[NEohioPAL]Dobama Theatre Working with LifeBanc to Prepare for The Domino Heart

[Marjorie Preston, PR/Marketing Director]

Dobama Theatre Working with LifeBanc to Prepare for The Domino Heart

Dobama Theatre has been working with non-profit organ procurement
organization for Northeast Ohio, LifeBanc, in preparation for the U.S.
Premiere of The Domino Heart by Matthew Edison, at Dobama October 17 through
November 9.

In The Domino Heart, professor and mother Cara Fortree is widowed.  Reverend
Mortimer Wright is sleepless.  Young advertising executive Leo Juarez waits.
In the night sky above, a helicopter carries the organ that will connect
them all.

The Domino Heart director and Dobama’s Artistic Director, Joyce Casey, has
visited the LifeBanc office and spoken with staff members.  LifeBanc
Community Education Coordinator Stephanie Jansky arranged for the cast to
meet a "donor mom," a heart recipient, and Deborah Johnston, Family Support
Coordinator.  Casey also visited the transplant ward, speaking with nurses
and patients.

LifeBanc will display materials in Dobama's lobby through the run of the
play.  In addition LifeBanc will staff post-performance discussions with
Dobama audiences on October 25th and 30th.  There has also been discussion
of Dobama actors performing the play for transplant patients.

Through preparation for The Domino Heart, Dobama’s staff members have become
aware of the critical need for organ and tissue donations.  As of August
6th, 76 people in Northeast Ohio are on the national wait list for a heart.
Therefore, Dobama will use the opportunity of the production to inform
audiences.  Dobama Theatre staff members will mention organ donation in
pre-curtain welcomes of audience members and stuff programs with donor
registration brochures.

Dobama Theatre special programming:

Talkback with Toronto Playwright Matthew Edison!
Sunday, October 19th, after the 7:30 p.m. performance of The Domino Heart,
speak to Matthew Edison, author of The Domino Heart – Free to Ticketholders!

Saturday, November 1st -- post-performance discussion with Cleveland Clinic
Bioethicist Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD.  "Ethical Considerations of
Transplant Surgery."

Saturday, November 25th and Thursday, November 30th -- post-performance
presentation and Q&A session with staff of LifeBanc, an organ donor and
recipient.

*Audio-described performance on Sunday, October 26th at 2:30 p.m.

featuring Glenn Colerider*, Carla Dunlavey and Fabio Polanco*
*member Actors’ Equity Association

Performances:
October 17-November 9
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 10/19 at 7:30 p.m.; 10/26, 11/2, 11/9 at 2:30 p.m.  Tickets $11-20

SAVE THE DATE! October 20th, 21st and 22nd
NEW VOICES FOR THE THEATRE  New works by area writers
October 20   	4 Minutes to Happy by Sarah Morton
October 21 	The Woodpecker's Duck by Joel Hammer
October 22     	Swann by Sandra Perlman

For more information, call Dobama 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 its 2003-2004 Season! Four OHIO premiere
productions, one U.S. premiere and one WORLD premiere!

October 17-November 9  The Domino Heart by Matthew Edison, directed by Joyce
Casey – U.S. Premiere!
We meet a trio of characters connected by the miracle of modern heart
transplant surgery – including the widow of a man killed in a car crash, a
minister and a young advertising executive.  Cara Fortree, university
professor and mother, is widowed when her husband is suddenly killed in a
car accident.  Reverend Mortimer Wright is sleepless in his hospital room.
Young advertising executive Leo Juarez is camped out in his corporate office
in Chicago.  In the night sky above, a helicopter carries the organ that
will connect them all.

November 28-December 21	V-E Day by local playwright Faye Sholiton, directed
by Jacqi Loewy  Winner of the Arlene R. and William P. Lewis Playwriting
Contest at BYU!  World Premiere!

January 16-February 8	Raised in Captivity by Nicky Silver, directed Russ
Borski  Ohio Premiere!

March 5-28	In the Heart of America by MacArthur Grant winner Naomi Wallace,
directed by Sonya Robbins  Ohio Premiere!

April 23-May 16  The Last Five Years  by Tony Award winner Jason Robert
Brown, directed by Victoria Bussert and featuring Scott Plate and Carol
Dunne  Ohio Premiere!

Dobama Theatre is located at 1846 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights.

Single ticket prices: $11-20.
Subscriptions: (216) 932-6838.
Reservations: (216) 932-3396.