[NEohioPAL]JCC Announces Debut of New Arts and Culture Program

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The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland  NEWS
26001 South Woodland Road=20
Beachwood, Ohio  44122



For Immediate Release
May 24, 2004



The  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Announces
Debut of New Arts and Culture Program

Inaugural Season Opens with Musical Ragtime on October 28, 2004
at Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center





A generous grant from the Green Arts Fund of the Jewish Community Federation=
=20
of Cleveland has made it possible for the Jewish Community Center to renew i=
ts=20
commitment to support, produce and present the arts to the Northeast Ohio=20
Jewish community and the community at large by inaugurating a season of thea=
ter,=20
popular and classical music and visual arts beginning in October 2004.

The season will open with the Tony Award-winning Ragtime, The Musical,=20
running October 28-November 14 at Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus=20
Performing Arts Center.  Completing the programming, which is designed to ap=
peal to a=20
broad and diverse audience, are a musical concert, titled Irving Berlin: The=
=20
Proud Father of 20th Century Song (December 12); Yuri Lane, human beatbox=20
phenomenon, starring in From Tel Aviv to Ramallah: A Beatbox Journey (March=20=
5 and=20
6, 2005); JCC's fifth-annual An Evening of Classical Music (Spring of 2005);=
=20
and the world premiere of Albi Gorn's play, To Know Him (May 5-22, 2005).

The entire season will be linked by one of the themes explored in Ragtime,=20
that of the immigrant experience in America.  In addition to the major=20
offerings, the JCC has scheduled an enriching series of formal and informal=20=
activities=20
intended to heighten awareness of the agency's role in community-building an=
d=20
function as an educational tool, enabling the community to think about arts=20
and culture programming in a new, multi-disciplinary context. =20

Philanthropist Roe Green, of Aurora, agreed to support this initiative=20
because of her passion for the arts and culture throughout Greater Cleveland=
.  "I=20
support the arts, " states Ms. Green, "because I believe that our humanity i=
s=20
reflected in the dramas which unfold on a theater's stage, in the unique vis=
ion=20
of a painter or photographer, and in the sensitively choreographed movements=
=20
of a dancer.  I am very proud to support the inaugural season of the new art=
s=20
and culture program."

Michael Peterman, JCC board member and past president, has been working with=
=20
a task force of arts professionals and enthusiasts to develop a coordinated=20
arts and culture program that will entertain, challenge, educate, inform and=
=20
build bridges between Cleveland's Jewish community and the community at larg=
e. =20
The task force began its work after the suspension of the Halle Theater seas=
on=20
last fall due to economic issues. =20

"The last few years have been extremely difficult for many arts organization=
s=20
in our region", Peterman said.  "We made a difficult decision to suspend our=
=20
theater season and curtail other arts and culture activities.  But now, than=
ks=20
to Roe Green and the Jewish Community Federation, and JCC leadership=20
dedicated to the arts, we are able to again present arts and culture to the=20=
entire=20
Cleveland community."

To implement this program, the JCC recruited recognized local arts=20
professionals Anne B. DesRosiers, project director; Fred Sternfeld, artistic=
 director;=20
Margaret Lynch, education consultant; Jacqueline Percher, marketing consulta=
nt=20
and Sue Sellers, project assistant, who will focus on group and advertising=20
sales.  This team represents many years of experience successfully developin=
g,=20
producing, presenting and marketing local arts and educational offerings.

DesRosiers describes her team's challenge as "producing and presenting work=20
that appeals to as broad an audience as possible in terms of multiple=20
disciplines -- theater, dance, music and the visual arts -- and content for=20=
both the=20
Jewish and general communities.  Our goal is to design and provide high-qual=
ity=20
seasons supportive of the JCC's new mission for its arts and culture=20
programming.  These seasons must be fiscally sustainable based on their abil=
ity to=20
generate appropriate levels of both earned and contributed income from diver=
se=20
audiences."

Michael G. Hyman, recently appointed executive director of the JCC, describe=
s=20
the new arts and culture program with enthusiasm. "All of the season=20
components and surrounding activities -- some in collaboration with other ar=
ea=20
not-for-profit organizations -- are intended to deepen and enhance the relat=
ionship=20
between the Jewish community and other ethnic and cultural constituencies. W=
e=20
want to reach out to the greater Cleveland community to share programming th=
at=20
elevates the human spirit for people of all faiths."


About the 2004-05 Season

Ragtime, The Musical, directed by Fred Sternfeld, is based on the novel by=20
E.L. Doctorow, with book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty and=20
lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. The show paints a powerful portrait of American socie=
ty=20
through the intersecting lives of three families: one upper middle class whi=
te=20
family, a socialist immigrant Jewish family and a black family in Harlem.=20
Ragtime illustrates the timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freed=
om and=20
prejudice, hope and despair and love and hate. Laced with real-life characte=
rs=20
such as Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, Booker T. Washington, Harry Houdini and=20
Evelyn Nesbit, Ragtime entertains with a diverse score that includes traditi=
onal=20
Jewish folk sounds, vaudeville's high-energy style, and ragtime, itself, one=
 of=20
black America's most vital genres and an early form of jazz.

Faced with a cast of 60 and the technical requirements of a major musical=20
production, the JCC needed a larger venue than the Halle Theatre stage at th=
e=20
JCC's Cleveland Heights building. Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus=20
Performing Arts Center, located at 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, Ohio,=
 is a=20
600-seat, state-of-the-art facility which opened in 1998. "The performing ar=
ts=20
center at Tri-C's Eastern Campus is a remarkable facility," said Fred=20
Sternfeld, "and it's only five minutes from the Mandel JCC on South Woodland=
. We're=20
practically neighbors. And with the new Harvard Road exit from I-271, the=20
location is easily accessible to anyone in Northeast Ohio."

Ragtime, The Musical will be performed Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and=20
Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. for=
=20
three consecutive weekends. Preview is Thursday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. and=
=20
opening night is Saturday, October 30 at 8:00 p.m. Special student matinees=20=
will be=20
performed Tuesday, November 2 and Tuesday, November 9 at 10:00 a.m. Ragtime=20
is presented by the Jewish Community Center in cooperation with Cuyahoga=20
Community College Eastern Campus.

Radio personality Bill Rudman, an expert in classic American song, will take=
=20
audiences on a musical journey celebrating one of this country's most=20
important songwriters when he hosts Irving Berlin: The Proud Father of 20th=20=
Century=20
Song.  The concert features pianist Joe Hunter and vocalists Erin Kufel and=20
Vince Mastro, with Bryan Thomas on bass and Ray Porrello on drums. It tells=20=
the=20
rags-to-riches story of Berlin, a Jewish immigrant who fled Russia with his=20
family in 1893 at the age of five. Teaching himself to play piano and write=20=
his=20
own words and music, Berlin broke through on Tin Pan Alley in 1911 with=20
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" and went on to become part of America's popular c=
ulture.=20
This lively songfest will be presented December 12 at 2:00 p.m. at Cuyahoga=20
Community College Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center.  Irving Berlin: The=
 Proud=20
Father of American Song is produced by the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland and=20
presented by the Cleveland Jewish Community Center.

Human Beatbox and vocal magician, Yuri Lane, stars in  From Tel Aviv to=20
Ramallah: A Beatbox Journey, part hip-hop performance, part street-wise=20
documentary. The show will be presented Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March=20=
6, 2005 at a=20
location and time to be determined. Inspired by his own journey in 1999, Lan=
e=20
observed the cultural division between Israelis and Palestinians as well as=20
the numerous commonalities of the two cultures. In the show, the lives of a=20
Palestinian Internet caf=E9 owner, Khalid, and an Israeli club DJ, Amir, int=
ersect=20
in unexpected ways. Lane weaves a vox-pop tapestry of Palestinian and Israel=
i=20
voices into a Middle Eastern mosaic, accompanied by muezzin calls, music and=
=20
Tel Aviv traffic sounds -- all generated by Lane himself.

An Evening of Classical Music, to be presented in Spring 2005, marks the=20
fifth year of this extraordinary concert. Once again, Joseph Feldman, the di=
rector=20
of development for New Americans at the JCC, will bring together an=20
astounding array of world-renowned classical musicians, many from the former=
 Soviet=20
Union, who have played and recorded with the Cleveland Orchestra and some of=
 the=20
other great orchestras in the world. In this annual program, originally=20
conceived as "From Russia with Love," audiences will receive an impassioned=20=
embrace=20
from members of Cleveland's New American community as they contribute their=20
virtuosity and time to perform the music of both Russian and world composers=
.

Rounding out the season in May is the final production to be mounted at the=20
JCC's historic Halle Theatre.  It will be the world premiere of the 2002=20
Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition winner, To Know Him by Albi Gorn. A y=
oung=20
female rabbinical student bounces into the hospital room of a middle-aged ma=
n=20
with good intentions. Consumed with his illness, he rebuffs her attempts to=20=
cheer=20
him. She is determined to make a difference and persists until a=20
relationship, of sorts, develops around a common interest -- the movies. As=20=
their=20
relationship grows the two discover more common ground than they were prepar=
ed to=20
admit.

Dorothy Silver, former director of performing and visual arts at the JCC and=
=20
originator of the playwriting competition, describes To Know Him as "a rare=20
blend of comedy and content that will move and entertain at the same time."=20=
To=20
Know Him will be performed with a preview scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 200=
5=20
at 7:30 p.m. Opening night is slated for Saturday, May 7 at 8:30 p.m. Regula=
r=20
performances will run Thursday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.,  Saturday at 8:30 p.=
m.=20
and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. through May 22.


About the JCC

The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland builds and strengthens Cleveland's=20
entire Jewish Community by providing exceptional programs and services that=20
enhance Jewish continuity and Jewish identity in four key program areas: Hea=
lth,=20
Wellness and Recreation, Early Childhood Education, Camping and Cultural Art=
s.=20
 Membership to the JCC is open to all.  The JCC is a non-profit social=20
service agency that receives funding from the Jewish Community Federation an=
d the=20
United Way.




####





For Additional Information Contact:

Michael G. Hyman, Executive Dir.,
The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
Ofc: (216) 831-0700 ext.1345  =20

Michael J. Peterman, Chair, Arts and Culture Task Force=20
The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
(440) 646-1222 ext. 225

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<BR><STRONG>Inaugural Season Opens with Musical <I>Ragtime </I>on October 28=
, 2004<BR>at Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus Performing Arts Cente=
r<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></STRONG>
<P align=3Dleft>A generous grant from the Green Arts Fund of the Jewish Comm=
unity Federation of Cleveland has made it possible for the Jewish Community=20=
Center to renew its commitment to support, produce and present the arts to t=
he Northeast Ohio Jewish community and the community at large by inauguratin=
g a season of theater, popular and classical music and visual arts beginning=
 in October 2004.<BR><BR>The season will open with the Tony Award-winning <I=
><STRONG>Ragtime, The Musical</STRONG>,</I> running October 28-November 14 a=
t Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center.  Co=
mpleting the programming, which is designed to appeal to a broad and diverse=
 audience, are a musical concert, titled <STRONG><I>Irving Berlin: The Proud=
 Father of 20th Century Song</I> </STRONG>(December 12); Yuri Lane, human be=
atbox phenomenon, starring in <I><STRONG>From Tel Aviv to Ramallah: A Beatbo=
x Journey</STRONG></I> (March 5 and 6, 2005); JCC's fifth-annual <I><STRONG>=
An Evening of Classical Music </STRONG></I>(Spring of 2005); and the world p=
remiere of Albi Gorn's play, <I><STRONG>To Know Him</STRONG> </I>(May 5-22,=20=
2005).<BR><BR>The entire season will be linked by one of the themes explored=
 in <I><STRONG>Ragtime, </STRONG></I>that of the immigrant experience in Ame=
rica.  In addition to the major offerings, the JCC has scheduled an enr=
iching series of formal and informal activities intended to heighten awarene=
ss of the agency's role in community-building and function as an educational=
 tool, enabling the community to think about arts and culture programming in=
 a new, multi-disciplinary context.  <BR><BR>Philanthropist Roe Green,=20=
of Aurora, agreed to support this initiative because of her passion for the=20=
arts and culture throughout Greater Cleveland.  "I support the arts, "=20=
states Ms. Green, "because I believe that our humanity is reflected in the d=
ramas which unfold on a theater's stage, in the unique vision of a painter o=
r photographer, and in the sensitively choreographed movements of a dancer.&=
nbsp; I am very proud to support the inaugural season of the new arts and cu=
lture program."<BR><BR>Michael Peterman, JCC board member and past president=
, has been working with a task force of arts professionals and enthusiasts t=
o develop a coordinated arts and culture program that will entertain, challe=
nge, educate, inform and build bridges between Cleveland's Jewish community=20=
and the community at large.  The task force began its work after the su=
spension of the Halle Theater season last fall due to economic issues. =
 <BR><BR>"The last few years have been extremely difficult for many arts org=
anizations in our region", Peterman said.  "We made a difficult decisio=
n to suspend our theater season and curtail other arts and culture activitie=
s.  But now, thanks to Roe Green and the Jewish Community Federati=
on, and JCC leadership dedicated to the arts, we are able to again present a=
rts and culture to the entire Cleveland community."<BR><BR>To implement this=
 program, the JCC recruited recognized local arts professionals Anne B. DesR=
osiers, project director; Fred Sternfeld, artistic director; Margaret Lynch,=
 education consultant; Jacqueline Percher, marketing consultant and Sue Sell=
ers, project assistant, who will focus on group and advertising sales. =
 This team represents many years of experience successfully developing, prod=
ucing, presenting and marketing local arts and educational offerings.<BR><BR=
>DesRosiers describes her team's challenge as "producing and presenting work=
 that appeals to as broad an audience as possible in terms of multiple disci=
plines -- theater, dance, music and the visual arts -- and content for both=20=
the Jewish and general communities.  Our goal is to design and provide=20=
high-quality seasons supportive of the JCC's new mission for its arts and cu=
lture programming.  These seasons must be fiscally sustainable based on=
 their ability to generate appropriate levels of both earned and contributed=
 income from diverse audiences."<BR><BR>Michael G. Hyman, recently appointed=
 executive director of the JCC, describes the new arts and culture program w=
ith enthusiasm. "All of the season components and surrounding activities --=20=
some in collaboration with other area not-for-profit organizations -- are in=
tended to deepen and enhance the relationship between the Jewish community a=
nd other ethnic and cultural constituencies. We want to reach out to the gre=
ater Cleveland community to share programming that elevates the human spirit=
 for people of all faiths."<BR><BR><BR><STRONG><U>About the 2004-05 Season</=
U><BR><BR><I>Ragtime, The Musical</I></STRONG>, directed by Fred Sternfeld,=20=
is based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, with book by Terrence McNally, music=
 by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. The show paints a powerful p=
ortrait of American society through the intersecting lives of three families=
: one upper middle class white family, a socialist immigrant Jewish family a=
nd a black family in Harlem. <I><STRONG>Ragtime</STRONG></I> illustrates the=
 timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope=20=
and despair and love and hate. Laced with real-life characters such as Henry=
 Ford, Emma Goldman, Booker T. Washington, Harry Houdini and Evelyn Nesbit,=20=
<I><STRONG>Ragtime </STRONG></I>entertains with a diverse score that include=
s traditional Jewish folk sounds, vaudeville's high-energy style, and ragtim=
e, itself, one of black America's most vital genres and an early form of jaz=
z.<BR><BR>Faced with a cast of 60 and the technical requirements of a major=20=
musical production, the JCC needed a larger venue than the Halle Theatre sta=
ge at the JCC's Cleveland Heights building. Cuyahoga Community College Easte=
rn Campus Performing Arts Center, located at 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hi=
lls, Ohio, is a 600-seat, state-of-the-art facility which opened in 1998. "T=
he performing arts center at Tri-C's Eastern Campus is a remarkable facility=
," said Fred Sternfeld, "and it's only five minutes from the Mandel JCC on S=
outh Woodland. We're practically neighbors. And with the new Harvard Road ex=
it from I-271, the location is easily accessible to anyone in Northeast Ohio=
."<BR><BR><I><STRONG>Ragtime, The Musical </STRONG></I>will be performed Thu=
rsday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays a=
t 2:00 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. for three consecutive weekends. Preview is Thur=
sday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. and opening night is Saturday, October 30 at 8=
:00 p.m. Special student matinees will be performed Tuesday, November 2 and=20=
Tuesday, November 9 at 10:00 a.m. <I><STRONG>Ragtime </STRONG></I>is present=
ed by the Jewish Community Center in cooperation with Cuyahoga Community Col=
lege Eastern Campus.<BR><BR>Radio personality Bill Rudman, an expert in clas=
sic American song, will take audiences on a musical journey celebrating one=20=
of this country's most important songwriters when he hosts <I><STRONG>Irving=
 Berlin: The Proud Father of 20th Century Song</STRONG></I>.  The conce=
rt features pianist Joe Hunter and vocalists Erin Kufel and Vince Mastro, wi=
th Bryan Thomas on bass and Ray Porrello on drums. It tells the rags-to-rich=
es story of Berlin, a Jewish immigrant who fled Russia with his family in 18=
93 at the age of five. Teaching himself to play piano and write his own word=
s and music, Berlin broke through on Tin Pan Alley in 1911 with "Alexander's=
 Ragtime Band" and went on to become part of America's popular culture. This=
 lively songfest will be presented December 12 at 2:00 p.m. at Cuyahoga Comm=
unity College Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center.  <I><STRONG>Irving=
 Berlin: The Proud Father of American Song</STRONG></I> is produced by the T=
ri-C JazzFest Cleveland and presented by the Cleveland Jewish Community Cent=
er.<BR><BR>Human Beatbox and vocal magician, Yuri Lane, stars in  <I><S=
TRONG>From Tel Aviv to Ramallah: A Beatbox Journey</STRONG></I>, part hip-ho=
p performance, part street-wise documentary. The show will be presented Satu=
rday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, 2005 at a location and time to be determi=
ned. Inspired by his own journey in 1999, Lane observed the cultural divisio=
n between Israelis and Palestinians as well as the numerous commonalities of=
 the two cultures. In the show, the lives of a Palestinian Internet caf=E9 o=
wner, Khalid, and an Israeli club DJ, Amir, intersect in unexpected ways. La=
ne weaves a vox-pop tapestry of Palestinian and Israeli voices into a Middle=
 Eastern mosaic, accompanied by muezzin calls, music and Tel Aviv traffic so=
unds -- all generated by Lane himself.<BR><BR><I><STRONG>An Evening of Class=
ical Music</STRONG></I>, to be presented in Spring 2005, marks the fifth yea=
r of this extraordinary concert. Once again, Joseph Feldman, the director of=
 development for New Americans at the JCC, will bring together an astounding=
 array of world-renowned classical musicians, many from the former Soviet Un=
ion, who have played and recorded with the Cleveland Orchestra and some of t=
he other great orchestras in the world. In this annual program, originally c=
onceived as "From Russia with Love," audiences will receive an impassioned e=
mbrace from members of Cleveland's New American community as they contribute=
 their virtuosity and time to perform the music of both Russian and world co=
mposers.<BR><BR>Rounding out the season in May is the final production to be=
 mounted at the JCC's historic Halle Theatre.  It will be the world pre=
miere of the 2002 Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition winner, <I><STRONG>=
To Know Him</STRONG></I> by Albi Gorn. A young female rabbinical student bou=
nces into the hospital room of a middle-aged man with good intentions. Consu=
med with his illness, he rebuffs her attempts to cheer him. She is determine=
d to make a difference and persists until a relationship, of sorts, develops=
 around a common interest -- the movies. As their relationship grows the two=
 discover more common ground than they were prepared to admit.<BR><BR>Doroth=
y Silver, former director of performing and visual arts at the JCC and origi=
nator of the playwriting competition, describes <I><STRONG>To Know Him</STRO=
NG></I> as "a rare blend of comedy and content that will move and entertain=20=
at the same time." <I><STRONG>To Know Him </STRONG></I>will be performed wit=
h a preview scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. Opening night i=
s slated for Saturday, May 7 at 8:30 p.m. Regular performances will run Thur=
sday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.,  Saturday at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday matinee=
s at 2:00 p.m. through May 22.<BR><BR><BR><STRONG><U>About the JCC</U><BR><B=
R></STRONG>The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland builds and strengthens C=
leveland's entire Jewish Community by providing exceptional programs and ser=
vices that enhance Jewish continuity and Jewish identity in four key program=
 areas: Health, Wellness and Recreation, Early Childhood Education, Camping=20=
and Cultural Arts.  Membership to the JCC is open to all.  The JCC=
 is a non-profit social service agency that receives funding from the Jewish=
 Community Federation and the United Way.<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<P align=3Dcenter><STRONG>####<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></STRONG>
<P align=3Dleft><STRONG>For Additional Information Contact:<BR><BR>Michael G=
. Hyman, Executive Dir.,<BR>The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland<BR>Ofc:=
 (216) 831-0700 ext.1345   <BR><BR>Michael J. Peterman, Chair, Art=
s and Culture Task Force <BR>The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland<BR>(44=
0) 646-1222 ext. 225</STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR=
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