[NEohioPAL]Art, a play

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Art, a play by Yasmina Reza

Directed by Cleveland Heights actor/director David Rohler

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists' Play Service, Inc.

Presented by Boulevard Theatre and the Heights Arts Collaborative at=20

Heights Arts, a contemporary community gallery

2173 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

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Saturday, September 27 at 8 pm

Saturday, October 4 at 8 pm

Talk-back after each performance

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Limited seating by advance reservation only

Tickets $10 - $5 student I.D.

Please call HAC at 216-371-3344 or email heightsarts at sbcglobal.net

=20

 The winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play, "Art" is a dazzling =
comedy that deals with questions of male friendship, intellectual =
honesty, and, of course, what is or isn't art. =20

The play will not only satisfy theatre fans but art lovers as well.  It =
is funny, sophisticated, stylish, stimulating, and moving.

=20

Serge has bought a very expensive, totally white painting.  Marc, one of =
his best friends, is incensed by Serge's frivolity.  Another friend, =
Ivan, gets involved in this funny, provocative play about the meaning of =
friendship and the rules that dictate art.

=20

What better place to see "Art" than in a gallery ?

=20

Cast: =20

Bob Kmiecik (Serge) has performed in more than 40 Cleveland-area =
productions, including Cleveland Opera, and performs regularly with the =
Singer's Club of Cleveland, which has been featured with the Cleveland =
Orchestra, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and the Youngstown Symphony.   =
Kmiecik studied with the Wisdom Bridge Theatre Training Center in =
Chicago.=20

Bruce Hearey (Marc)  performed for many years in New Jersey and more =
recently starred in Love, Sex & the IRS with Gates Mills Players.  He =
also has written and starred in musical comedies with the Court of Nisi =
Prius, a group of Lawyers who regularly perform satirical one-acts.  =20

Michael Raum (Yvan) has performed in many local theatres, including =
Ensemble, ACT in Aurora, Kennedy's at Playhouse Square, Beck, Clague and =
Huntington.  For many years, he has appeared at The Hermit Club in =
downtown Cleveland, playing Yvan in ART, as well as major roles in The =
Importance of Being Earnest, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,Glengarry =
Glen Ross and Amadeus. =20

David Rohler (Director) is a Cleveland Heights actor and director who =
has been involved in the Cleveland theatre community for nearly 20 =
years.  Most recently, he directed a Shaker Library-sponsored production =
of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, starring local newscaster Leon Bibb. He =
has worked with Boulevard Theatre since its inception both as a founding =
board member and in Play On!, The Shadow Box and Sylvia.  Rohler's other =
notable credits include productions at JCC Halle Theatre, CCC East and =
Unitarian Players.

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Partners

Boulevard Theatre

Jean Martin, Theatre Coordinator
216-561-8588

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Founded in early 1999, Boulevard Theatre is a program of the City of =
Shaker Heights Community Life Department and is open to all theatre =
enthusiasts regardless of residence.

Boulevard Theatre is committed to non-traditional casting. Except in =
cases where race, gender, age or disability are essential  to the play, =
all roles will be cast on the basis of talent.

=20

Heights Arts Collaborative was organized in 2000  "to pool the arts =
resources of the Heights in order to express the creative spirit of the =
community."  The Collaborative's goals are to create community life =
through the arts;  provide venues to create, exhibit, and perform all =
art forms;  support the arts in K-12 education; and bring arts =
opportunities to people of all ages. =20

Peggy Spaeth, Director

216-371-3344

William Busta, Gallery Director

216-371-3457

http://www.heightsarts.org

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funny,=20
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face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Serge has bought a very expensive, =
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painting.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Marc, one of =
his best=20
friends, is incensed by Serge=92s frivolity.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Another friend, Ivan, gets involved in this funny, provocative =
play about=20
the meaning of friendship and the rules that dictate art.</FONT></P>
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Kmiecik</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
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(Serge) has performed in more than 40 Cleveland-area productions, =
including=20
Cleveland Opera, and performs regularly with the Singer's Club of =
Cleveland,=20
which has been featured with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Pops =

Orchestra, and the Youngstown Symphony.   Kmiecik studied with =
the=20
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in <st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
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 Bruce Hearey (Marc)  performed for many years in=20
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and more recently starred in Love, Sex & the IRS with Gates Mills=20
Players.  He also has written and starred in musical comedies with =
the=20
Court of Nisi Prius, a group of Lawyers who regularly perform satirical=20
one-acts.   Michael Raum (Yvan) has performed =
in many=20
local theatres, including Ensemble, ACT in Aurora, Kennedy's at=20
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For many years, he has appeared at The Hermit Club in downtown=20
<st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
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mso-bidi-font-style: italic">,=20
playing Yvan in ART, as well as major roles in The Importance of Being =
Earnest,=20
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,Glengarry Glen Ross and Amadeus. =20
 David Rohler (Director) is a =
<st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
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mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Cleveland=20
Heights</st1:place></st1:City><SPAN=20
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actor and director who has been involved in the=20
<st1:City><st1:place><SPAN=20
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theatre community for nearly 20 years.  Most recently, he directed =
a Shaker=20
Library-sponsored production of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, starring =
local=20
newscaster Leon Bibb. He has worked with Boulevard Theatre since its =
inception=20
both as a founding board member and in Play On!, The Shadow Box and=20
Sylvia.  Rohler's other notable credits include productions at JCC =
Halle=20
Theatre, CCC East and Unitarian =
Players.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
<B=20
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<B=20
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: black"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Boulevard =
Theatre<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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face=3D"Times New Roman">Jean Martin, Theatre =
Coordinator 216-561-8588<B=20
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normal"><o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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<SPAN=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: black"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Founded in early 1999, Boulevard Theatre is a=20
program of the City of Shaker Heights Community Life Department and =
is open=20
to all theatre enthusiasts regardless of residence. Boulevard =
Theatre is=20
committed to non-traditional casting. Except in cases where race, =
gender, age or=20
disability are essential  to the play, all roles will be cast on =
the basis=20
of talent.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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<FONT=20
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: black">Heights Arts=20
Collaborative</SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: black"> =
was=20
organized in 2000<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>=93to =
pool the arts=20
resources of the Heights in order to express the creative spirit of the=20
community.=94<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The =
Collaborative=92s=20
goals are to create community life through the arts;<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>provide venues to create, =
exhibit, and=20
perform all art forms;<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  =
</SPAN>support the=20
arts in K-12 education; and bring arts opportunities to people of all =
ages.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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Director<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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