[NEohioPAL]The Big Box opens once again at Cleveland Public Theatre, January 7, with Nina Domingue's solo piece MO PAS CONNIN - OR TORMENT

[Dan Kilbane]

Cleveland Public Theatre presents

Big [BOX]

January 7 – February 13, 2005
Fri. & Sat. 8 pm
Sun. 3pm
Tix $10

Risk It All.  Join us in The James Levin Theatre for a different artist each
week.  We give them the keys to the theatre, hang out in the office, and
wait to see what new stuff they come up with.  Love the thrill of new work?
Check out this six week series!

Featured in the third year of this series:


Mo Pas Connin, or Torment
Jan. 7 - 9
a solo piece written and performed by Nina Domingue

Mo Pas Connin, or Torment, set in the balmy summer heat of New Orleans,
tells the story of Miriam Waters, a 65 year-old inactive priestess of Mami
Wata.  Miriam recieves orders from her higher power to reconcile with her
family or they will be lost.  Will the torment end?

(Domingue will play the title character in our February Featured Production,
VENUS, by Suzan-Lori Parks)


Citizenship in the Nation
Jan. 14 - 16
a staged reading written by Mike Geither
directed by Gregory Vovos

In a Boy Scout troop where drinking and drug use are common, two scouts
begin a sexual relationship.  When they are discovered and removed from the
troop during the course of a summer camp, each of them attempts to
understand the friendships they have formed and their urge toward violence.
Citizenship in the Nation is a staged reading of a new play by local
playwright Mike Geither.


GemINi
Jan. 21 - 23
a performance duet created by Aaron Rapljenovic and Zoe Schultz

gemINi is a performance duet loosely based on the mythological story of the
astrological sign. This unique visual installation is realized by
integrating butoh, performance art, and non-traditional partnering.


CONNECT: a multimedia party in 3 acts
Jan. 28 – 30
created by Ryan Lott

Enjoy an evening of live original music, visual and new media art, and
interactive performance.  Witness the results of artistic collaboration
between several local artists across disciplines.  CONNECT: the fusion of
performance, process, and party.

The Vampyres
Feb. 4 – 6
written by David Hansen
directed by Alison Hernan

Sex, blood and rock n' roll.  Witness as a young doctor enters a mysterious
coffee house, encountering an old flame, two musicians with a taste for
blood, and the seeds of his own destruction.  With original music by
Cleveland¹s legendary Gothic Industrial band Queue Up.


Apply Within:  Office of the President Available
Feb. 11 - 13
a solo piece written and performed by Perren Hedderson

Apply Within is the sweet tale of a man dedicated to his career at the
prosthetic limb manufacturing plant.  Solo performer Perren Hedderson
teaches the how to on making it up the corporate ladder, all the way to CEO.
However, there is something devilishly wrong with the higher ups.  What will
happen when our narrator learns of the company’s demise?


CHANGE YOUR MIND!



Dan Kilbane
Director of Marketing & Public Relations
Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH  44102
tel:  216/631-2727 ext. 203
fax:  216/631-2575
www.cptonline.org
dkilbane at cptonline.org
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Big [BOX] begins January 7 with Nina Domingue's Mo Pas Connin - or Torment
CHANGE YOUR MIND!  CPT's 04 - 05 season