[NEohioPAL] Big [BOX] 2008 continues at Cleveland Public Theatre! Don't miss SCOTT PLATE this weekend only!

[Mindy Herman]

Cleveland Public Theatre Presents Big [BOX]

Award-winning artists in residency program returns for 6th year

 

Big [BOX] is an award-winning residency program produced by Cleveland Public Theatre that focuses on the independent creative artist and the exciting things that can happen when one is given the space and time to create. Now in its sixth successful year, Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to support and foster the work of area artists in this unique program. Over eight weekends, ten artists are given keys to The James Levin Theatre and the freedom to transform the space for the presentation of their work.  

 

Big [Box] 2008

Onstage now through February 24th!

 

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm

Sundays at 3:00pm

Tickets:  General Admission $15 | Students and Seniors $12

 

Tickets available now!  Visit www.cptonline.org <http://www.cptonline.org/>  to purchase online or call 216.631.2727!

 

February 1-3

The One Who...

Written and Performed by Scott Plate

Directed by Joel Hammer

 

An original work that listens to the voices of five gay men who live outside of typical gay urban "Mecca's."  They are unaware they are being seen by an audience, or by anyone for that matter - their invisibility is part of their problem.  The play explores a spectrum of gender expression from a completely closeted and repressed Irish Catholic priest to a cross-dressing shaman doing a public access cable television show.   Each character searches for - and ponders what it means to have - an essential self, in a world that makes it necessary to hide it. Featuring Scott Plate. 

 

February 8-10

Costumbrismo, or Khandihba Wars 

by Deborah Magid

 

Costumbrismo, or Khandihba Wars is a new comic chamber opera about passion, desire, how societies function, and candy bars as an allegory for sexual preference. In mythical Khandihba, the Drooler, Sensualist, Nibbler, Fanatic, and S&M Guy each enjoy YumBar, the local delicacy, in their own unique manner, and all carry on a daily discordance as to whose method and perception is best.  A mysterious woman appears and seduces the folks to accept her MyBar instead, modulating and altering each character's musical theme to bend that person to her will and, more importantly, to destroy the economy of Khandihba. Her game is exposed, and a dangerous mob forms!  The wise Mayoress recognizes that diversity is a necessary part of society, and persuades everyone to welcome the interloper and her MyBar into their quirky fold. Written in the American Neoromantic genre, Costumbrismo also utilizes tango, waltz, etude, and march styles to explore societal and musical diversity.

 

February 15-17

vis-à-vis

Choreographed by Kalindi Stockton and Maree ReMalia       

 

A dance noir collection that explores a myriad of personal and social issues inspired by daily observation and common experience. When confronting our habits, influences, and current state of being, we use this artistic opportunity to come face to face with all of our "humanness."  An exciting evening with touches of humor and hope.  

 

AND

 

De Vices

Presented by Hi Lyfe              

Choreographed and Directed by Shenee King

 

Using the music of James Brown, dance company Hi Lyfe explores the duality found in women's relationships with men, other women and themselves. This new work attempts to create a framework for interpreting the behavior of various women in various stages of life. Hi Lyfe's work utilizes the movements of the African Diaspora to entertain, motivate and illustrate aspects of urban life in a theatrical setting. 

 

February 22-24

Ictus 

by Barbara Becker

Directed by Rose Leininger

 

An athletic, healthy, thirty-five year old woman experiences a severe stroke, or brain attack, while traveling through Italy on vacation. In seconds her life is derailed. Unable to speak or swallow and paralyzed, she must find a way to put her life back together as she struggles through rehabilitation. The brain is the center of the self. How do you reawaken yourself when everything that defines you is broken? Ictus is a journey through a foreign country and through the world of catastrophic illness.

 

Big [BOX] 2008

James Levin Theatre 

January 4 - February 24. 
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3:00pm

Tickets:  General Admission $15 | Students and Seniors $12

 

Visit www.cptonline.org <http://www.cptonline.org/>  or call 216.631.2727 to purchase tickets now!

 

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