[NEohioPAL]These ladies are waiting for you around the water cooler @ CPT!

[Dan Kilbane]

These ladies are waiting for you around the water cooler @ Cleveland Public
Theatre!

The Secretaries
May 12 - June 4
Pay What You Can Previews May 12 and 13!*
a killer comedy!
Written by The Five Lesbian Brothers
Directed by Randy Rollison

*Pay As You Can Previews May 12 @ 7:30 pm and May 13 @ 8 pm.  Up to two
people in a party can pay as low as $1/ticket.  Tix available beginning one
hour before the performance.  Suggested price is $14 ($175 Canadian).

Being a secretary at the Cooney Lumber Mill in Big Bone, Oregon, is what a
girl dreams of.  But the conversations around the water cooler have taken an
odd turn.  And the peer pressure is getting to you.  I mean, how much Slim
Fast can you drink in a day?  And the men have had a number of fatal
“accidents” lately.  And Ms. Curtis keeps getting a little too close for
comfort.  And what about those girls' nights out, huh?  This is starting to
get a little strange!  The Five Lesbian Brothers give us a Texas Chainsaw
Massacre tribute to life in the office.

Featuring CPT favorites Denise Astorino (Touched:  Bodies of Work, The
Vagina Monologues), Meg Chamberlain (Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas
Binge, Wait!), Liz Conway (Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge), Alison
Hernan (A Bright Room Called Day, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) & Sheffia
Randall (Nickel and Dimed).

What's the best way to see The Secretaries?  The same way many people saw
CPT favorites Varla Jean Merman, Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge,
and Hedwig and The Angry Inch:  with a GROUP!  Bring the secretarial pool,
the bowling league, the Texas Hold 'Em Poker Player group, the Red State
activists!  As long are there are 10 people in your party, each person gets
their ticket for $5 off.  Call the box office to purchase your tickets for
the funniest show this spring!

MEMO:  The Secretaries is a comedy ode to film noir filled with blood,
violence, crude and sexual humor, language, Slim Fast consumption, and
lingerie.  Not for the faint of heart, it's for those who want to laugh
their butts off.  No one under age 18 permitted!

Join CPT for Opening Night Sat., May 14!  New this year:  performance at
7pm, then party with us afterward, catered by some of Cleveland’s most
delicious restaurants!  Make this a killer evening out!  Tix $35.

Buy Tickets By Phone 216.631.2727
NEW!  Buy Tickets By Web www.cptonline.org
CPT's 04 - 05 season:  CHANGE YOUR MIND!


Check out this after-party from our friends at the Lesbian-Gay Community
Service Center of Greater Cleveland!

All dressed up? The WP2 Galleries are the place to go on Saturday, May 14,
10 pm-1 am at the Center (6600 Detroit, one block west of CPT). Enjoy some
groovy spirits, check out some inspired pop art and mingle in our
after-hours art galleries and lounges. This is the after party for THE
SECRETARIES, featuring works from Wild Plum's QueerPop show and food
provided by Lava Lounge, Fat Cat's, Halite and Metro Joes. Participating
Artists include Dott Schneider, Dave Huffman, William Schwartz, Megan
Schaab, Ron Jones, Jennette Zimmerman, Chris Sweiger and Jay Krevens -- who
will debut an ALL NEW projection show. Visit www.lgcsc.org for more details.


Also, go to dinner or brunch before THE SECRETARIES!  CPT recommends our
Detroit Ave. friends Ferris Steakhouse (8700 Detroit Ave.  216.281.1437) to
the west; Cleveland's oldest family steakhouse has the best steaks and
seafood.   Want to go more casual and check out some great videos?  Stop in
at Union Station Video Cafe (2814 Detroit Ave.  usvc.com) to the east!


Coming up in June!

Stone Cold Dead Serious
co-produced with TITLEWave theatre
June 1 - 18
the Off-Broadway hit!
Written by Adam Rapp
Featuring Featuring Stephen Dale, Meg Kelly Schroeder**, Robert Ellis**,
Magdalyn Donnelly, and Arthur Grothe.
Directed by Gregory Vovos

"Rapp is very gifted, and, even rarer he has something to say….a playwright
who is forging a real voice."
--The New York Times

**Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors
and stage managers in the United States, appearing under special contract.

Support from The Cleveland Theatre Collective


Nocturne
June 5 - 15
a solo piece
Written by Adam Rapp
Featuring Dan Kilbane
Directed by Jyana S. Gregory
All tix $10

"Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse."


And...
Make A Break.  Ask about CPT travel packages:  see a CPT show, stay at an
area B&B, and eat at one of the many great Detroit-Shoreway and Ohio City
restaurants.  20% off regular prices!  Contact Brooke Willis @ 216.631.2727
ext. 221.