[NEohioPAL] Free Night of Theater Cleveland-Akron reservations now available online

[Dan Kilbane]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE





CONTACT:            Dan Kilbane, Marketing Coordinator/Publicist
216.513.3654 kilbanedan at yahoo.com



FREE NIGHT OF THEATER IN CLEVELAND AND AKRON

October 18, 2007

We'll save you a seat!

ONLINE RESERVATIONS BEGIN AT 12:00 P.M., MONDAY, OCTOBER 1

Another Free Night of Theater is in the works for Thursday, October  
18, 2007, in Cleveland and Akron.  Presented nationally by Theater  
Communications Group and locally by the Cleveland Theater Collective,  
this national event encompasses eleven local professional theater  
companies opening their doors on October 18 and offering free tickets  
to twelve productions.  Northeast Ohioans are encouraged to  
experience the excitement of live theater and go to a place they have  
never been to before.
To make a reservation for two free tickets, go to  
www.clevelandtheater.com starting October 1, 2007, at 12:00 p.m.   
Patrons can select their top three choices via the online reservation  
system.  (Note, no phone or in-person box office reservations will be  
taken.)
Among the goals of this event, the Cleveland Theater Collective and  
Theater Communications Group hope to provide increased awareness of  
and exposure to the quality and breadth of theater in Cleveland and  
Akron.
Free Night of Theater is an audience development program conceived  
and initiated nationally by Theatre Communications Group, the leading  
national theater service organization.  The program was piloted in  
three cities in 2005, expanded to fifteen cities or regions,  
including Cleveland and Akron, in 2006, and has gone national for 2007.
The concept is this:  On Thursday, October 18, 2007, theaters across  
the U.S.A. will make an extraordinary offer.  On that day, anyone can  
attend a show at a participating theater they have never attended  
before for free. The program will provide non-theatergoers the  
opportunity to attend any of the participating theaters, while at the  
same time, encourage patrons of individual theaters to broaden their  
experience by attending another theater.  10 area theaters will  
participate in Cleveland’s Free Night of Theater.  The list includes  
The Bang and The Clatter Theatre Company, Carousel Dinner Theater,  
Cesear’s Forum, The Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Public Theatre,  
convergence-continuum, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, the Jewish  
Community Center of Cleveland, Karamu House, and Mercury Summer Stock.
The program is being coordinated in Cleveland by the Cleveland  
Theater Collective, Cleveland’s comprehensive theater service  
organization.  Founded in 2000, CTC’s mission is to promote  
professional theater in northeast Ohio by improving its  
accessibility, quality, and viability.  22 area theaters and 150  
theater artists are CTC members.
CTC has received funding from The Cleveland Foundation and The George  
Gund Foundation for Free Night of Theater.  Media sponsors include  
The Free Times, ClevelandNights.com, Northern Ohio Live, and The  
Plain Dealer.  The Free Times is the exclusive print sponsor for FNOT  
2007 Cleveland-Akron.  Additional support comes from the Convention  
and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland.

Participating theater companies and their productions for Free Night  
of Theater Cleveland-Akron 2007:

The Dead Guy

by Eric Coble

The Bang and The Clatter Theatre Company

www.bnctheatre.com

Akron, OH

8:00 p.m.




Pump Boys and Dinettes

Carousel Dinner Theater

www.carouseldinnertheatre.com

Akron, OH

8:00 p.m. show only




Christopher Columbus, or, Did You Say Sphere

by Michel de Ghelderode

Cesear's Forum

www.cesearsforum.com

Cleveland, OH

7:00 p.m.




Sherlock Holmes, The Final Adventure

by Steven Dietz, based on the original play by William Gillette &  
Arthur Conan Doyle

The Cleveland Play House

www.clevelandplayhouse.com

Cleveland, OH

8:00 p.m.



Osama the Hero

by Dennis Kelly

Cleveland Public Theatre

www.cptonline.org

Cleveland, OH

7:30 p.m.




AtTENtion Span:  A Festival of 10-Minute Plays

Cleveland Public Theatre

www.cptonline.org

Cleveland, OH

8:00 p.m.




Act a Lady

by Jordan Harrison

convergence-continuum

www.convergence-continuum.org

Cleveland, OH

8:00 p.m.




Arsenic and Old Lace

by Joseph Kesselring

Great Lakes Theater Festival

www.greatlakestheater.org

Cleveland, OH

7:30 p.m.




A Shayna Maidel

by Barbara Lebow

Jewish Community Center of Cleveland

www.clevejcc.org

Highland Hills, OH

7:30 p.m.




Purlie Victorious

by Ossie Davis

Karamu House

www.karamu.com

8:00 p.m.




A Year with Frog and Toad

Mercury Summer Stock

www.mercurysummerstock.com

Beachwood, OH

8:00 p.m.








Cleveland Theater Collective

17115 Ernadale Ave.

Cleveland, OH  44111

www.clevelandtheater.com
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