[NEohioPAL]News from CPT: VENUS closes Sat., 2/26! Community events series! And, Sarah Morton's 4 MINUTES TO HAPPY opens 3/4! Change Your Mind!

[Dan Kilbane]

CPT Featured Production
VENUS
continues through Feb. 26!
Written by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Associate Artistic Director Jyana S. Gregory
Tix   $19 Thurs.
$24  Fri. and Sat.
under 25?  Tix $10

"...visually handsome, well-acted....In the best tradition of Cleveland
Public Theatre, the city's most nearly avant-garde venue, VENUS turns the
tables on the audience..."
-- Tony Brown, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"You can't take your eyes off the captivating Nina Domingue....Standouts are
Holly Holsinger's sleazy carnival mother/pimp, Robert J. Williams' emphathic
narrator, and David Loy...the ensemble of freaks/spectators also does strong
work....a strikingly handsome production..."
-- Linda Eisenstein, CoolCleveland.com

You’ve never seen anything like her.  She’s an exotic African beauty:  the
dark skin, the gorgeous eyes, the full bosom. And she’s a Big Bottomed girl!
A novelty! She’d make a splendid freak. You’re going to want to show her to
everyone.  Folks will watch.  Folks will clap.  Folks will pay you gold.
She’s shy but she’ll do it.  She’s hungry for fame, fortune . . . and your
love.  Go ahead.  Take her on the road!  A grandly theatrical portrait of
Sarah Baartman, a.k.a. The Venus Hottentot, from the author of the Pulitzer
Prize-winning  play Topdog/Underdog.

Go to cptonline.org for info. on the series of community events for this
production, titled REVEALING VENUS:  Discussions on Race, Beauty, Science,
Love, Slavery, Colonialism, and Art, which continues  through Mar. 2!

Production support from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes
that a great nation deserves great art.  Additional support from The John P.
Murphy Foundation and the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the
National Endowment for the Humanities.


Opening Mar. 4!
4 MINUTES TO HAPPY
A solo piece written & performed by Sarah Morton
Directed by  Executive/Artistic Director Randy Rollison
March 2 - 13, 2005
Tix   $12 Thurs. and Sun.
$ 15   Fri. and Sat.
under 25?  Tix $10

"Mixes loopy lyricism and gritty reality...(an) hysterically funny climb
from the depths of despair."
--Tony Brown, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Moving and humorous...frank and unflinching...a beautifully crafted look at
depression and the difficult journey to happiness."
--Linda Eisenstein, CoolCleveland.com

You’ve been feeling a little blue lately.  You ended your relationship, you
cry a lot and you’ve dumped a lot of money on self-help books and tapes that
don’t seem to be doing the trick.  You’ve aced every exam you’ve ever taken
and now you’ve failed the doctor’s depression test.  Should you take the
pills or tough it out on your own?  Cleveland playwright Sarah Morton takes
you on a comic and moving journey toward happiness.

Join the Independent Theatre Club for Opening Night Fri., Mar. 4!  Party
with CPT!

Production support from The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation and The
Woodruff Foundation.   Produced in association with Recovery Resources.

Go to cptonline.org for info. on the Public Forum and Talkback series
focusing on the subject of depression, surrounding 4 MINUTES TO HAPPY.


Buy Tickets By Phone 216.631.2727
www.cptonline.org
under 25?  Tix only $10!
CPT's 04 - 05 season:  CHANGE YOUR MIND!