[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Art Theatre presents "Trouble In Mind"

Sat Oct 5 07:47:02 PDT 2002

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CLEVELAND, OHIO -   Cleveland Art Theatre, resident theatre of Cleveland

State University, will present Alice Childress=E2=80=99 award winning drama,=
 Trouble=20
In Mind,

October 18 through November 3, 2002 at CSU=E2=80=99s Factory Theatre located=
 at East=20
24th

and Chester Avenue.

    Trouble In Mind is a play within a play which examines the multiple role=
s=20
blacks

have traditionally enacted on and off the stage in order to survive.  Writte=
n=20
with satirical

humor and cutting insight, its focus is a troupe of black actors who attempt=
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to perform

stereotyped roles in a play that has been written, produced, and directed by=
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whites.  The

star of the show, Wiletta Meyer, undergoes a quiet revolution of conscience=20
precipitating

a series of climactic events.

    Honored in 1956 with an Obie Award for the best original off-Broadway=20
play, this

production is being directed by Cleveland Art Theatre Artistic Director=20
Douglas Jewel.  A

veteran theatre performer, he has appeared in numerous roles at collegiate,=20
regional,

dinner and off-Broadway theatres.  Jewell will be featured in a cameo role i=
n=20
Denzel=20

Washington=E2=80=99s upcoming movie, "The Antoine Fisher Story."

    General admission for Trouble In Mind is $10.00 with senior and student=20
rates at

$5.00.  Call the Cleveland Art Theatre box office at 299-9341 or the Factory=
=20
Theatre box

office at 687-2109 for tickets and additional information.

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 resident theatre of Cleveland<BR><BR>State University, will present Alice C=
hildress=E2=80=99 award winning drama, Trouble In Mind,<BR><BR>October 18 th=
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empt to perform
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<BR>    Honored in 1956 with an Obie Award for the best original off-Broadwa=
y play, this
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<BR>production is being directed by Cleveland Art Theatre Artistic Director=20=
Douglas Jewel.  A
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te, regional,
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<BR>dinner and off-Broadway theatres.  Jewell will be featured in a cam=
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Fisher Story."<BR><BR>    General admission for Trouble In Mind is $10.00 wi=
th senior and student rates at<BR><BR>$5.00.  Call the Cleveland Art Th=
eatre box office at 299-9341 or the Factory Theatre box
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