[NEohioPAL]In the Blood Opens at Dobama Theatre Next Friday!

[Marjorie Preston, PR/Marketing Director]

DOBAMA presents the OHIO PREMIERE of

In the Blood
By Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Sonya Robbins
featuring RaSheryl McCreary
original music by Bill Ransom
March 7-30

Dobama Theatre proudly presents the Ohio premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' In The Blood.  A modern day riff on The Scarlet
Letter, In The Blood tells the story of a homeless woman and her children
living on the streets. In compelling and stylized dramatic form, we enter a
world where passions are raw, need is profound, success is elusive and
adaptation is necessary.  And yet, love exists.

“Suzan-Lori Parks asks questions about the way we live today and draws a
line between rhetoric and behavior,” says director Sonya Robbins.  “She
engages us in a dialogue that plays with stereotypes of class and race.”

Well-known local musician Bill Ransom will create original music and sound
landscapes for the piece.  Ransom, Robbins and featured actress Rasheryl
McCreary have collaborated before to great effect.  Robbins says, “Richard
Ingraham and I will also be collaboratively working to create original sound
and music for the piece.”

RaSheryl McCreary stars as Hester, La Negrita, while the actors who play the
adults in Hester’s life double as her children.  The talented cast of adult
actors also includes Kevin Brewer (The Doctor/Trouble), Victor Dickerson
(Chilli/Jabber), Renee Matthews-Jackson (The Welfare Lady/Bully), Anthony
Nickerson (Reverend D./Baby) and Cassandra Vincent (Amiga Gringa/Beauty).

featuring Kevin Brewer*, Victor Dickerson, Renee Matthews-Jackson, RaSheryl
McCreary*, Anthony Nickerson and Cassandra Vincent*
*member Actors’ Equity Association

As In the Blood grapples with many contemporary issues, Dobama Theatre
intends to engage its audience with several special events surrounding the
play:

*POST-SHOW TALKBACKS immediately following the show: Saturday, March 8th,
15th and 22nd and Thursday, March 13th.

*PANEL DISCUSSIONS featuring local experts– Sundays, following matinees:
March 16th – Civil Rights/The War on Poverty
March 23rd – Images in Black and White
March 30th – Since Welfare Reform

*THE BILL RANSOM QUARTET PLAYS JAZZ:
Saturdays, March 15th and 22nd before the show 7:15-7:45 p.m.

*ASL (SIGNED) PERFORMANCE Friday, March 21 (8:00 p.m.) -- email
dobama at core.com.

*SCREENING OF THE FILM “GIRL 6” (screenwritten by Suzan-Lori Parks) at the
Madstone Centrum on Monday, March 31st at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by Madstone
Centrum and Urbandialect.net.

Performances:
March 7-30
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 3/9 at 7:30 p.m.; 3/16, 3/23, 3/30 at 2:30 p.m.  Tickets $11-$18

For more information, call Dobama Theatre at (216) 932-6838.
For reservations, call Dobama’s box office at (216) 932-3396.

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Dobama Theatre is proud to present In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks,
directed by Sonya Robbins.
Featuring RaSheryl McCreary and original music by Bill Ransom
March 7-30
"Here and elsewhere, Parks has a voice that mixes distinctive lyricism with
a pungent wit." Variety

Upcoming productions:
Raised in Captivity
By Nicky Silver, Directed by Russ Borski
April 25-May 18
"Raised in Captivity is about guilt, redemption and self-punishment, and,
against all odds, it is also very funny..."  The New York Times

In the Night Kitchen:
The Punk Project
by David Bell, Chris Johnson and Greg Vovos
Directed by Greg Vovos
May 2-18
Fridays/Saturdays, 11 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m.

THE 25th ANNUAL MARILYN BIANCHI KIDS' PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL
Benefit Night June 5
FREE Performances June 6-8

13th ANNUAL OWEN KELLY ADOPT-A-PLAYWRIGHT PROGRAM
June 27-29

Dobama Theatre is located at 1846 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights.  For
reservations, call Dobama's box office line: (216) 932-3396.