Test Flight Week 2: Perigon / Boxed
February 05, 2026 - February 07, 2026
7pm, Thu/Fri/Sat, James Levin Theatre
EVERY TICKET is "Choose What You Pay" and will be offered online, over the phone, and at the Box Office. (Advanced online e-ticket purchases are recommended to avoid long lines at the box office window the day of the show.)
Perigon: A Birth Story
By Marie McCausland
Directed & Produced by Cassandra Miller
A Birth Story, written by Marie McCausland and directed and produced by Cassandra Miller, is inspired by Marie’s lived experiences throughout adolescence, birth, and womanhood. Join us as we embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth.
BOXED
Devised & Choreographed by Elizabeth Pollert
Producer: Julia Dillard
The box-heads are busy—boxing, sorting, categorizing. Keeping things in right-angled order. But the squareness doesn’t suit everyone, for long…what’s in a box must come out.
With a tape gun and a pile of boxes, this show constructs a world where labels and identities can be explored, re-worked, and built anew. Here, there is space between the rigid boxes society puts us in and the endless potential of an empty cardboard box.
Devised and choreographed by multidisciplinary artist Elizabeth Pollert, this witty, incisive dance theatre work takes a sharp look at what it means to make room for our whole selves in a world that constantly tries to contain and categorize us.
Joined by a brilliant cast of dancers from around northeast Ohio, this work is sure to surprise. Come unbox some laughs and reveal new possibilities for seeing ourselves and each other beyond the boxes.
The James Levin Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair-accessible restroom.
Ensemble Members:
BOXED
Melissa Ajayi, Morgan Ashley, Kathryn Yandrick, Christina McSheffrey, Larry White
The Creative Production Team Includes:
BOXED
Choreographer/Deviser: Elizabeth Pollert
Producer: Julia Dillard
Lighting Designer: Kix Williams
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 Dance Festival, and IngenuityFest in Cleveland, OH; the International Performing Arts for Youth in Philadelphia, PA; Lose Your Marbles Festival, Akron, OH; WOW Festival, San Diego; and Charlotte International Arts Festival, NC. Pollert is the recipient of a Creative Impact Award, Boost Fund Award, and The Movement Project’s Space Connect grant. Along with her own work, she’s a performing artist with Ajayi Dance, the Blissed Out Human Collective, a touring artist for Australian Polyglot Theatre’s Ants and Bees productions, and a Guest Assistant Professor at Kent State University. She is passionate about making dance accessible to all ages and backgrounds and creating work that invites people to explore the world through embodied experiences.
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 coffee and tea are always complimentary at CPT performances. (Please note: While liquor used in mixed drinks will not be complimentary, the mixer will be discounted from your total.)
ABOUT TEST FLIGHT
TEST FLIGHT
A New Play Development Program
January 29–February 14, 2026
Test Flight is a multi-week series that showcases new work on its way to full production. This popular event provides local and national artists with the keys to the theatre and opportunity to co-produce original works-in-progress. The series encourages risk-taking and entrepreneurial spirit towards creating.
Recent successes include Showin’ Up Black by Jeanne Madison (Feb. 2025), Our Lady of Common Sorrows (Fall 2023), Alter by Tania Benites (Feb. 2024). Each of these were developed in Test Flight.
