cptonline.org/social-media-committee/) - The Social Media Committee meets quarterly and commits to interacting with CPT’s social media sites. Benefits include networking with other passionate Cleveland community members, learning insider information about CPT’s productions, and significantly contributing to CPT in a contemporary, fun and easy way. If you would like further information about the Social Media Committee, please contact Caitlin Lewins, New
- [Road to Hope: Lakeview Terrace - PARKING MAP](https://www.cptonline.org/road-to-hope-lakeview-terrace-parking-map/) - Road to Hope: Lakeview Terrace - Parking Map
- [About Previews](https://www.cptonline.org/what-is-a-preview/) - This season, CPT is expanding the role of previews in developing our work, and will be introducing longer preview periods for several of our shows, including Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play. What is a preview? Preview performances are a set of public performances that take place before the official opening of a production. Between preview weekend
- [The Development of "Feefer Rising"](https://www.cptonline.org/the-development-of-feefer-rising/) - My goal was to make something to present for the 2013 Leap/Conceive, a series for new work that was in its early development stages, which was perfect for Feefer. When I started, I was by myself in a room with some memories, a plaid skirt from middle school and a pair of scissors. At the
- [The Origin of Feefer Rising](https://www.cptonline.org/the-origin-of-feefer-rising/) - "In 2011, I began creating work inspired by my grandmothers. My grandma Ruth had died earlier that year and I was left grandparentless which felt strange. As I dug into the lives of my grandmothers, hearing stories from my parents, remembering childhood memories of my own, a voice began to emerge. She was young, curious
- [An article from the fall of 2013...](https://www.cptonline.org/an-article-from-the-fall-of-2013/) - A Personal Message from Faye Hargate, a Leap/Conceive Artist Feefer’s Primer, Faye Hargate Two years ago, I began creating work inspired by my grandmothers. My paternal grandmother had died earlier that year and I was left grandparentless which felt strange. As I dug into the lives of my grandmothers, hearing stories from my parents, remembering
- [Royal Ann's Preserve Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/royal-anns-preserve-gallery/)
- [She's Wearing White... Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/5420-2/)
- [Pan @ TCG](https://www.cptonline.org/pan-tcg/)
- [Pandemonium 2015: Transform Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2015-transform-sponsors/) - Jules & Fran Belkin Gary & Katy Brahler Calfee, Halter & Griswold Cleveland Arts Prize Cleveland Magazine Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Public Power The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences & the Cleveland Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University Collins & Scanlon, LLP Cuyahoga Community
- [New Work Development](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/new-work-development/) - Cleveland Public Theatre produces full length productions of new work by both local and national artists. Every year, CPT welcomes local artists to apply directly to the season. The Request for Proposals link will be posted here when available (usually during the winter months), and will be sent out through NeOhioPal, as well as our
- [Out of the Box](https://www.cptonline.org/out-of-the-box/) - This new program follows CPT’s growth as a presenter of out-of-the-ordinary theatrical experiences from outside of our community. Running in tandem with the second and third weeks of our Big Box ‘16 series, Out of the Box will present two new shows created by touring artists: SeXcurity, a workshop production created and performed by Yuval
- [Big Box](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/new-work-development/big-box/) - The centerpiece of CPT’s new work development series, Big Box provides local artists with the opportunity to create and produce new work. Over multiple weeks, Big Box includes world-premiere workshop productions of theatre, dance, opera and genre-defying performances. Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to support and foster the work of area artists with this unique
- [Cleveland Web Design & Development Firm Launches Cleveland Public Theatre Website](https://www.cptonline.org/cleveland-web-design-development-firm-launches-cleveland-public-theatre-website/) - Cleveland web design and development firm Go Media is proud to announce the launch of Cleveland Public Theatre. Go Media is a full service design firm with a focus on web design, logo design and graphic design. The firm was started by a group of artists and developers committed to work on the projects they
- ["La Colaboración" or "It Takes a (Global) Village" or "A Survivor, a Theatre Artist and a Journalist Walk into a Coffee Shop…"](https://www.cptonline.org/la-colaboracion-or-it-takes-a-global-village-or-a-survivor-a-theatre-artist-and-a-journalist-walk-into-a-coffee-shop/) - To return to the Johanna: Facing Forward site, click here. Who would you trust to tell your story? That was the question that Cleveland activist Johanna Orozco-Fraser and journalist Rachel Dissell had to contemplate when playwright and director Tlaloc Rivas contacted them. His first email, sent on New Year’s Day 2014, said in part: Your
- [Legal Research for "Johanna: Facing Forward"](https://www.cptonline.org/legal-research-for-johanna-facing-forward/) - The Teen Dating Violence Act, Ohio state legislature, 2007-2010 Johanna notes that she reported every incident of stalking and harassment before she was shot. The loophole in the law From article by Damon Sims, Cleveland.com, 12/2/2008 Johanna “who has become a local spokeswoman against teen dating violence, wants a proposal to give juvenile court judges
- [From an Interview with Nathan Alan Davis](https://www.cptonline.org/from-an-interview-with-nathan-alan-davis/) - I draw inspiration from... how do I say this without sounding dumb? (laughing) I definitely draw a lot of inspiration from my own children - I have 3 daughters and they're all very young and just seeing them go through life and take life in and having to help guide them through that is this
- [An Interview with Kalim Hill (Summer 2014)](https://www.cptonline.org/an-interview-with-kalim-hill-summer-2014/) - A current Theatre Major at Cleveland State University, poet, MC, hip hop artist and now a STEP intern, Kalim credits the STEP program for his collegiate work ethic: "STEP enhances and grows your skills; confidence, speaking up, taking on crazy tasks in a small amount of time. STEP genuinely expects greatness out of you and it really prepared
- [From an Interview with Beth Wood, Director of "in a word"](https://www.cptonline.org/from-an-interview-with-beth-wood-director-of-in-a-word/) - Click here to get back to the In A Word Show Page. On what the play is about… To me, this play is about this mother whose son, Tristan, was kidnapped at 7 years old. Tristan was adopted at 2 years old and is on the Asperger’s spectrum and this woman, Fiona, a school teacher—who
- [Standing On Ceremony Audience Interaction Piece: Share your Stories of Love](https://www.cptonline.org/standing-on-ceremony-audience-interaction-piece-share-your-stories-of-love/) - As part of the Standing on Ceremony lobby, we've created an interactive piece where audience members are encouraged to share their stories of love and read others' on a massive map that charts equality across the US. Step one: Write your love story on a card. Step two: Remove the sticker from the card and
- [CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE SEEKS GRANTS WRITER / DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE](https://www.cptonline.org/cleveland-public-theatre-seeks-grants-writer-development-associate/) - Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks a Grants Writer / Development Associate willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. Summary of Position: This position is a year round, salaried, staff position.
- [March 5th is Gay Games 9 Night at "Standing on Ceremony"](https://www.cptonline.org/gg9/) - The March 5th preview performance of Standing on Ceremony is sold out… but we still have tickets available for opening night, March 6th (Free Beer Friday!) and throughout the run. Shows are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday at 7:30pm, March 6th through 21st. Use code “EQUALITY” for $2 off Thu/Mon tickets (reg. $12) or $5
- [Sam Fisher, 14/15 Kulas Composer Fellow, on his composition process for "Fire on the Water"](https://www.cptonline.org/sam-fisher-1415-kulas-composer-fellow-on-his-composition-process-for-fire-on-the-water/) - "Fire on the Water has been extremely challenging and opened up some really joyous discoveries. I have no habits or conventions for designing a show like this. Every second of the day I am asking myself “Okay, how am I going to go about this?” in regards to some new piece of the puzzle which needs
- [Cleveland Public Theatre seeks Technical Director](https://www.cptonline.org/cleveland-public-theatre-seeks-technical-director/) - CPT produces ground-breaking performances and life-changing educational programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT needs a Technical Director willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. CPT’s season typically includes the production of 10-13 plays and four performance series in three theatres. Summary of
- [Alison Garrigan, Executive Artistic Director of Talespinner Children's Theatre talks "Fire on the Water"](https://www.cptonline.org/alison-garrigan-executive-artistic-director-of-talespinner-childrens-theatre-talks-fire-on-the-water/) - "Being a children's theatre, we wanted to give the subject a child's (or child-like) perspective. As an artistic unit, our team sat down and went over the subject matter from an historical point of view, and then looked at how people had always reacted to the burning of the river. We realized that there was
- [SPOILER ALERT! Sam Fisher's (14/15 Kulas Composer Fellow) Visual Aids for the "Fire on the Water" Live Band](https://www.cptonline.org/spoiler-alert-sam-fishers-1415-kulas-composer-fellow-visual-aides-for-the-fire-on-the-water-live-band/) - Click Here to head back to the Fire on the Water page.
- [Station Hope 2015 Request for Proposals](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2015-request-for-proposals/) - Station Hope Deadline for submissions is Friday, January 15th, 2015. CLICK HERE FOR A WORD VERSION OF THIS APPLICATION. CLICK HERE FOR A PDF VERSION OF THIS APPLICATION. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the second annual Station Hope, a one night event of entertainment and art will commemorate St. John’s Church and
- [CPT Now Accepting Applications for the Joan Yellen Horvitz Director Fellowship](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-now-accepting-applications-for-the-joan-yellen-horvitz-director-fellowship/) - CPT’s Director Fellow Program Application Deadline: December 21st, 2014 CPT’s Director Fellow Program is a year-long program for emerging directors of extraordinary potential. Supported by long-time friend of the theatre Joan Yellen Horvitz, CPT initiated this program to address Cleveland’s limited pool of directors with experience in directing new work and to meet the needs of
- [CPT Now Accepting Proposals for 2015/2016 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/cpt-now-accepting-proposals-for-20152016-season/) - Dear Northeast Ohio artists, CPT is planning the 2015-2016 Season, and once again we are reaching out to you for great ideas. CPT is focused on new work that is surprising, unexpected and somehow outside the realm of conventional theatre. CPT is looking for proposals from Northeast Ohio artists for complete projects. Proposals may be
- [Station Hope 2014 Performance Information](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2014-performance-information/)
- [Station Hope 2014 Map and Schedule](https://www.cptonline.org/station-hope-2014-map-and-schedule/)
- [Pandemonium 2014: Take Flight Map and Schedule](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2014-take-flight-map-and-schedule/)
- [Struck Article](https://www.cptonline.org/struck-article/)
- [Punch and Judy Review](https://www.cptonline.org/punch-and-judy-review/)
- [Rusted Heart Broadcast Page 4](https://www.cptonline.org/rusted-heart-broadcast-page-4/)
- [Strategic Plan](https://www.cptonline.org/strategic-plan/)
- [Cleveland Connection](https://www.cptonline.org/cleveland-connection/)
- [Eye on the Future](https://www.cptonline.org/eye-on-the-future/)
- [Raymond Bobgan Reviews](https://www.cptonline.org/raymond-bobgan-reviews/) - Raymond Bobgan Interview with Plain Dealer Insomnia Review Punch and Judy Review Rusted Heart Broadcast Review Akarui Review
- [Matt and Ben: The New Men](https://www.cptonline.org/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.I had just returned from a protracted retreat in Paris, where I mostly holed up in a flat in Montmartre, listening repeatedly to
- [Pandemonium 2013 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2013-sponsors/) - AtwellThe Adcom GroupCalfee, Halter & GriswoldCBRECharter OneCity ArchitectureCleveland MagazineCleveland Museum of ArtCleveland State UniversityCleveland Public PowerCollins and ScanlonConsolidated GraphicsCuyahoga Metropolitan Housing AuthorityCohen Community FoundationDollar BankDomokur ArchitectsDunecraftThe Fedeli GroupForest CityGCA Services GroupHKM Direct Market CommunicationsHuntington BankKeyBankDonna and Stewart KohlLet's EntertainMarous Brothers ConstructionMedical Mutual of OhioMills, Potoczack & CompanyCharles and Patricia MintzJakki and Fred NanceDavid and Holly
- [Pandemonium 2012 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2012-sponsors/) - Consolidated Graphics Group RPM International Dr. Marie Simon & Mr. John Zayac Alcoa Michael and Nicki Cancelliere Cleveland Browns Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Museum of Art Charter One Foundation Dollar Bank Foundation Horseshoe Casino Huntington Bank Key Bank Marous Brothers Construction Squire Sanders Cleveland Public Power Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Calfee, Halter and Griswold Cleveland
- [Pandemonium 2011 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2011-sponsors/) - Consolidated Graphics Group Deorah and Ron Ratner Matthew & Betsy Figgie Independence Excavating Marous Brothers Construction The Project Group Horseshoe Casino Michael and Nicky Cancelliere Wells Fargo Charter One Foundation Dollar Bank Fifth Third Bank Forest City Floyd Browne Group Huntington Bank RPM International Cleveland Public Power Ted Sikora & Diane Davis-Sikora Cuyahoga Metropolitan
- [Pandemonium 2010 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2010-sponsors/) - Matthew and Betsy Figgie Mrs. Harry E. Figgie Jr, Figgie Capital Figgie Foundation Clark Reliance Calfee Halter Consolidated Graphics Group Calfee, Halter Partners Stanley and Barbara Meisel Deloitte Services LLP Michael and Nicki Cancelliere Marous Brothers Construction Charter One Foundation PNC Dollar Bank Wells Fargo Private Bank Cleveland Public Power Cuyahoga Metropolitan
- [Pandemonium 2009 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2009-sponsors/) - Tom and Joanie Adler Harriett Applegate Michael and Nicki Cancelliere Cleveland Metropolitan School District Direct Marketing Services Doan Pyramid Stewart and Donna Kohl Stanley and Barbara Meisel Mid-America Consulting Group Janet and Spike Narten RPM International TD Security Theatre Technologies Group Worker's Compensation Management Solutions
- [Pandemonium 2008 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2008-sponsors/) - Tom and Joanie Adler Harriett Applegate Michael and Nicki Cancelliere Cleveland Metropolitan School District Direct Marketing Services Doan Pyramid Stewart and Donna Kohl Stanley and Barbara Meisel Mid-America Consulting Group Janet and Spike Narten RPM International TD Security Theatre Technologies Group Worker's Compensation Management Solutions
- [Pandemonium 2014 Sponsors](https://www.cptonline.org/pandemonium-2014-sponsors/) - Calfee, Halter and Griswold Nicki & Mike Cancelliere Case Western Reserve University CGB Tech Solutions City Architecture Cleveland Aerial Media The Cleveland Foundation Cleveland Indians Cleveland Magazine The Cleveland Orchestra Cleveland Public Power Cleveland State University Collins & Scanlon Cuyahoga Community College Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Dave's Supermarkets Deloitte Consulting Dix
- [Springboard](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/new-work-development/springboard/) - SpringBoard features staged readings of new scripts by local writers and work that is under consideration for future production. The SpringBoard series places a special emphasis on developing directors for new work, nurturing strong relationships between directors and playwrights, and engaging the audience in the process. SpringBoard is NOT actors standing at music stands.
- [Past Pandemonium Videos](https://www.cptonline.org/past-pandemonium-videos/) - Pandemonium 2013 - Shine Pandemonium 2012 - House of Dreams Pandemonium 2011 - Amuse Me PANDEMONIUM 2009 - Forbidden Knowledge Pandemonium 08 - Hidden Treasure Pandemonium 2007 - Paradise Lost and Found
- [Request for Proposals: NE Ohio Artists for 2014/2015 Season](https://www.cptonline.org/request-for-proposals-ne-ohio-artists-for-20142015-season/) - Northeast Ohio artists, CPT is planning the 2014-2015 Season, and once again we are reaching out to you for great ideas. CPT is focused on new work that is surprising, unexpected and somehow outside the realm of conventional theatre. CPT is looking for proposals from Northeast Ohio artists. Proposals may be for world premieres, second
- [Request for Proposals: SpringBoard 2014 Playwright](https://www.cptonline.org/request-for-proposals-springboard-2014-playwright/) - Deadline for submissions is Monday, April 21, 2014 A core value of Cleveland Public Theatre is to support and nurture the development of new works of diverse style, discipline and creative processes by Northeast Ohio artists. Artists are welcome to apply for one or more of CPT’s development series. SpringBoard seeks to support the development
- [Request for Proposals: SpringBoard 2014 Director](https://www.cptonline.org/request-for-proposals-springboard-2014-director/) - Deadline for submissions is Monday, April 21, 2014 A core value of Cleveland Public Theatre is to support and nurture the development of new works of diverse style, discipline and creative processes by Northeast Ohio artists. Artists are welcome to apply for one or more of CPT’s development series. SpringBoard seeks to nurture the growth
- [Request for Proposals: Big Box 2014](https://www.cptonline.org/request-for-proposals-big-box-2014/) - Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 17, 2014 Big Box is the centerpiece of our 14-15 season. Big Box has played a significant role in the formation and growth of three local theatres and works from Big Box have gone on to full production at CPT and beyond. Big Box offers artists or groups the
- [Board of Directors](https://www.cptonline.org/board-of-directors/) - Marcia Levine, President Philip Oliss, Vice President Joanne Montagner-Hull, Treasurer Kristofer Spreen, Secretary Douglas Amberman Carrie Carpenter Sheffia Randall Dooley Janis Faehnrich Patricia Leebove Daniel Petricig Gregory Robb Ann Rowlett Shellie Sedlak Marika Shioiri-Clark Jennifer Spencer Diane S. Stupay Graham Veysey Andrew Watterson
- [Upcoming Events](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/upcoming-events/)
- [Upcoming Events (static)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/upcoming-events-static/) - Show Name April 1st-April 14th Big Box A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name April 1st-April 14th Current Season A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name April 1st-April 14th DanceWorks A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name April 1st-April 14th Current Season A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name April 1st-April 14th Current Season A Killing Game is an
- [Education Photo Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/education/education-photo-gallery/)
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- [Nord Playwright Fellowship Application](https://www.cptonline.org/nord-playwright-fellowship-application/) - Deadline: January 15, 2014 CPT’s Nord Playwright Fellowship is a year-long program for a local emerging playwright. Supported by the Nord Family Foundation, CPT initiated this program to provide greater support to the region’s playwright community and create active artists. Up to two residencies will be awarded in 2014, which includes a $2,000 stipend for
- [Director Fellow Program Application](https://www.cptonline.org/director-fellow-program-application/) - Deadline: April 15, 2013 CPT’s Director Fellow Program is a year-long program for emerging directors of extraordinary potential. Supported by long-time friend of the theatre Joan Yellen Horvitz, CPT initiated this program to address Cleveland’s limited pool of directors with experience in directing and devising new work, and to meet the needs of up-and-coming directors.
- [Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative Application](https://www.cptonline.org/kulas-foundation-theatre-composer-initiative-application/) - Deadline for Application is June 23, 2014 The Kulas Foundation Theatre Composer Initiative is a nine month fellowship program providing early-career composers with first-hand experience creating music and sound design for theatre. This initiative engages composers in a collaborative process under the guidance of the show producer and director to compose and produce original music for
- [General Submission Guidelines 2014-2015](https://www.cptonline.org/general-submission-guidelines-2014-2015/) - Context for New Submission Guidelines CPT is dedicated to producing bold, adventurous, new work. We champion creators of new performance-devising ensembles, directors, playwrights, choreographers, performance artists, and etcetera. Though we seek projects from national and international artists, we also make a special investment in local creators. CPT receives submissions in three ways: Request For Proposal
- [Theatre Creation Class, FALL 2014](https://www.cptonline.org/theatre-creation-class-fall-2014/) - Taught by Raymond Bobgan Deadline for application is August 21th 2014 CLASS DESCRIPTION Theatre Creation Class (10 weeks) is for theatre directors, writers, actors, designers, and composers who wish to explore the rigors of leading the creation of original performances. In this class everyone will direct, act and create. Participants will also be paired to
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- [The Killing Game](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/the-killing-game/) - 04/10/2014 - 04/26/2014 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm James Levin Theatre By: dog & pony dc Directed by Colin K. Bills A Killing Game is a theatre-meets-party-game in an evening of laugh-out-loud fun! Actors and audience work together to combat a mysterious plague that is killing all the citizens – inexplicably, indiscriminately, and fast! Styled
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- [Dance Works](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/new-work-development/dance-works/) - Show Name A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game. Show Name A Killing Game is an absurdist-play-meets-party-game.
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## Performances

- [PANDEMONIUM 2026: UNDER CONSTRUCTION](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2026-2027/pandemonium-2026-under-construction/) - PANDEMONIUM 2026: under construction CPT celebrates the artist within us all. Ascend to the stars ... revel in the mystery of the cosmos. CPT’s education programs empower youth and adults to cultivate their talents, creating profound and adventurous performances for the community. CPT is on a mission to inspire exploration, discovery, and excitement on the west side of Cleveland. check
- [The Dark Room](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/the-dark-room/) - The Dark Room is a monthly "open mic" for playwrights where writers take center stage and their work has a chance to grow in a supportive environment. Every 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- [STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP) 2026](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2026-2027/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2026/) - Very special thanks to: Council President Blaine A. Griffin, and Councilpersons Kevin Conwell, Deborah Gray, Stephanie Howse-Jones, Nikki Hudson and Charles J. Slife. Made possible through the generous support of: Cleveland City Council and the Mayor’s Office of Prevention, Intervention, and Opportunity for Youth and Young Adults; Brewer-Garrett; Dollar Bank Foundation; First Federal Lakewood; Martha
- [Into the Heart of One Star](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/into-the-heart-of-one-star/) - A duet of solo shows about yearning, loneliness, navigating this world, and seeking the light beyond.
- [Test Flight Week 4: The Wolf الذيب](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/test-flight-week-4-the-wolf-الذيب/) - ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE Buy your tickets to the following performance for extra perks! Friday, April 3 — Tickets for this performance include access to a post-show dessert reception. Free Bev Friday — After every Friday performance, enjoy a selection of beverages on us while discussing the show with artists and audience members. Hot beverages are
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: The Origin of a Villain](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/y-haven-theatre-project-2026/) - Y-Haven Theatre Project is a 27-year partnership between Cleveland Public Theatre and Y-Haven (a branch of the YMCA of Greater Cleveland). Through the program, CPT collaborates with the clients of Y-Haven to create an original theatre production that shares powerful stories of recovery and personal triumph, capturing an authentic and emotional power as the cast
- [Haunted](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/haunted/) - In Tara Moses’ Indigenous horror comedy, dead siblings dance to Y2K hits and haunt families moving into their house.
- [Test Flight Week 3: The Exit Door](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/test-flight-week-3-the-exit-door-the-wolf-الذيب/) - ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE Buy your tickets to the following performance for extra perks! Thursday, February 12 & Friday, February 13 — Tickets for these performances include access to a post-show dessert reception. Saturday, February 14, 2026 — Tickets for this performance include admission to a post-show reception with dessert from Rincon Criollo and selection of
- [Test Flight Week 2: Perigon / Boxed](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/test-flight-week-2-perigon-boxed/) - LEAD ARTISTS Elizabeth Pollert is a Cleveland-based creator, performer, and dance educator, and works as an independent artist with area choreographers, movers, and multi-genre makers. She has performed and choreographed both in the U.S. and abroad, including France, Canada, China, and Easter Island (Chile), as well as Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks and SoftLaunch series, Cleveland
- [Test Flight Week 1: Uhaulin' / Parrot Play](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/test-flight-week-1-uhaulin-parrot-play/) - ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE Free Bev Friday – Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday. Free beer, wine, ready-to-drink cocktails and soft drinks are served after the performance for about an hour. Join the staff and artists of CPT, talk about the show, and have a drink on us. And remember, hot beverages like
- [SoftLaunch 2026](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/softlaunch-2026/) - CPT's weekend-long performance festival featuring immersive installations and intimate performances from Jan 15–17, 2026.
- [I Wear My Dead Sister's Clothes](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/i-wear-my-dead-sisters-clothes/) - Laughs come as easily as tears in Amy Schwabauer's autobiographical dark comedy solo show about what it means to love and grieve a difficult person.
- [The Light of Kinara: In the Spirit of Kwanzaa Presented by Djapo Cultural Arts Institute](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/djapo-kwanzaa/) - Vibrant spoken word, music and dance performance celebrating Kwanzaa and the enduring light within us all.
- [Tease the Season: A Burlesque Holiday Spectacular](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/tease-the-season-cleveland-burlesque/) - Bella Sin and friends return with burlesque, drag, aerials, live singers, comedy, and... more burlesque.
- [Kwingo's Sketch Party: Queer for the Holidays](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/kwingos-sketch-party-queer-for-the-holidays/) - Skip the family drama and join your chosen fam at CPT for "Kwingo's Sketch Party," a night of gut-busting, original sketch comedy and piping-hot queer joy.
- [¡OBRAS EN EVOLUCIÓN 2025! A FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAY READINGS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/obras-en-evolucion-2025-a-festival-of-new-play-readings/) - New scripts and scenes by local Latino artists / Nuevos libretos y escenas escritas por artistas latinos locales.
- [The End of Black Excellence](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/the-end-of-black-excellence/) - A man who may be the first Black person born without “Black excellence” puts on an (ever-failing) solo show to prove his worth.
- [Día de Muertos](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/dia-de-muertos-9/) - A vibrant cultural celebration for the whole family. / Una gran celebración cultural para toda la familia.
- [Hallowed Owls (...because everything begins and ends in winter)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/hallowed-owls/) - Storytelling, poetry, instrumentals, voice, and dance transporting you to the hidden world and mythology of owls.
- [Seeds of Tomorrow بذور الغد : An Evening of Short Plays أمسية لمسرحيات قصيرة](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-مسرح-كليفلاند-العربي/) - A new performance created by ensemble members of Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi, CPT's Arabic-speaking theatre company.
- [PANDEMONIUM 2025: TO THE MOON](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/pandemonium-2025-to-the-moon/) - Photos by Emanuel Wallace PANDEMONIUM 2025: TO THE MOON CPT celebrates the artist within us all. Ascend to the stars ... revel in the mystery of the cosmos. CPT’s education programs empower youth and adults to cultivate their talents, creating profound and adventurous performances for the community. CPT is on a mission to inspire exploration, discovery, and excitement on the
- [STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP) 2025: TO SHAKE THE SLEEPING SELF (INSPIRED BY DON QUIXOTE)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2025/) - CLICK HERE for bios! STEP in the News https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2025/07/cleveland-teens-bring-don-quixotes-spirit-to-life-in-summer-theater-program.html Photos by Steve Wagner (click to enlarge) Very special thanks to: Council President Blaine A. Griffin and Councilpersons, Kerry McCormack, Stephanie Howse-Jones, Kevin Conwell, Danny Kelly, Rebecca Maurer, Jenny Spencer, and Charles J. Slife. Made possible through the generous support of: Cleveland City Council and the
- [Golden Flame Invitation](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/golden-flame-invitation/) - This three-act journey engages with dream, contemplation, and shared humanity through fierce physicality, acapella song, and poetry.
- [Test Flight Part 2 – Week 3: Future Never Land](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-3-future-never-land/) - Historical sci-fi rap opera paired with famous classical music compositions by Saint-Saens & Debussy.
- [Kwingo’s Comedy Revue](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/) - This electrifyingly new variety show features stand-up, sketch, burlesque, drag, and music. It’s fresh, it’s queer, and it’s unapologetically here.
- [Test Flight Part 2 – Week 2: Grandeza](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-2-grandeza/) - Play delving into the lives of two Latino families navigating the complexities of family, sexuality and tradition.
- [DanceWorks Week 5: CHRISTINA LINDHOUT & BLISSED OUT HUMAN COLLECTIVE (DOUBLE BILL)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/danceworks-week-5-amanda-butterfield-christina-lindhout-double-bill/) - An evening of powerful and virtuosic movement, weaving together themes of identity, strength, resilience, and repair.
- [DanceWorks Week 4: AJAYI DANCE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/danceworks-week-4-ajayi-dance/) - Ajayi Dance's first-ever full evening of work performed in a traditional stage setting. A visceral journey of reflection and a celebration of resilience.
- [DanceWorks Week 3: BLAKK JAKK DANCE COLLECTIVE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/danceworks-week-3-blakk-jakk-dance-collective/) - Experience the ancestral connections and similarities of Gumboot dance in South Africa and Stepping by Black fraternities and sororities in America.
- [DanceWorks Week 2: INLET DANCE THEATRE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/danceworks-week-2-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Colorful magic realism collides with contemporary dance theatre as Inlet responds to art and societal division.
- [The Body Play](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/the-body-play/) - A physical comedy about chronic illness, an unstable healthcare system, and the absurdity of being embodied.
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: Roots Through Ruin](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/y-haven-theatre-project-11/) - Y-Haven Theatre Project is a 26-year partnership between Cleveland Public Theatre and Y-Haven (a branch of the YMCA of Greater Cleveland). Through the program, CPT collaborates with the clients of Y-Haven to create an original theatre production that shares powerful stories of recovery and personal triumph, capturing an authentic and emotional power as the cast
- [El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/el-coqui-espectacular-and-the-bottle-of-doom/) - A struggling comic book artist creates an alter ego to save his fellow Puerto Ricans as his ad exec brother fights manipulative corporate marketers.
- [DanceWorks Week 1: OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/danceworks-week-1-ohio-contemporary-ballet/) - Dance performances celebrating some of the most iconic and unforgettable musical scores, including "Carmen" and "Bolero."
- [Showin' Up Black](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/showin-up-black-2/) - An African American family's plans for the perfect debutante ball collide with a Black Lives Matter protest in a play that challenges what it is to be Black.
- [SoftLaunch 2025](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/soft-launch-2025/) - A groundbreaking performance festival/conference featuring immersive installations, intimate performances, and panels from Jan 23-25, 2025.
- [Test Flight Part 2 – Week 1: Unhinged: A Burlesque Play on Modern Dating Struggles](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-part-2-week-1-unhinged-burlesque-play-on-modern-dating-struggles/) - Impactful burlesque play that highlights the complexities of modern dating.
- [Everything is Okay (and other helpful lies)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/everything-is-okay-and-other-helpful-lies/) - In this hot mess musical, a group of close friends struggles to navigate the tragedies of life.
- [Test Flight Part 1 – Week 1: Curtain Call: No Exit / Handlebar Brakes / The Ascension of Jordan L. Wells During the Total Lunar Eclipse of 2017](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-week-1-curtain-call-no-exit-handlebar-brakes-and-the-ascension-of-jordan-l-wells-during-the-total-lunar-eclipse-of-2017/) - ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE Free Bev Friday – Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday. Free beer, wine, ready-to-drink cocktails and soft drinks are served after the performance for about an hour. Join the staff and artists of CPT, talk about the show, and have a drink on us. And remember, hot beverages like
- [Test Flight Part 1 – Week 2: Experts in a Dying Field](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-week-2-experts-in-a-dying-field/) - ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE Free Bev Friday – Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday. Free beer, wine, ready-to-drink cocktails and soft drinks are served after the performance for about an hour. Join the staff and artists of CPT, talk about the show, and have a drink on us. And remember, hot beverages like
- [Test Flight Part 1 – Week 3: Poems of An Angry Feminist / The Stars Made Me Gay](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/test-flight-week-3-poems-of-an-angry-feminist-stars-made-me-gay/) - ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE Free Bev Friday – Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday. Free beer, wine, ready-to-drink cocktails and soft drinks are served after the performance for about an hour. Join the staff and artists of CPT, talk about the show, and have a drink on us. And remember, hot beverages like
- [THE BUCKTOOTHED F△GG⊙T (or THE NIJINSKY INCANTATION)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/the-bucktoothed-f△gg⊙t-or-the-nijinsky-incantation/) - A living art experience by Ray Caspio. Audiences may leave their marks on the space as Ray shapeshifts, proving politics is not separate from our bodies.
- [The Light of Kinara: A Kwanzaa Celebration by Djapo Cultural Arts Institute](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/the-light-of-kinara-a-kwanzaa-celebration-by-djapo-cultural-arts-institute/) - Djapo Cultural Arts Institute presents a vibrant spoken word, music and dance performance celebrating Kwanzaa and the enduring light within us all.
- [Tease the Season Part Deux: A Holiday Burlesque Spectacular](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/tease-the-season-a-burlesque-holiday-spectacular/) - "Cleveland Burlesque Queen" Bella Sin and friends return for an adults-only evening of burlesque, drag, aerials, live singers, comedy, and... more burlesque.
- [The Black Rose Xperience by Church of Starry Wisdom](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/black-rose-experience-church-of-starry-wisdom/) - Multi-media theatrical event combining the goth and classic rock of Church of Starry Wisdom with an immersive cinematic narrative of revolution and redemption.
- [The Elephant in the Room](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/the-elephant-in-the-room/) - A witty, dark comedy about your typical Indian metalhead and software-engineer-turned-actor navigating life as an immigrant arriving in Trump's America,
- [not-for-profit: or the equity, diversity and inclusion play](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/not-for-profit-or-the-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-play/) - Employees at RiseUp, an urban youth mentorship organization, are going through it. francisca da silveira’s play takes a satirical look at the nonprofit world.
- [The Outstretched Hand يد الوصال](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/the-outstretched-hand-يد-الوصال-2/) - Three young adults push against and pull toward their heritage, communities, and families, as they work toward becoming their full selves.
- [Día de Muertos](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/dia-de-muertos-8/) - 20TH ANNUAL DÍA DE MUERTOS / DAY OF THE DEAD SATURDAY, November 02 / SÁBADO, 2 DE Noviembre All events take place at / Todos los eventos se llevarán acabo en: Cleveland Public Theatre – Church, Parish Hall, & surrounding area 6205 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102. 11:00am – 10:00pm | Altars Exhibition, Cemetery Installations, & Performances / Exhibición de Altares,
- [STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP) 2024: Carved, An Adaptation of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2024/) - Producer Raymond Bobgan Director of Education Nicole Sumlin Program Director Melissa Crum Teaching Artists Graham Callahan, Melissa Crum, Fiona Finneran, Tyree Franklin, Quenisha Moss, Avery LaMar Pope, Kadijah Wingo. Choreographer Eugene Sumlin Stage Manager and Administrative Assistant Fiona Finneran Education Associate Brooke Myers Tech Lead Graham Callahan Tech Assistant Tyree Franklin Costume Designer Inda Blatch-Geib Assistant Designer & Crafts Person Dred Geib
- [PANDEMONIUM 2024: IN THE GARDEN OF SHADOW AND DELIGHT](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/pandemonium-2024-in-the-garden-of-shadow-and-delight/) - PANDEMONIUM 2024: IN THE GARDEN OF SHADOW AND DELIGHT CPT celebrates the artist within us all: Open the gate…and see what blossoms inside! CPT’s education programs empower youth and adults to cultivate their talents, creating profound and adventurous performances for the community. CPT is on a mission to inspire exploration, discovery, and excitement on the west side of Cleveland. Check
- [Día De Muertos](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/dia-de-muertos-7/) - 19TH ANNUAL DÍA DE MUERTOS / DAY OF THE DEAD SATURDAY, November 04 / SÁBADO, 4 DE Noviembre All events take place at / Todos los eventos se llevarán acabo en: Cleveland Public Theatre – Church, Parish Hall, & surrounding area 6205 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102. 11:00am – 10:00pm | Altars Exhibition, Cemetery Installations, & Performances / Exhibición de Altares,
- [Station Hope 2024](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/station-hope-2024/) - Powerful art and performance honoring Cleveland's social justice heritage at a historic Underground Railroad site.
- [Funny, Like An Abortion](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/funny-like-an-abortion/) - Set in a future America where even saying the word “abortion” is a crime, this play is about loyalty, friendship, and the value of life.
- [DanceWorks WEEK 2: OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET (FORMERLY VERB BALLETS)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/week-2-ohio-contemporary-ballet-formerly-verb-ballets/) - WEEK 2: OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET (FORMERLY VERB BALLETS) Fresh Inventions Ohio Contemporary Ballet presents Fresh Inventions, a program of new works created by company dancers. Expect a mosaic of styles, from the raw power of modern ballet to the subtle nuances of contemporary movement. Witness these Fresh Inventions unfold on stage with this unique initiative to provide
- [Requiem](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/requiem/) - Requiem dares to tackle the big questions “life and death” with poetry, frankness, a lot of humor.
- [Test Flight Week 4: Tales of a Fat Man](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/test-flight-week-4-tales-of-a-fat-man/) - ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE Closing Night – Ticket includes free admission to the post-show Test Flight closing party with appetizers and beverages! Free Bev Friday – Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday. Free beer, wine, ready to drink cocktails and soft drinks are served after the performance for about an hour. Join the staff
- [DanceWorks WEEK 4: BLAKK JAKK DANCE COLLECTIVE AND SHRI KALAA MANDIR](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/week-4-blakk-jakk-dance-collective-and-shri-kalaa-mandir/) - BLAKK JAKK DANCE COLLECTIVE SANKOFA/JOY Pt 1: Sankofa This piece is a tribute to the groundbreaking 1993 film SANKOFA, directed and written by the talented Haile Gerima. SANKOFA tells the story of Mona, a Black American social media influencer, who finds herself shooting a TikTok at a sacred African burial ground in Ghana. Through a
- [DanceWorks Week 1:AJAYI DANCE, ELIZABETH POLLERT, SARAH HOLMES VILLANUEVA DANCE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/ajayi-dance-elizabeth-pollert-sara-holmes-villanueva-dance/) - Week 1:AJAYI DANCE, ELIZABETH POLLERT, SARAH HOLMES VILLANUEVA DANCE Fenestella Fenestella is a window into the work and collaborations of Sarah Holmes Villanueva Dance, Ajayi Dance, and Elizabeth Pollert. The collective evening of performance will be one of introspection, experimentation, wonder, and powerful kinesthetic expression, as we delve into questions of identity, societal expectations, and
- [DanceWorks WEEK 3: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/danceworks-week-3-inlet-dance-theatre/) - WEEK 3: Inlet Dance Theatre CONNECTIONS We live in a world filled with AI, fake news, and virtual “reality.” Yet humans are born wired for connection--it’s in our DNA, as strong a need as food, water, and shelter. Inlet’s concert is real. Real Bodies, real space, and real connections. Connections improve physical and mental health,
- [Test Flight Week #2: Temptation of Adam](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/test-flight-week-2-temptation-of-adam/) - ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Samantha Cocco is a new playwright; Temptation of Adam is her first produced piece, having also been performed as a 15 minute production at CPT's 2023 Pandemonium. She has been acting in Cleveland since 2017 and appeared in a 2022 Test Flight production, Bedroom Culture by Hannah Rae Leach. She is on
- [Test Flight Week #3: How to Live in a House on Fire](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/test-flight-week-3-how-to-live-in-a-house-on-fire/) - ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Kari Barclay (they/them) is a writer, director, and researcher who serves as Assistant Professor of Theater at Oberlin College. They are glad to be back at Cleveland Public Theatre after directing Tania Benites’s Alter in February 2023. They have staged productions regionally and in New York with Ars Nova, the San Francisco
- [Test Flight Week #1: Eyes of the Bridge](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/test-flight-week-1-eyes-of-the-bridge/) - ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Jeanne Madison is the 2021/2022 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow at Cleveland Public Theater (CPT), is a member of the Dramatist Guild. Her plays have been performed at CPT, and the Ensemble Theatre, where she is a member of Stagewrights. Jeanne is a recipient of the Cleveland Scene Theatre Award for Best Actress
- [Alter](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/alter-2/) - Using a self-help book titled “Hypnosis for Self Confidence,” customer service representative Maria seeks ultimate self-improvement to succeed in the corporate world.
- [Reverie Oracle](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/reverie-oracle/) - A long form improvisation of song, movement and poetry.
- [The Outstretched Hand يد الوصال](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/the-outstretched-hand-يد-الوصال/) - Three young adults push against and pull towards their heritage, communities, and families, as they work towards becoming their full selves.
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: Troubled Waters](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/y-haven-theatre-project-10/) - Y-Haven Theatre Project is a 25-year partnership between Cleveland Public Theatre and Y-Haven (a branch of the YMCA). Through the program, CPT collaborates with the clients of Y-Haven to create an original theatre production that shares powerful stories of recovery and personal triumph, capturing an authentic and emotional power as the cast shares their true-to-life
- [Buried Words, Seeds of Hope](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/buried-words-seeds-of-hope/) - Buried Words, Seeds of Hope is a benefit for Ukraine which will feature readings of short plays, poetry and songs that bring forth experiences of playwrights and artists from Ukraine since the war began.
- [Tease The Season: Burlesque Holiday Spectacular](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/tease-the-season-burlesque-holiday-spectacular/) - About Cleveland Burlesque: Cleveland Burlesque, a celebrated and long-running show in Ohio, was founded by Bella Sin in 2004. It quickly gained a following for its unique and entertaining performances, while prioritizing inclusivity for all performers. Over the years, it has evolved into one of the city's most popular shows, blending classic and modern burlesque.
- [Debut de Piezas Teatrales: Festival de Lectura (A Festival of New Play Readings)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/debut-de-piezas-teatrales-festival-de-lectura-a-festival-of-new-play-readings/) - PILAR AND PALOMA By Milta Ortiz of Borderlands Theatre Directed by Tania Benites Performed in English on 7pm on Thurs., Nov. 30 and Sat., Dec. 2, 2023 After the newly built wall, Desert mourns her fallen Saguaros as Lupe rushes to get across the border. One mother’s grieving ripens another’s pregnancy and Zuri steps in
- [Our Lady of Common Sorrows](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/our-lady-of-common-sorrows/) - The assumed immaculate conception of a 15-year-old honor student incites a crisis of faith for her family.
- [Pandemonium 2023: Into The Depths](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/pandemonium-2023-into-the-depths-2/) - PLAN YOUR EVENING PROGRAM & ARTISTS LISTING HERE! PANDEMONIUM MAP & SCHEDULE HERE! TRAVEL & PARKING In general, please plan plenty of time for travel. As parking space is limited, we encourage you to take advantage of the complimentary valet parking beginning at 6:30pm. PANDEMONIUM 2023: INTO THE DEPTHS CPT celebrates the artist within us all: Take the
- [STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP) 2023: The Midnight Mist](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2023/) - Producer Raymond Bobgan Director of Education Nicole Sumlin Director Melissa Crum Teaching Artists Zavi Odetta, Mai Hoang, Jailyn Harris, Errin Weaver, Luke Brett, Nicole Sumlin Tech Team Lead Joshua Smith, Gami Torres Tech Team Support Nathan Kunst Tech Team Intern Charlotte Vaughan Costume Designer Inda Blatch-Geib Assistant Designer & Crafts Person Dred Geib Performance
- [Station Hope 2023](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/station-hope-2023/) - Powerful art and performance honoring Cleveland's social justice heritage at a historic Underground Railroad site.
- [can i touch it?](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/can-i-touch-it/) - can i touch it? takes an often-humorous look at the politics of the Black hair care industry while prompting a dialogue about the inequities that entrepreneurs face within a community on the verge of forced change.
- [DANCEWORKS PART 2 – WEEK 2: Verb, “Ohio Contemporary Ballet”](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/danceworks-part-2-week-2-verb-ballets/) - Verb Ballets Fresh Inventions Fresh Inventions is an exciting evening of dance full of innovative ideas and creative expression created by company members. The dancers will be challenged by this unique initiative to push boundaries with their artistic vision by exploring innovative movements. By providing a chance to confront convention, this fresh opportunity is bound to inspire audiences. A powerhouse
- [Station Hope 2022](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/station-hope-5/) - Powerful art and performance honoring Cleveland's social justice heritage at a historic Underground Railroad site.
- [¡OBRAS EN EVOLUCIÓN 2023! A FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAY READINGS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/obras-en-evolucion-2023-a-festival-of-new-play-readings/) - Playwrights / Dramaturgos Tania Benites, Ernesto Luna Camargo, Zane Flores, Obed Medina, and Selena Awesome Vicarío TAKE A LOOK AT ¡OBRAS EN EVOLUCIÓN 2018! A FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAY READINGS ¡Obras en Evolución! 2018 from Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) on Vimeo. About Teatro Público de Cleveland / Acerca de Teatro Público de Cleveland In 2013,
- [The Outstretched Hand: Work In Progress](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/the-outstretched-hand/) - ABOUT MASRAH CLEVELAND AL-ARABI مسرح كليفلاند العربي Cleveland Public Theatre believes when communities come together to share their stories, we grow a stronger and more vibrant city. Through Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi, مسرح كليفلاند العربي, Arabic-speaking communities of Cleveland share vital, life-affirming stories celebrating family, dignity, and freedom of expression. These stories affirm a rich heritage and seek
- [DanceWorks Part 1 - Week 3: Reflections Dance Theater](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/week-3-reflections-dance-theater/) - Reflections dance theater Silver Lining Silver Lining is a dance piece that is based on redlining. Redlining is a discriminatory practice in which services are withheld from potential customers who reside in neighborhoods classified as "hazardous" to investment; these neighborhoods have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities and low-income residents. About Reflections Dance Theater
- [DanceWorks Part 2 - Week 1: MORRISONDANCE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/week-1-morrisondance/) - MorrisonDance 25 Years with MorrisonDance! “What is Dance?” There are as many dances as there are languages. This evening will delve into this question, among other explorations, as the audience is taken through a hodgepodge of “dances” performed by a group of performers who have known many kinds of movement! Celebrating 25 years of sharing
- [DanceWorks Part 2 - Week 3: Mojuba! Dance Collective](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/danceworks-part-2-week-3-mojuba-dance-collective/) - Where the light enters “Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.” ― Rumi The work of transmuting trauma into triumph is an arduous, yet daily task for Black women. A celebration of the resiliency of the human spirit, Where the Light Enters is a demonstration of
- [DanceWorks part 2 - Week 4: SHRI KALAA MANDIR](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/danceworks-part-2-week-4-shri-kalaa-mandir/) - shri kalaa mandir A Moment in Eternity Time is the only constant. This production will capture the journey of an individual as they negotiate their pursuit for the proverbial fountain of youth. Along the journey, we’ll witness time passing during the day, as seasons, in dreaming and waking states. As people fall in love, we
- [DanceWorks Part 1 - Week 2: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/week-2-inlet-dance-theatre-company/) - INLET DANCE THEATRE Experiences: Lived and Imagined Inlet Dance Theatre will present “Experiences: Lived and Imagined” as part of Danceworks 2023. The first half of the concert focuses on repertory inspired by lived experiences and stories of community members gathered via collaborations with numerous organizations. The second half of the concert leverages creativity and imagination,
- [DanceWorks Part 1 - Week 1: MadJax Dance Company](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/week-1-february-23-25/) - Madjax Dance COMPANY Release MadJax Dance Company presents Release, a collection of works that encapsulates the idea of vulnerability juxtaposed by power and strength in today's society bridging together age, race, and sexuality into a platform of powerful, thought-provoking works. Each choreographic work will span from the profoundly simple example of noticing the humanity in
- [Test Flight Week #2: Showin’ Up Black](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/showin-up-black/) - Click here to see a behind the scenes video! About the Playwright Jeanne Madison is the 2021/2022 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow at Cleveland Public Theater (CPT), is a member of the Dramatist Guild. Her plays have been performed at CPT, and the Ensemble Theatre, where she is a member of Stagewrights. Jeanne is a
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: In Our Wake](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/y-haven-theatre-project-9/) - FREE PERFORMANCES AT CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE Thursday, January 26 at 7:00pm Friday, January 27 at 7:00pm Sunday, January 29 at 2:00pm Cleveland Public Theatre’s Gordon Square Theatre 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102. SPECIAL BENEFIT PERFORMANCE Saturday, January 28 at 6:30pm Cleveland Public Theatre’s Gordon Square Theatre 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102 Tickets for
- [Test Flight Week #4: Anna of Mariupol & Gray Space](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/anna-of-mariupol-gray-space/) - Anna of Mariupol ENSEMBLE MEMBERS: Cody Bruce, Nicole DeAnna, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Joshua Gonzalez, Charlie Shehadeh THE CREATIVE PRODUCTION TEAM INCLUDES: Sound Engineer: Jon Tabar Content Warning: Contains depictions of violence surrounding the Russia/Ukraine war. About the Playwright Dave once played keyboard in Westlake’s rock band “The Color” while playing trumpet throughout his school years. Today
- [Test Flight Week #5: Jacket of Blue](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/jacket-of-blue/) - About the Playwright Obediya Jones-Darrell is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, producer, filmmaker, playwright, music composer, sound designer, and lyricist of Canadian origin and African descent. While he spent his formative years in Nova Scotia & British Columbia, Cleveland is now the place he calls home. In 2019-2020 Obediya was selected as the Kulas Music Composer
- [Test Flight Week #3: Alter](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/alter/) - About the Playwright Tania Benites is Peruvian-born and Cleveland-raised theatre artist. She received her BA in Theatre from Cleveland State University in 2012 with a focus in performance. As an actress, Tania has worked at many theatres in Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland Public Theatre, Teatro Público de Cleveland, Talespinner Children’s Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, LatinUs, Clague
- [Test Flight Week #1: Our Lady of Common Sorrows](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/week-1-our-lady-of-common-sorrows/) - About the Playwright Jaiie Dayo Aliya (He/They)—Our Lady of Common Sorrows Jaiie Dayo Aliya is an Akron Arts Alive and Knight Arts Challenge Award-winning playwright, actor, and musician. They studied at Kent State University, where they majored in Theater Arts and Pan-African Studies. They are Artistic Director of Ma’Sue Productions. With Ma’Sue, Dayo Aliya has
- [How the Circus Stole Christmas: A Circus Holiday Extravaganza!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/how-the-circus-stole-christmas-a-circus-holiday-extravaganza/) - Will Christmas be saved? Each night, the audience will decide if they want to give in to the “big Eastern syndicate,” or celebrate Saturnalia style.
- [BREAKOUT SESSION (OR FROGORSE)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/breakout-session-or-frogorse-2/) - In "Breakout Session (or Frogorse)," a corporate training company is vying for a city contract for de-escalation and anti-bias training with Cleveland’s Police Department.
- [Día de Muertos](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/dia-de-muertos-6/) - 18TH ANNUAL DÍA DE MUERTOS / DAY OF THE DEAD SATURDAY, October 29 / SÁBADO, 29 DE octubre All events take place at / Todos los eventos se llevarán acabo en: Cleveland Public Theatre – Church, Parish Hall, & surrounding area 6205 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102. 11:00am – 10:00pm | Altars Exhibition, Cemetery Installations, & Performances / Exhibición
- [Candlelight Hypothesis](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/candlelight-hypothesis-2/) - Unlike anything you’ve ever seen, this immersive performance empowers the guests to curate their own experience.
- [PANDEMONIUM 2022: THE DOORS OF IMAGINATION](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/pandemonium-2022-the-doors-of-imagination/) - PLAN YOUR EVENING PROGRAM & ARTISTS LISTING HERE! PANDEMONIUM MAP & SCHEDULE HERE! TRAVEL & PARKING In general, please plan plenty of time for travel. As parking space is limited, we encourage you to take advantage of the complimentary valet parking beginning at 6:30pm. PANDEMONIUM 2022: THE DOORS OF IMAGINATION CPT celebrates the artist within us all: Cross
- [PANDEMONIUM 2021: THE BREAK OF DAWN](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/pandemonium-2021-the-break-of-dawn/) - PLAN YOUR EVENING Pandemonium Map & Schedule HERE! Program & Artists Listing Here! TRAVEL & PARKING In general, please plan plenty of time for travel. As parking space is limited, we encourage you to take advantage of the complimentary valet parking beginning at 6:30pm. PANDEMONIUM 2021: THE BREAK OF DAWN CPT celebrates the artist within
- [STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP) 2022: The Myth of Me](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2022/) - Producer Raymond Bobgan Education Director Nicole Sumlin Director Melissa Crum Teaching Artists Cyril Amanfo, Zavi Odetta, Christian Mintah Tech Team Lead Garrett Markgraf Tech Team Assistant Janya Robinson Costume Designer Inda Blatch-Geib Assistant Designer and Crafts Person Dred Geib Performance Ensemble Hope (Zion) Benson, Nicole Capellan, Yousif Elberri, Avieana Faulks-Williams, Samantha Gallo, Samia Keeton, Jaylen King,
- [[Cancelled] Candlelight Hypothesis Workshop](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/candlelight-hypothesis/) - Unlike anything you’ve ever seen, this immersive performance empowers the guests to curate their own experience.
- [THE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND TRUE ADVENTURES OF MS. JOAN EVELYN SOUTHGATE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/the-absolutely-amazing-and-true-adventures-of-ms-joan-evelyn-southgate/) - A chronicle of Joan Evelyn Southgate's life through her 519-mile walk from Ohio to Canada.
- [The River Bride](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/teatro-publico-de-cleveland-tpc-spring-production/) - Amazon folklore and lyric storytelling blend into a heartrending tale of love, grudges, and transformation.
- [WEEK 2: BEDROOM CULTURE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/test-flight-4/) - BEDROOM CULTURE Written & Directed by Hannah Rae Leach Music by The Prom Queens (Ayana Cheston, Hannah Rae Leach, James O'Connor, Josh Perelman-Hall) The summer before freshman year of college, Lavender is determined to have her First Experience with a boy. Her best friend Maya finds her feelings for Lavender run deeper than friendship. Caught
- [WEEK 3: SPEAK EASY](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/week-3-speak-easy-2/) - Speak Easy Written, Composed, & Music Direction by Obediya Jones-Darrell Directed by Torey Hayward Recently unemployed, Bernard drowns his sorrows at the “Speak Easy” when a mysterious guest shakes up a normal night at the bar. Bernard is faced with a tough decision; what is he willing to sacrifice to succeed? Set presently in Cleveland,
- [WEEK 1: THE WITCHES](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/week-1-the-witches/) - THE WITCHES Written by David Hansen Directed by Melissa Crum When a nationally branded influencer stirs the pot while visiting Bradbury Witch Dungeon Museum (the 23rd most popular witch-themed attraction in Massachusetts), old ghosts come to haunt anew, and a trio of women band together and learn where the real bones are buried. Performers: Jaime
- [WEEK 2: Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/week-2-verb-ballets/) - Verb Ballets Romeo and Juliet – Preview Verb Ballets has commissioned award-winning choreographer Joshua L. Peugh to create a contemporized version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Reflecting poignant issues of our current political and social reality, this new ballet will include live music by distinguished pianist, Nathan Carterette. The choreographer and artists will explore the
- [Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/panther-women-an-army-for-the-liberation/) - Explore the lives and unique experiences of prominent Black women in America.
- [WEEK 1: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/danceworks-2/) - INLET DANCE THEATRE MOVING FORWARD Inlet Dance Theatre presents new, moving, and unique athletic works including Hiding and Revealing, a bespoke work about Holocaust survivor stories, Caliban Ascendant, a commissioned work by Cleveland composer Ty Emerson focusing on the topic of colonization extracted from Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the world premiere of Red Tape, exploring
- [10 Minutes to Midnight: 9 Quirky Plays For The Holidays](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/10-minutes-to-midnight-9-quirky-plays-for-the-holidays/) - Humorous, loving, and a party-like celebration, wrapped in a montage of short holiday (or non-holiday) plays.
- [ENDependence](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/endependence/) - A partnership between MetroHealth’s Department of Arts in Medicine and Cleveland Public Theatre.
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: 12,000 Steps](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/y-haven-theatre-project-8/) - ABOUT THE PLAY Relapse is real. What happens when an upstanding figure in the recovery community relapses in a bad way? How will his fate impact those he has helped and those who have helped him? Can they let go of their pasts, their attachments, and their survivors’ guilt to stay sober – to stay
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: Father's Watch](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/y-haven-theatre-project-6/) - CPT’s annual collaboration with the men of Y-Haven, a transitional facility for homeless men in recovery.
- [Día de Muertos](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/dia-de-muertos-5/) - 17TH ANNUAL DÍA DE MUERTOS / DAY OF THE DEAD SATURDAY, October 30 / SÁBADO, 30 DE octubre All events take place at / Todos los eventos se llevarán acabo en: Cleveland Public Theatre – Church, Parish Hall, & surrounding area 6205 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102. Masks are required when indoors. / Se requieren
- [FREE SUMMER SEASON OUTDOORS. LIVE. IN-PERSON.](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/free-summer-season-outdoors-live-in-person/) - CPT will once again be home to live and in-person programming that is daring, relevant, and socially conscious.
- [POP-UP PERFORMANCES FROM CPT's VIRTUAL SEASONS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/pop-up-performances-from-cpts-virtual-seasons/) - Intimate showings playing in repertory with limited “seats.” Though we cannot gather in person, we can come together as a community to experience and celebrate the power of live art.
- [AN EXTRAORDINARY LOVE (THREE SHORT PLAYS IN PROGRESS)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/an-extraordinary-love-three-short-plays-in-progress/) - In the context of three 10-minute plays presented as readings on Zoom, Black artists authentically explore this extraordinary love, with extended post-show discussions to unpack its beauty.
- [STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP) 2021: SONG OF SANKOFA](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2021-song-of-sankofa/) - Producer Raymond Bobgan Education Director Nicole Sumlin Director John Dayo-Aliya, 2020/2021 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow Co-Director Melissa Crum Assistant Director, Fight Choreographer, & Teaching Artist Avery LaMar Pope Education Associate, Stage Manager, & Teaching Artist Allyse Corbin Tech Team Leader Garrett Markgraf Costume Designer Inda Blatch-Geib Assistant Costume Designer & Craftsperson Dred Geib Dance Instructor
- [Station Hope](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/station-hope-4/) - A virtual festival of performance honoring and exploring Cleveland's social justice heritage.
- [Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2/) - ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE a Pandemic Point of View Written by: STEP Ensemble | Directed by: Ed Blunt | Cast: Moth Teets, Easton Sumlin A penetrating look at our current state of affairs from the lens of young minds yearning to be heard in a world full of noise and distraction. Producer Raymond Bobgan Education Director &
- [Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) 2019: Color the City](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2019-color-the-city/) - Cleveland’s longest-running arts and job training program for teens celebrates its 25th year with an original new play.
- [Breakout Session (or Frogorse)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/breakout-session-or-frogorse/) - Can a society legislate a change of heart?
- [Marisol](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/marisol/) - A primal, fantastical, and humorous contemporary classic inspiring us to wake up and change the world around us.
- [A Xmas Cuento Remix](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/a-xmas-cuento-remix/) - TPC blows the roof off with this Latino culture and modern music-infused take on Dickens’ classic Christmas tale.
- [Rastus and Hattie](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/rastus-and-hattie/) - Needra and Marlene enjoy a perfect post-racial friendship until “black” robots walk into their lives.
- [Fire on the Water](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/fire-on-the-water/) - The acclaimed theatrical event returns to honor the 50th anniversary of the 1969 burning of the Cuyahoga River.
- [Gloria](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/gloria/) - A simultaneously funny and shocking adrenaline rush of a show skewering the opportunistic culture of modern media.
- [Ya Mama!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/ya-mama-2/) - The autobiographical story of a young Afro-Creole girl losing a mother, gaining a stepmother, and becoming a mother.
- [THE LOUSH SISTERS GET HARD FOR THE HOLIDAYS (YIPPIE-KAI-YAY MOTHER-LOUSHERS)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/the-loush-sisters-get-hard-for-the-holidays-yippie-kai-yay-mother-loushers/) - Join Holly and Jolly Loush for their return to the stage in a bawdy, boozy, over-the-top holiday cabaret.
- [I CALL MY BROTHERS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/i-call-my-brothers/) - A bomb goes off. A city paralyzed with fear. An intense 24-hour journey inside one young man’s head.
- [Lines in the Dust](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/lines-in-the-dust/) - A working-class single mom risks everything for the sake of her daughter.
- [Frankenstein’s Wake](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/frankensteins-wake/) - A twisted, one-woman adaptation of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece "Frankenstein." Starring Holly Holsinger.
- [The Loush Sisters Love Dick’ns: Great Expectations](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/the-loush-sisters-love-dickns-great-expectations/) - Join Holly and Jolly Loush (aka The Loush Sisters) for a bawdy, boozy, over-the-top holiday cabaret.
- [Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/standing-on-ceremony-the-gay-marriage-plays-2/) - Back by popular demand, "Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays" is a powerful collection of short plays that celebrate love and explore the (still-evolving!) landscape of marriage equality in the USA. Written by eight of the nation’s most acclaimed playwrights, "Standing on Ceremony" “holds a magnifying glass to the highs and lows, joys and fears, courage and silliness, of people bucking trends and making history” (NY Observer) with wit, humor and heart. "Funny and moving... a celebration." (The New York Times)
- [WEEK 3: Our Lady of Common Sorrows](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/week-3-our-lady-of-common-sorrows/) - OUR LADY OF COMMON SORROWS WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JOHN DAYO-ALIYA, 2020/2021 NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION PLAYWRIGHT FELLOW A Black family’s faith is tested when their youngest member, a 14-year-old virgin, becomes pregnant. Our Lady of Common Sorrows explores the spectrum of innocence and guilt and what it means for Black lives, divine innocence, Black guiltiness,
- [WEEK 2: Bedroom Culture, a virtual adaptation](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/week-2-bedroom-culture-a-virtual-adaptation/) - BEDROOM CULTURE, a virtual adaptation Written & Directed by Hannah Rae Leach Music by The Prom Queens (Ayana Cheston, Hannah Rae Leach, Josh Perelman-Hall) The summer before freshman year of college, Lavender is determined to have her First Experience with a boy. Her best friend Mia finds her feelings for Lavender run deeper than friendship.
- [WEEK 1: Van Sonata](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/week-1-van-sonata/) - VAN SONATA By Anthony X Directed by Ananias J. Dixon, 2020/2021 Premiere Fellow This is a reading, an exploration, a play in fragments. Van Sonata is a quilt of three storylines tied together: a Black British composer's first tour in America while being interviewed by a Black newspaper, two Black reporters uncovering a myth, and two
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project | Crossroads to Hope: Scenes of Decision](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/y-haven-theatre-project-7/) - CREATED BY THE ARTISTS OF Y-HAVEN Stacy Azbell, Joseph Fussell, Amir Muhammad, Robert Mueller, Earl Paulton, & Karen Waters Developed under the guidance of CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan. CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE RECEIVES FUNDING FROM The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Arts Midwest and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The City of Cleveland, The
- [WEEK 4: Live Forever](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/week-4-live-forever/) - LIVE FOREVER Written & Directed by Obediya Jones-Darrell As a team of quirky, socially-awkward scientists strive to improve the world and themselves, they realize time as we know it doesn’t exist. Set in a modern Steampunk world, this sci-fi story introduces a series of questionable pseudo-scientific and mystical experiences that explore the depth of what
- [Savory Taṇhā (sixteen short plays performed by a rotating ensemble)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/savory-taṇha-sixteen-short-plays-performed-by-a-rotating-ensemble/) - A virtual memory play of longing and loss, happiness and hopefulness, and navigating the pathways of human desire.
- [Dragon Hypothesis](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/dragon-hypothesis-2/) - A mythical meditation on worlds of dream and divinity exploring sacrifice, dreams, and our deep interconnectedness.
- [EN EL TIEMPO DE LAS MARIPOSAS / IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/en-el-tiempo-de-las-mariposas-in-the-time-of-the-butterflies/) - Based on the famous novel, a true story revealing the beauty of courage, sisterhood, and community resistance.
- [Central Concern](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/central-concern-a-co-production-with-ohio-city-theatre-project/) - A satirical look the real estate profession and how it championed property values at the expense of civil rights.
- [...Or Does it Explode?](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/or-does-it-explode-2/) - This piece uses contemporary theatre to question what it means to be Black, male, and young in the 21st century.
- [Awakenings: A Virtual Gala](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/awakenings-virtual-gala/) - A virtual gala experience that takes you inside the labyrinth. Proceeds benefit CPT’s groundbreaking artistic work and life-changing education programs.
- [Fire on the Water (Part Four of the Elements Cycle) (2015)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/fire-on-the-water-part-four-in-the-elements-cycle/) - "Fire on the Water" is a fast-paced series of short plays inspired by a pivotal moment in Cleveland’s history—the 1969 burning of the Cuyahoga River. Created by a diverse team of playwrights, directors and actors, the production features original work by CPT and co-producers Theater Ninjas, Talespinner Children’s Theatre, Ohio City Theatre Project and Blank Canvas Theatre, woven into a powerful theatrical event that explores how the environment shapes identity, while celebrating the remarkable recovery of Cleveland’s waterways. "Fire on the Water" is the fourth and concluding production in CPT's Elements Cycle, which focuses on issues of sustainability in fun, intimate and personal ways. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step/) - Cleveland’s longest-running arts and job training program for teens.
- [The Loush Sisters Pay Per View (Buffer This!)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/the-loush-sisters-pay-per-view-buffer-this/) - A bawdy, boozy, over-the-top holiday celebration, fueled by song and a hefty dose of “holiday cheer.”
- [Dream Rust Workshop (a hypothesis project)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/dream-rust-workshop/) - Emerging from the increase of dreamtime in 2020, this surreal theatrical experiment follows a network of dream lines.
- [Dream of Home حلم وطن  | The Beginning of Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi مسرح كليفلاند العربي](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/dream-of-home-beginning/) - Asharing of past work, the premiere of a mini-documentary, and a discussion with the ensemble.
- [A Celebration of Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/a-celebration-of-masrah-cleveland-al-arabi/) - Asharing of past work, the premiere of a mini-documentary, and a discussion with the ensemble.
- [Teatro Público de Cleveland Grandes Monólogos](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/teatro-publico-de-cleveland-grandes-monologos/) - These extraordinary monologues explore the heart of change through the lens of the past, present, and future.
- [...Or Does it Explode?](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/or-does-it-explode/) - An unflinching portrayal of anger, hurt, and joy, blending stories gathered from men ages 16-35 in Akron, OH.
- [Día de Muertos 2020 | virtual & in-person programming](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/dia-de-muertos-2020-virtual-in-person-programming/) - A vibrant cultural celebration, the annual “Day of the Dead” honors the memory of those who have passed.
- [Frankenstein's Wake](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/frankensteins-wake-2/) - This twisted adaptation of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece revives a tour-de-force solo performance.
- [Station Hope 2020](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/station-hope-20/) - Powerful art and performance honoring Cleveland’s social justice history.
- [Dragon Hypothesis](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/dragon-hypothesis/) - Story-telling through movement and song as a work-in-progress virtual sharing from Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12.
- [وبعدها التقينا And Then We Met...](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/وبعدها-التقينا-and-then-we-met/) - An original production created by the ensemble members with Raymond Bobgan & Faye Hargate.
- [An excerpt from …Or Does it Explode?](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/an-excerpt-from-or-does-it-explode/) - An exploration of what it means to be Black, male, and young in the 21st century.
- [Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) 2020](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2020/) - DOWNLOAD THE Program for STEP 2020 Click here or on the image below. ABOUT THE PERFORMANCES THE TRAIL OF BLACK DEGRADATION Written by: STEP Ensemble | Directed by: India Nicole Burton | Assistant Director: Ste-vee Lang | Conceived by: Azizah Muhammad | Cast: Da’Nita Goins, Ste-vee Lang, Azizah Muhammad, Shaniya Patterson, Angelo Sanford, Zhavaughn Twitty Written
- [Savory Taṇhā (sixteen short plays performed by a rotating ensemble)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/savory-taṇha/) - A virtual memory play of longing and loss, happiness and hopefulness, and navigating the pathways of human desire.
- [Station Hope 2020](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/station-hope-2020/) - Powerful art and performance honoring Cleveland's social justice history.
- [Entry Point](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/entry-point-4/) - Entry Point is a platform for artists to develop their work in the early stages of creation.
- [Family Storytelling Workshops with Faye Hargate](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/family-storytelling-workshops/) - This intergenerational workshop is geared for the whole family.
- [Tale of a Gemini (Jimini) Rising: Black Lives Matter Edition](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/tale-of-a-gemini-jimini-rising-black-lives-matter-edition/) - A virtual, theatrical memoir combining poetry, hip hop, and digital storytelling.
- [Hypothesis #1a: an open solo rehearsal with creator Raymond Bobgan](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/hypothesis-1-an-open-solo-rehearsal-with-creator-raymond-bobgan/) - A work-in-progress virtual sharing from Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12.
- [Hypothesis #1b: an open solo rehearsal with creator Raymond Bobgan](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/hypothesis-1b-an-open-solo-rehearsal-with-creator-raymond-bobgan/) - A work-in-progress virtual sharing from Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12.
- [Hypothesis #2a: an open solo rehearsal with Holly Holsinger](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/hypothesis-2a-an-open-solo-rehearsal-with-holly-holsinger/) - A work-in-progress virtual sharing from Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12.
- [Hypothesis #3a: an open solo rehearsal with Faye Hargate](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/hypothesis-3a-an-open-solo-rehearsal-with-faye-hargate/) - A work-in-progress virtual sharing from Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12.
- [Hypothesis #1c: an open solo rehearsal with creator Raymond Bobgan](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/hypothesis-1c-an-open-solo-rehearsal-with-creator-raymond-bobgan/) - A work-in-progress virtual sharing from Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12.
- [Hypothesis #2b: an open solo rehearsal with Holly Holsinger](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/hypothesis-2b-an-open-solo-rehearsal-with-holly-holsinger/) - A work-in-progress virtual sharing from Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12.
- [Hypothesis #3b: an open solo rehearsal with Faye Hargate](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/hypothesis-3b-an-open-solo-rehearsal-with-faye-hargate/) - A work-in-progress virtual sharing from Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12.
- [An Artist’s Evolution from Here to There, a conversation with India Nicole Burton* & Pandora Robertson](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/an-artists-evolution-from-here-to-there/) - Behind the curtain with India Nicole Burton and Pandora Robertson as they discuss the creative process.
- [An Online Breath & Release Workshop with Holly Holsinger](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/an-online-breath-and-release-workshop-with-holly-holsinger/) - A series of techniques and exercises to let go of tension, creating space for breath, release, and relief.
- [Theatre Creation Workshop (online!) with Raymond Bobgan](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/theatre-creation-workshop-online-with-raymond-bobgan/) - Kickstart your weekend with a creativity workshop led by Raymond Bobgan, CPT Executive Artistic Director.
- [Freeing the Spine—an online workshop with Molly Andrews-Hinders](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/freeing-the-spine-an-online-workshop-with-molly-andrews-hinders/) - Join Molly as she leads a workshop aiming to free the spine and encourage consciousness.
- [Excerpts from Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/excerpts-from-panther-women-an-army-for-the-liberation/) - A work-in-progress virtual reading of new excerpts from Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation.
- [Global Teen Performance Project: Found in Flight](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/global-teen-performance-project/) - An afterschool rehearsal process at Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy for students ages 14 – 19, Global Teen Performance Project emphasizes technique and mastery of the craft of theatre.
- [[CANCELED] Candlelight Hypothesis #1-12](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/candlelight-hypothesis-1-12/) - A bold, multi-layered, and highly physical performance presented by Cleveland CORE Ensemble.
- [[CANCELED] The Absolutely Amazing and True Adventures of Ms. Joan Southgate](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/the-absolutely-amazing-and-true-adventures-of-ms-joan-southgate/) - A chronicle of Joan Southgate's life through her 519-mile walk from Ohio to Canada.
- [CPT Presents... Pinch and Squeal’s WIZBANG!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/cpt-presents-pinch-and-squeals-wizbang-3/) - CPT is proud to present Pinch and Squeal’s WIZBANG!—Cleveland’s very own variety circus theatre.
- [Don't Call Me Fat](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/dont-call-me-fat/) - "Don't Call Me Fat" centers around morbidly obese John Doe who can't get out of bed, yet his spiritual self flies overhead in the form of a beautiful trapeze artist. John is driven to make a dangerous decision by his hypercritical Aunt Jane and his manipulating therapist. He will undergo a radical new surgery that will make him thin or kill him, and he stumbles into world fame as a reality show star... Featuring a strong ensemble of performers, "Don't Call Me Fat" is a darkly funny commentary on excess consumption and our need for reduction and redemption. Don't miss this visually stunning world premiere event! WORLD PREMIERE.
- [BARBECUE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/barbecue/) - A hilarious and devastating comedy by Robert O’Hara.
- [Week #5: to be healthy](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-5-to-be-healthy/) - to be healthy Written & Directed by Jaclyn Renee Vogel Created in collaboration with the performance ensemble Motherhood. PTSD. Relapse. Knowing something is wrong and no one believes you. Distrust. Bills you can't pay. Loneliness. Resilience. Hope. A group of women find themselves intertwined as they face their own personal struggles within the American healthcare
- [[CANCELED] Week 3: Mojuba! Dance Collective & ABREPASO Flamenco (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/week-3-mojuba-dance-collective-abrepaso-flamenco-double-bill/) - DOUBLE BILL WEEKEND Mojuba! Dance Collective Sista, -CIRCLE! A celebration of the resiliency of the human spirit, Sista, -CIRCLE! is a demonstration of the power of self-love, discovering connection, and finding community. Sista, -CIRCLE! unearths our traumatic legacy and declares the triumph in honoring the concept of Sankofa: “you must reach back to reclaim what
- [[CANCELED] Week 4: Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/week-4-verb-ballets/) - Verb Ballets Fresh Inventions Onstage at CPT for the 20th year, Verb Ballets embodies raw, creative energy and virtuosic style highlighting a dynamic range of repertory. Verb Ballets presents new works exploring themes of social justice by Associate Artistic Director Richard Dickinson, MFA, company dancers Hunter Hoffman, Lieneke Matte, and guest choreographer Bobby Wesner. About
- [[CANCELED] Week 2: Shri Kalaa Mandir & MorrisonDance (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/week-2-shri-kalaa-mandir-morrisondance-double-bill/) - DOUBLE BILL WEEKEND Shri Kalaa Mandir SAMAYAM – A Moment in Eternity Shri Kalaa Mandir unites traditional classical Indian movements with innovative choreography to transform music into movement as they explore the different facets of time. As moments march on, time provides perspectives, leaving permanent footprints and defining our very existence. About Shri Kalaa Mandir
- [[CANCELED] Week 1: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/week-1-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Inlet Dance Theatre Looking Backward, Moving Forward Turning 20 in 2020, Inlet Dance Theatre looks back at significant accomplishments in the company’s history, and forward as the company moves into its expansive future. From timeless collaborations to a re-envisioning of a duet with a newly commissioned score, Inlet Dance Theatre premieres new works exemplifying their
- [[CANCELED] Week 4: Bedroom Culture](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/week-4-bedroom-culture/) - Bedroom Culture WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY HANNAH RAE LEACH MUSIC BY THE PROM QUEENS (AYANA CHESTON, HANNAH RAE LEACH, JOSH PERELMAN-HALL) The summer before freshman year of college, Lavender is determined to have her First Experience with a boy. Her best friend Mia finds her feelings for Lavender run deeper than friendship. Caught in a
- [[CANCELED] Week 3: Speak Easy](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/week-3-speak-easy/) - Speak Easy WRITTEN & COMPOSED BY OBEDIYA JONES-DARRELL* Directed by Ashley Wheadon *2019/2020 Kulas Theatre Composer Fellow Recently unemployed, Bernard drowns his sorrows at the “Speak Easy” when a mysterious guest shakes up a normal night at the bar. Bernard is faced with a tough decision; what is he willing to sacrifice to succeed? Set
- [[CANCELED] Week 1: Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/week-1-panther-women-an-army-for-the-liberation/) - PANTHER WOMEN: AN ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION written & Directed by India Nicole Burton* *2019/2020 NNPN Producer in Residence Follows the stories of three prominent women who were members of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Movement to explore the lives and unique experiences of Black Women in America. Featuring an all-African American female
- [[CANCELED] Week 2: The Witches](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/week-2-the-witches/) - The Witches WRITTEN BY DAVID HANSEN DIRECTED BY CHENNELLE BRYANT-HARRIS When a nationally branded social media influencer visits the Bradbury Witch Dungeon Museum (the 23rd most popular witch-themed attraction in Massachusetts) old ghosts haunt anew, and a trio of women band together to divine where the bones are truly buried. Performers: Jailyn Sherell Harris, Adrionna
- [Week #3: MorrisonDance & madcap (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-3-morrisondance-madcap-double-bill/) - DOUBLE BILL WEEKEND MorrisonDance Dance meets Science: Quantum Entanglement Leap into the rabbit hole of science as MorrisonDance embodies the most unusual scientific theories while presenting a captivating, fascinating, and mindboggling presentation of dance. MorrisonDance shares whimsical, sometimes deeply profound, short dances that defy expectation at the microscopic level. About MorrisonDance Since 1997, MorrisonDance
- [CPT Presents... Pinch and Squeal’s WIZBANG!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/cpt-presents-pinch-and-squeals-wizbang-4/) - CPT is proud to present Pinch and Squeal’s WIZBANG!—Cleveland’s very own variety circus theatre.
- [The Loush Sisters Love Dick'ns: Oops!... They Did It Again](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/the-loush-sisters-love-dickns-oops-they-did-it-again/) - Join Holly and Jolly Loush for their return to the stage in a bawdy, boozy, over-the-top holiday cabaret.
- [Dream of Home](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/dream-of-home/) - Celebrate with us as CPT/Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi present their inaugural ensemble production.
- [Test Two Image Gallery](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/test-two-image-gallery/)
- [Día de Muertos](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/dia-de-muertos-4/) - A vibrant cultural celebration for the whole family, the annual “Day of the Dead” honors the memory of those who have passed.
- [TEST FLIGHT](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/test-flight-2/) - Test Flight offers artists the opportunity to self-produce original works-in-progress.
- [Pandemonium 2019: Alchemy](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/pandemonium-2019-alchemy/) - CPT’s annual fundraising extravaganza transforms the campus into a labyrinth of theatre, dance, visual, and performance art in every corner.
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/y-haven-theatre-project/) - For the twelfth year in a row, CPT, Cleveland's leading alternative theatre, and Y-Haven, YMCA's transitional housing center for homeless men in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, have collaborated to create this original performance. CPT Artists work with residents of Y-Haven to create an original play performed by the residents and based on their personal experiences. This year's production is guided by CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan and CPT Teaching Artists Adam Seeholzer, Darius Stubbs, and Lew Wallace.
- [PANDEMONIUM 2017: UNLEASH](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/pandemonium-2017-unleash/) - CPT’s annual benefit & “Party of the Year” – an all-inclusive feast for the eyes, appetite and imagination!
- [THE FAMILY CLAXON](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/the-family-claxon/) - An insane romp into the absurdity of life in our communally duct-taped home.
- [STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP) 2018: AFTER THE SHADOW](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2018/) - Cleveland’s longest-running arts and job training program for teens celebrates its 24th year with an original new play.
- [STUDENT THEATRE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (STEP) 2017: AND YET, WE SHINE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2017/) - Cleveland’s longest-running arts and job training program for teens celebrates its 23rd year with an original new play.
- [Week #5: Shri Kalaa Mandir & Terre Dance Collective (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-5-terre-dance-collective-shri-kalaa-mandir-double-bill/) - DOUBLE BILL WEEKEND Shri Kalaa Mandir Vivarta - Transformations Shri Kalaa Mandir unites classical Indian movements with innovative choreography to transform music into movement and dramatic characters into divine beings. Vivarta - Transformations transports the viewer to an exotic world of storytelling through rhythm, mime, and gestures. About Shri Kalaa Mandir Founded by Sujatha
- [Station Hope 2019](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/station-hope-2019/) - Powerful art and performance honoring Cleveland's social justice heritage at a historic Underground Railroad site.
- [Week #4: Travesty Dance Group & Movements in Motion (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-4-travesty-dance-group-movements-in-motion-double-bill/) - DOUBLE BILL WEEKEND Travesty Dance Group Monsoon MONSOON reveals parallels between the catastrophic storm and human experience, from exquisite pre-storm tranquility to whirling destruction and recovery. Created in Barcelona, Spain, MONSOON is a multidisciplinary, improvisational solo work choreographed and performed by Artistic Director Kim Karpanty in collaboration with media artist Tristán Pérez-Martín (Argentina) and performance artist
- [Week #2: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-2-inlet-dance-theatre-2/) - Inlet Dance Theatre From the heART Be transported by a colorful array of imagery, sound, and movement as Inlet Dance Theatre presents a concert of non-narrative explorations, prototypes, and repertory, each inspired by works of art from other mediums. Join Inlet in celebrating the masterfully created works of art-in-process we are as human beings. Inlet
- [Week #1: Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-1-verb-ballets-2/) - VERB BALLETS FRESH INVENTIONS Experience vibrant performance and bold artistry highlighting the other side of creation through the dancer’s lens. Verb Ballets presents new works by Associate Director Richard Dickinson, MFA, company dancers Kate Webb, Daniel Cho, Michael Escovedo, and Antonio Morillo. About Verb Ballets One of Northeast Ohio’s most respected dance companies, Verb
- [CPT Presents… Pinch and Squeal's WIZBANG!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/cpt-presents-pinch-and-squeals-wizbang-2/) - CPT is proud to present Pinch and Squeal’s WIZBANG! – Cleveland’s very own variety circus theatre!
- [Week #4: Zoodiac & Dividual](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-4-zoodiac-dividual/) - double bill zoodiac Written by Rich Stimac While an innocent puppet play about the Chinese zodiac is performed, a serial killer is on the loose backstage. Characters begin to drop like flies and the race in the play becomes a race against time. Artwork by: Rich Stimac Rich Stimac is an actor, writer, director, and producer
- [Week #3: Sorry Doesn’t Sweeten Her Tea & Cleopatra Boy](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-3-sorry-doesnt-sweeten-her-tea-cleopatra-boy/) - DOUBLE BILL Sorry Doesn't Sweeten Her Tea Short story by Helen Oyeyemi (per an arrangement with The Wylie Agency) Adapted & Directed by Lauren Joy Fraley* Journey through interconnecting worlds in this adaptation of a short story from Helen Oyeyemi's magical realism anthology, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. A teen girl with a
- [Week #1: How Blood Go](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-1-how-blood-go/) - how blood go written by lisa langford* directed by darius j. stubbs *2018/2019 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow How Blood Go weaves the present and past together with the story of Quinntasia, an African American woman who is in a medical experiment, and that of her ancestor, Bean, an unwitting participant in a 1930’s government
- [Week #2: Emergence](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/week-2-emergence/) - emergence composed & Directed by molly Andrews-Hinders Created by Molly Andrews-Hinders & Ensemble Semi-autobiographical and semi-fictional, Emergence investigates how we can become our own heroes and change the world. Inspired by Russian guerilla activist group Pussy Riot and Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, a group of women endeavor to address systems of oppression through powerful
- [2019/2020 Season Announcement Party](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/2019-2020-season-announcement-party/) - Be the first to get a sneak peek at CPT’s upcoming season!
- [La Gringa (Spanish)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/la-gringa-spanish/) - LA GRINGA (SPANISH) is a heartwarming and hilarious comedy performed in Spanish with English subtitles.
- [An Invitation to Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/an-invitation-to-masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-دعوة-الىمسرح-كليفلاند-العرب/) - Celebrate with us as CPT and the advisory committee launch Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi – a new project that will develop work by and with Arabic-speaking communities.
- [An Invitation to Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/an-invitation-to-masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-دعوة-الىمسرح-كليفلاند-العرب-2/) - Celebrate with us as CPT and the advisory committee launch Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi—a new project that will develop work by and with Arabic-speaking communities.
- [Dream of Home (Workshop Production, 2018)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/masrah-cleveland-al-arabi-a-work-in-progress/) - Celebrate with us as CPT/Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi present their inaugural ensemble production.
- [CPT presents... Twelve Literary Arts Inc's Final Stage: Youth Poetry Slam](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/cpt-presents-twelve-literary-arts-incs-final-stage-youth-poetry-slam-2/) - Northeast Ohio's Top 10 youth spoken word artists compete, determining 5 finalists who will represent Ohio in Las Vegas at the national Brave New Voices Festival and Competition.
- [CPT Presents… Pinch and Squeal's WIZBANG!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/cpt-presents-pinch-and-squeals-wizbang/) - CPT is proud to present Pinch and Squeal’s WIZBANG! – Cleveland’s very own variety circus theatre!
- [¡OBRAS EN EVOLUCIÓN 2018! A Festival of New Play Readings](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/obras-en-evolucion-2018-a-festival-of-new-play-readings/) - A workshop series of new scripts and scenes written by local Latino artists.
- [Entry Point](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/entry-point-3/) - Entry Point is a platform for artists to develop their work in the early stages of creation.
- [Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant: A Snowball's Chance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/connis-avant-garde-restaurant-a-snowballs-chance/) - One of CPT’s most popular holiday entertainments is BACK!
- [CPT presents... Twelve Literary Arts Inc's Final Stage: Youth Poetry Slam](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/cpt-presents-twelve-literary-arts-incs-final-stage-youth-poetry-slam/) - Northeast Ohio's Top 12 youth spoken word artists compete to determine the six finalists who will represent Ohio on the national stage in Chicago this summer at the Brave New Voices Festival and Competition.
- [Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant (2014)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/connis-avant-garde-restaurant/) - One of CPT's most popular holiday entertainments is back! Hailed as "a deliciously demented feast for the holidays" by The Plain Dealer, this hilarious musical performance features cabaret performance, comedy, dancing, game-show competitions, and more... all served up alongside a locally sourced five course meal and table wine. "Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant" is an eclectic, bizarro and delightful night at the theatre that will have you laughing well into 2015.
- [Feefer Rising](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/feefer-rising/) - A devised solo performance that explores emerging sexuality and selfhood through the eyes of an adolescent girl.
- [Week #1: MorrisonDance and Elu Dance Company](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/week-1-morrisondance-and-without-words-movement/) - Showcase of Northeast Ohio's contemporary dance companies premiering new work and reviving celebrated performances.
- [Week #2: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/week-2-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Showcase of Northeast Ohio's contemporary dance companies premiering new work and reviving celebrated performances.
- [Week #3: Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/week-3-verb-ballets-2/) - Showcase of Northeast Ohio's contemporary dance companies premiering new work and reviving celebrated performances.
- [Week #4: Dorrance Dance (NYC) with DANCECleveland.](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/week-4-dance-cleveland-dorrance-dance/) - A showcase of Northeast Ohio's contemporary dance companies premiering new work and reviving celebrated performances.
- [The SantaLand Diaries 2015](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/the-santaland-diaries-5/) - David Sedaris' acclaimed holiday comedy follows the story of “Crumpet,” a jaded and out-of-work actor who takes a job as a Macy’s Christmas elf.
- [Friday and Sunday: Well Beings](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/friday-and-sunday-well-beings/) - "Well Beings" traces the journey of three heroin addicts at various stages of recovery as they try to break free from the grip of this harmful narcotic.
- [Thursday and Saturday: Canon Fodder](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/thursday-and-saturday-canon-fodder/) - "Canon Fodder" is a tale of literary arousal, depicting an emotionally driven, but socially awkward, bibliophile recounting her literary love affair with her favorite author.
- [Wednesday and Saturday: The Waters](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/wednesday-and-saturday-the-waters/) - New visitors to a lakeside retreat, where the lines between dream, imagination and reality blur, find their stay to be quite out of the ordinary. Some visitors cling to the world as they know it, while others wade in unknown territory…
- [Don Quixote: a pilgrimage](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/don-quixote-a-pilgrimage/) - A remix of Cervantes' classic by Jennifer Schlueter and Available Light Theatre.
- [SeXcurity (a workshop production)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/sexcurity/) - A workshop production featuring virtuosic physicality and wry humor to explore sex, identity and belonging.
- [Red Ash Mosaic (Work-In-Progress)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/red-ash-mosaic-work-in-progress/) - A richly poetic and physical new work based loosely on "The Egyptian Book of the Dead."
- [Wrestling Jerusalem](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/wrestling-jerusalem/) - Between America, Israel and Palestine, a man grapples with the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- [Uz, El Pueblo](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/uz/) - A satirical romp that explores religious faith and small town dynamics. Performed in Spanish.
- [Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play/) - A post-apocalyptic tale of survival, passion and…the enduring power of Bart Simpson.
- [Incendiaries](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/incendiaries/) - A fast-paced and muscular work that explores past conflicts between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
- [¿Dónde Está My Home? (Where is Mi Hogar)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/teatro-publico-de-cleveland-title-tbd/) - Teatro Publico de Cleveland returns with an original show created and performed by the ensemble.
- [White Rabbit Red Rabbit](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/white-rabbit-red-rabbit/) - An absurdist adventure by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, performed by a different actor each night.
- [PANDEMONIUM 2018: LABYRINTH OF DESIRE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/pandemonium-2018-labyrinth-of-desire/) - CPT’s annual benefit & “Party of the Year” – an all-inclusive feast for the eyes, appetite, and imagination!
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: Outside the Mirror](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/y-haven-theatre-project-5/) - CPT’s annual collaboration with the men of Y-Haven, a transitional facility for homeless men in recovery.
- [Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant: Feast of Miracles (2010)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/connis-avant-garde-restaurant-feast-of-miracles/) - CPT doing dinner theatre??? "Conni's Avant-Garde Restaurant" (a Time Out New York favorite and Village Voice Choice), is not a locale but a group of bold (if fictional) theatrical performers, devoted to the work of Conni Convergence, the beloved (and again, fictional) icon of stage and screen. Onstage in the Gordon Square Theatre December 2-December 19. Hailed as "dinner theatre of the absurd" by The New York Times, this unique theatrical-culinary event mixes the ingredients of fine food, wine, and ensemble theatre together in a loving send-up of avant-garde pomposity.
- [Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant: Home for the Hollandaise (2011)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/connis-avant-garde-restaurant-home-for-the-hollandaise/) - Come dine with Conni and the Avantgardists! "Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant" (a Time Out New York favorite and Village Voice Choice), is not a locale but a group of bold (if fictional) theatrical performers, devoted to the work of Conni Convergence, the beloved (and again, fictional) icon of stage and screen. Hailed as "dinner theatre of the absurd" by the New York Times, this unique theatrical-culinary event mixes the ingredients of fine food, wine, and ensemble theatre together in a loving send-up of avant-garde pomposity.
- [Día de Muertos](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/dia-de-muertos-3/) - A vibrant cultural celebration for the whole family, the annual “Day of the Dead” honors the memory of those who have passed.
- [CPT Presents… Ya Mama!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/cpt-presents-ya-mama/) - The autobiographical story of a young Afro-Creole girl losing a mother, gaining a stepmother, and becoming a mother—all while being an artist.
- [CONTEMPOPERA PRESENTS INCUBATOR SERIES #1](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/contempopera-incubator-series/) - Introducing ContempOpera Cleveland’s Incubator Series - a collection of performances showcasing today’s composers from around the world! This premiere concert will feature works by composers Darryl Curry (NYC), Dawn Lenore Sonntag (Cleveland), Steven Mark Kohn (Cleveland), Saúl Cosentina (Argentina) and Lorenzo Salvagni (Cleveland).
- [THE SANTALAND DIARIES 2016](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/the-santaland-diaries-6/) - David Sedaris' holiday comedy about a jaded and out-of-work actor who takes a job as a Macy’s Christmas elf.
- [Week #5: MorrisonDance & Alpha (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/week-5-morrisondance-alpha-double-billl/) - Using their signature mash-up of movement styles, MorrisonDance explores a powerful part of the human experience - dreams. Featuring live music composed by Braden Pontoli, the company examines the surreal visions, sensations and thoughts produced in R.E.M. sleep and the immeasurable aspirations we accomplish when we commit ourselves unwaveringly. In their new work, Alpha journeys through the freshly opened doors of three individuals and their experience of peeking behind the ones left closed. Behind the Next Door investigates the "what if?," the "what could have been or could be?," the dreams of what life has in store and how these musings can hinder us from taking that leap of faith in a new direction.
- [Week #4: Elu Dance Company & Across the Board (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/week-4-elu-dance-theatre-across-the-board-double-bill/) - Using visceral dance vocabulary and imagery, Elu Dance Company’s evening-length work seeks to break through barriers of understanding as they explore the horrors of the ongoing refugee crisis. Caught is movement prose in search of light in this incomprehensible darkness. An intimate conversation through dance about the pride, pressure and presumption associated with race and cultural aesthetics. Black Don’t Crack offers a window into the personal negotiation of these conflicts and raises questions about authenticity and how we value ourselves and others.
- [Week #3: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/week-3-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Inlet Dance Theatre features three new works and, for the first time, presents a company member’s autobiographical piece. This concert includes a collaboration with the residents of Judson Manor senior living community, a duet focusing on the need for male mentoring relationships in our society and a group work examining the ancient practice of wearing sackcloth and ashes.
- [Week #2: Verb Ballets with BodyEDT (of Taiwan)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/week-2-verb-ballets-with-edtbody-expressions-dance-company/) - Following an international tour in Taiwan, Verb Ballets returns to feature a dynamic evening of bold artistry highlighting the company’s unique style with Ming-Cheng Lee, the artistic director and creator of BodyEDT. These performances are made possible by the Cleveland Foundation Creative Fusion Program and will combine tradition, installations, digital, technology and instrumental music.
- [Week #1: Travesty Dance Group & Antaeus Dance (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/danceworks-2017/) - Two companies join forces to present an evening of engaging and evocative dance, theatre, film and music. Choreographers Kimberly Karpanty and Joan Meggitt explore resilience, sacrifice and acceptance with a collection of original work. Taking the Fall pays homage to those who keep us safe, demand our honesty and serve as models for integrity and right action.
- [Week #5: FAYETTENAM AND THE BLACK CARD PROJECT](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/week-5-fayettenam-and-the-black-card-project/) - “Fayettenam” = Water, Ghosts in the Mountain, Johnny Appleseed, Early Settlement, American Conscience/Transience. An actor excavates the fractured mirror of the past to apprehend the roots of the never ending frontier. The Black Card Project is a dance-theatre cartoon that examines the African-American ideal of the “Black Card.” As seen through a single school day, the main character soon discovers where “blackness” comes from and how to attain it.
- [Week #4: THE TONGUE THAT TELLS ME SO](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/week-4-the-tongue-that-tells-me-so/) - At a young age, ambitious Anne is willing to pay any price to get ahead. Her mysterious mentor Simone is there to help. Once Anne becomes a mother and a successful physician, Anne must go to greater lengths to hold onto what she has. THE TONGUE THAT TELLS ME SO examines the ethics of protective parenting, modern medicine and virtue tested.
- [Week #3: NOONDAY](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/week-3-noonday/) - On an otherwise unremarkable day, the furniture starts moving…and What’s Been Hiding Under the Table (or in a bowl of breakfast cereal) turns a woman’s world upside down.
- [Week #2: I WENT DOWN TO THE WATER AND FOUND MYSELFIE THERE AND NEITHER THERE, NOR HERE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/week-2-i-went-down-to-the-water-and-found-myselfie-there-and-neither-there-nor-here/) - A one-woman avant-musical tragicomedy about the internet – that’s also a self-help beauty pageant for the soul. Learn how to take the perfect selfie and practice self-care with performance artist and accredited interweb life-coach, Marcia Custer! How do you create your own culture? This theatrical mashup—part-play, part-cooking show—shares the personal stories and experiences of those who exist within a mixed identity—racial, ethnic, cultural and beyond. The show celebrates multiplicity and community, while concocting a hybrid culinary dish to share with the audience.
- [Week #1: OMENA](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/test-flight/) - Old friends, a writer's colony and a marriage on the edge. A recipe for art? Or the owner's manual for disaster? What if we are the stories we are told about each other?
- [ENTRY POINT](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/entry-point/) - Entry Point is a new platform for artists to develop their work in the early stages of creation.
- [RED ASH MOSAIC](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/red-ash-mosaic/) - The daily doldrums of a video game store erupt into a fracturing of realities as a man confronts his own death/life.
- [LABIO DE LIEBRE (THE LIP OF THE HARE)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/labio-de-liebre/) - A magical and wildly dark comedy by Fabio Rubiano Orjuela. Performed in Spanish with English Subtitles.
- [LIGHT THE LIGHTS, OL’ MOSES CLE!  (A WILD HOLIDAY ROMP)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/light-the-lights-ol-moses-cle-a-wild-holiday-romp/) - A vaudeville-inspired evening of holiday folly, mischief and merry-making, CPT style.
- [¡CELEBRANDO THREE YEARS!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/celebrando-three-years/) - Celebrated stories from TPC's repertoire presented as a one-weekend-only event with live music and food.
- [44 PLAYS FOR 44 PRESIDENTS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/44-plays-for-44-presidents/) - The life and times of the 44 Presidents of the United States… featuring a singing, dancing, all-female cast!
- [¡Obras en Evolución! A Festival of New Play Readings](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/teatro-publico-new-play-festival/) - A workshop series of new scripts and scenes written by local Latino artists.
- [DÍA DE MUERTOS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/dia-de-muertos/) - A vibrant cultural celebration for the whole family, the annual “Day of the Dead” honors the memory of those who have passed.
- [Station Hope 2017](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/station-hope-2017/) - Powerful art and performance honoring Cleveland's social justice heritage at a historic Underground Railroad site.
- [THE ART OF LONGING](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/the-art-of-longing/) - Themes of race, gender and the nature of art interlace in this theatrical experiment.
- [CONTEMPOPERA PRESENTS MARY CHESNUT](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/contempopera-presents-mary-chesnut/) - The true life story of a women's journey through one of the most traumatic events in American history, "the war between the states."
- [CPT PRESENTS... PINCH AND SQUEAL'S WIZBANG!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/wizbang-2/) - CPT is proud to present Pinch and Squeal's WIZBANG! - Cleveland's very own variety circus theatre!
- [CPT PRESENTS... PINCH AND SQUEAL'S WIZBANG!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/wizbang/) - CPT is proud to present Pinch and Squeal's WIZBANG! - Cleveland's very own variety circus theatre!
- [THE SANTALAND DIARIES 2017](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/the-santaland-diaries-2017/) - David Sedaris' holiday comedy about a jaded and out-of-work actor who takes a job as a Macy’s Christmas elf.
- [Week #5: Double-Edge Dance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-5-double-edge-dance/) - Double-Edge Dance Love Cry/Sequinza/Reckoning Double-Edge Dance, co-founded by choreographer Kora Radella and composer Ross Feller, celebrates 25 years with new work. Love Cry, with textile art by Rebecca Cross, taps into the transformative powers of Cleveland-born saxophonist Albert Ayler’s music. Sequinza, a solo performed by Calder White, mixes voguing with new music by Feller.
- [Week #4: Oberlin Dance Project & Marquez Dance Project (Double Bill)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-4-oberlin-dance-project-marquez-dance-project-double-bill/) - Double Bill Weekend Oberlin Dance Project Forgone Territory Forgone Territory uncovers the shadow side of the sharing age. What is private when technology increasingly infiltrates personal lives? Interweaving text, movement, and music, Oberlin Dance Project examines the conflicting desire to be seen coupled with the fear of being exposed. Choreographed by Alysia Ramos and
- [Week #3: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-3-inlet-dance-theatre-2/) - Inlet Dance Theatre …home… Inlet Dance Theatre explores connection, empathy, and acceptance inside a world burdened by division, judgement, and rejection. The company remounts a work created through an artist exchange with the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island and premieres two new works investigating the world’s current condition while instilling hope for the
- [Week #2: MorrisonDance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-2-morrisondance/) - MorrisonDance Celebrating 20 years of creativity Embark on a journey through strange worlds inhabited by computer viruses, confused zebras, quirky book characters, peacock spiders, Dali’s dreams, and more. In this enlivening retrospective showcase, MorrisonDance shares handpicked pieces from their last 20 years of staged works. Choreographed and Directed by Sarah Morrison Performed by Amanda
- [Week #1: Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-1-verb-ballets/) - Verb Ballets Fresh Inventions Experience vibrant performance and bold artistry highlighting the other side of creation through the dancer’s lens. Verb Ballets presents premieres of new works by Associate Director Richard Dickinson, MFA, company dancers Kate Webb, Michael Escovedo, Lieneke Matte, and trainee Jocelyn Magons. About Verb Ballets Verb Ballets, a contemporary ballet company,
- [Week #5: Odysseus Unraveled](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-5-odysseus-unraveled/) - Odysseus Unraveled Conceived & Directed by Daniel McNamara. A desperate, yet playful quest for meaning, with little reverence for Homer’s original myth. This fiercely curious, interdisciplinary new work spans from the safe and distant past, to a dangerous and vulnerable contemporary moment on the brink of collapse. Was Odysseus the hero we paint him to
- [Week #4: Tale of a Jiminirising](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-4-tale-of-a-jiminirising/) - Tale of a Jiminirising Written & Performed by Jimmie Woody. Directed by Sheffia Randall Dooley. A theatrical memoir combining poetry, hip hop, and digital storytelling about figuring out how to be a man in the ever-changing landscape of what masculinity means in America. Sound Designer: Vencott Palmer Illustrator: Sequoia Bostick Video Designer: Mike Fields Photo
- [Week #3: Configurations of a Divine Bitch & Milkdrunk](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-3-configurations-of-a-divine-bitch-milkdrunk/) - double bill Configurations of a Divine Bitch CONCEIVED & created by plump olive productions. Created in Collaboration with the Ensemble. Configurations of a Divine Bitch is all about the private, unspoken experiences that accompany having a uterus. Things are about to get weird. It’s OK though, laughter is encouraged. An ensemble of seven bodies guides audiences through a
- [Week #2: Set Fire and Start Again & The Judge](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-2-set-fire-and-start-again-the-judge/) - Double Bill Set Fire and Start Again Written & Directed by Carrie Williams. The loss of her job leads to a woman’s collapse of identity. Jumping through time and consciousness, she attempts to redefine herself and her relationship while grappling with insecurities, latent desires, and societal expectations. Performers: Ryan Edlinger, Sarah Kunchik, Brian Pedaci, Callie
- [Week #1: Everything is okay (and other helpful lies)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/week-1-everything-is-okay-and-other-helpful-lies/) - Everything is okay (and other helpful lies) Created by Melissa Crum & Caitlin Lewins, 2016/2017 Nord Family Foundation Catapult Fellows. Directed by Craig J. George. This dark musical comedy is a celebration of the not-so-happy ways in which we persevere, grow, and change – whether we want to or not. Friendships are challenged, buddies die,
- [ENTRY POINT](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/entry-point-2/) - Entry Point is a platform for artists to develop their work in the early stages of creation.
- [BR’ER COTTON](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/brer-cotton/) - Deeply affected by recent killings of young black men like himself, a boy’s anger grows beyond containment.
- [AMERICAN DREAMS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/american-dreams/) - What if game shows controlled who receives the "ultimate prize:" U.S. citizenship?
- [HOW TO END POVERTY IN 90 MINUTES (WITH 119 PEOPLE YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/how-to-end-poverty-in-90-minutes/) - An experiment in dialogue, collective decision-making, shared responsibility and the potential for art to transform.
- [PANDEMONIUM 2016: THE FIRE WITHIN](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/pandemonium-2016-the-fire-within-2/) - CPT’s annual benefit & “Party of the Year” – an all-inclusive feast for the eyes, appetite and imagination!
- [STEP '10 - Song of the Seekers - Free family theatre in city parks!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/step-10-song-of-the-seekers-free-family-theatre-in-city-parks/) - Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce Song of the Seekers, a new play developed by CPT's teen theatre, STEP (Student Theatre Enrichment Program). Inspired by a two thousand-year-old ancient Indian text, STEP's ensemble of teens reveal personal dreams, hardships and victories with their original play, "Song of the Seekers". An inventive remix of Shudraka's classic comedy, "The Little Clay Cart", this family-friendly performance explores the artist's life and the struggle to be truthful in a society addicted to products and punch lines. Packed with a cappella singing, dance, beat-boxing, rhythm and rhyme, "Song of the Seekers" is about finding true love, freedom, and artistic authenticity in a complicated world.
- [STEP 08: While I'm Here on This Earth](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/step-08-while-im-here-on-this-earth/) - 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.
- [STEP 09: Eye, Mind, Heart. Free family theatre in city parks!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/step-09-eye-mind-heart-free-family-theatre-in-city-parks/) - 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 "Eye, Mind, Heart", an original play inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen". The 2009 STEP project will open on Thursday, July 30th at Herman Park in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood before touring to a dozen other parks throughout the city of Cleveland from through August 9th.
- [The Kardiac Kid](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/the-kardiac-kid/) - Join CPT at PlayhouseSquare for a powerful performance for everyone who loves Cleveland! In this one man show, Eric Schmiedl peeks into the lives of four Clevelanders as they root for their beloved Browns. Experience the thrills, the excitement, and the pain as Eric journeys through victory and defeat to celebrate the power community connection.
- [Antebellum](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/antebellum/) - "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. SECOND U.S. PRODUCTION.
- [Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/darwinii-the-comeuppance-of-man-2/) - Cristobal has stolen the original Charles Darwin manuscripts from rare book libraries around the world. Why? Because he's convinced he's the great-great-great-great-bastard-grandson of the father of Natural Selection. As part of his sentence he must deliver a public apology, during which he digresses ... flamboyantly. MIDWEST PREMIERE.
- [Goldstar, Ohio](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/goldstar-ohio/) - CPT opens the 08-09 season with the world premiere of "Goldstar, Ohio", a new play by Cleveland native Michael Tisdale that tells the stories of the 22 Marines from the Brook Park, Ohio based 325 Battalion who lost their lives in Anbar Province, Iraq. "Goldstar, Ohio" will be presented in the Gordon Square Theatre from October 16 - November 8 (Preview October 16 and 17, Opening Night: Saturday, October 18).
- [Pulp](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/pulp/) - "Pulp" is a musical comedy takeoff of lesbian pulp fiction of the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Join the girls at "The Well." a lesbian bar that features nightly cabaret jazz and drag kings, and get wrapped up in their romantic entanglements in this sexy and over the top production. OHIO AND REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/darwinii-the-comeuppance-of-man/) - Back by popular demand! Argentine Cristobal has stolen the original Charles Darwin manuscripts from rare book libraries around the world. Why? Because he's convinced he's the great-great-great-great-bastard-grandson of the father of Natural Selection. As part of his sentence he must deliver a public apology, during which he digresses into a fresh and outrageous take on the evolution of man and the inherent human need to understand his place in society.
- [Pandemonium 2011: Amuse Me](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/pandemonium-11-amuse-me/) - This astounding party is a highly mobile affair that encourages participation. Performance artists use the entire CPT campus to create an evening of delightful entertainment and some of Cleveland's best chefs will be cooking up great food! Pandemonium '11 will be a festive affair with innovative, adventurous artistic work, featuring diverse artists throughout unexpected places the CPT campus. Choose your own amusement as you decide how to experience this innovative and unusual benefit! Your ticket includes valet parking and food, drinks and entertainment-so indulge yourself.
- [STEP '11 - Imagine Home](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/step-11-imagine-home-free-family-theatre-in-city-parks/) - Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce Cleveland Public Theatre's celebrated Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) returns to Cleveland City Parks this summer with their new original play entitled "Imagine Home". The 2011 STEP ensemble of teens explore identity, family and sense of self in their original play, Imagine Home. Working in close collaboration with CPT Teaching Artists, teenagers met for five hours per day five days per week to develop every element of the play. Inspired by Henrik Ibsen's classic play "Peer Gynt", this family-friendly show tells the story of a mischievous outcast searching to find his place in the world. Packed with a cappella singing, dance and non-stop action, "Imagine Home" is about facing life's difficult challenges and finding a home within ourselves. Come celebrate the power and creativity of Cleveland's youth!
- [STEP '12 - Free theatre in city parks](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/step-12-free-theatre-in-city-parks/) - A retelling of J. M. Barrie's classic Peter Pan, created and performed by the 2012 STEP ensemble, "Neverland" explores imagination, growing up and taking flight. This family-friendly show follows a group of lost youth who roam the city in search of themselves. Propelled by the power of storytelling and one brave girl, they embark on an imaginative journey confronting pirates, beguiling mermaids and their own potential for transformation. Packed with original music, dance and exciting action, "Neverland" is about the challenging call to find a place in the world. Come celebrate the power and creativity of Cleveland's youth!
- [STEP '13 - Free theatre in city parks](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/step-13-free-theatre-in-city-parks/) - "And One Night", created and performed by the 2013 STEP ensemble, is an exciting re-imagining of "Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights". This family-friendly show follows a group of small-time thieves who think they know the path to a fulfilling life. Upon meeting a young woman who knows only the power of her imagination, they go on a transformational journey, meeting merciless kings, clever heroines and desperate souls. Packed with original music, dance and a cappella singing, "And One Night" explores the importance of self-reliance and the value of storytelling to enrich and inspire our lives. Come celebrate the power and creativity of Cleveland's youth!
- [STEP '14 - Free theatre in city parks Celebrating 20 years!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/step-14-free-theatre-in-city-parks-celebrating-20-years/) - Created and performed by the 2014 STEP ensemble, Now the City Dreams, is an unapologetic re-imagining of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Watch as the path of crazed lovers, beguiling spirits, and hilarious play-makers collide one magical summer night in the city! A family-friendly journey of yearnings, dreams and musings about that impossible, indescribable, inescapable human experience called L-O-V-E, Now the City Dreams is a feast of percussion, song, dance, and modern poetry. Come celebrate the power and creativity of Cleveland's youth when this joyful production dreams its way into a park near you! Bring a blanket or a lawn chair and enjoy free theatre in the park!
- [Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) 2015](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2015/) - Created and performed by the STEP 2015 ensemble, "Lost in the Water" is presented as part of CPT’s Performing Water series in connection with the City of Cleveland’s Year of Clean Water. Who dares to venture out to the haunted lighthouse? What unfortunate souls drift with the water-logged wreck? And who might find jewels of wisdom there? Inspired by the Inuit folktale "The Skeleton Woman", Shakespeare’s "The Tempest", the "Susanoo-no-Mikoto" story of Japan, and the South African myth, Selekena and the River Goddess, this family-friendly voyage is a powerful collection of tales that explore our deep connection to water, one of our most precious and powerful resources. Come celebrate the creativity of Cleveland’s youth! Bring a blanket or a lawn chair and enjoy free theatre in the park!
- [Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) 2016: Awakening  Heart](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/student-theatre-enrichment-program-step-2016-awakening-heart/) - Cleveland Public Theatre’s celebrated Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) is Cleveland’s longest-running arts and job training program for teens. STEP returns to Cleveland city parks this summer, celebrating its 22nd year with an original new play, AWAKENING HEART.
- [2018/2019 Season Announcement Party](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/2018-2019-season-announcement-party/) - Be the first to get a sneak peek at CPT’s upcoming season!
- [2017/2018 Season Announcement Party](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/20172018-season-announcement-party/) - A Free Beer Friday style party and the unleashing of CPT’s 2017/2018 Season on Friday, June 2 following the Opening Night Performance of Red Ash Mosaic. Admission is Free.
- [STATION HOPE 2018](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/station-hope-2018/) - Powerful art and performance honoring Cleveland's social justice heritage at a historic Underground Railroad site.
- [Red Ash Mosaic](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/red-ash-mosaic-2/) - Find us. Request an invitation.
- [Y-HAVEN THEATRE PROJECT: GOLDEN](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/y-haven-theatre-project-4/) - CPT’s annual collaboration with the men of Y-Haven, a transitional facility for homeless men in recovery.
- [Global Teen Performance Project: Making Our Way](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/making-our-way/) - Making Our Way Performances march 16 | 7:00pm CPT's James Levin Theatre We are no longer accepting reservations. A few seats remain that are first come, first served on the night of the event. A waiting list will begin at 6:00pm in CPT’s Box Office Lobby. There are also 2 in-school showings on Wednesday, March 14
- [AtTENtion Span: A Festival of 10-Minute Plays](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/attention-span-a-festival-of-10-minute-plays/) - A series of 10-minute plays curated by Greg Vovos take over the Gordon Square Theatre. Featuring works by local and national writers, "AtTENtion Span" is sure to take hold of you! These works take theatrical risks to explore politics, relationships, personal awakenings and zombies! And the next piece is only moments away!
- [Air Waves (Part Three of the Elements Cycle)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/air-waves-part-three-of-the-elements-cycle/) - "Air Waves" is a fantastical journey of wish-fulfillment that weaves sustainability themes into a uniquely theatrical experience. The lives of George, Jeannette and Kim (the spirited young women behind a city-wide initiative to buy the air over people's houses) intersect in this deeply moving new play, which features whimsical vignettes, original music and bold performances by Northeast Ohio's most adventurous theatre artists. Part Three of CPT's multi-year "Elements Cycle," "Air Waves" is designed to inspire new ways of thinking and provoke conversation that will continue long after audience members leave the theatre. WORLD PREMIERES/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [Earth Plays (Part Two of the Elements Cycle)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/earth-plays-part-two-of-the-elements-cycle/) - "Earth Plays (Part Two of the Elements Cycle)" is a diverse selection of premieres ranging from comedy to tragedy, from the surreal to the too real. Journey to the center of the earth, witness Smokey the Bear's confession, and prepare yourself to eat the whole world as "Earth Plays" takes audiences on a journey, literally and figuratively, throughout the historic Gordon Square Theatre. Travelling through the theatre, audiences will experience new theatre in a whole new way. WORLD PREMIERES/DEVISED WORKS/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [DÍA DE MUERTOS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/dia-de-muertos-2/) - A vibrant cultural celebration for the whole family, the annual “Day of the Dead” honors the memory of those who have passed.
- [Y-HAVEN THEATRE PROJECT: Reaching Back](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/y-haven-theatre-project-3/) - CPT’s annual collaboration with the men of Y-Haven, a transitional facility for homeless men in recovery.
- [Station Hope 2016](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/station-hope-3/) - A free multi-arts event that celebrates freedom, hope and Cleveland’s social justice heritage at Ohio City’s historic St. John’s Church - Cleveland’s only authenticated Underground Railroad site.
- [Road to Hope - Outhwaite Homes](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/road-to-hope-outhwaite-homes/) - A free performing arts event that celebrates hope and honors Cleveland's history.
- [Week #6: Rouge Étude or How Sherlock Holmes Became a Misogynist](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-6-feb-12-14-rouge-etude-or-how-sherlock-holmes-became-a-mysogynist/) - A study in violent seduction crescendos between young Sherlock and a world-famous violinist, bringing Holmes’ Stradivarius to life and transforming the young detective from a callow youth to the ascetic known the world over.
- [Road to Hope - Overview](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/road-to-hope/) - A series of free performing arts events that celebrate hope and honor Cleveland's history.
- [Road to Hope: MetroHealth Medical Center](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/road-to-hope-metrohealth/) - A series of free performing arts events that celebrate hope and honor Cleveland's history.
- [Decade of Discovery & End-of-Season Party](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/decade-of-discovery-party/) - End-of-Season Party & celebration in honor of CPT's Raymond Bobgan, who celebrates 10 years at the helm.
- [Pandemonium 2015: TRANSFORM](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/pandemonium/) - Featuring hundreds of area theatre, dance, visual and performance artists, with fabulous local food and complimentary drinks served all night long, Pandemonium is a benefit like no other. The “Fundraiser Event of the Year” (2013 and 2014 Connectors Choice Awards) offers guests a unique and immersive arts and entertainment experience that takes place throughout CPT’s campus, offering guests the opportunity to view innovative and exciting live performance in unexpected locations. Pandemonium is not-to-be-missed! Join us at Pandemonium to help support Cleveland Public Theatre. Proceeds benefit Cleveland Public Theatre's artistic work and educational programs.
- [ROAD TO HOPE: COZAD-BATES HOUSE – UNIVERSITY CIRCLE](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/cozad-bates/) - A series of free performing arts events that celebrate hope and honor Cleveland's history.
- [ROAD TO HOPE: CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH – SHAKER HEIGHTS](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/shaker/) - A series of free performing arts events that celebrate hope and honor Cleveland's history.
- [ROAD TO HOPE: LAKEVIEW TERRACE – OHIO CITY](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/lakeview/) - A series of free performing arts events that celebrate hope and honor Cleveland's history.
- [Week #5: (Style is) The Answer to Everything—A (Subversive) Women's Programme (Across the Century)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-5-feb-5-7-style-is-the-answer-to-everything-a-subversive-womens-programme-across-the-century/) - Which came first? The chicken or the egg? Host Penny Bingo considers this and other questions as she takes her audience through decades of female experience, including (but not limited to): time-and-labor-saving appliances, mommy culture, cigarettes, household disinfectant/birth control methods and a game show where the winner walks away with a new wardrobe and self-worth dubiously intact.
- [Week #7 (Mar. 20 - 22) Armature](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-7-mar-20-22-armature/) - What does it mean to live in a "Post-Racial America"? In the fight for Equality, what gets lost as We become more visible? What is gained? The lives of five very different people collide in this fearless new play that explores the circumstances surrounding a violent hate crime and its impact. Explicit language and references to sex and violence.
- [Week #5 (Mar. 6 - 8) Illuminated Lizard and Sisters](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-5-mar-6-8-illuminated-lizard-and-sisters/) - "Illuminated Lizard" is the true story of one woman's quest for a way forward-the RIGHT way forward-when her world crumbles in the face of a cancer diagnosis. But as she delves into science, Quakerism, Buddhism, yoga, she finds herself more fragmented than ever... until the Lizard emerges to lead the way forward. Can the ancient and modern tales we tell ourselves bring our lives into balance and hope? In "Sisters", three women ostracized by society meet and form a unique sisterhood on a blasted heath in Scotland.Sisters imagines Shakespeare's witches before they encountered Macbeth, and explores the early events that formed their motivations. This is the third piece in Regnier's trilogy about the suffering of women and their strength in the face of adversity.
- [Week #4 (Feb. 27 - Mar. 1) La Femme](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-4-feb-27-mar-1-la-femme/) - An exploration of women in society. Do social norms influence women's self-perception and what they believe they are capable of? In this collaborative new work, the Marquez Dance Project ensemble brings their own lives to the creative process, exploring the limitations placed upon women, and how they triumph in spite of these obstacles.
- [Deconstructing Kurt Weill: The American Songs](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/deconstructing-kurt-weill-the-american-songs/) - No composer wrote edgier, more haunting music for the theater than Kurt Weill, beginning with his trailblazing work in Berlin, "The Threepenny Opera". But when Weill fled Nazi Germany and settled in New York City in the early 1930s, his American musicals such as "Johnny Johnson", "Street Scene" and "Lost in the Stars" proved nearly as provocative, tackling the most serious of social and political issues. Hear Weill's bracing songs - whose lyricists include Langston Hughes, Maxwell Anderson and Alan Jay Lerner - reinterpreted for a contemporary audience by some of Cleveland's leading singers and instrumentalists.
- [The Movement Project: Dusty... a swift fall from grandeur](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/the-movement-project-dusty-a-swift-fall-from-grandeur/) - The Movement Project, in partnership with Cleveland Public Theatre, premieres a workshop production of their new work "Dusty... a swift fall from grandeur" on Saturday, December 7th at 8:00pm in Parish Hall on the CPT Campus.
- [Week #2 (Oct. 3 - 6): Soiled, Dirt and Same Difference](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-2-oct-3-6-soiled-dirt-and-same-difference/) - Three whores, one dead one, and a strange boy negotiate the harsh realities of a "hogranch" in 1883 Wyoming. An African American woman digs into the memories that represent the soil of her life and finds her soul. Anthony and Jahmal are thrust together as college roommates and must struggle to define themselves in a world that is always trying to tell them who they are.
- [Week #1 (Sept. 26 - 29): Entanglement, Art and Entry Level Quantum Physics. Knyum and Armature](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/springboard-a-staged-reading-festival-2013/) - The romantic almost-story of the historical personages Gertrude Bing, a revolutionary art historian, and Erwin Schrodinger, the "father" of quantum physics. To supplement his meager artistic life, Guy works graveyard shifts at NYC's Hotel East Houston. The hours trudge on as Guy seeks answers to the questions that plague him the most. Explicit and muscular language is used to explore the circumstances surrounding a violent hate crime that killed three people, while tackling the notion of "Post-Racial America".
- [The Owl Girl](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/the-owl-girl-2/) - Two families in an unnamed Middle Eastern country both have keys to the same house. What happens when they try to live in it together? The fathers play historical chess; the mothers cook together, even though one uses mint and the other dill; the lovers dare to imagine a future; and war mad children play doctor and murder. But when one girl's dreams of flight are (literally) shot down, the betrayals and realignments which follow make us question our very definition of peace.
- [Opera Per Tutti](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/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 2012 - 13 season to perform selected works from their repertoire.
- [Week #4 (Feb. 7-9): Vigil](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-4-feb-7-9-vigil/) - The tenants of a Cleveland inner-city apartment complex have their share of differences but are doing the best they can. Andy is trying to maintain his dilapidated apartment building; Adele puts all of her energy into advocating for missing children; Pat is raising her twelve-year-old son, Devin, on her own; and Devin just loves to play baseball. When Devin goes missing, the tenants must put aside their differences and pull together as a community to find him.
- [Week #3 (Jan. 31- Feb. 2): The World Above Us](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-3-jan-31-feb-2-the-world-above-us/) - A story with songs, movies, paintings, poetry, dance and actors, The World Above Us is set mostly in Cleveland and follows four generations of women visited by angels, but not necessarily the nice kind of angels.
- [Week #5 (Feb. 14 - 15): Half Cut and An Unforgotten Memory: A Story Unfolded](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-5-feb-14-15-half-cut-and-an-unforgotten-memory-a-story-unfolded/) - In "Half Cut". Joel is ready to take the plunge and ask for his girlfriend's hand in marriage. While sprucing up and preparing to meet his potential father-in-law for the first time, Joel has an unexpected situation at the barber shop. This dark comedy follows Joel as he deals with a half haircut, unsympathetic girlfriend, uppity future father-in-law, insightful waitress and barbers with violent tendencies. Who knew that a bad hair day can make you reevaluate your entire life. Developed in CPT's Leap/Conceive series; "An Unforgotten Memory: A Story Unfolded" was inspired by writings by Edgar Allen Poe, Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost and more. Told through the eyes of a young African American man, this choreopoem traces a family's struggles with loss and abandonment. Using movement, spoken word and song, we see how no one goes through life's trials alone and raises awareness on the culture of abandonment and the detrimental effects it has on families.
- [Week #8 (Mar. 7 - Mar. 9): These are the Times](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-8-mar-7-mar-9-these-are-the-times/) - Fact and fiction overlap in this theatrical panorama of Cleveland's heyday. Bernard Schrader discovers a life in the theater during the Cleveland Centennial, 1936, but decisions made then bring down a fledgling improv comedy troupe during the 1950s Red Scare.
- [Week #7 (Feb. 28 - Mar. 2): Love in a Time of Media](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-7-feb-28-mar-2-love-in-a-time-of-media/) - "Love in a Time of Media", a fusion of live theatre and film, is a piece about the complex nature of love in a world saturated with technology. Jake and Lola want to share and preserve their love by recording the history of their relationship in a StoryCorp bus for the NPR radio series. Over the course of the interview, minor betrayals are magnified and it becomes clear that a decision has to be made. Should Jake and Lola risk everything to stay together or surrender to the temptation of their individual world views and end the relationship?
- [Week #6 (Feb. 21 - 23): The Mechanical Monster: Misunderstood and A Canticle](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-6-feb-21-23-the-mechanical-monster-misunderstood-and-a-canticle/) - The Movement Project, Cleveland's newest dance company, goes sci-fi and brings to life mechanical droids with human physique and high intellectual functionality. A three segment work begins with a solo piece exploring the Mechanical Monster's functionality and environment. Next, a duet pushes the physicality of the machine and discovers the possibilities of movement with a partner. Lastly, an ensemble piece highlights the mechanical and human characteristics and asks the question: Can humankind and droids live together in harmony or is the species too feared to let survive? "A Canticle" invites us to engage in the journey of one human subject given to a state of complete anomie in search of the one she loves. Claiming encounters with an otherworldly voice, she finds herself in psychiatric confinement. Under the care of specialized doctors attempting to silence this voice, she is relentless in her striving to know this being who has ravished her heart.
- [Week #2 (Jan. 24 - 26): The Bird Behind the Curtain and When the Moon was Green Cheese](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-2-jan-24-26-the-bird-behind-the-curtain-and/) - Trapped in an undefined room, Claire and Esther's fate seems to be sealed. They follow a daily routine to find a way out, but maybe today will be different. Today something could change; they could learn something new and find the way out by reliving their self-destructive past. Based on the poem "The Tulips" by Sylvia Plath, "The Bird Behind the Curtain" teeters on the fine line between sanity and insanity. "When The Moon Was Green Cheese, The Cracker Maker Was King" interweaves a children's story a father is writing with the alarming changes in his daughter's behavior and attitude, causing the fantasy world of the story to collide with the hard reality of his daughter's growing problems. With NASA, a grown up "Little Prince," space invaders, hand puppets, helicopter parenting and hitting rock bottom, this whimsical yet gritty musical is a fable about time and space, addictions and the consequences of over-protective parenting.
- [Week #1 (Jan. 17-19): Like a Doberman and the Late Night Sketchbook](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/big-box-13/) - In "Like a Doberman on a Quarter Pounder", Howey, one of Cleveland's most respected theatre critics, takes the stage to showcase her original poetry and shares her autobiographical transgender journey in this one-woman show. "Free Radical and The Late Night Sketchbook" follows a woman's journey that begins with a game-changing crisis, the horror of which repels, intoxicates and consumes her. This woman's journey forces her to come face to face with multiple philosophical questions exploring confession, identity and truth.
- [Week #7 (Feb. 12 - 18): Chaos Theory](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-7-feb-12-18-chaos-theory/) - The Sophists seem like a theatre company striving for brave, challenging works- but what happens when it all starts to fold in on itself? Actors in this disintegrating theatre company attempt to decipher the cryptic mysteries of life, fractal geometry, and each other in this dark drama that questions patterns, roles and the inevitability of chaos theory.
- [Week #6 (Feb. 9 - 11): Divorcing Batman, Dating All of Gotham City and Jesus is Dead, Jerry Garcia is God](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-6-feb-9-11-divorcing-batman-dating-all-of-gotham-city-and-jesus-is-dead-jerry-garcia-is-god/) - Our heroic divorcee was married to a man who enjoyed dressing up like Batman...for Halloween. No hot nights in the Batcave, just passing out candy and going to costume parties in suburban Gotham. After 15 years, their marriage fizzled for some serious reasons, most importantly because Batman revealed he didn't love her. Following a heartbreaking divorce, she still believed in marriage, love and passion, so she started dating...all of Gotham City. In her vulnerable state, she tried everything online dating, dating services, blind dates, dating old friends, co-workers, older men and more. Our heroine shares her vulnerabilities, mistakes, faith, wacky imagination and courageous break-throughs as she shares her journey of self-discovery after divorce. "Jesus is Dead..." It is the end of the world...maybe...and one man remains trapped in a bathroom stall. Now, he must track the journey of his life and discover some clue as to what it all meant and whether he understood any of it. As the sole survivor of the apocalypse is he at all qualified to represent the human race? Answers do not come so easily when the only words left are graffiti upon the wall. Jesus is Dead...and Jerry Garcia is God is the story of a man left over.
- [Week #4 (Jan. 26 - 28): The Negro Perkins and the Art of Social Graces](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-4-jan-26-28-the-negro-perkins-and-the-art-of-social-graces/) - "The Negro Perkins", set in 1898, this piece looks back on an often ignored time in African-American history during the small pox outbreak. The Negro Perkins follows three quarantined African-Americans who come face to face with what "freedom" really means. This new play seeks to reconsider historical events before they harden into an accepted narrative. "The Art of Social Graces" is an inside look on how proper etiquette has evolved over the years. How do we carry ourselves within society? Have we become cynics to the idea of chance encounters?
- [Week #3 (Jan. 19 - 21): 1,000 Hills and To the Sea...](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-3-jan-19-21-1000-hills-and-to-the-sea/) - Heads Up Productions, a new, movement based ensemble in Akron, began developing 1,000 Hills in 2010. The piece follows the struggle of three tourists who find themselves in Rwanda just as genocidal violence breaks out. As tension mounts, the tourists have their emotions and morals put to the test. In "To the Sea..." Three actors, three inspirations, one journey. Newly founded Mamai Theatre Company created "To the Sea...", a devised theatre piece, to offer an exciting artistic exchange between the musicality and imagery in John M. Synge's lyrical Riders to the Sea, the goals of Etienne Decroux techniques and the immediacy and spontaneity of Jacques Lecoq. The blend of these two traditions in physical theatre will maximize the rhythm and articulation of Synge's text within a heightened style.
- [Week #1 (Jan. 5 - 7): The Dreamer and My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Ages](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/big-box-12/) - "The Dreamer" is a solo, multi-media performance examining how a dreamer resolves her unrealistic expectations of unrequited love while struggling between make-believe and reality. Developed from love letters written by prominent men throughout history from Marcus Aurelius to Allen Ginsberg, My Dear Boy expresses universal themes of human emotion and amorous relationships. The letters are a treasure trove of literary styles written with incredible emotional resonance; by turns heartfelt, hilarious, sexy, angry, intoxicating and above all, written with love.
- [Week #1 (Apr. 19-28): Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/danceworks-12/) - Possession. Passion. The sights, tastes and beauty of Spain. The story moves to Carmen in this timeless, contemporary ballet. Conceived as theatre-in-the-round, and full of drama, simplicity, and pathos, choreographer Richard Dickinson (Ohio Ballet) creates a new production that is sure to generate heat. With music based on the opera version, focusing on string and percussion, join us for a laid-bare Carmen as Verb Ballets return to Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks series in a reimagining that is not to be missed!
- [Nov. 20: Public Displays](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/nov-20-public-displays/) - A comedy that asks the question: why is it easier to confide to strangers what we really should be telling the people we love? Four couples; two wedding dresses; a drug deal as an act of charity; a possible sign from God; a dog named Noodle; a picnic in a cemetery and a therapist seeking her own therapy...from her manicurist. "Public Displays" is a comedic exploration of what we reveal about ourselves in public which might have better been left private.
- [Nov. 19: Dating Godfrey](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/nov-19-dating-godfrey/) - A night spirals into mayhem and transgressions when three girlfriends wait for one's boyfriend to get them into an ultra-exclusive NYC lounge. As the night expires into a wonderland of nightmarish proportions, the very existence of the yet to appear boyfriend comes into question...
- [Nov. 18: Danger Road](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/nov-18-danger-road/) - "Danger Road" tells the story of Erica and Hunter, who were inseparable in high school, but as adults, lead completely separate lives. Hers is a fairly "normal" existence, while he has become a world famous star. When news linking back to their teen years reaches them, it sparks memories both good and bad and makes them reevaluate the adults they have become. While their actual grown-up lives may not mirror what they had planned or expected as teens, Erica and Hunter come to understand the crucial impact they had upon each other. Sometimes we don't realize the most important adventures of lives until years after we've lived through them.
- [Nov. 14: Mercy for the Devil (or the Nature of Forgiveness) and Captive Muses](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/nov-13-mercy-for-the-devil-or-the-nature-of-forgiveness-and-captive-muses/) - "Mercy for the Devil (or the Nature of Forgiveness)" is a play about reconciliation. It takes place in Northern Uganda, where the Acholi people have been subjected to decades of terrorism by rebels and the government and are nearing the end of conflict. As the child soldiers who were abducted and forced to fight return home, everyone must grapple with what it means to forgive and be forgiven. "Captive Muses" takes a comedic look at the life of Sarah, a frustrated artist who can't seem to paint anything really good or even attract the attention of a date. In her quest for inspiration, she accidentally stumbles on a real muse and captures him. When he turns out to be not exactly what she's looking for, her search takes her beyond mythology and museums to reflect upon the nature of art, love, and... balloon animals?
- [Week #6 (Feb. 18 - 20): Sonic Cinema](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-6-feb-18-20-sonic-cinema/) - Experimental Orchestra, FiveOne Music aims to deliver an unforgettable night of sights and sounds when local visionary directors and composers unite. "Sonic Cinema" is a fusion of world premiere pieces and films accompanied by the music ensemble that Donald Rosenberg hailed as, "bursting with inventive, energetic spirit." "Sonic Cinema" will feature the world premiere of "Chronicles of Laughing Yesterday" by award-winning filmmaker and video artist Kasumi, a recent recipient of a Creative Workforce Fellowship, and one of Cleveland Magazine's Most Interesting People of 2011.
- [Nov. 15: Girl and Au Bout de Son Latin](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/nov-15-girl-and-au-bout-de-son-latin/) - "girl" is the story of a girl forced to leave her home, and then forced to return three years later, only to discover a mother and a sister both paralyzed with fear and toilet paper. girl is an exploration is family, choices, change and fixing the unfixable. Dan Kilbane will direct the staged reading of girl; Kilbane previously directed Messina's play "Late Nite Special" for the Dobama Theatre Night Kitchen. Sam is throwing a big get-together and everyone will be there: Chris, Dallas, D.J., Austin, Pat, Casey. The audience won't actually see the party, however; the stage represents Sam's imagination, and we see only the goings-on inside Sam's head. From the subconscious to consciousness to action, watch as Sam's thoughts and feelings work their way through a broken telephone of the mind.
- [Nov. 14: Mother/Tongue and Bon Voyage, mon Oie (Goodbye, My Goose)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/nov-14-mothertongue-and-bon-voyage-mon-oie-goodbye-my-goose/) - Workaholic mother Margot obsessively prepares Julia Child's 1960's-era beef tongue recipe, vanishes for hours, and starts speaking only French. Her two teenagers keep their own secrets as they struggle in the shadow of parental expectations, and no one is talking. Margot's husband Tom, mother-in-law Beverly, and best friend Jane try to slice and dice to the heart (or is it the tongue?) of the matter - and dinner is served. "Mother/Tongue" serves up isolation, communication, motherhood, food and love. Bon appetit! Terrified by the natural world, barricaded in their home, alienated from each other, two brothers, Loch and Rood, go about the ritual of their daily lives. "Bon Voyage, mon Oie" is an absurd look at the story of two shut-ins who, despite their fear of the outside world, each attempt to overcome social paralysis in their own way as they struggle with the meaning of life, language, and the difficult circumstances that accompany illness.
- [Nov. 8: Projecting and You Can see the World from Cleveland](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/nov-8-projecting-and-you-can-see-the-world-from-cleveland/) - Photographs are a way of telling stories, of tracking and keeping human histories on an intensely personal level. They are often the only real proof that a life has happened. Projection is a method of sharing these images; it is also a method of separating the self from the self, of hiding personal realities safely away in plain sight. "Projecting" is the story of one woman through photographs. "You Can See the World from Cleveland" is a solo performance and a vibrant tapestry of stories and experiences that come out of a distinctly Northeast Ohio experience. Aaron Calafato grew up in Northeast Ohio and finds that it has shaped him more than he thinks. From the immigrant experience of his family to his first memory of the Cleveland Browns, through his adventures during adolescent life, and into the passionate journey of an young actor in NYC. We see struggle, love, family, art, humor, and hope through the eyes of an artist, and specifically--through the eyes of the colorful characters we meet along the journey.
- [Nov. 6: The Doppelgänger, a Play in Eighteen Paintings](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/nov-6-the-doppleganger-a-play-in-eighteen-paintings/) - What really happened between Edouard Manet and his muse, the artist Berthe Morisot? He made more than a dozen portraits of her over a six-year period: then she married his brother, and Manet never painted her again. "The Doppelgänger" explores love from fantastic to romantic to real, through the lens of Manet's and Morisot's artworks.
- [Week #8 (Mar. 5 - 7): McInjun and HonkFest](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-8-mar-5-7-mcinjun-and-honkfest/) - "McInjun" is the story of a geeky 15-year-old half-Seminole, half-Irish boy, new to the city of Cleveland, but not new to the feelings of isolation that being the oddest of all outsiders brings. When the bus leaves him stranded, he must make a late-night journey through Cleveland from the Playhouse to his home in Bay Village. With folktales, memory, and imagination, he combats fear, fatigue, and the unknown as he struggles to find his own path home. "Honkfest!" is a festival of arts, culture, and ideas presented every year in Hohonkus, NJ. Originally conceived as the Hohonkus Festival of Arts, Culture, and Ideas in 1998 by the Hohonkus League of Women Leaders (with Jean Brackenbridge as the Executive Director), the festival was rebranded this past year as Honkfest! and now incorporates talent from all over the world under the leadership of Greg Musmeci, Artistic Liaison.
- [Week #7 (Feb. 26 - 28): Hum](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-7-feb-26-28-hum/) - In "Hum", four characters gently weave their disparate narratives. A letter from a long-forgotten ex-girlfriend, a monster in the backyard, a math lesson, and a road trip to the Ohio Caverns. Four very different stories with one ominous, unifying thread.
- [Week #4 (Feb. 5 - 7): G.S.](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-4-feb-5-7-g-s/) - In "G.S.," Gertrude and Alice and George and Alfred find themselves sharing the same atelier in Paris. When their paths cross, the inevitability of history repeating itself is momentarily forestalled. "G.S." poses the following questions: How do artists use the love of their muses to create their art? What effect does it have on their muses? Can a self-proclaimed genius learn about creating art from a self-professed hack? Can a serial monogamist learn about love from devoted lesbians? More importantly, what will Alice serve for dinner?
- [Week #1 (Jan. 15 - 17): Cramped and Kill Will](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/big-box-10/) - "Cramped" is an exploration of two women's coming of age, set inside the confines of a life size board game. The characters' stories are intertwined, but not connected. Two pieces on the same puzzle-board, each woman is on a personal quest to discover who she really is and more importantly - why? Local stage combat choreographers Josh Brown and Kelly Elliott present "Kill Will", a riotous romp through the Canon that seeks to answer the eternal question, "How many of Shakespeare's characters can get killed in one night?"
- [Week #5 (Feb. 6 - 8): BACKspace](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-5-feb-6-8-backspace/) - Big [BOX] presents an evening of dance and music, featuring original choreography by Carly Dorman and Sara Lawrence and exciting new music by local instrumental ensemble FiveOne.
- [Week #3 (Apr. 30 - May 3): Antaeus Dance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-3-apr-30-may-3-antaeus-dance/) - Antaeus Dance unveils another compelling evening-length dancework by Director Joan Meggitt. MOLT explores the transformation that results from stripping away undesirable habits and patterns to reveal the essence of the individual. This transformation is facilitated by a community of participants who reflect the individuals' passage from resistance to serenity. The performance features new music by composer Greg D'Alessio. The dancers will inhabit a stunning set, created by artist James Longs, which is both a physical home for the performance and a metaphor for the beleaguered psyche. Come be transformed.
- [Big [Box]](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/big-box/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the participating artists for the 2008 Big [BOX] series. Big [BOX] is an award-winning residency program produced by Cleveland Public Theatre that focuses on the independent creative artist and the exciting things that can happen when one is given the space and time to create. Now in its sixth successful year, Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to support and foster the work of area artists in this unique program. Over eight weekends, ten artists are given keys to The James Levin Theatre and the freedom to transform the space for the presentation of their work.
- [Station Hope 2014](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/station-hope/) - Cleveland Public Theatre, Ohio City Incorporated and Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman present Station Hope-a free, one-night-only multi-arts event that celebrates the triumphs of the Underground Railroad, the history of St. John's Church and the contemporary struggles for freedom and justice.
- [Station Hope 2015](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/station-hope-2/) - Back for a second year, Station Hope is a free one-night-only multi-arts event that celebrates the triumphs of the Underground Railroad, the history of St. John’s Church and contemporary struggles for freedom and justice. Staged in and around Ohio City’s historic church, Station Hope is a jubilant, immersive community event, featuring original work created by professional and community-based artists from across Northeast Ohio, working across many disciplines to address some of the most important issues of our time. Free and open to all ages.
- [We Belong](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/we-belong/) - An original performance featuring stories by the CPT / TJINA Student Ensemble.
- [Week #2 (Jan. 15 - 18): Summer Nights and Fireflies](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-2-jan-15-18-summer-nights-and-fireflies/) - Summer Nights and Fireflies takes us to a tiny sawmill town in eastern Texas, the home of Zandra Richards. She's a beautiful twenty-something Black Texan, brash and sassy with a dash of sweet honey to boot. But in her eyes you can see there is a story deeper then what is on the outside.
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: Walk a Mile](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/y-haven-theatre-project-walk-a-mile/) - An original play created and performed by the residents of Y-Haven of YMCA of Greater Cleveland, a transitional housing facility that supports men in recovery from addiction and homelessness.
- [Leap/Conceive](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/leapconceive/) - Leap/Conceive is a development series intended to support work that is at the midpoint in the creation process. This showcase includes works from a variety of disciplines and approaches, featuring 15-minute segments from larger works-in-progress. Research & Development.
- [Royal Ann's Preserve](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/royal-anns-preserve/) - Created by a mother/daughter team, "Royal Ann's Preserve" is a performance art installation about cleanliness, sweetness and the veneer of femininity. "She is preserved in a brine of sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride to bleach out bad memories. She is soaked in a suspension of reality... she is good intentioned and made of love. Saturated in sugar syrup and colored dye, her veneer is perfection but her cracks reveal something else entirely." This exhibit is free with ticket to any other concurrent CPT performances. WORLD PREMIERE/DEVISED WORK/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/dia-de-muertosday-of-the-dead/) - A vibrant Latin American cultural celebration for the whole family, presented by Artistas Latinos Unidos collective and CPT. Events include indoor and outdoor art installations, Latin food, live music and a colorful street parade.
- [Gordon Square Fall Fest: TEST FLIGHT](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/gordon-square-fall-fest-test-flight/) - Join us Saturday, October 17th from 4pm-12am in Gordon Square for a celebration of what makes this neighborhood great. Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization and CPT join our partners in the Gordon Square Arts District to kick off the 2015-2016 theatrical season with a free event celebrating the arts and culture of our neighborhood, the heart of Cleveland’s alternative arts community.
- [Pandemonium 2014: Take Flight](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/pandemonium-2014-take-flight/) - With hundreds of performing artists, food from the finest restaurants in Cleveland and entertainment around every corner of the CPT campus, Pandemonium is an experience not to be missed. Leave your checkbook at home because your ticket includes complimentary parking, delectable food, drinks and entertainment - indulge!
- [Johanna: Facing Forward](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/johanna-facing-forward/) - Inspired by the true story of Johanna Orozco, a Cleveland teen who survived a gunshot wound to the face by her boyfriend in 2007 and whose story sparked a nation-wide movement against teen domestic violence. Johanna’s story is complex and raises critical questions, but it is also a life-affirming story of triumph. Based on The Plain Dealer’s award-winning series “Facing Forward” by journalist Rachel Dissell and produced in conjunction with Teatro Publico de Cleveland. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [Exact Change at Playhouse Square](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/exact-change-2/) - "Exact Change" is the powerful and personal story of noted Cleveland actor, journalist and critic Christine Howey (formerly Dick Howey). Before undergoing her gender transition in 1990, Ms. Howey was a celebrated stage actor in Cleveland, known for playing such heavy-hitting male roles as Lucifer, Goebbels, "Terrible Jim Fitch," Richard Nixon, God and others. Written and performed by Howey, "Exact Change" is a stunning one-woman tour de force about finding your voice and championing your identity.
- [Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/dontrell-who-kissed-the-sea/) - It's a month before his first day of college and Dontrell Jones III wakes up from a dream that will change his life. The young man's unconventional journey begins with swimming lessons, and ends in a boat drifting into the sea to meet his grandfather's spirit. A magical play about our connection to the past and living in the moment. NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE.
- [The Neighbor's Grief is Greener](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/the-neighbors-grief-is-greener/) - In partnership with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, CPT presents The Visual Theatre of Emanuella Amichai, on tour from Israel. "The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener" is a macabre visual performance that takes place in the sterile and static setting of an archetypal suburban kitchen, inspired by 1950s era music, television and consumer culture. The production merges physical theatre and contemporary dance with striking theatrical design that has wowed audiences and critics around the world.
- [Week #4: Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-4-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Inlet Dance Theatre premieres Four Elements in its entirety, a work the company has been building for the last three years. Four Elements is inspired by best-selling business author Laurie Beth Jones’ book, “The Four Elements of Success,” which looks at the four elements as personality profiles. Four Elements was collaboratively created by the Inlet dancers, Executive/Artistic Director Bill Wade, composer Jeremy Allen, and lighting designer Trad Burns.
- [in a word](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/in-a-word/) - Two years have passed since Fiona's seven-year-old son mysteriously vanished. As she delves back into her memories of that fateful day to find the missing piece, logic buckles and language breaks. Grief and comedy collide in this lyrical, absurdist journey on how to get over, get around and get through what haunts you. NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE.
- [Week #1: MorrisonDance and The Movement Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/danceworks-2015/) - MorrisonDance's eclectic group of movers will share a variety of new dances using metaphor and humor to explore the dynamic contrast between “moving” and “allowing.” The Movement Project explores concepts of weight and risk through the use of props and active bodies in space.
- [Left in Ink](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/left-in-ink/) - A devised documentary performance about people who have memorial tattoos for suicide victims. Created from interviews, photographs, and online posts, this play tells intimate stories of confrontation, remembrance, and loving honor. Lewins brings authenticity, sensitivity, a quirky sense of humor, and passionate storytelling to this deep exploration of an entire subculture. WORLD PREMIERE/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATOR.
- [Mi Muñequita (My Little Doll)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/mi-munequita/) - A contemporary farce by Uruguayan playwright Gabriel Calderón, "Mi Muñequita (My Little Doll)" centers around a dysfunctional middle upper class family, where a young woman becomes a pawn in an elaborate revenge plot by her uncle against her father. Narrated by the family’s butler, the darkly comic play dances between “burlesque and grotesque” when the daughter adopts her doll as an alter ego. **Recommended for mature audiences only (ages 16+).** Written and Performed in Spanish.
- [Week #3: Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-3-verb-ballets/) - Back by popular demand, Carmen: The Story of Passion reinterprets the timeless tale through choreography by Associate Director, Richard Dickinson. A second work, Laura’s Women, speaks to the experiences of women caught in a world of poverty and loneliness—inspired by the music and life of blues singer, Laura Nyro.
- [Week #2: Ohio Dance Theatre and Cleveland Dance Exchange (CDX)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-2-ohio-dance-theatre-and-cleveland-dance-exchange-cdx/) - Ohio Dance Theatre will present the premiere of Blood Stripe, inspired by the story of an OIF/OEF Marine and his family and in honor of veterans suffering from PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). CDX presents ten Cleveland choreographers. Ten original dance works. Ten Billboard Hot 100 hits.
- [Week #7: The Lives of a Poet](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-7-feb-19-21-the-lives-of-a-poet/) - Through linked poems, songs and monologues, Ray McNiece presents a memoir on stage depicting the many facets of his life as a performer. Live music and ancestral images help him tell the tales of a poet whose words have carried him from the rusty crucible of Cleveland across the wide world.
- [Week #4: Orphan Kiss (Left) and Turning Toward the Other](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-4-jan-29-31-orphan-kiss-left-and-turning-toward-the-other/) - Searching for connection in a world beyond feeling, five people—stuck with themselves, by themselves—await the ultimate endgame. Where there is no hope, there is no home. :: Truth is variable. At what point does the protagonist become the antagonist or the victim become the perpetrator? Turning Toward the Other features three original dances by choreographer Story Rhinehart that explore the shifting nature of reality, transitioning from real to surreal on topics ranging from fairy tales to abduction to war.
- [Week #3: F*** Me, Love Me, Aphrodite and Black Virgins are Not for Hipsters](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-3-jan-22-24-f-me-love-me-aphrodite-and-black-virgins-are-not-for-hipsters/) - In "F*** Me, Love Me Aphrodite," a thwarted artist is compelled to stalk the dive bar she believes is blessed by the Goddess of Love. In "Black Virgins are Not For Hipsters," thanks to OkCupid, the rise of interracial dating, and the over population of hipster men in the Bay Area, Echo is close to finding a suitable life partner…until America’s racial demons threaten to stop her in her tracks.
- [Week #2: Unintended Consequences and Into Pieces](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-2-jan-15-17-unintended-consequences-and-inky-pinky-chitlins-borscht/) - A dance exploration of daily life, vulnerability and noticing. Driven by research of Chaos Theory and “The Law of Unintended Consequences,” five dancers embark on a journey to illuminate the invisible world surrounding them, highlighting how their actions and decisions influence others. "Into Pieces" is a collection of dance works exploring a world falling to pieces, yet rising in the midst. Having recently returned from Malawi, Africa, WWM responds to what they saw, felt and experienced in this land of wild harsh beauty.
- [Week #1: Cut It Out](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/cut-it-out/) - Rebecca Helmer is a wife and mother becoming increasingly unsettled by her seemingly perfect life. Suffocated by the comfort of this illusion, she embarks on a journey of “remaking herself.” Quite literally—with plastic surgery.
- [Week #2: Cut it Out, Orphan Kiss (Left) and INKY & PINKY: A Tale of Chitlins and Borscht](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/week-2-oct-30-nov-2-cut-it-out-orphan-kiss-left-and-inky-pinky-a-tale-of-chitlins-and-borscht/) - Rebecca Helmer is a wife and mother becoming increasingly unsettled by her seemingly perfect life. Suffocated by the comfort of this illusion, she embarks on a journey of remaking herself. Quite literally. With plastic surgery. What happens to love in a place beyond feelings? What happens to hatred when time replaces it? A glance inside the minds of killers, icons, freaks and liars. There is no solace in the kiss of an orphan.
- [Week #1: The End of Pantyhose](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/springboard-2014/) - Which came first? The chicken or the egg? Penny Bingo, our game, advice-giving host, considers this and many other reader questions as she takes us through a variety-hour of decades and decades of female experience - including, but not limited to: time- and labor-saving appliances, mommy culture and "fellowship' when a special speaker requires luncheon attendees to share their true feelings, cigarettes, a clothing saleswoman who demands that every woman is the same "color" - pink, girdles, the female part of an online talk-show duo going it alone, sensual perfume, the "Lift and Stretch for Lovers" exercise program, household disinfectant/birth control methods, a visit from a door-to-door makeup maven that produces miraculous and impossible results, pantyhose, and a dressing-room game show where the winner walks away with a new wardrobe and self-worth dubiously intact.
- [American Falls](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/american-falls/) - This stunning drama follows the story of eight people in a small town— six are living and two are dead. "American Falls" exposes the inner life of every-day people desperately seeking meaning and love in a poetic and sensuous interplay of stories, monologues and a horrifying makeover. "Ms. Johnson reminds us what great theatre has always been about is great storytelling..." -Houston Chronicle. SECOND US PRODUCTION.
- [Teatro Publico de Cleveland: A Recipe para la Vida](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/teatro-publico-de-cleveland-a-recipe-para-la-vida/) - Inspired by the foods that are rooted to our heritage, Teatro Publico de Cleveland's second full-length production "A Recipe para la Vida" weaves family drama, ancestral stories and humorous legends into a story that celebrates the multiplicity of cultures, identities and traditions in Cleveland's Latin American community. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [She's Wearing White...](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/shes-wearing-white/) - An art/performance installation that investigates purity, idealized femininity and sexual role-playing through the lens of the Virgin-Bride’s wedding night. Audience members will step into a multi-sensory mosaic of languid lace, extinguished candles, castoff altars and siren sounds, whilst a six-woman ensemble performs haunting music and original text from within a labyrinth of white-veiled walls. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [Spirits to Enforce](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/spirits-to-enforce/) - Now that their arch-nemesis, Professor Cannibal, is locked away in a correctional facility, twelve superheroes— The Fathom Town Enforcers— have taken up residence in a secret submarine to tackle the most critical work of their crime-fighting mission... fundraising. The Enforcers' plan? To stage a "superheroic" benefit performance of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Seriously. Infused with comic book lore, choral arrangement and text from Shakespeare's beloved masterpiece, Mickle Maher's "Spirits to Enforce" is an utterly unique theatrical trip. REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [Pandemonium 2013: Shine](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/pandemonium-2013-shine/) - With hundreds of performing artists, food from the finest restaurants in Cleveland and entertainment around every corner of the CPT campus, Pandemonium is an experience not to be missed. Leave your checkbook at home because your ticket includes valet parking, great food, drinks and entertainment - indulge!
- [Opera Per Tutti presents Clarimonde](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/opera-per-tutti-presents-clarimonde/) - A world premiere concert performance of a new opera by Frédéric Chaslin and librettist P.H. Fisher, performed by COT company artists. Science fiction, fantasy and magical realism merge in this classic tale of the supernatural. Dress up in your Halloween costume for a fun night of music, then stay for post-show mingling and discussion with the artists.
- [Cleveland Opera Theater (formerly Opera Per Tutti ) presents Amahl and the Night Visitors](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/opera-per-tutti-presents-amahl-and-the-night-visitors/) - Celebrate the Season with Gian Carlo Menotti's classic holiday opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors"! Join Cleveland Opera Theater for the annual production collaboration to support the City Mission. In the spirit of the holiday season, admission to these performances is free with a monetary donation for the City Mission or a donation of disposable diapers for Laura's Home, the City Mission's crisis center for women and children. 100% of all donations benefit the City Mission Cleveland.
- [The Santaland Diaries](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/the-santaland-diaries-4/) - Join CPT at PlayhouseSquare for "The SantaLand Diaries". Eric Schmiedl stars as the hilariously jaded "Crumpet" in David Sedaris' acclaimed Christmas comedy, which tells the story of an out-of-work actor who takes a job as a Macy's Christmas elf.
- [Rusted Heart Broadcast](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/rusted-heart-broadcast/) - "Rusted Heart Broadcast" is an epic production with powerful visual elements, original music, and fast paced story telling. In a pandemic of technology-induced "sleep", a small group of survivors act out the mythic origin of the "virus" in order to stay awake - to stay alive. They tell a story of Cleveland-born Kaysha who travels to Hollywood to become a star and is enlisted by softnet, a company developing a new technology line that connects people to the world-wide-web without a device. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [NICK&JEREMY](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/nickjeremy/) - "NICK&JEREMY "is a loosely structured evening centered around the title characters (played by Nick and Jeremy, or sometimes Jeremy and Nick) attempting to access hidden layers of consciousness and reveal the interconnectedness of the universe. Using various obvious and not-so-obvious techniques, the show engages the audience in various philosophical and prosaic questions in the form of riddles, games, musical interludes and personal storytelling. Belief in mysticism and magic is balanced out by the protagonists' own doubts and fears; it's one thing to understand you can reinvent yourself, and another one entirely to actually do it. Equal parts Mysticism and Skepticism, "NICK&JEREMY" is an attempt to make sense of the world while not taking it all too seriously. Be ready to ask, answer and engage with "NICK&JEREMY". WORLD PREMIERES/DEVISED WORKS/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [Water Ways (Part One of the Elements Cycle)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/water-ways-part-one-of-the-elements-cycle/) - In "Water Ways", controversy over water rights breaks out in the desert amidst the celebration of a new well. The viewpoints of politicians, activists, land-owners and business are quickly eclipsed by the news that the well is a failure - it is dry. As a supernatural storm rises up, the group is confronted by a group of fantastic water spirits who have lost their power. As the spirits reach, out the humans relearn reverence and ultimately learn that they must sacrifice for hope to rise again. WORLD PREMIERES/DEVISED WORK/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [Pandemonium 2008: Hidden Treasure](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/pandemonium-08-hidden-treasure/) - Don't miss Cleveland Public Theatre's annual fundraising extravaganza and the party of the year! 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!
- [Ancestra](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/ancestra/) - Inspired by the 1853 National Women's Rights Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, "Ancestra" weaves a historical account with the intimate biography of a contemporary woman. "Ancestra's" compelling story provides a forum for intellectual engagement with important issues of our time: gender equity, women's health care and reproductive rights. Featuring a multi-generational, multicultural cast, this emotionally-charged performance celebrates those who came before and champions current efforts to achieve dignity and justice. WORLD PREMIERE/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [Y-Haven: What Is Inside](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/y-haven-presents-what-is-inside/) - Cleveland Public Theatre and Y-Haven present "What Is Inside", created and performed by the residents of Y-Haven, a branch of the Greater Cleveland YMCA. A fifteen-year partnership between the two organizations, the project introduces theatre arts to homeless men recovering substance abuse and mental health challenges. As they work with CPT artists to create an original performance based on their personal experiences, participants develop skills and capacities that support their sobriety and transition to employment, permanent housing and independent living.
- [Pandemonium 2012: House of Dreams](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/pandemonium-2012-house-of-dreams/) - This year we are celebrating the tenth anniversary of Pandemonium and the past honorees are helping to ensure that the 2012 edition of Pandemonium is the best ever. Featuring dozens of area theatre, dance, visual and performance artists and fabulous food and drink, Pandemonium 2012 is a not-to-be-missed affair. Pandemonium's action takes place in unexpected places throughout the campus as guests create their own adventure during this innovative and energizing benefit. Leave your checkbook at home because your ticket includes valet parking, great food, drinks and entertainment- indulge!
- [struck](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/struck/) - In 2011, performer Tannis Kowalchuk suffered a stroke. As she struggled with recovery and the profound shock to her sense of self, Tannis decided to do what she does best - collaborate with other artists to make a play. struck is an exploration of neuroscience and brain trauma. It is a poetic dance on the razor-edge of mortality, as the brain and body look for meaning and struggle to communicate, recover and re-discover the sense of "self" after a crisis. WORLD PREMIERE/DEVISED WORK.
- [A Killing Game](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/akillinggame/) - "A Killing Game" is a theatre-meets-party-game in an evening of laugh-out-loud fun! Actors and audience work together to combat a mysterious plague that is killing all the citizens— inexplicably, indiscriminately, and fast! Styled after game shows and fashion from the 1960s, "A Killing Game" arrives in Cleveland via dog & pony dc, a quickly rising ensemble known for their quirky productions that involve everyone in the fun.
- [In the Continuum](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/in-the-continuum/) - The powerful “In the Continuum” explores the devastating problem of AIDS among African and African-American women— a timely and often underexposed topic. Living worlds apart in South Central, LA and Zimbabwe, two young women experience a bizarre weekend of darkly comic, life altering revelations. With two actors playing dozens of roles, “In The Continuum” promises to engage audiences in its story of parallel denials and self-discoveries. OHIO PREMIERE.
- [I Am What I Am: Gays, Lesbians and The American Musical Co-presented with The Musical Theater Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/i-am-what-i-am-gays-lesbians-and-the-american-musical-co-presented-with-the-musical-theater-project/) - Without gays and lesbians -- on stage, behind the scenes and in the audience -- there would be no Broadway. Period. This multi-media concert celebrates a culture's rich contribution to musical theater art, from the "coded" songs of Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart in the 1920s to the breakout musicals of the post-Stonewall 1970s, to the current hit "Kinky Boots." It's a stirring, fascinating story that also includes performers like Ethel Merman and Liza Minnelli who thrilled a huge gay audience.
- [Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, A Staged Reading](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/standing-on-ceremony-the-gay-marriage-plays-a-staged-reading/) - Something old, something new. Eight prominent American playwrights approach same-sex unions with humor and heart in Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. This collection of short works comes to the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
- [SantaLand Diaries](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/santaland-diaries/) - Join CPT at PlayhouseSquare for best-selling author David Sedaris' "Santaland Diaries", a story of an out of work actor taking a job as Crumpet, a Macy's Christmas elf, in 1989. Now in his mid-fifties, Crumpet's hilarious recount of the trials and tribulations that the Holidays bring is sure to bring a smile to even the grouchiest face!
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project: A Life Without](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/y-haven-theatre-project-a-life-without/) - In the aftermath of a tragic car crash, three men are propelled into a world of random coincidences and shifting perspectives as they search for the facts of the accident. What went wrong? Why did this happen? Who is to blame? Seeking answers from small-town locals, public servants and high-powered lawmen, each encounter brings the men closer to something- but is it the truth of the accident, or the truth of greater conflicts that reside within? A Life Without is a moving and humorous story about the challenge to make meaning out of the difficult and seemingly random events of our lives. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
- [WEEK #4 (MAY 1 - 3): Verb Ballets- Spring Series](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-4-may-1-3-verb-ballets-spring-series/) - "Verb Ballets' Spring Series" will feature the work of Creative Fusion Artist-in-Residence, Ngo Thanh Phuong, funded through The Cleveland Foundation. Ms. Ngo will be working with Verb Ballets during a three-month residency to develop new work and share a 21st century view of Vietnamese culture with the company and community. Also on the program is the world premiere by the contemporary choreographer, Sara Whale. Her new work is inspired by Gustav Klimt, the renowned painter of the "Golden Period" of Austrian art . She will explore symbolic meanings of the dual role of women as inspiration in the struggle for modern identity.
- [WEEK #2 (Apr. 17 - 19): (DOUBLE BILL) Double-Edge Dance and Travesty Dance Group](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-2-april-17-19-double-bill-double-edge-dance-and-travesty-dance-group/) - With Double-Edge Dance, enjoy diverse works choreographed by Kora Radella, ranging from solos to sextets, accompanied by original music compositions by Michelle Birsky and DEDance co-founder, Ross Feller. Travesty Dance Group presents "SoloSolo," an evening of new dance and live music. Artistic Director Kimberly Karpanty has choreographed new contemporary dance solos for herself and four TDG artists, each accompanied in performance by a live musician. Commissioned and contemporary scores for solo piano, French horn (Radek Baborak), cello (Zoe Keating), percussion and voice (Chuck Richie) will be played by local and nationally recognized performers including Neil Chastain and Claudia Howard Queen.
- [WEEK #1 (Apr. 10 - 12): Inlet Dance Theatre- In Concert](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/inlet/) - Inlet Dance Theatre returns to Cleveland Public Theatre with three new works by Bill Wade - "Angels Unaware, 10" (a duet honoring Joshua Brown and Elizabeth Pollert's 10th season) and "Fire" - the third installment in Four Elements. Audience will also experience sections of a new piece, "Nature Displays", inspired by the exhibit "Nature's Mating Games: Beyond the Birds and the Bees" at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Don't miss this sure-to-sell-out performance!
- [WEEK #3 (Apr. 24 - 26): (DOUBLE BILL) Antaeus Dance and Shen & Bones Performance Group](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-3-april-24-26-double-bill-antaeus-dance-and-shen-bones-performance-group/) - Antaeus Dance plumbs the depths with two dramatic premieres. Director Joan Meggitt and company member Heather Koniz present intimate danceworks for dancers Jessica Hodges, Koniz, Shannon Sefcik and Rhian Virostko. Both premieres feather new music by Cleveland composer Greg D'Alessio. Meggitt's Events "Leading Up to My Death" is a metaphor for a persons' undoing, moving from frenetic to the quiet beneath of a set that is suspended above the dance floor. "Let My Hero In", by Koniz, is an intimate dive into the world of addiction, depicting both the inner struggle and the outward consequences. "Betweens" implies space, but more specifically, the space that completes the whole, which in the Japanese culture is referred to as "Ma". "Ma" is what takes place in the imagination of the viewers who are experiencing the compositional elements of each of the eight distinct dances in the program.
- [Week #6 (Mar. 13 - 15): Same Difference](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-6-mar-13-15-same-difference/) - Anthony and Jahmal are two young black men-thrust together as college roommates and struggling to define themselves in a world that is always trying to tell them who they are. Dynamics of race, gender, class and privilege intersect in this contemporary drama by Chicago playwright, Sam Roberson.
- [Week #2 (Feb. 13 - 15) Funnel Cakes Not Included and Two Kinds of Light](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-2-feb-13-15-funnel-cakes-not-included-and-two-kinds-of-light/) - "Funnel Cakes Not Included" is a darkly humorous look at suicidal depression through the mixed up lens of an amusement park, featuring such "attractions" as Psych Facility Land and Electro-Shock Wonder Village. An illuminating, entertaining and deeply personal excavation of how depression colors a person's day-to-day existence. Please note that this production contains adult content and language. "Two Kinds of LIght" sifts through the depths of a human soul, this new dance work reveals the inner struggle of one's conflicting halves. Table lamps, industrial work lights and headlamps adorn the stage, shedding light on the moments of rawness, comfort and uncertainty that litter one's path of rediscovery.
- [This is Not the Play](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/this-is-not-the-play/) - A gritty, in-your-face comedy that digs into what we naturally turn away from, racism. "This Is Not the Play" imagines a black playwright trying to write a play about white people. The problem is that the characters seem to have minds of their own. The playwright sends in her agent to interrogate the characters and then she tries to intervene as they expose their pathetically racist and patently disempowered viewpoints. Is this the playwright's reflection on racism, or on her own prejudice? SECOND US PRODUCTION.
- [Titus: A Grand and Gory Rock Musical](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/titus-a-grand-and-gory-rock-musical/) - Shakespeare rolls over in his grave as his bloodiest, most horrifying script— "Titus Andronicus"— gets a total makeover as a rock musical. In this story of revenge, limbs are torn off, tongues are cut out... and everybody sings. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [Exact Change](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/exact-change/) - A moving play about finding your voice and championing your identity, "Exact Change" is the powerful and personal story of noted Cleveland actor, journalist and critic Christine Howey (formerly Dick Howey). Before transitioning in 1990, Ms. Howey was a celebrated stage actor in Cleveland, known for playing such heavy-hitting male roles as Lucifer, Goebbels,"Terrible Jim Fitch," Richard Nixon, God and others. Developed in part through CPT's New Work Development Series, "Exact Change" is a one-woman tour-de-force spiced with political rants, historical reflections, personal stories and an incisive wit that packs a punch. WORLD PREMIERE/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATOR.
- [Cuando Cierras Your Eyes](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/extended-run-teatro-publico-de-cleveland-cuando-cierras-your-eyes/) - "When You Close Tus Ojos" weaves comedic scenes, ancestral stories, and haunting tales to create a story that celebrates the multiplicity of Latin American identities in the Cleveland community. Straight from seminary, Juan thinks he's ready to lead a community, but he was not expecting to have to officiate at three funerals on his first day on the job! His bumbling and naive attempts to connect to the people lead him through a bizarre, hilarious and life changing day. Created and written by CPT's Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan and the ensemble cast of amateur and professional performers "Cuando Cierras Your Eyes" is a joyful and poignant celebration of life and connection to community. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
- [Doug is a D-Bag](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/doug-is-a-d-bag/) - Rules are made to be broken! This highly interactive devised work asks the audience to tune in and turn ON their cell phones. Set in an HR Company on an extraordinary Tuesday; join Lorie and Doug as they fall out of love and into a heap of trouble. Can they create a new rule book for cell phone technology and love in the workplace? (Audiences will keep their phones on and interact with the actors and each other through their phones. Standard text messaging rates apply). WORLD PREMIERE/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [The Loush Sisters DO The Nutcracker](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/the-loush-sisters-do-the-nutcracker/) - Back by popular demand, The Loush Sisters return to celebrate the holidays in a hilarious and bawdy evening of song. Fueled by booze, fairies, and "holiday cheer," the sisters relive their cherished holiday memories, with the help of their family and The Nutcracker. WORLD PREMIERE/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [Insomnia: The Waking of Herselves](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/insomnia-the-waking-of-herselves/) - "Insomnia" returns to CPT! Ev is trapped in the attic; Evelyn is fronting downstairs; and Zelda, a former imaginary friend, has returned to remember the past and rekindle the will to return to reality. "Insomnia" delves into the innermost thoughts of one woman on the brink of dramatic change - death, flight, mental collapse or self-discovery. SECOND US PRODUCTION/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/dia-de-muertos-day-of-the-dead/) - A vibrant community celebration for the whole family, Dia de Muertos or "Day of the Dead" honors the memory of our ancestors and is a treasured holiday in many Latin American countries. Now in its 10th year, Cleveland's Artistas Latinos Unidos collective presents this annual cultural event, in partership with CPT. Events include indoor and outdoor art installations, Latin food, live music and a colorful street parade.
- [Week #6 (Apr. 17 - 20): MorrisonDance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/week-6-apr-17-20-morrisondance/) - From waiting tables to eating pomegranates, the dancers will perform a delicious range of styles that are sure to delight and move you no matter your taste! MorrisonDance is known for presenting "unique moving art" (Cleveland Magazine) that is "inventive, mysterious, beautiful" (Plain Dealer).
- [Week #5 (Apr. 10 - 13): Double-Edge Dance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/week-5-apr-10-13-double-edge-dance/) - Double-Edge Dance (DED) works with contradiction and juxtaposition, idiosyncratic movement invention, contemporary music composition, and 3-D disorientation paired with point-on precision.
- [Week #4 (Apr. 3 - 6): Tikvah Company of Artists](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/week-4-apr-3-6-tikvah-company-of-artists/) - Conceived from seven verbs common to the human condition, Tikvah Company of Artists, an ensemble of dancers, actors and musicians, perform this integrated work of modern dance, narrative and poetic text with eclectic music including live voice and horn.
- [Week #3 (Mar. 27 - 30): GroundWorks DanceTheater](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/week-3-mar-27-30-groundworks-dancetheater/) - GroundWorks presents new work by Artistic Associate Amy Miller, the Cleveland Premier of "Sweet" by David Shimotakahara and stunning revivals of some past favorites.
- [Week #3 (Mar. 27 - 30): Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/week-3-mar-27-30-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Inlet Dance Theatre will perform a wide variety of works that are personal, regional, and global in content. Repertory includes a world premiere by tanztheatre choreographer Stephen Wynne, entitled "Out of Nowhere" and a remounting of choreographer Sally Wallace's award winning "Tides and Solitude."
- [Week #2 (Mar. 20 - 22): Not Exactly DanceWorks](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/week-2-mar-20-22-not-exactly-danceworks/) - "Not Exactly DanceWorks" presents the internationally acclaimed Juggling Show Spectacular Extravaganza of Object Manipulation Specialist Aaron Bonk in a unique performance featuring the enthralling movement artistry of special guest Sora Sol, Cleveland's premier Aerial Dancer. Experience the laughter and awe inspired by this dynamic duo in a stunning display of Juggling, Dance, Comedy and Aerial Acrobatics that will ignite your imagination and stimulate your senses.
- [Week #1 (Mar. 13 - 16): Lisa K. Lock](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/week-1-mar-13-16-lisa-k-lock/) - "Fear of Falling" is a multimedia dance project inspired by contemporary ballet, performance art, subcultures and digital arts. Of insects, gargoyles and angels, of trust and risk, of pushing forward, and holding back, suspended in motion, encountering freedom and self set limitations. The piece searches for self-empowerment as it follows three souls through landscapes in-between.
- [Week #1 (Mar. 13 - 15): Lingo](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/danceworks-08/) - Join Lingo and CPT for a social art feast has "left critics and audiences beguiled" (Seattle Magazine) and allows guests a range of proximal vantage points to watch the performance unfold. INHABIT dissolves barriers between audience and performer, giving guests 360 degree access to renowned choreographer KT Niehoff's signature movement style, combining hypnotic states of inversion, lushly virtuosic partnering, and hyper-mobile, spinal delicacy.
- [Week #6 (May 21 - 24): Open Window Dance Company](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-6-may-21-24-open-window-dance-company/) - Open Window Dance Company makes its regional debut in the final weekend of DanceWorks with a premiere performance of "Coloring Pages" along with additional repertory works. Unique to OWDC's approach to painting the stage with dance are the inspirations drawn from Asian movement forms. With each new work the company presents lively movement and curious characters in rich, picture book environments.
- [Week #5 (May 14 - 17): Double-Edge Dance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-5-may-14-17-double-edge-dance/) - "XspanD" is a series of solos and duets formed around the spans of time, memory and relationships. Expand as you watch the diverse and poetic performances evolve through this Double-Edge Dance multi-media event. Choreography by Kora Radella, Julie Brodie and Balinda Craig-Quijada will come alive with new music composed by Ross Feller, performed by violinist Dorothy Martirano and bassist Armand Beaudion. Artists Rebecca Cross and Adele Mattern create unique landscapes within "XspanD". Internationally renowned dance improviser Kirstie Simson will also be featured during the Thursday-Saturday evening performances.
- [Week #4 (May 7 - 10): Ohio Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-4-may-7-10-ohio-dance-theatre/) - Ohio Dance Theatre's diverse repertory and theatrical style reflects the best and confronts the worst of the human spirit, its beauty of purity of movement, and the complexity of the human soul when it premieres "Silent Witness" and other repertory works as part of DanceWorks 09.
- [Week #2 (Apr. 23 - 26): Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-2-apr-23-26-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Inlet Dance Theatre returns to CPT to add to its history of thrilling, sold-out DanceWorks performances. Acclaimed both locally and internationally, Inlet Dance Theatre's accessible and powerful signature choreography speaks about the human condition. Repertory for the engagement features world premieres including a work based on the company's recent global travels, along with a remounting of the heartfelt "Memoriate." Inlet's educational programming takes center stage on Saturday, April 25th @ 3:00 p.m. (tickets $10) as students from the company's education programming, the Inlet Youth Ensemble and the Trainee Program perform.
- [Week #1 (Apr. 16 - 19): Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/danceworks-09/) - Cleveland's National Repertory Dance Company opens up Danceworks by going into the lab like a group of mad scientists! Just as visual artists make sketches before setting paint to canvas, nine choreographers will turn the germ of an idea into new works for Verb Ballets' annual Fresh Inventions series. Featuring the Verb Ballets company of dancers, the company's emphasis on collaboration includes choreographers Lynn Deering from CSU; Anteaus Dance's Joan Meggitt; MorrisonDance's Sarah Morrison; Michael Medcalf, founder of Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theater; Lisa Lock; Troy McCarty; Verb Ballets dancer Catherine Meredith Lambert; and former Verb Ballets company member Mark Tomasic and Robert Wesner; along with lighting designer Trad A Burns. See what's spinning around in their heads!
- [Week #7 (Feb. 20 - 22): Unethical](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-7-feb-20-22-unethical/) - You can't live without this paycheck, so just keep your head down and get through the workday. But when The Company institutes a new Corporate Policy on Employee Ethics and Standards of Conduct, four co-workers suddenly find themselves at the center of office controversy. Following the strict policy means giving up your personal expression, but the consequences of breaking it could be severe. And office mates will find their relationships tested in ways they never imagined.
- [Week #6 (Feb. 13 - 15): InCogNegro](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-6-feb-13-15-incognegro/) - Black identity in America is complex. As poet Paul Laurence Dunbar suggested, we wear a mask to hide our true selves. And, in our struggle to live authentic lives, we often find ourselves invisible to others who thrust identities upon us. Never has this been more vividly brought to light than in President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. "InCogNegro" is a satirical look at Black invisibility on the national stage.
- [Week #4 (Jan. 30 - Feb 1): MegLouise Dance Presents Nearly Nude: Deconstructing Beauty](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-4-jan-30-feb-1-meglouise-dance-presents-nearly-nude-deconstructing-beauty/) - MegLouise Dance ignites excitement and dialogue with "Nearly Nude: Deconstructing Beauty". Previews of the production are already sparking public interest and comment. Julie Mullins of "City Beat" described the Cincinnati preview as "a different, more honest take on women's culture."
- [Week #3 (Jan. 23 - 25):  And Then You Die and Claus for a Moment](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/week-3-jan-23-25-and-then-you-die-and-claus-for-a-moment/) - What races through a man's mind as he runs for his life? Hit the road in this comic and revealing solo piece about a cartoonist's pursuit of the finish line in the Big Race - dashing through relationships, hurdling over heartbreak, and making his way through the Five Boroughs in a record quarter of a century...and time is running out. Remember: It's not a solo performance, it's a Marathon. His busy season is over and Santa is taking some time out to set the record straight. Jeff Glover portrays the not-so-jolly, not-so-old, not-really-an-elf in this semi-comic monologue on the hazards of mythology. How can a person have magic and yet not be a god? Leave the little believers at home!
- [Week #1 (Jan. 9 - 11): The BeetleBug and the Bad Work and Kissmet](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/big-box-09/) - Big [BOX] 2009 opens with a double bill - puppetry and theatre combine in The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm from Theater Ninjas and artists Katherine Kurre and Danielle Hisey present their new workKissmet!
- [Little Box 2008](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/little-box-3/) - CPT is proud to present the second year of Little Box. Running from October 23 - November 1 in the James Levin Theatre. 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. Little Box is modeled after CPT's successful Big [BOX] Series but on a smaller scale, designed to foster works at an earlier stage of development.
- [Week #3 (Apr. 15 - 18): Antaeus Dance and Travesty Dance Group](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-3-apr-15-18-antaeus-dance/) - 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).
- [Week #3 (Apr. 15 - 18): MorrisonDance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-3-apr-15-18-morrisondance/) - 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.
- [Week #2 (Apr. 8 - 10): Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-2-apr-8-10-verb-ballets/) - 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!
- [Week #2 (Apr. 8 - 10): Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-2-apr-8-10-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."
- [Week #1 (Apr. 1 - 4): MegLouise Dance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/danceworks-10/) - "Outside the Lines" is a response to the seemingly harmless social systems that perpetuate a tendency toward disconnection, apathy and distraction. The artists of MegLouise Dance construct a vigorous defense against such trends and advocate for a life filled with interaction, experiences and free thinking. They take inspiration from the writings of Emily Dickinson, Stephen Dunn, Mary Oliver and others as they reclaim the flawed, but wonderful surprises of living. The dancers stand behind their message, but they are careful to not take themselves too seriously. The performance travels easily from discomfort to joy and from awkward to delightful.
- [Week #6 (Feb. 19 - 21): Concentric Cycles and Dirt](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-6-feb-19-21-concentric-cycles-and-dirt/) - As time passes, memories weave a fabric that connects with the present, shaping every moment of our lives. A mysterious karmic tale that spans a life time repetitively gives second chances and allows for grasping wisdom through mistakes made in the heat of passion.
- [Week #5 (Feb. 12 - 14): Extra! Extra!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-5-feb-12-14-extra-extra/) - Coming together again in an original collaboration, FiveOne, Carly Dorman, and Sara Lawrence-Sucato deliver the news. From the front page to the back of your mind, this performance promises a dynamic and physical journey through our daily newspaper.
- [Week #3 (Jan. 29 - 31): Microscopes and Megaphones](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-3-jan-29-31-microscopes-and-megaphones/) - "Microscopes & Megaphones" is a collaborative project that uses dance, theatre, audio and visual arts to explore "the problem that has no name" plaguing the modern woman today. With progress made in reproductive choice, education, the workplace and at home, the modern Western woman's oppression manifests itself through subtlety, innuendo and the places you least expect.
- [Week #2 (Jan. 22 - 24): People4Change](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/week-2-jan-22-24-people4change/) - Three Gen-Yers join forces to make a difference in the world after a random experience brings them together. Their efforts to "help the world," range from the naive to the sublime when they open a phone book and start calling random people for donations to their various causes. In a world inundated with global information (and global suffering), self-help and spiritual panaceas, and contradictory common values, "People4Change" examines the frustration, isolation, and passion of young professionals in North America.
- [Nov. 12th: Flock of Seagulls and Wave](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/nov-12th-flock-of-seagulls-and-wave/) - Jake and Barry bicker over cleaning duties in their apartment before learning that they are characters trapped inside a play. Finding the script, they begin discovering mistakes and arguing over what to do. Jake wishes to follow the script safely through to the end while Barry wants to break away and live his own life. As the criticisms progress, the roommates must decide if these events are intentional acts by the playwright or genuine mistakes. Meanwhile, a higher force is at work attempting to make the decision for them and won't take no for an answer. Life's defining moments hit us in waves: Waves of fear and denial, of anger and despair; waves of hope and promise. Wave follows Reese Thompson's journey to find courage, wisdom and love after a life-changing event. This one-woman show incorporates ten distinct characters, each with an indelible effect on Reese's life.
- [Nov. 13: The Musicalling](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/nov-13-the-musicalling/) - An exploration of the human spirit! A triumph! "The Musicalling" is the most ambitious extravaganza in the history of musical theatre history! The magnum opus of longtime closeted playwright/librettist/composer Ian Adler, the pre-production took a decade alone! And, yet, somehow, the cast still wasn't ready when the audience arrived.
- [Nov. 5: History of Life](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/little-box-2/) - "History of Life" follows Sybil, an adopted Evolutionary Biologist and her quest into the American southwest to meet members of her birth family. It begins in Lake Havasu City, Arizona where the London Bridge crosses a man-made lake. Sybil seeks the genetic origins of her life but discovers that identity is often woven into a chaotic multi-layered story, not always in our control. Sybil discovers revelations about Wal-mart, Elvis Presley, Cowboys and Indians and fossilized Tyrannosaurus Rex tracks. Science versus religion, nature verses nurture all come to a head at the Four Corners Monument, where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona come together in a point. Literally.
- [Week #5 (June 2 - 5): Mikaela Clark and Mackenzie Clevenger](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-5-june-2-5-mikaela-clark-and-mackenzie-clevenger/) - "Without Words...Moving Against the Sex Trade" is an evoking multimedia dance performance created to inspire audiences to take action on behalf of those enslaved by the global sex trade. This presentation features a creative collaboration of local dancers, cinematographers, musicians and visual artists that combine to serve as a visible force for the oppressed. The result is a provocative and profound production that shines a spotlight on human dignity and the inherent value of life.
- [Week #4 (May 26 - 29): Double Edge Dance and Greene- Madcalf Movement ](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-4-may-26-29-double-edge-dance-and-greene-madcalf-movement/) - Double-Edge Dance will showcase "Etched in Motion", choreographic intrigues teetering on the brink of emotional breakdowns or breakthroughs. Artistic Director Kora Radella, in close collaboration with cofounder and composer Ross Feller, choreographed the Double-Edge works. Samantha Beckerman, Shaina Cantino, Matt Davis and Radella will premiere four pieces. Matthew Thornton, former member and current guest teacher for the Pilobolus Dance Theatre will perform "Laden" in collaboration with textile artist Rebecca Cross. "The Beginning", is a collection of existing and new solo and duets by local and national choreographers performed by the Greene/Medcalf Movement Project. The vision for this project is to create, commission and perform new and thought provoking contemporary solos and duets that aim to push the boundaries of dance.
- [Week #3 (May 19 - 22): Antaeus Dance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-3-may-19-22-antaeus-dance/) - Antaeus Dance premieres "Prospect & Refuge", a captivating performance that explores the confluence of the infinite - prospect - and the intimate - refuge. Collaborators Joan Meggitt and Doug Lodge revel in the immediacy of human contact, utilize the body as active landscape, and transplant the dancers into lush environments and desolate locations. The performance features new music by composer Bill Sallak and a series of original films by Cynthia Penter.
- [Week #2 (May 12 - 15): Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-2-may-12-15-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Inlet will premiere dynamic new works by Artistic Director/Founder Bill Wade in addition to inspiring selections from the company's repertory. Inlet's performances are powerful, athletic and theatrical. Come see how Inlet is "using dance to further people!"
- [Week #1 (May 5 - 7): Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/danceworks-11/) - Cleveland's National Repertory Dance Company will premiere "Fresh Inventions", featuring Northeast Ohio choreographers, composers, musicians, sculptors and dancers. Tapping into their creativity, these talented artists are put to the test with finite time in the rehearsal studio. Choreographers include Artist-in-Residence Terence Greene, Erin Conway Lewis, Antwon Duncan, Stephanie Krise and Brian Murphy, along with lighting designer Trad A Burns.
- [Week #1 (Jan. 14 - 16): Ya Mama! and She Cried at the Circus](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/big-box-11/) - "Ya Mama!" is a one woman show that explores how being an artist, a wife, a mother, a Christian, and a Black woman collide in my life. I have an unrealized relationship with my biological mother, who died when I was very young and a confusing relationship with my stepmother, who is living. The experiences are diametrically opposed as I shape who I am as a mother of three; something neither of them did. And how do I balance all of the things that make me, "me"? Sometimes, I don't...How will this fadge? "She Cried at the Circus" is the story of Darby Fuller, a woman who discovers at a young age that she possesses an incredible ability which brings her power beyond her dreams, wealth beyond her imagination, and inspires fear in the hearts of everyone she meets. The story is told in a series of vignettes which encompass twenty years of Darby's life. The scenes focus on Darby's relationships with the men in her life but carry with them an underlying tension caused by the one person Darby can't ever seem to control. The play is presented as an "imagination drama," skirting the edges of reality while maintaining a naturalistic tone. The piece is intended as a statement on feminism in the modern age and the grotesque extents to which people who are considered "different" must go to gain credibility within a crumbling society.
- [Week #8 (Mar. 4 - 6): Voice Over and Side Effects May Include](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-8-mar-4-6-voice-over-and-side-effects-may-include/) - "Voice Over" is a one-act theater piece, approximately 50 minutes in length, developed collaboratively by a diverse cast of five of Cleveland's favorite actors. Each member creates their own deeply personal monologue about what it what it means to be them. This material is then reinterpreted by the ensemble in ways that provoke us to confront our assumptions about appearances and who we think we are. "Side Effects May Include" is a roller-coaster ride through an escalating mountain of pills, fidelity, secrets, questions of manhood and womanhood, age, desire, more pills, on-stage and bedroom performance anxiety, still yet more pills, and ultimately, an exploration of whether our deepest personalities and desires are anything more than chemical reactions within our brains.
- [Week #7 (Feb. 25 - 27): Cowboy Poet, a C & W  Musical](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-7-feb-25-27-cowboy-poet-a-c-w-musical/) - What happens when a Cowboy Poet, a WASP socialite, and an ex-gang member throw a gala to benefit Adult Literacy in New Mexico? A raucous exploration of desire, ambition, trust, and hope, to the rhythms and rhymes of Country & Western music.
- [Week #5 (Feb. 11 - 13): Through Her Eyes and Fast Forward - Rewind - Stop](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-5-feb-11-13-through-her-eyes-and-fast-forward-rewind-stop/) - "Through Her Eyes" is about three women that find grace through being beautifully broken from fears and frustrations, crisis, and daily mundane life tasks. It also chronicles the love and determination of holding themselves together as well as the family through motherhood. "Fast Forward - Rewind - Stop" explores these perplexing questions about equality. The shape of our future is sketched out by what we experienced in the past. There is a point in our lives where we need to stop and reflect.
- [Week #4 (Feb. 4 - 6): The Everything is Everything Project and Sick Fuck](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-4-feb-4-6-the-everything-is-everything-project-and-sick-fuck/) - What does it mean to truly be awake: how many of us sleep - walk through our lives? Through two contrasting monologues, "A Sleep and A Wake" explores every human being's decision about whether or not to wake up the next morning... What happens when two people are trapped in the void? Pat and Glenn are two lost souls debilitated by their own desires and fears. Neither of them living in reality, one day they collide. Trapped together, they are forced to communicate and for the first time, be honest with themselves. "30 Awkward Minutes with Pat and Glenn" is the exploration of what it means to have more questions than answers and how truly awkward our interactions can be. "Sick Fuck" follows a nameless man as he tries to navigate his way through a lifetime of resentment, regret, and heartache while terminal cancer eats away at his body. His dark and comical take on love, loss, and strategic, but in no way symbolic, shirt selection both attacks and embraces societal expectations of what good drama is supposed to be.
- [Week #3 (Jan. 28 - 30): Mother/Tongue](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-3-jan-28-30-mothertongue/) - In "Mother/Tongue", a family's quiet dysfunction bubbles to the surface as workaholic mother Margot begins obsessively preparing Julia Child's gruesome beef tongue recipe, disappearing for hours, and speaking only French. Her two teenagers struggle in a world of their own, and no one is talking. Margot's husband Tom, mother-in-law Beverly, and best friend Jane try to slice and dice to the heart (or is it the tongue?) of the matter. Emotions reach the boiling point, as the outward environment of the stage begins to reflect the inner turmoil of the characters.
- [Week #2 (Jan. 21 - 23): Soliciting for Change and Seppuku](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-2-jan-21-23-soliciting-for-change-and-seppuku/) - "Soliciting For Change", a one-woman musical featuring Molly Andrews-Hinders, is the story of a young, progressive woman becoming involved in door-to-door community organizing, and discovering how to effectively communicate with strangers on sensitive political issues. Because she has such passionate political opinions, she struggles during the canvass to deal with opposing viewpoints and apathy. Determined to get through to people, however, she starts developing her own system for gathering support - noting sports' team loyalties, complimenting the pets, and segueing conversations to praise the person at the door. Even with her odd, mildly desperate tactics, she still runs into people who yell at her. So she searches for ways of dealing with these non-supporters. Seppuku: A form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment, considered an act of honor and bravery. Suicide: The act of taking one's own life, considered an act of selfish cowardice. This conversational piece will explore the various beliefs and ideas concerning this controversial topic. We hope to explore the thoughts and feelings which can lead to suicidal actions, as well as hear the voices of those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Is suicide preventable? Is it a chemical in balance? A disease?
- [Week #3 (Mar. 25 - 27): The Pole](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-3-mar-25-27-the-pole/) - "The Pole" is a play about a small community of holiday and corporate mascots who share a common bar, called The Pole, and the relationships that exist within. It focuses on the character of Big Bob aka Robert and his codependent relationship with an iconic local mascot named Santa Nick.
- [Week #2 (Mar. 18 - 20): Fire Dance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/week-2-mar-18-20-fire-dance/) - Nicky McManus is a New York firefighter. His brother Sean is a stock broker in Chicago who returns to the Big Apple after the death of their mother. Sean decides to stay in New York and move in with Nicky in an effort to reconnect with his brother - and to pursue his old flame, Janice. When Janice moves into the apartment, however, long-dormant passions are aroused in cold-hearted Nicky, and old rivalries between the brothers come to the surface with consequences that will change them both forever.
- [Week #1 (Mar. 11 - 13): Patterns](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/neomfa-playwriting-festival/) - What do you author and what authors you? One young woman's life is explored via the metatheatrical act of play creation. By combining myth, fairy tale, personal history, dress making and play making, layers of conscious reality are laid bare and meaning in one woman's life is prodded, crucified, drawn and quartered, and reconstructed again and again and again.
- [Nov. 13: Out of One Glass](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/nov-13-out-of-one-glass/) - "Out of One Glass" follows the fortunes of three Irish immigrant brothers who become embroiled in a web of collusion and betrayal between labor unions, the police department, and racketeers as they try to make their way in Cleveland ca. 1928. IRA activity in Liverpool in 1920, speakeasies, the building of the Terminal Tower, and memories of a simpler time on a remote island off the coast of western Ireland all provide a backdrop. The reading is directed by Caroline Jackson Smith, Associate Professor in the Theater and African American Studies Departments at Oberlin College.
- [Nov. 12: Even the Blind Can See](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/nov-12-even-the-blind-can-see/) - "Even The Blind Can See" is a story of a young African-American man wrongfully accused of raping and robbing a white cancer patient and served thirteen years in the state penitentiary. "Even The Blind Can See" was read in Karamu's 15th and 18th Annual R. Joyce Whitley Festival of Plays. Features original music by Duane Morris, a.k.a., DMorr. DMorr is a seasoned trumpet player from northeast Ohio. His recent CD, "Philadelphia Freedom" was released in 2008.
- [Nov. 11: Storm Cell](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/little-box/) - Based on true events that occurred in NE Ohio approximately 7 years ago, Sean, a young man with a troubled family life, picked the wrong night to go driving with his friends after a powerful tornado ravaged entire neighborhoods. After the devastating catastrophe rips the town to shreds, Sean and his drinking buddies loot the abandoned homes. After a media frenzy and a difficult trial , Sean is tormented in his jail cell by Fujita, the personification of the tornado that raged through Sean's hometown.
- [Week #4 (May 17 - 19): Antaeus Dance](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-4-may-17-19-antaeus-dance/) - Antaeus Dance celebrates 11 years of dance-making and performance with Vintage Visions, a concert of audience favorites. Before going on a collaborative spree of evening-length danceworks, the Company presented repertory concerts of individual dances created by Director Joan Meggitt. Antaeus Dance is taking a moment to look back at some of these vintage works through the eyes of the current-day company.
- [Week #3 (May 10 - 12): MorrisonDance and Travesty Dance Group](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-3-may-10-12-morrisondance-and-travesty-dance-group/) - Exploring psychological themes, animal behavior and celestial concepts, Syzygy will include several new premieres including the final culmination of a new collaboration with BrainMaster using their new Brain Avatar system. Throughout Syzygy, MorrisonDance explores the incredible beauty and humor of life through the art of movement.
- [Week #2 (May 3 - 5): Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-2-may-3-5-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Inlet will premiere dynamic new works by Artistic Director/Founder Bill Wade in addition to inspiring selections from the company's repertory. Inlet's performances are powerful, athletic and theatrical. Come see how Inlet is "using dance to further people!"
- [Week #5 (Feb. 2 - 4): The Berlioz Project: A Multidisciplinary MultiMedia Multi-Venue Rock Opera](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-5-feb-2-4-the-berlioz-project-a-multidisciplinary-multimedia-multi-venue-rock-opera/) - In 1827, Romantic Era composer Hector Berlioz was at his wits' end. Disowned by his mother and disdained by the critics, he sought to finish his life with a drug overdose. It's the Summer of Love in Haight-Ashbury, and rock-star-wannabe Berlioz trips his way to creating his masterwork, Symphonie Fantastique, Episode in the Life of an Artist, which began his long and successful career and inspired other artists and composers, most notably Richard Wagner.
- [Week #2 (Jan. 12 - 14): October in the Chair](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-2-jan-12-14-october-in-the-chair/) - Deep in the forest, in a place that is not hidden but is very hard to find, the Months of the Year sit around a fire telling tales. October begins with a boy called the Runt. Overshadowed by his older brothers, dismissed by parents and teachers alike and generally ignored by almost everybody, the Runt begins to dream of adventures in far off lands. Packing up his candy bars, comic books and the contents of his piggy bank, he runs away from home to find the future he imagines. In his adventure the Runt meets another young boy who shows him a world he's only dreamt of, but the Runt discovers that to begin your greatest adventure, you must leave something behind.
- [Leap/Conceive](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/leapconceive-3/) - Leap/Conceive is a new development series meant to support work at the midpoint in the creation process. Leap/Conceive fosters the development of new performance and places a special emphasis on serving work that may not benefit from conventional staged readings or script workshops. Audiences get a sneak peek into the creative process as CPT presents 7 showcases from performances that are being developed by Northeast Ohio creators. Artists choose a 10-15 minute segment of their future production to develop and share. The environment is part vaudeville, part rehearsal, part workshop as audience and artists see the work together, assess it and offer their reactions.
- [Week #2 (Oct. 13 - 16): Standardized Child(TM) and Based on Actual Events](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-2-oct-13-16-standardized-childtm-and-based-on-actual-events/) - Meet Robert, nine years old and pre-programmed for lifelong success on state achievement tests. Just remember to read his manual. Welcome to a new kind of adoption agency: "Standardized ChildTM". After dying in his cubicle, Jim sticks around the offices of FindLaw, for some haunting shenanigans that lead to his coworkers trying to contact him in the afterlife.
- [Week #3 (Oct. 20 - 23): Andrew Jackson Ate My Homework: A Racial Farce, Art and Werewolves and Napoleon of the Nile](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/week-3-oct-20-23/) - Race- it's all around us. It's in our families, in our history books, in our pop music, and even in overheard bus ride banters. "In Andrew Jackson Ate My Homework", a young man attempts to synthesize the strangeness of race as he passes through a collage of scenes that reveal and explore the issue of race in daily life and throughout (some of) history. Zoe is a painter struggling with a lull in her creativity, as well as in her relationship with her girlfriend, Rachel. A mysterious encounter infects her with inspiration, but is art worth the price? And what does the full moon have to do with it? On a makeshift stage in a Kenyan refugee camp, three people begin an arduous, ten month journey, over 600 miles. They are shot at and bombed by government troops, militia and their very own people. Amidst the horrors of a civil war a young man befriends a widowed mother and an elderly man to form a family. This is a tale of survival against all odds and a celebration of Sudan's recent independence. Internationally lauded playwright, George Seremba, is a Visiting Professor at Case Western Reserve University and playwright in residence at the Cuyahoga County Library, funded by The Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion Program.
- [Week #1 (Oct. 6 - 9): Again Against, Horse Latitudes, Revenge is a Dish Best Served... With Friends](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/springboard-a-staged-reading-festival-2/) - In consideration for the 12-13 Season, this edge-of-your-seat drama explores issues of suppression, assimilation, and identity. Palestinian-American Dahlia has been arrested for terrorism, but she says she's simply protesting. Her interrogator, an Iraqi-American FBI agent, will say whatever he needs to in order to convince her to reveal everything. This show will be performed by CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan and Education Director Chris Seibert. Four women tell their stories of surviving and learning about life with and through their horses. Are the horses simply animals running through these women's lives and stories or do they carry more? Three childhood friends grapple with the consequences of the actions of others upon their lives. A revenge play with a shocking outcome that shines a light on failed relationships, their emotional effects.
- [Sundays (Oct. 14 & 21): Broken Wings](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/sundays-oct-14-21-broken-wings/) - A haunting tale of isolation, "Broken Wings" examines an elderly man with personal demons and a teenage girl with a lot on her mind. This is an account about what can happen when you allow your imagination to take control of your emotions and surroundings, and the lasting toll it can take on one's sanity. Directed by Michael Silverstein.
- [Saturdays (Oct. 13 & 20): Rex and Angelic Voices in Ritardando](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/saturdays-oct-13-20-rex-and-angelic-voices-in-ritardando/) - Oedipus Rex meets "Back to the Future"! In this dark comedy, a modern-day Oedipus invents a time machine and returns to the 1970's to prevent his father's murder. Will he avert his fate or run headlong into it? Directed by Brian Pedaci. The spirits of four missing girls rejoice with playful nursery rhymes and sharing their aspirations. Their playful rhymes change to a dramatic songs as they poetically voice how they trusted the wrong person, were perceived the wrong way and became victims. Directed by Joan Yellen Horvitz 2012-2013 Director Fellow Denise Astorino.
- [Fridays (Oct. 12 & 19): Crying for Lions](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/fridays-oct-12-19-crying-for-lions/) - Rae and Shane are a young couple expecting their first child. When a strange man from Shane's past shows up at their house, a very large and very hungry mountain lion begins to pursue them. Soon, their fears and apprehensions begin to spiral out of control as they learn that sometimes we must act like animals to survive. Directed by Jeremy Lewis.
- [Thursdays (Oct. 11 & 18): The World's Largest Axe](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/springboard-a-staged-reading-festival/) - Computer game programmer Norris joins beautiful toll collector Marigold, pet-cryonicist Angus, and singing widow Violet on a journey through life and death, fantasy and reality - and a road trip to Nackawic, New Brunswick, home of the world's largest axe. When you keep holding on to what you've lost, can you ever really win? Directed by Rebecca Hill.
- [Week #5 (Apr. 18 - 20): Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-5-apr-18-20-verb-ballets/) - "The Rite of Spring" originally choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky shattered expectations and was a milestone in performance history in Paris 100 years ago. Verb Ballets will take to the stage with an evening work featuring a modern interpretation ofThe Rite of Spring choreographed by Richard Dickinson. The new ballet titled, "The Rite of Spring: The Bride Unseen", reinvents the story of pagan sacrifice as the bride surrenders, her dreams to appease her family and succumbs to the pressure of an arranged marriage. The ballet explores the interpersonal relationships of a quirky family and the influence they play in the family paradigm. Someone will be sacrificed. Who - is the question.
- [Week #4 (Apr. 11- 13): Inlet Dance Theatre](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-4-apr-11-13-inlet-dance-theatre/) - Inlet Dance Theatre returns to Cleveland Public Theatre with a performance that is not-to-be missed! Inlet's aesthetic has been described as "narrative-driven choreography...filled with striking and compassionate imagery." Experience the premiere of the second movement in Bill Wade's exploration of the 4 elements, "Air," amidst an inspiring evening of revivals. Witness how Inlet is using dance to further people.
- [Week #3 (Apr. 4 - 6): Double-Edge Dance and Marquez Dance Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-3-apr-4-6-double-edge-dance-and-marquez-dance-project/) - Double-Edge Dance presents works of vigor and fragility in their split bill at DanceWorks 2013. "Cry-i-i-ing", a quintet that was performed at Kennedy Center May 2012, will be a gem amongst other gems in this body of work. Other works showing in this program are the powerful duet Boomerang that combines daring physical intensity with vulnerability and intimacy and was recently performed in NYC. Three new solos, including ieyeyou and cloud elegywill premiere at CPT Danceworks 2013 along with other works. Join Marquez Dance Project as they explore life's moments through an artistic scope and tries to recapture moments that are compelling to the human spirit both physically and emotionally. Phrases such as "fall and recover," "falling off," "fall over laughing", "fall from grace" and "fall in love," are all different examples of its use. This simple word is utilized to describe varying actions, while the meanings are completely different.
- [Week #2 (Mar. 28 - 30): Without Words Movement and Travesty Dance Group](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/week-2-mar-28-30-without-words-movement-and-travesty-dance-group/) - Compelled to reclaim freedom for those silenced by the global sex trade through the powerful voice of dance, Words Without Movement seeks to direct attention upon truths that truths would sabotage the global sex trade and other abhorrent systems alike. Dance pieces will consist of solos and duets speaking upon the truths that reveal the human heart and the need for freedom. This evening celebrates the beginnings the Words Without Movement with various works heralding back to the start of Mikaela and Mackenzie's collaboration to premiering new works birthed out of their vision to reclaim freedom through dance. For Travesty Dance Group's appearance in DanceWorks '13, Artistic Director Kimberly Karpanty has chosen a repertory of concise and cunningly crafted work guaranteed to entertain and enlighten. The evening includes four premieres by Karpanty and two dances by guest artists Leanne Schmidt (Leanne Schmidt and Company, NYC) and Melissa Lilje (Happendance, Lansing, MI).
- [Week #1 (Mar. 21 - 23): Verb Ballets](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/danceworks-13/) - Verb Ballets in collaboration with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony presents an evening fusing dance and electronic music. Four to six young and emerging composers will be selected to present new electronic music that explore and push the boundaries of contemporary American music. The dancers of Verb Ballets will then take the new score and challenge and explore how to move in the sound evolution of the musical language. "Verb Goes Electric with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony" builds on harnessing the creative talent of local artists to create new collaborative works.
- [Leap/Conceive](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/leapconceive-2/) - Audiences get a sneak peek into the creative process as CPT presents six showcases from performances that are being developed by Northeast Ohio creators. Artists choose a 10-15 minute segment of their future production to develop and share. The environment is part vaudeville, part rehearsal, part workshop as audience and artists see the work together, assess it and offer their reactions. Research & Development.
- [Week #3 (Feb. 20 - 22) The Importance of Waiting for the Eagle](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/week-3-feb-20-22-the-importance-of-waiting-for-the-eagle/) - The Eagle, agent of Zeus' wrath, comes daily to punish Prometheus for giving humankind the secret of making fire. Despite its grisly nature, their routine has developed into a fruitful if uneasy friendship-and an opportunity to ask hard questions about the nature of deity and humanity.
- [Week #1 (Feb. 6 - 8) Nova](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/nova/) - This wickedly satirical one-act opera stars NOVA-life-sized android and sexbot. An "adults only" production that will shock audience members into reexamining everything they think they know about feminism, the co-modification of humans, and contemporary American marketing techniques. Please note that this production contains nudity and sexual language of a graphic nature.
- [M4M: An all male version of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2006-2007/m4m-an-all-male-version-of-shakespeares-measure-for-measure/) - In "M4M", powerful leaders take it upon themselves to rid Vienna of freedom, brothels and unlawful sexual activity, much to the dismay of the citizens. In a very contemporary take on this classic, 6 male actors portray 12 male and 6 female roles, reviving the all-male tradition of Shakespeare's stage in an erotic, humorous and streamlined version of "Measure for Measure". Shakespeare's darkest and most sexual play, "M4M" captures the disturbing and aberrant results of sexual repression and exploitation and the dangers of executive authority. Hmmm, sound familiar?
- [The Y-Haven Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/the-y-haven-project/) - The Y-Haven Project is an original work created and performed by the Men of Y-Haven based on their personal experiences. Every year, CPT partners artists with residents at Y-Haven, a transitional housing and treatment program for formerly homeless men in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. This program increases confidence and develops self-discipline and skills that support sober and independent living. The Y-Haven Project celebrates the creativity within each participant and thus facilitates growth from powerlessness to empowerment. ORIGINAL WORK.
- [Matt and Ben](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/matt-and-ben/) - "Matt and Ben" is the funny, scathing, delightfully venomous story of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (played by two women!) who are struggling to write a screenplay in their rundown apartment in Boston in 1996. Much to their surprise and delight, the script for "Good Will Hunting" falls from the sky and into their laps. Matt and Ben was a hit at the New York International Fringe Festival and off-Broadway.
- [Two Plays by Gao Xingjian](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/two-plays-by-gao-xingjian/) - Gao Xingjian is the 2000 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Born in China he now lives in exile in France. Xingjian's plays have been virtually un-produced in the United States due to their adventurous, non-narrative structure. CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan directs "The Other Shore" and Holly Holsinger directs "Between Life and Death". 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! OHIO PREMIERE.
- [Living Tall](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/living-tall/) - Salesman Jeffrey Weaver shares his secrets on how to increase sales and earn respect in the business community, then lets slip some of his more personal secrets as his well-planned motivational seminar careens off the rails. A touching, hilarious and often bizarre monologue written by Mike Geither and performed with energy and intensity by Ker Wells, one of Canada's most accomplished proponents of physical theatre, who is also featured in CPT's "The Confessions of Punch and Judy".
- [The Vagina Monologues](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/the-vagina-monologues/) - A must see! The production that launched a movement that changed the world! Produced by Queen Bee Productions featuring Taba Aleem, Regina Brett, Lynette Brown, Katie Conti, Anne E. DeChant, Jacque Jovic Smith, Kendra Norris, Angele Ringo, Donna Rizor-Longfellow, Karen Rose, Lynda Schumacher, Karen L. Wood and Jean Zarzour
- [Two Rooms](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/two-rooms/) - Cleveland Public Theatre and Charenton Theater Company present "Two Rooms" by Lee Blessing. "Two Rooms" follows an American professor who has been taken hostage in Beirut and held in a small room by a terrorist faction. Back in the United States, his wife awaits word of his fate and struggles to win the war between the media and the state department. A love story as well as an intimate look at the human condition under political pressure, "Two Rooms" was first produced in the 1980's, yet is disturbingly relevant today.
- [The Confessions of Punch and Judy](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/the-confessions-of-punch-and-judy/) - Don't miss this wild all-night argument that captures the anarchic spirit of the classic Punch and Judy puppet show. Slapstick, stylish, viciously honest, and full of surprises, is performed by virtuoso performers Tannis Kowalchuk and Ker Wells, who leap between realism and surrealism, exposing the horror and beauty of a relationship. "The Confessions of Punch and Judy" had its World Premiere at CPT in 2005 to rave reviews and has since been performed off-Broadway, throughout the United States, Canada, Serbia and the UK. ORIGINAL WORK.
- [The Santaland Diaries](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/the-santaland-diaries-3/) - "The Santaland Diaries" is told from the perspective of a 33 year-old slacker who takes a job as Crumpet, a Macy's Christmas elf. Sedaris' hilarious retelling of his unique experience in the throes of the holidays is sure to bring a smile to even the grinchiest face!
- [Osama the Hero](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/osama-the-hero/) - Join Cleveland Public Theatre for this explosive, controversial new work by Dennis Kelly. High school student Gary hands in his homework assignment and inflames his community. Garages are blowing up all over the neighborhood. Vigilantes must find someone to shoulder the blame. A rollercoaster of a play by one of Britain's hottest writers, "Osama the Hero" is a raw, angry and provocative new work. OHIO AND REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [Pandemonium 2007: Paradise Lost and Found](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/pandemonium-07-paradise-lost-and-found/) - 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.
- [Pandemonium 2009: Forbidden Knowledge](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/pandemonium-09-forbidden-knowledge/) - 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! Brian E. Hall will be honored with the 2009 Pan Award.
- [Pandemonium 2010: The Wild Side](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/pandemonium-10-the-wild-side/) - 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! Matthew and Betsy Figgie will be honored with the 2010 Pan Award.
- [Mama's Boys: The CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/mamas-boys-the-cpty-haven-theatre-project/) - 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. For the ninth year in a row, CPT, Cleveland's leading alternative theatre, and Y-Haven, YMCA's transitional home and treatment center for homeless men, many of whom are in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, have collaborated to create this original performance. CPT Artists work with residents of Y-Haven to create an original play performed by the residents and based on their personal experiences. This year's production is guided by Director Denis Griesmer, Dramaturg Deborah Burke and Education Associate Eugene Sumlin.
- [No Child...](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/no-child/) - "No Child..." is the award-winning one woman show based on Sun's experiences teaching at Malcolm X High School in the Bronx, where every day students struggle simply to come to school. One actor plays dozens of characters in this solo show, including teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors and security guards. Created in response to No Child Left Behind, this exciting new work highlights how one determined woman can change the lives of countless others and exposes the inequity of the American public school system.
- [Cut to Pieces](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/cut-to-pieces-2/) - "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.
- [The Aperture](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/the-aperture/) - "The Aperture" is a new play by Sean Christopher Lewis and the inaugural winner of the Rosa Parks Playwright Award. "The Aperture" takes audiences on a wild journey that explores America's fetishizing of global turbulence, violence and race. "The Aperture" follows the story of a beautiful American photographer and her unlikely subject, a former boy soldier from Africa. In this world premiere production, two actors play six parts in an energetic and insightful expose. "The Aperture" will be directed by Craig J. George, who wowed critics and audience alike with CPT's acclaimed production of "M4M", an all-male version of Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure". WORLD PREMIERE.
- [boom](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/boom/) - CPT is proud to present the Regional and Ohio Premiere of "boom" by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, onstage in the James Levin Theatre from November 28 - December 20. "Sex to change the course of the world..." In "boom", something is about to explode and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. CPT presents the regional premiere of this exciting work that premiered at Ars Nova in NYC in March 2008. In this hilarious new work, female journalism student Jo answers male marine biologist Jules' casual- encounters ad seeking "intensely significant coupling." She gets stuck in his makeshift lab-turned-shelter and finds herself surrounded by bourbon, fish tanks and a bunch of scary levers. It's the end of the world as we know it and this is the date to end all dates! OHIO AND REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [The Santaland Diaries](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/the-santaland-diaries-2/) - CPT presents the return of "The Santaland Diaries" by David Sedaris, Adapted by Joe Mantello, Directed by Dan Kilbane, featuring Sean Booker as Crumpet the Elf. "The Santaland Diaries" will be presented in the Gordon Square Theatre from November 28 - December 20 (Preview November 28, Opening Night: Saturday, November 29). The elf is back by popular demand! "The Santaland Diaries" is told from the perspective of a 33-year-old slacker who takes a job as Crumpet, a Macy's Christmas elf. As thousands of customers come through his display, our elf teaches parents and children the realities of holiday cheer. Sedaris' hilarious retelling of his unique experience in the throes of the holidays is sure to bring a smile to even the grouchiest face!
- [The Alice Seed](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/the-alice-seed/) - A world premiere by one of Cleveland's most noted playwrights, "The Alice Seed" is a moving and exceptional tale of loss and the powerful desire to regain the past and hold on to our most cherished ones. Part horror story, part family drama, "The Alice Seed" is pure gothic Americana reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe, the Twilight Zone and the Coen Brothers' movies. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [The Drowning Girls](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/the-drowning-girls/) - With their first look at him their lungs filled with air; their hearts began to beat. With their last look at him their lungs filled with water; their hearts would beat no more. Alice, Bessie and Margaret surface from the still waters of their bathtubs to deliver their post-mortem testimony and tell how they were wooed, wed, insured, and murdered. Based on the "Brides in the Bath" murders in England at the beginning of the 20th Century, "The Drowning Girls" is a touching and hauntingly beautiful script.
- [SantaLand Diaries](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/santaland-diaries-2/) - Join CPT at PlayhouseSquare for this holiday favorite directed by Eric Schmiedl. The SantaLand Diaries, by best-selling author David Sedaris, is the story of an out of work actor taking a job at Macy's as Crumpet the elf and sharing his ironic (if jaded) Christmas story. Advisory: This new holiday tradition is for mature audiences only.
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project '12](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/y-haven-theatre-project-12/) - Larry just wants to see his son. But the court, his ex-wife and the boy's new father keep getting in his way. Driven by his troubled past, Larry's mission is to see his son, no matter the cost. As he struggles to overcome every obstacle, Larry may be forgetting the largest obstacle of all: himself. "Prove Yourself" is a riveting story about parenthood and the challenges people face when coming to terms with themselves, their past mistakes and their dreams for the future.
- [There Is a Happiness That Morning Is](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/there-is-a-happiness-that-morning-is/) - This contemporary comedy in rhymed verse about the difficulties and miracles of love is told via two lectures on the poetry of William Blake given by professors at a small, rural New England college. One lecture is given in the morning by Bernard, a middle-aged, barely published poet of scant scholarship, on the Songs of Innocence, and the other in the afternoon by his lover, Ellen, a reputable Ph.D., on the Songs of Experience. Having engaged the evening before in a highly inappropriate display of public affection on the main lawn of the college's campus, the two undergraduate lecturers must now, in class, either apologize for their behavior or lose their jobs. REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [Tender Napalm](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/tender-napalm/) - Following a young couple's quirky, imaginative and savage fantasies, "Tender Napalm" is a high-impact, high-concept play mapping the journey from first attraction to consuming devotion. It's a sweaty portrait of passion and destruction and an examination of how love can leave you shipwrecked, deep-burning and thirsting for more. REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [The Secret Social](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/the-secret-social/) - Select artists from the popular Conni's Avant-Garde Restaurant team up with CPT artists to create a new celebration of theatricality! "The Secret Social" invites you into a brand new immersive world that blends great food, a party atmosphere and performance into one stunning evening. New characters created with Conni's Restaurant's signature charismatic flourish are your hosts at a secret society meeting, complete with cabaret seating and light supper. Cash bar available throughout the show. After the performance the party doesn't stop as the theatre transforms into a lively dance hall! DEVISED WORK.
- [The Kardiac Kid](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/the-kardiac-kid-2/) - A celebration of Cleveland, the Browns and the infamous 1980 season, "The Kardiac Kid" explores how Clevelanders' lives are shaped by this remarkable Browns season. In this one-man show, Schmiedl plays a mixed race girl abandoned to her Caucasian grandparents, a Roman Catholic priest (and his enemy, the parish dog), and a bookish tradesman from the near west side who thinks that he has discovered the secret for maintaining the Browns' winning streak. This high-powered performance is for everyone who loves the Browns! WORLD PREMIERE/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATOR.
- [Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/standing-on-ceremony-the-gay-marriage-plays/) - CPT opens the season with a bold new work of theatre by 8 of the nation's best playwrights. "Standing On Ceremony" is a confluence of activism and great theatre, staged to promote gay marriage rights and explore our ever evolving (and sometimes not) society. Directed by CPT favorite Craig George (M4M, The Aperture). REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [Akarui](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/akarui/) - "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 transboi, 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. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [13 Most American Dreams](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/13-most-american-dreams/) - "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! WORLD PREMIERE/DEVISED WORK/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATOR.
- [Not The Flying Stupendas](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/not-the-flying-stupendas/) - 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. WORLD PREMIERE/DEVISED WORK/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATOR.
- [poor little Lulu](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/poor-little-lulu/) - Part classical chamber piece, part gritty garage 'happening', and part drag cabaret; this vintage circus of comic debauchery is based on Frank Wedekind's revolutionary plays "Earth Spirit" (1895) and "Pandora's Box" (1904). "poor little Lulu" chronicles the exploits of Lulu - a sexual outlaw in a society riven by lust and greed - who is tossed from man to man, and ultimately lands in the clutches of Jack the Ripper. "poor little Lulu" is both a cautionary fable and a freewheeling peepshow. Produced in association with Matthew Earnest's new company, The Lunar Stratagem. WORLD PREMIERE/DEVISED WORK.
- [At-TEN-tion Span](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/at-ten-tion-span/) - 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. The nine plays in "At-TEN-tion Span" will explore different themes of politics, love and personal struggle in innovative ways. And the next piece is only moments away! WORLD PREMIERES/DEVISED WORKS/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATORS.
- [Ya Mama!](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/ya-mama/) - "Ya Mama!" is a one woman show that explores how being an artist, a wife, a mother, a Christian, and a Black woman collide in my life. "I have an unrealized relationship with my biological mother, who died when I was very young and a confusing relationship with my stepmother, who is living. The experiences are diametrically opposed as I shape who I am as a mother of three; something neither of them did. And how do I balance all of the things that make me, 'me'? Sometimes, I don't...How will this fadge?" Nina, who was last seen at CPT in her heralded performance of "No Child", once again plays multiple characters in this seamless one-woman show that swings from comedy to tragedy. "Ya Mama!" was developed as part of CPT's Big Box performance series and accepted into the 2011 New York Fringe Festival. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [Monster Play](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/monster-play/) - Lock your doors, bar the windows and build up the fire as CPT and Theater Ninjas unleash an evening of hideous, inhuman monsters for your enjoyment. This original and unnatural co-production celebrates the nightmare creatures that haunt our dreams and stare out from our mirrors. WORLD PREMIERE/DEVISED WORK/NORTHEAST OHIO CREATOR.
- [Y-Haven Theatre Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/y-haven-theatre-project-2/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's Education Department and Cleveland's YMCA Y-Haven Program present "Taking Care of Business", the 2010 CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project. For the eleventh year in a row, CPT has collaborated with Y-Haven, YMCA's transitional housing program for homeless men in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction, to create an original play performed by the residents and based on their personal experiences. This year's production has been created and directed under the guidance of CPT Artists John Guerra, Noe Montez, and Adam Seeholzer.
- [Opera Per Tutti Presents: Il Tabarro by Giacomo Puccini](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/opera-per-tutti-presents-il-tabarro-by-giacomo-puccini/) - CPT is thrilled to host Opera Per Tutti/Opera for All, Cleveland's newest professional opera company! "Il Tabarro", a one act operatic drama by master composer Giacomo Puccini, is a story of love, desperation, and violent jealousy and a revelation of the true nature of three people trapped in their circumstances. Onstage in the James Levin Theatre for two performances: Friday, October 22 @ 7 p.m. and Sunday, October 24 @ 3 p.m.
- [Cut to Pieces](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/cut-to-pieces/) - Chris Seibert's haunting, tour-de-force solo show returns for two weekends only. What begins as a classic "whodunit?" quickly takes a nose dive into the psyche of a fragmented individual. Blending live video, film and animation, "Cut to Pieces" is a CPT original production preparing to tour throughout 2011 - 2013. NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT.
- [Insomnia: The Waking of Herselves](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/insomnia-the-waking-of-herselves-2/) - Holly Holsinger and Chris Seibert, two of CPT's most beloved actors are together again in a new work about self loathing and self love. Insomnia delves into the innermost thoughts of a woman on the brink of enormous change-death, flight, mental collapse, or self discovery. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [FEVER/DREAM](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/feverdream/) - Say your father was the President of a multi-national corporation and you were chained to the customer service desk as soon as you could dial a phone... if someone made you CEO for a day, would you go crazy? This raucous and highly physical comic reinvention of Pedro Calderon de la Barca's classic "Life is a Dream", gleefully skewers corporate America with razor-sharp wit, and forecasts a corporate-world transformation as Gen-Y takes over the world.
- [I Hate This/And Then You Die](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/i-hate-thisand-then-you-die/) - David Hansen performs his two award winning solo shows in a single show. One is an exploration of personal loss and recovery, while the other is about obsession and victory. Both shows were developed in CPT's Big [Box] and have gone on to successful runs at the New York Fringe. NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT.
- [Kill Will](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/kill-will/) - Back by popular demand! Murder. Revenge. Suicide. Cannibalism?? A new Tarantino movie? No, it's Shakespeare! Josh Brown and Kelly Elliott, a husband and wife team of fight-choreographers, combine all of the bard's great fights, duels and murders to create a side-splitting evening of stage combat, improv comedy, video-game battles with a bit of marriage therapy thrown in for good measure! Performing in the Storefront Studio Theatre from October 14-October 30 (Paid previews on October 14 and 15; Opening Night on Saturday, October 16). WORLD PREMIERE.
- [The Book of Grace](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/the-book-of-grace/) - CPT is proud to open their 2010-2011 Season: Go Deep, Go Long, with "The Book of Grace", by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. The Book of Grace is a story of love and longing, passion and ambition and the possibilities of grace and goodness. Onstage in the James Levin Theatre from September 30 - October 16 (Paid previews on September 30 and October 1; Opening night on Saturday, October 2).
- [The Story of Baby20: The 2009 CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/the-story-of-baby20-the-2009-cpty-haven-theatre-project/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's Education Department and the Cleveland YMCA's Y-Haven Program present the 2009 CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project. Now in its 10th year, CPT and Y-Haven, YMCA's transitional home and treatment center for homeless men in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, have collaborated to create an original performance. CPT Artists work with residents of Y-Haven to create an original play performed by the residents and based on their personal experiences. CPT ORIGINAL WORK.
- [The Women's Voices Project: Speak From the Heart](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/the-womens-voices-project-speak-from-the-heart/) - 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. Following performances at Cleveland Public Theatre and the Elyria YWCA, the women tour their work to area churches, shelters, recovery centers and prisons.
- [Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake)](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/crumble-lay-me-down-justin-timberlake/) - CPT is proud to present this quirky comedy about an old house and Janice, a twelve year old girl whose Christmas wish list includes bleach, paraffin and other bomb-making materials. It's been a year since the untimely death of Janice's father, and to deal with it all, she holds spiteful conversations with her dolls and dreams of Justin Timberlake, while her mother fantasizes about Harrison Ford and relies on her superior baking skills to hold herself together. Throw in an apartment that starts to plot murder and you're left with a wild and crazy ride to redemption and healing. OHIO AND REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [The Red Human-Headed Bull](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/the-red-human-headed-bull/) - "The Red Human-Headed Bull" will be presented following a 15-minute intermission after "The Santaland Diaries". The bar will be open and table service will continue through this intermission! "The Red Human-Headed Bull" is an autobiographical story by writer Eric Alleman that describes a sad weight that was passed to him by his great-grandfather, through the two generations in between, and how he's decided to carry that burden. He feels it's ok to let go of it all since the other players have shuffled off this mortal coil.
- [Cut to Pieces](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/cut-to-pieces-3/) - "Cut to Pieces" is an ambitious theatrical experience that seeks to integrate live performance and video projections in an affecting solo show exploring the dismembering power of sexual violence, love and self discovery. "Cut to Pieces" will be presented for four evenings only as a work in progress. The work will continue to develop throughout the net year, culminating in a fully realized production to be presented at CPT in the spring of 2009. ORIGINAL WORK.
- [The Elyria YWCA Women's Voice Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/the-elyria-ywca-womens-voice-project/) - An evening of insightful, delightful and powerfully original works of drama, story and poetry 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. Offered as part of a larger system of care and resources, the Women's Voices Project connects Campus Project residents with the tools of creative expression to help them achieve independent living and recover from domestic violence and/or addiction. Following performances at CPT and the Elyria YWCA, the women tour their work to area shelters, recovery centers and prisons.
- [Sneak Reviews](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/sneak-reviews/) - Join MegLouise Dance and get a first look at the dances being created by the many talented Northeast Ohio choreographers. Tell them what about their work excites you, confuses you or intrigues you.
- [Ms. Adventures](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/ms-adventures/) - A smash hit from the 2007 Big [BOX] series, "Ms. Adventures" is a series of monologues that illuminate issues of interest to women. This one-woman show features Alison Garrigan and was written by local playwright Michael Sepesy. Late-night theatre! "Ms. Adventures" will be presented in the Church on the CPT Campus, located just east of the Gordon Square Theatre. Tickets for Ms. Adventures can be purchased at the church prior to curtain.
- [Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of W. B. Yeats](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/open-mind-firmament-an-evening-of-w-b-yeats/) - 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 Preview May 13, Benefit Performance May 14; Opening Night, Saturday, May 15). Honoring the late Barton R. Friedman, Professor Emeritus at Cleveland State University, "Open Mind Firmament" is a celebration of William Butler Yeats. Yeats, a pillar of both Irish and British literature, wrote plays that combine dance, poetry, song, folklore and imagistic and highly emotional poetry. In staging this work, CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan will integrate poetry, two one-act plays, Yeats' letters, biographical information, and the interpretive writings of Dr. Friedman. ORIGINAL ADAPTATION.
- [Wanderlust: A History of Walking](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/wanderlust-a-history-of-walking/) - 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.
- [Things of Dry Hours](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/things-of-dry-hours/) - CPT is proud to present the Ohio and Regional premiere of "Things of Dry Hours", onstage in the Storefront Studio from April 22 - May 8 (Paid Previews on April 22 and 23; Opening Night, Saturday, April 24). 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 during the Great Depression, 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. (Brief Male Nudity.) REGIONAL AND OHIO PREMIERE.
- [Anna Bella Eema](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/anna-bella-eema/) - CPT is proud to present the regional premiere of "Anna Bella Eema", dark comedy about a woman, her daughter, and a strange girl in a trailer park. Onstage in the Storefront Studio from January 28 - February 13 (Paid Previews on January 28 and 29; Opening Night on Saturday, January 30). Written by Obie Award Winning playwright Lisa D'Amour, "Anna Bella Eema" combines creepy campfire stories, music, sound and fairy tales in an original, highly stylized one-act. "Anna Bella Eema" will be a co-production with Theater Ninjas, a CPT resident theatre company, and will be directed by Theater Ninjas Artistic Director Jeremy Paul. REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [The Santaland Diaries](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/the-santaland-diaries/) - CPT is proud to present the return of "The Santaland Diaries", onstage in the James Levin Theatre from November 27 through December 19! This CPT favorite is the story of a 33 year-old slacker who takes a job as Crumpet, a Macy's Christmas elf. Written by NPR favorite and accomplished satirist David Sedaris, "The Santaland Diaries" is a hilarious retelling of one elf's unique experience in the throes of the holiday season and is sure to bring a smile to even the grinchiest face!
- [Browns Rules](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/browns-rules/) - CPT is proud to present the World Premiere of "Browns Rules", onstage in the Gordon Square Theatre from November 19 - December 13 (Paid Preview on November 19 and 20; Opening Night on Saturday, November 21). A cabaret-style world-premiere by nationally recognized local playwright Eric Schmiedl, "Browns Rules" is both a send-up and a love-letter to The Cleveland Browns. Three performer musicians and the audience are on a mission - successfully name the 29 rules of being a Cleveland Browns Fan and the Browns will win the Superbowl in 2010. In one night at CPT, three performers and the audience urgently attempt to alter history, save our city and name all 29 rules. WORLD PREMIERE.
- [Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/why-torture-is-wrong-and-the-people-who-love-them/) - The always absurd and sometimes offensive Durang turns political humor upside down with a raucous and provocative satire about America's growing homeland insecurity. Honing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang reveals our fears in this bizarre black comedy for an era of yellow, orange, and red alerts. Don't miss the regional premiere of this hilarious and sometimes disturbing new work. Directed by CPT Associate Artistic Director Beth Wood. OHIO AND REGIONAL PREMIERE.
- [Women's Voices, 2012](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/womens-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. Now in its 13th year, "Women's Voices" equips Campus Project residents with the tools of creative expression and supports their transition to independent living. Following performances at Cleveland Public Theatre and the Elyria YWCA, the women tour their work to area schools, recovery centers and prisons.
- [The Santaland Diaries and The Loush Sisters at PlayhouseSquare](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/the-santaland-diaries-and-the-loush-sisters-at-playhousesquare/) - Join CPT at PlayhouseSquare for a new take on this holiday favorite directed by Associate Artistic Director Beth Wood. "The Santaland Diaries", by best-selling author David Sedaris, is the story of an out of work actor taking a job as Crumpet, a Macy's Christmas elf, in 1989. Now in his mid-fifties, Crumpet's hilarious recount of the trials and tribulations that the Holidays bring is sure to bring a smile to even the grouchiest face! This year's "Santaland Diaries" will feature Cleveland's own Kevin Joseph Kelly as "Crumpet the Elf." After the show the evening continues as the The Loush Sisters take the stage. Join these vivacious gals as they use pop music and holiday classics to describe how their lascivious and outrageous behavior makes the yuletide gay.
- [Iphigenia 2.0](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/iphigenia-2-0/) - How fresh can a 2,400-year-old story be? "Iphigenia 2.0", Charles Mee's striking update on Euripides' "Iphigenia at Aulis" is a surprising reflective of contemporary American 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.
- [Hot Topics](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2006-2007/hot-topics/) - A Free Night of Hot Topics.
- [Rusted Heart Broadcast](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/rusted-heart-broadcast-2/) - This work-in-progress showing gives audiences a sneak peek at portions of a new work planned for CPT's 12-13 season. "Rusted Heart Broadcast" is about staying awake, surviving the apocalypse and championing one's own home. Created with an ensemble of actors, designers, and writers, Bobgan builds a visceral montage of movement, music and action to tell a story of transgression and transcendence.
- [Somewhere, Someone: The 2010 Women's Voices Project](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/somewhere-someone-the-2010-womens-voices-project/) - 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. Following performances at Cleveland Public Theatre and the Elyria YWCA, the women tour their work to area shelters, recovery centers and prisons.
- [Women's Voices](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/womens-voices/) - Cleveland Public Theatre in partnership with Elyria YWCA presents "A Closed Mouth Don't Get Fed", the first in a series of spoken word events on Wednesday, March 16, 7 p.m. at the Elyria YWCA, 318 West Avenue. This inspiring evening will feature original stories and poetry created and presented by the Cleveland Public Theater Women's Voices Project, a program for homeless women recovering from domestic violence, addictions and other adversities. Executed in conjunction with the Elyria YWCA's Women's Campus Project, the program is celebrating 12 years of providing women with tools for creative expression and supporting their transition to independent living.
- [UP Cabaret](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/up-cabaret/) - Every Saturday Night from April 14 - May 19, enjoy one of Cleveland's Best Cabaret Performers in a full Cabaret Show as you enjoy a glass of wine or beer.
- [Little Box](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/little-box-4/) - Modeled after our successful Big [Box] series but on a smaller scale, Little Box is designed to foster works at an earlier stage of development. Eight plays by local writers will be presented as staged readings over two weekends with reduced ticket prices. If you love brand-new work, this is an experience not to be missed!
- [My Barking Dog](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/my-barking-dog/) - Highly acclaimed local playwright Eric Coble brings his newest work to CPT. Two lonely people's lives take a dramatic turn for the bizarre when a starving coyote starts appearing at their doorsteps.
- [It Can't Happen Here](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/it-cant-happen-here/) - Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Federal Theatre Project's National Production of "It Can't Happen Here". On Monday, October 24th, theatres across the country will be participating in a nation-wide reading of "It Can't Happen Here" to celebrate the Federal Theatre Project's historic, nationwide opening of the same play in 1936. CPT is joining in by hosting the Cleveland staged reading of "It Can't Happen Here", produced and directed by David Hansen! This free, open-to-the-public reading will be in the James Levin Theatre on Monday, October 24th at 7pm!
- [The Recital of Return](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/the-recital-of-return/) - Through songs, stories, physical actions, dances as well as historic and cultural background, this work-in-progress showing invites you to join Ana Paula Jones on her journey through Brazilian Traditions.
- [Opera Per Tutti](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/opera-per-tutti-2/) - 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.
- [Dia De Muertos 2012](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/dia-de-muertos-2012/) - The "Day of the Dead", one of the most respected holidays in many Latin American countries, is held in special regard in Mexico where the dead are remembered and honored. It is time of happiness and celebration. Experience cultural food, music, dance and artistic exhibits at this upbeat event that brings in families and groups from all over Ohio. Hosted by Cleveland Public Theatre and presented by Artistas Latinos Unidos.
- [Opera Per Tutti presents "La Rondine (The Swallow)"](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/opera-per-tutti-presents-la-rondine-the-swallow/) - Continuing their mission of "opera for all", Opera Per Tutti will return to CPT during the 2013-14 season. Experience the power of the unamplified human voice united with beautiful music, soaring melodies, lush orchestra, and beautiful costumes in this fully staged production of Puccini's "La Rondine".

## Reviews

- [The River Bride: Reenvisioning a Folktale](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/the-river-bride-reenvisioning-a-folktale/) - Marisela Treviño Orta's play, inspired by Brazilian folklore, addresses many contemporary issues, including women's positions in a secluded community, love & trust, compromise and its price, and sibling rivalry. With the hung panels and different levels of platforms on the stage, the director Bridgett Martinez did wonderful work in visualizing the interior and exterior scenes
- [The Warmest Holiday Celebration: 10 Minutes to Midnight](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/the-warmest-holiday-celebration-10-minutes-to-midnight/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's new work for holidays, 10 Minutes to Midnight, is a delightful collection of nine plays written by Dayshawnda Ash, Melissa Crum, Emma James Dahl, John Dayo-Aliya, David Hansen, and Maya Malan-Gonzalez, and directed by Caitlin Lewins with Assistant Director, Ananias Dixon. The pieces are comical but with pathos, reflecting many parts of
- [Meeting our "Ancestors": Panther Women](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/meeting-our-ancestors-panther-women/) - Cleveland Public Theatre Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation Written & Directed by India Nicole Burton February 4-25, 2022 It is challenging to write and stage a show about the tumultuous time-over 50 years ago through compelling characters and their "voices." India Nicole Burton's Panther Women: An Amy for the Liberation weaves different narratives
- [The Hope of Marisol](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/the-hope-of-marisol/) - In the post-apocalyptic vision of José Rivera’s Marisol the moon no longer shines, all food is turned to salt, and the world seems on the verge of expiring as angels battle to save the universe. In Teatro Público de Cleveland’s recent production that opened last Friday (March 6) and runs through March 21, Scenic Designer
- [Breakout Session (Or Frogorse), A Brilliant Interruption](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/breakout-session-or-frogorse-a-brilliant-interruption/) - What happens when a tragic murder involving a police officer results in a visit by the United States Deparment of Justice and is followed by a Consent Decree? Cleveland Public Theatre’s production of Breakout Session (Or Frogorse) brings a close up, conference room view of one of the outcomes, namely, a police department in-service training
- [And Then We Met: A Journey to Overcome Prejudices](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/and-then-we-met-a-journey-to-overcome-prejudices/) - At a time when the world is facing difficult political, economic, and health challenges, Cleveland Public Theatre continues to bring people together by opening its doors to diverse local communities. An Arabic speaking group wrote stories going into topics that discuss prejudices, division, parents’ sacrifices, and the struggle of meeting our duties to ourselves, family,
- [A compelling and moving work emphasizing the importance of building bridges](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/a-compelling-and-moving-work-emphasizing-the-importance-of-building-bridges/) - The Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi مسرح كليفلاند العربي production of وبعدها التقينا And Then We Met... is a compelling and moving work that emphasizes the importance of building bridges between people with different cultures and beliefs. Centered on the people who fled the country torn by a civil war, the play includes first-generation immigrants' struggles to
- [Ancient Future: Lisa Langford's Rastus and Hattie](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/ancient-future-lisa-langfords-rastus-and-hattie/) - To say that Cleveland Public Theatre’s world premiere production of Rastus and Hattie is transformational undersells how overwhelmingly good it is. Lisa Langford takes a polemic and weaves us a universe of sublime moments, each with the power of a punch, or the passion of a first kiss. The writing is flawless, for every beat,
- [Raunchy, Raucous and Real Fun!](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/raunchy-raucous-and-real-fun/) - Our group of 16 sat at two of the front tables. The wine began to flow and everyone was put at ease. We had a blast at this past weekend's show while we drank, laughed out loud and clapped along to the numerous numbers. The leading ladies were an absolute riot... breaking out in song
- [So much fun!](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/so-much-fun/) - I had so much fun! It was a fun evening and a really neat Dikinsonian theme. Loved especially the blond lead Liz Conway, she was hilarious and never broke character. Although the singing of the leads was sometimes a little “pitchy” when they sang together. Kevin Joseph Kelly was absolutely fabulous as Mama Loush and
- [A powerful storytelling work: A review of Dream of Home حلم وطن](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/a-powerful-storytelling-work-a-review-of-dream-of-home-حلم-وطن/) - Cleveland Public Theatre and Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi's مسرح كليفلاند العربي production of Dream of Home حلم وطن, created by the ensemble, Raymond Bobgan, and Faye Hargate, is a powerful storytelling work with the theme of home. The members of Arabic-speaking communities in Cleveland tell their stories about different "homes" that exist in their memories, heritage, and
- [Very Cool!](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/very-cool/) - I'm so glad I happened to see this online and got tickets. I brought my son with me and he really enjoyed it too! I thought we were in for a good time when I realized seating was rolling office chairs and we could move about the area throughout. They approached acting out water in
- [Apasionado](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/apasionado/) - Truly passionate cast that embodied their characters as if they were written 100% for each of them. The sincerity of emotion was real and engaging. Bravo and best wishes for much success! To read other Everyone's a Critic reviews, or to post your own review, click here.
- [Finally, A Musical Where It Is Okay Not To Be Okay](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/finally-a-musical-where-it-is-okay-not-to-be-okay/) - While musicals often have the reputation of unreality and happy endings, there are those musicals that have a dramatic poignancy that stick and stay with you. Musicals like The Sound of Music, Funny Girl, and Les Miserables have such poignancy and always speak to the strength of the human spirit amid personal and national adversities. Then
- [Reader beware: Spoilers ahead](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/reader-beware-spoilers-ahead/) - Overall, Everything is Okay (and other helpful lies) is an energetic, youthful production which is often farcical and at times touching. Although this was officially the world premiere of the play, the level of development of this production came off more as a workshop performance than a polished piece. The set is simple yet impressive
- [I think you need to go see Everything is Okay (and other helpful lies)](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/i-think-you-need-to-go-see-everything-is-okay-and-other-helpful-lies/) - I think you need to go see Everything is Okay (and other helpful lies) playing at Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) through November 10, and I suggest you get your tickets now as word will get out soon that this dark, irreverent, and beautifully performed musical comedy is a SMASH. The play was written and composed
- [Ya Mama!: The Body Map of Becoming](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/everyones-a-critic-review-of-ya-mama/) - The lobby is playing a light soundtrack of black music, when I say light I mean in volume for the room is stoked by the presence of the music as if the bass was turned all the way up, and you cannot distinguish heartbeat for backbeat. That is where the familiar begins, sets you on
- [Tour de Force](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/everyones-a-critic-review-of-ya-mama-by-adeolomo-sister-yvetta/) - Tour de Force: an impressive performance or achievement that has been accomplished or managed with great skill. -If you call something such as a performance, speech, or production a tour de force, you are emphasizing that it is extremely good or extremely well done or made. – Collins English dictionary. So, there you have it!
- [It’s easy to take clean water for granted](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/its-easy-to-take-clean-water-for-granted/) - When the Cuyahoga River caught fire for the 13th time on June 22, 1969, the immediate reaction was, well, ambivalence. The story barely made it on the back pages of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. After all, it had caught fire 12 previous times, and many other rivers in industrialized cities across the country had also
- [A truly dynamic and powerful piece!](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/a-truly-dynamic-and-powerful-piece/) - The poetic nature of being immediately immersed into the world of the spirit of the Cuyahoga was not only awe-inspiring, but it transported your mind from simply attending a play into a fluid state of curiosity. The stage was set, with you at the center of the action; finding where in the environment your ecological
- [A Writer at her Finest!](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/a-writer-at-her-finest/) - Pandora Robertson's Central Concern was something I think the world should see. From my view, I think it's one of the best stage plays I've ever seen! Johnathon. ⬆️❤ TO READ OTHER EVERYONE’S A CRITIC REVIEWS, OR TO POST YOUR OWN REVIEW, CLICK HERE.
- [The Past and Present in Cleveland](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/the-past-and-present-in-cleveland/) - Cleveland Public Theatre's Fire on the Water is an amazing physical theatre piece in collaboration with Raymond Bobgan, and contributing playwrights. The Cuyahoga River had caught fire prior to 1969 but the incidents were repeatedly ignored. The 1969 fire caught the media's attention and the community's activism resulted in the Clean Water Act. The perfect
- [Gloria is a fast-moving, sardonic take on workplace culture -- with a bang](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/gloria-is-a-fast-moving-sardonic-take-on-workplace-culture-with-a-bang/) - Set in a dysfunctional magazine office in the 2010’s, featuring a riveting script and taut performances, Gloria is a play that asks profound questions: What does authenticity look like in an image-driven world? How do we restructure our relationships with each other to be less competitive and more compassionate? Is it possible to have a
- [Should people pay attention to each other? Why not?](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/should-people-pay-attention-to-each-other-why-not/) - Two moments of tender focus—one early in the show and one almost too late—hold together a slew of jostling vanities in CPT’s production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Gloria, which opened March 29th. The play threatens to disintegrate, but never quite does, into a double handful of superficial themes about career, loneliness, trauma, and whatever we call
- [Cuyahoga is alive](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/cuyahoga-is-alive/) - Fire on the Water is a fascinating way to bring the Cuyahoga River to the public and to celebrate our history and efforts to bring our river back to life. The show brought history, and nature, to life. Bravo!!! TO READ OTHER EVERYONE’S A CRITIC REVIEWS, OR TO POST YOUR OWN REVIEW, CLICK HERE.
- [Exploring the Painful Past: Lisa Langford’s Rastus and Hattie](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/exploring-the-painful-past-lisa-langfords-rastus-and-hattie/) - The world premiere of Rastus and Hattie by Lisa Langford, directed by Anne McVoy, is a powerful work, produced by Cleveland Public Theatre. The play explores the importance as well as the fear of handing down painful histories and stories of African Americans to the next generation in the twenty-first century. Using the “Mechanical Negro”
- [A truly ethnic Puerto Rican show 🇵🇷!](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/a-truly-ethnic-puerto-rican-show-🇵🇷/) - La Gringa (Spanish) was awesome, definitely entertaining! I can relate to the plot of the storyline! Will definitely recommend family and friends to go see it. Loved the music 🇵🇷 To read other Everyone's a Critic reviews, or to post your own review, click here.
- [Experience the many-faceted aspects of Puerto Rican culture without leaving beautiful Cleveland](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/16376-2/) - If you grew up with Puerto Rican traditions, love the island culture, or simply want to learn more about authentic Puerto Rican traditions, then you will enjoy the play La Gringa (Spanish) by Carmen Rivera. I watched this at Cleveland Public Theatre and truly enjoyed being able to experience the many-faceted aspects of Puerto Rican
- [Where Water Speaks: A Review of "Fire on the Water"](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/where-water-speaks-a-review-of-fire-on-the-water/) - In Russian, the most common word to describe a play is “спектакль,” a spectacle. As a writer, I’ve always been in awe of the play as an artistic event. In contrast to the solitary quietude of the page and the domesticated sedateness of most literary readings, plays seem like wild beasts, full of intensity that
- [Can art be a place where, far from home, we nonetheless can come home? A review of Dream of Home حلم وطن](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/16376-2/can-art-be-a-place-where-far-from-home-we-nonetheless-can-come-home/) - Entering into Cleveland Public Theatre after a long week, we found ourselves listening to Danny Lahood on oud and then stuffing ourselves on shish tawook and hummus and baba ghanoush. It reminded me when I was young, I was told by my grandma Lily, “eat if you love me.” Just last month, I’d been walking
- [Brilliant, funny, and thought-provoking](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/brilliant-funny-and-thought-provoking/) - Saw this last night; it was by far the best produced, best designed, best acted play I've seen at CPT. I loved the scenic projections, they set the stage perfectly for each time and place without using a lot of furniture. When the plain wall opened up to become a tree that let Malik climb
- [A Fragility-Breaking, Knee-Shaking, Necessary-To-See Production](https://www.cptonline.org/reviews/a-fragility-breaking-knee-shaking-necessary-to-see-production/) - I saw this play as an usher Monday night. This is the last weekend for it. Cleveland theatre is a brave space, and I have seen many productions in the scene that deal with raising up marginalized voices and perspectives and American racism. Lisa Langford's Rastus and Hattie takes the conversation up a notch and

## Categories

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## Performance Categories

- [Produced](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/produced/)
- [Series](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/)
- [Other Events](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/other-events/)
- [Big Box](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/big-box/) - CPT’s annual new work development series features an assortment of works-in-progress by local artists.
- [DanceWorks](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/dance-works/) - CPT’s popular multi-week showcase of some of Northeast Ohio’s most innovative dance groups.
- [Other Special Projects](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/other-events/other-special-projects/)
- [Little Box](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/littlebox/) - As part of CPT’s commitment to local playwrights and producers, CPT presents the fourth year of Little Box, a series of staged readings of new work in development. Little Box is modeled after CPT’s successful Big [BOX] Series but on a smaller scale, designed to foster works at an earlier stage of development. A diverse body of new plays will be presented with post-show audience discussions. Here is your chance to participate in CPT’s mission to support artists creating new work!
- [SpringBoard](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/springboard/) - Springboard brings the excitement of new play development to audiences with fully staged-readings. Not just actors at music stands, these new works are up on their feet as actors negotiate with scripts-in-hand and only a few rehearsals. Audience members give feedback and engage in post-show discussions to help local playwrights develop their work.
- [Leap/Conceive](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/leapconceive/) - Leap/Conceive is a new development series meant to support work at the midpoint in the creation process. Leap/Conceive fosters the development of new performance and places a special emphasis on serving work that may not benefit from conventional staged readings or script workshops. Audiences get a sneak peek into the creative process as CPT presents showcases from performances that are being developed by Northeast Ohio creators. Artists choose a 10-15 minute segment of their future production to develop and share. The environment is part vaudeville, part rehearsal, part workshop as audience and artists see the work together, assess it and offer their reactions.
- [NEOMFA](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/neomfa/) - Building a new partnership, this festival will feature three new works written by graduating students from the NEOMFA in Creative Writing, under the guidance of professor and playwright, Mike Geither. The NEOMFA in Creative Writing is a consortium of four universities: Cleveland State University, Kent State University, The University of Akron, and Youngstown State University. Each weekend will feature a world premiere work by a graduate student.
- [Out of the Box](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/outofthebox/) - Two out-of-the-ordinary theatrical experiences by guest artists.
- [Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellowship Reading Series](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/nord-family-foundation-playwright-fellowship-reading-series/) - Fellows present their plays-in-progress in a series of untraditional staged readings.
- [Road to Hope](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/road-to-hope/) - A “sneak peek” of Station Hope, including short excerpts from larger performances of theatre, music and dance.
- [Test Flight](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/test-flight/) - Multi-week series showcasing new work on its way to full production.
- [Entry Point](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/entry-point/) - Entry Point is a platform for artists to develop their work in the early stages of creation.
- [Workshops](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/workshops/)
- [Performances](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/performances/)
- [Education Programming](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/education-programming/)
- [Discussions](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/discussions/)
- [Online](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/performances/online/)
- [DanceWorks](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/any-season/category/series/dance-works/dance-works-dance-works/)

## Seasons

- [2014-2015](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2014-2015/)
- [2013-2014](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2013-2014/)
- [2012-2013](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2012-2013/)
- [2011-2012](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2011-2012/)
- [2015-2016](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2015-2016/)
- [2010-2011](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2010-2011/)
- [2009-2010](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2009-2010/)
- [2008-2009](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2008-2009/)
- [2007-2008](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2007-2008/)
- [2006-2007](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2006-2007/)
- [2016-2017](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2016-2017/)
- [2017-2018](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2017-2018/)
- [2018-2019](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2018-2019/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.
- [2019-2020](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2019-2020/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.
- [2020-2021](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2020-2021/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.
- [2021-2022](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2021-2022/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.
- [2022-2023](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2022-2023/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.
- [2023-2024](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.
- [2024-2025](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.
- [2025-2026](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2025-2026/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.
- [2026-2027](https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2026-2027/) - Please choose your show to purchase tickets.

## Review Author

- [AdeOlomo (Sister Yvetta)](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/adeolomo-sister-yvetta/)
- [RA Washington](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/ra-washington/)
- [Arthur Hargate](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/arthur-hargate/)
- [Claudia Zalevsky](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/claudia-zalevsky/)
- [Tim Collingwood](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/tim-collingwood/)
- [Michelle Leahy](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/michelle-leahy/)
- [Philip Metres](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/philip-metres/)
- [Nivia Fuentes](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/nivia-fuentes/)
- [Alia Almashni](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/alia-almashni/)
- [Matt Gray](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/matt-gray/)
- [Melissa McNulty](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/melissa-mcnulty/)
- [Peter Bode](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/peter-bode/)
- [Russ Eckles](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/russ-eckles/)
- [Jim von der Heydt](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/jim-von-der-heydt/)
- [Lee Chilcote](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/lee-chilcote/)
- [Yuko Kurahashi](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/yuko-kurahashi/)
- [Johnathon Jamison](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/johnathon-jamison/)
- [Judith Weiss](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/judith-weiss/)
- [Sharon Shaffer](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/sharon-shaffer/)
- [Evan Fleisher](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/evan-fleisher/)
- [Nazek El Halabi Yehya](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/nazek-el-halabi-yehya/)
- [Vince Robinson](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/vince-robinson/)
- [Matthew Feinberg](https://www.cptonline.org/review_author/matthew-feinberg/)