[NEohioPAL]Charenton Theater Co. shouts out "We're Stormbirds of the Working Class!"

[Dan Kilbane]

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FREE THEATRE!

 

CHARENTON THEATRE CO. TAKES THE URBAN TOUR AROUND CLEVELAND WITH CLIFFORD ODETS’ 20TH CENTURY POLITICAL PLEA TO THE MASSES WAITING FOR LEFTY

 

Opening this Friday, July 29 @ 8pm @ Lincoln Park in Tremont!

 

Odets’ 1935 play bookends at a big city union meeting, where blue-collar taxi drivers move toward a strike.  Fusing naturalistic and expressionistic theatre styles into an episodic tale told mostly in flashback, Waiting For Lefty is set immediately following the great stock market crash of 1929.  The audience is drawn in by a speech from one of the big business leaders, Harry Fatt.  From this speech unfolds a story of proletarian, professional and artistic classes battling the economic aristocracy.  In addition to Fatt, Odets introduces blue collar taxi driver Joe and his wife Edna as they struggle over supporting their family; Industrialist Fayette attempting to manipulate the lowly lab assistant Miller; Florence and Sid, caught in economic hardship, trying to let their feelings blossom through it all; as well as union spies, Communists, and evil corporate greed.  Will the working class rise up and cause a revolution?

The Urban Tour production of Waiting For Lefty crisscrosses Cleveland, with audiences given the chance to see the play in a variety of neighborhoods (all performances are at 8:00 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; July 29 and 30 at Lincoln Park in Tremont; August 4, 5, and 6 at Voinovich Park (located next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum) on the E. 9th St. Pier; August 11, 12, and 13 at Cudell Recreation Center on West Blvd.; August 18, 19, and 20 at Case Western Reserve Campus -- Bellflower Road behind The Thwing Center); August 25, 26, and 27 on the Superior Viaduct (home to Spaces Art Gallery and new housing developments just off Ohio City); culminating in a special performance at the Ingenuity Festival (venue:  loading dock of Fat Fish Blue at the corner of Prospect and Ontario) on September 2 at 11:00 p.m.  Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to make for a more comfortable experience.  Admission is free; donations accepted at the door.

More info. at www.charenton.org

 


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