WEEK 2: BEDROOM CULTURE
Written & Directed by Hannah Rae Leach
March 10, 2022 - March 12, 2022
7:00pm, Thu/Fri/Sat, James Levin Theatre.
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Test Flight is a multi-week series that showcases new work on its way to full production. Test Flight provides both local and national artists with the keys to the theatre and the opportunity to co-produce original works-in-progress. The series encourages risk-taking and an entrepreneurial spirit towards creating new work while offering artists a structured support system. New Play Development.
Content Warning: CPT supports new play development, and social justice oriented-theatre. With Test Flight performances, sensitive material may be explored, and content continues to change as the art is developed. Read the summaries below, and for details or additional content, please contact the Box Office at 216.631.2727 x501 or by emailing boxoffice@cptonline.org.
The James Levin Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.
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 in a queer love triangle, Bedroom Culture is a sun-drenched coming-of-age story about the power of pop culture, fantasy, and first love.
Performers: Alexa Fatheringham, Nicole Coury, Corey East, Samantha Cocco, Katherine Nash
Intimacy Director: Julia Fisher
Lighting Designer and Production Stage Manager: Jesse Hernon
Sound Board Operator: Dani Zilka
Hannah Rae Leach is a Cleveland-based writer, audio producer, and musician. She graduated from NYU Tisch’s BFA Dramatic Writing Program in May 2017 with an emphasis in playwriting and is the founder of Cleveland’s Young Playwrights Collective. She is one half of Too Pink Pictures, a film production company founded by Hannah and her sister, Audrey. In the audio world, she is the creator, host, and show runner of Wholehearted, an audible series of personal essays and profiles. She is also the co-host and producer of Sleepover Cinema, in addition to producing a multitude of other podcasts. As a musician, she’s one-fourth of the Cleveland-based folk-pop band The Prom Queens and a vocal director at School of Rock Cleveland. A section of her play Bedroom Culture was first seen onstage in CPT’s 2019 Entry Point festival. www.hannahraeleach.com | The Prom Queens
The goal of Test Flight is to support new work and local/national artists.
CPT provides:
– The James Levin Theatre
– Basic production staff, stage management, box office support
– Marketing and advertising support
The artists provide the rest!
The writers, directors, actors, and designers selected for Test Flight dedicate themselves to creating new and original work, or stretching their artistic powers by working in new disciplines.