[NEohioPAL]Read What The Scene says about CTC's Dark Room

Wed Jul 20 19:45:07 PDT 2005

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Dark Room -- The conventional image we have of playwrights and poets is of 
lonely souls slaving away in a poorly lit basement. Well, you've got the 
location and the illumination right, but everything else about the Dark Room project 
is much cheerier. Sponsored by the Cleveland Theater Collective, it's a 
once-a-month workshop/cabaret for writers who want to try out their new efforts on a 
small but extremely encouraging audience. On this night, in a basement room 
in the Parish Hall at Cleveland Public Theatre, the quality of the pieces 
varied widely, as is to be expected with scenes or verses that are still being 
developed (thus, the dark room). But one monologue by Tom Huggins, describing the 
burnout of nurses dealing with psycho patients in hospitals, was as irreverent 
and hilarious as a David Sedaris essay. Other offerings, each under 10 
minutes, touched on the obnoxious questions asked of "little people," a musical take 
on holiday haters, and a little girl's imaginary friend, who is a middle-aged 
Dame Edna type. Reading from scripts (and dragooning anyone nearby to fill 
out a cast), the writers express, share, and support. And that's a terrific 
environment for any embryonic artistic endeavor. Takes place the second Thursday 
of every month at Cleveland Public Theatre's Parish Hall, 6205 Detroit Avenue, 
216-631-2727, http://www.clevelandtheater.com/. -- Howey 

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 one monologue by Tom Huggins, describing the burnout of nurses dealing with=
 psycho patients in hospitals, was as irreverent and hilarious as a David Se=
daris essay. Other offerings, each under 10 minutes, touched on the obnoxiou=
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a little girl's imaginary friend, who is a middle-aged Dame Edna type. Readi=
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