[NEohioPAL]Final Weekend For Internationally Renowned New World Performance Laboratory At CPT

Wed Nov 13 14:53:15 PST 2002

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In a time of war, don't make art about war.

Make art about love.

Final Weekend For

Love in the Time of Lunatics

(A variation on Buchner's Leonce and Lena and other illusions)

Directed by James Slowiak

November 1 – November 16, 2002

Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to present resident company New World
Performance Laboratory in Love in the Time of Lunatics. Based on Georg
Buchner’s Leonce and Lena, director James Slowiak uses clowns, cabaret, and
Buchner's dark comic vision, to strip love down to the thing itself. Love In
The Time of Lunatics opens Friday, November 1 and runs through Saturday,
November 16, 2002 at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Avenue at W.
65th. Show times are 8:00pm Thursdays through Saturdays with Sunday matinees
at 3:00pm. Tickets are $15.00 and $12.00 for seniors and students. For more
box office information, please call Cleveland Public Theatre at
216.631.2727.

Special 2 for 1 offer this weekend for all members of this list!!! Mention
this notice when making reservations.

In Love in the Time of Lunatics, NWPL embarks on an investigation of love,
love stories, illusions and idiocy.  New World Performance Laboratory
veteran company actors Salvatore Motta, Debora Totti and Jairo Cuesta
represent the eternal triangle of Pierrot, the sad clown who wears black
skullcap and white floppy pants and jacket, Columbine, the sumptuous and
sensual heroine, and Harlequin, the classic fool dressed in diamonds of
contrasting colors and carrying a stick.  They are in love with one another,
often erotically obsessed, in a mocking and treacherous manner, but this
threesome does not fit society’s vision of marriage and family.  They have
different “values.”  They are not “normal.”  The play asks us: How can they
know love?  What can they teach us about love?

The actors (who are actually playing actors playing archetypes playing a
variety of roles) use three primary means to wrestle with the different
notions of love: Georg Buchner’s play Leonce and Lena, The Song of Songs,
and their own dreams, memories, and fantasies.

The story of Leonce and Lena is a fairly typical commedia del’arte inspired
scenario.  Prince Leonce of the Kingdom of Popo, a bored and melancholy
youth, is commanded by his father to marry Princess Lena of the Kingdom of
Pipi.  But Leonce wants to find his own ideal love and takes off to Italy
with his philosophical servant, Valerio.  Princess Lena also decides to run
away.  On their journey, the two cross paths and Leonce and Lena fall in
love without knowing each other’s true identity.  The wily Valerio arranges
for them to be married as the Prince and Princess—in effigy—and only after
the ceremony is the truth discovered.

The Song of Songs, also known as The Song of Solomon, is one of the most
beautiful mystical love poems ever recorded.  This classic text describes
love as the ecstatic union with The Heavenly Bridegroom.  Buchner often
makes reference to The Song of Songs in his play and NWPL has created its
own version of the text sung in the form of a traditional ballad.

And then there is our own experience of love.  Are the “laws of love” an
illusion?  Or do some laws of love exist, just not in any fixed form?  How
can we find the answer?  In the theatre.  Because through the paradox of the
theatre, we still have the possibility to immerse ourselves in life.  In
this performance, NWPL plays with some of the conventions of theatre (in a
conventional way) to look for what has been forgotten under the forms.

Love in the Time of Lunatics received its world premiere this past summer in
Poland where NWPL was in residence for two months, touring and conducting
workshops.  NWPL was special guest artist at the International Festival of
Theatre Schools in Warsaw and also at the Centre for Performance Research in
Wales later in the summer.  The Cleveland Public Theatre performances mark
the production’s US premiere.

###

Jeff Syroney
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Cleveland Public Theatre
216.631.2727 ext. 203
jsyroney at cptonline.org
www.cptonline.org

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align=3Dcenter><SPAN><EM><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
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variation on Buchner's <I>Leonce and Lena</I> and other=20
illusions)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<SPAN=20
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Public Theatre is proud to present resident company New World =
Performance=20
Laboratory in <SPAN=20
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in the Time of Lunatics.<SPAN=20
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Based on Georg Buchner=92s Leonce and Lena, director James =
Slowiak uses=20
<SPAN=20
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cabaret, and Buchner's dark comic vision, to strip love down to the =
thing=20
itself. <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Love=20
In The Time of Lunatics <SPAN=20
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mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">opens=20
Friday, November 1 and runs through Saturday, November 16, 2002 at =
Cleveland=20
Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Avenue at W. 65th. Show times =
are 8:00pm=20
Thursdays through Saturdays with Sunday matinees at 3:00pm. Tickets are =
$15.00=20
and $12.00 for seniors and students. For more box office information, =
please=20
call Cleveland Public Theatre at <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">216.631.2727.
<SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
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align=3Dcenter><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><STRONG><EM><FONT=20
size=3D6>Special 2 for 1 offer this weekend for all members of this =
list!!!=20
Mention this notice when making =
reservations.</FONT></EM></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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align=3Dcenter> 
<SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt">In=20
Love in the Time of Lunatics, NWPL embarks on an investigation of =
love,=20
love stories, illusions and idiocy.  New World Performance =
Laboratory=20
veteran company actors Salvatore Motta, Debora Totti and Jairo Cuesta =
represent=20
the eternal triangle of Pierrot, the sad clown who wears black skullcap =
and=20
white floppy pants and jacket, Columbine, the sumptuous and sensual =
heroine, and=20
Harlequin, the classic fool dressed in diamonds of contrasting colors =
and=20
carrying a stick.  They =
are in love=20
with one another, often erotically obsessed, in a mocking and =
treacherous=20
manner, but this threesome does not fit society=92s vision of marriage =
and=20
family.  They have =
different=20
=93values.=94  They are =
not=20
=93normal.=94  The play =
asks us: How can=20
they know love?  What can =
they teach=20
us about love?<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt">The=20
actors (who are actually playing actors playing archetypes playing a =
variety of=20
roles) use three primary means to wrestle with the different notions of =
love:=20
Georg Buchner=92s play Leonce and Lena, The Song of Songs, =
and their=20
own dreams, memories, and fantasies. =20
<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p>
<FONT=20
face=3DArial>The story of Leonce and Lena is a fairly typical commedia =
del=92arte=20
inspired scenario.  Prince =
Leonce of=20
the Kingdom of Popo, a bored and melancholy youth, is commanded by his =
father to=20
marry Princess Lena of the Kingdom of Pipi.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  But Leonce wants to find his =
own ideal=20
love and takes off to Italy with his philosophical servant, =
Valerio.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Princess Lena also decides to =
run=20
away.  On their journey, =
the two=20
cross paths and Leonce and Lena fall in love without knowing each =
other=92s true=20
identity.  The wily =
Valerio arranges=20
for them to be married as the Prince and Princess=97in effigy=97and only =
after the=20
ceremony is the truth discovered. =20

<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt">The Song=20
of Songs<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt">, also=20
known as The Song of Solomon, is one of the most beautiful =
mystical love=20
poems ever recorded.  This =
classic=20
text describes love as the ecstatic union with The Heavenly =
Bridegroom.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Buchner often makes reference =
to The=20
Song of Songs in his play and NWPL has created its own version of =
the text=20
sung in the form of a traditional ballad.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt">And then=20
there is our own experience of love. =20
Are the =93laws of love=94 an illusion? =20
Or do some laws of love exist, just not in any fixed form?<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  How can we find the =
answer?<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  In the theatre.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  Because through the paradox of =
the=20
theatre, we still have the possibility to immerse ourselves in =
life.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  In this performance, NWPL =
plays with=20
some of the conventions of theatre (in a conventional way) to look for =
what has=20
been forgotten under the forms. <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt">Love in=20
the Time of Lunatics<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
13.5pt">=20
received its world premiere this past summer in Poland where NWPL was in =

residence for two months, touring and conducting workshops.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>NWPL was special guest artist =
at the=20
International Festival of Theatre Schools in Warsaw and also at the =
Centre for=20
Performance Research in Wales later in the summer.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The Cleveland Public Theatre=20
performances mark the production=92s US premiere.</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>Jeff Syroney<BR>Director of =
Marketing and=20
Public Relations<BR>Cleveland Public Theatre<BR>216.631.2727 ext.=20
203<BR>jsyroney at cptonline.org<BR>www.cptonline.org</FONT>=20
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