[NEohioPAL]Cleveland School of the Arts New Play Festival

[Jonathan Fairman]

Bill 1				
Family Affair, written by Olivia Jackson		
Which One by Chayla Owens		

Bill 2
Porcelain by Ivey Malone
Everything Was Out Of Love, by Kim Simbeck
Poetry Performances		
A Player’s Nightmare, by Jelisa Williams
		Poetry Performances 

BILL 3
Above, Below, Within, Without by Amber Crosby
reverse + re-do = Release by Chris Webb
Two original films by Donald Black and students, and
Alayce Hrabak and Jamal Conkle
Poetry Performances 
 
CSA New Play Festival at FusionFest
Like Dogs and Chocolate by Akeem Rollins  (Note: This
play includes adult themes)
Poetry Performances



The CSA New Play, Film and Poetry Festival will be
performed:  
 
Where: The Cleveland Play House
85th and Euclid Ave.
 
When: Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00 pm:    	  Bill 2 
Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00 pm: 	  Bill Thursday,
April 26 at 4:00 pm:  	  Bill 1 Friday, April 27 at
7:00 pm:  	  Bill 3
Saturday, April 28 at 4:00 pm:  	  Bill 1
Saturday, April 28 @ 8:00 pm:  	  Bill 2
Sunday, April 29 at 4:00 pm:  	  Bill 3
Sunday, April 29 at 7:30 pm:  	  Bill 1
Reservations call 216-231-4464

		           
Tuesday, May 2 at 7:00 pm:  	  CSA @ FusionFest –
Rehearsal Hall B

Wednesday, May 3 at 7:00 pm:  	  CSA @ FusionFest –
Rehearsal Hall B

Thursday, May 4 at 7:00 pm:  	  CSA @ FusionFest –
Rehearsal Hall B

Tickets:	           Adults:  $12.00	          
Students:	         $6.00
 
Reservations:	   Call The Cleveland Play House Box
Office:  (216) 795-7000  Ext. 4


PLAY SUMMARIES


Family Affair, written by Olivia Jackson, directed by
Robert Hubbard  (BILL 1)

	Tolstoy got it wrong.  Boring families are all the
same; crazy families are all crazy in 
their own distinctive ways.  And Angel’s family is
crazy.  Angel had kept her engagement secret, so when
her family visits unexpectedly she panics.  Still,
maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to insist that her
finance pretend to be the butler, particular since all
she had for him to wear was a maid’s outfit.  And
things only got weirder from there.  

Which One, written and directed by Chayla Owens  (BILL
1)

A father is murdered.  He was beating his mentally
challenged son and was shot.  Three girls are
interrogated, all of whom had reasons to kill their
father, but did they?  What are they hiding?  Which
One is an uncommon murder mystery with a fierce twist
that you will not see coming.             

Porcelain, written by Ivey Malone, directed by Kahlia
Anderson  (BILL 2)

Ashley’s father is terribly emotionally abusive; he
controls everything his fragile, helpless daughter
does.  Ashley’s only escape is to play with her
porcelain doll, Jasmine.  The two are soul-mates. 
Jasmine has the joyous, playful spirit that is quickly
dying away in Ashley under her father’s crushing
influence.  In this surreal parable, Ashley is faced
with emotional annihilation with only a porcelain doll
to save her and help find the strength to break free
and live.       	


Everything Was Out of Love written and directed by Kim
Simbeck  (BILL 2)

K.C.’s lover cheated on him and contracted AIDS.  K.C.
packed his bags--he can’t, won’t watch his lover die;
not like this--he didn’t owe him that.  K.C. sat by
his lover’s bed while he slept to say goodbye.  After
what he had done K.C. thought leaving would be easy.  
           

A Player’s Nightmare, written and directed by Jelisa
Williams  (BILL 2)

You know the kind: young man thinks he’s all that and
a bag of chips.  Woman—with the exception of his
mother and maybe his sister—merit no respect; even his
girl friend, who announces that she’s pregnant, is
tossed aside.  But once our “player” falls asleep,
he’s visited by three merciless beauties who lead him
on a caustically funny, nightmarish journey to teach
him, once and for all, what it means to treat women
with the humanity they deserve.     

Above, Below, Within, Without, written by Amber
Crosby, directed by Latecia Wilson  (BILL 3)

Tempest is tormented in school for being “a witch”. 
Only the new student, Conner, is curious enough to
befriend her and learn the truth: she is a believer is
the Wicca faith.  Quickly Conner finds that he is
caught both socially and psychologically between two
worlds: a Christian world that rejects and persecutes
someone who is different; and a spiritual world
unconnected to the church he was brought up in. 
Conner is forced to make a choice between these
worlds, a choice that will influence the rest of his
life.           

      
reverse + re-do = Release, written and directed by
Chris Webb  (BILL 3)

Rarely do we have a chance to re-do our lives.  Eric
has that chance.  Drunk and raving, on his way to
disrupt the wedding of his long-lost girl friend, he
is suddenly given the chance to reverse his fortune,
go back in time and start afresh.  In the process he
discovers that what he needs to change to find true
happiness may not lie in his past but within the
depths of his own soul.  

  
Like Dogs and Chocolate, written and directed by Akeem
Rollins  (CSA @ FusionFest)

Jake is dying of AIDS.  All he wants is to be left
alone.  As far as he's concerned the world can die
with him.  Against his wishes his only friend brings
three boys to see him.  The boys describe themselves
as "bug chasers" who are devoted to acquiring "the
gift": HIV/AIDS.  No one can get through to them, they
are determined to become infected.  Now the only
person who can stand in their way is Jake.  Like Dogs
and Chocolate is a thoughtful, mordantly funny,
heartbreaking story that will take you into the mind
of a dying man and three teenage boys as they each
struggle to find a reason to live.  Note: This play
includes adult themes and is appropriate for mature
audiences.