[NEohioPAL] Y-Haven Theatre Project: Mama's Boys at CSU

[CSU Dramatic Arts]

Cleveland Public Theatre's Education Department and the Greater 
Cleveland YMCA's Y-Haven Program present Mama's Boys, the 2008 
CPT/Y-Haven Theatre Project. For the ninth year ina row, CPT, 
Cleveland's leading alternative theatre and Y-Haven, YMCA's transitional 
housing program for homeless men in recovery from drug and alcohol 
addiction, have collaborated to create an original performance. CPT 
artists work with residents of Y-Haven to create an original play 
performed by the residents and based on their personal experiences. This 
year's production is guided by Director Denis Griesmer, Dramaturg 
Deborah Burke, and Education Associate Eugene Sumlin.

Mama's Boys is the story about the important and complex role that 
mothers and community play in our lives. The play opens with a serious 
event: Harvey nearly kills his friend Ray over the disappearance of a 
shoebox left to Harvey by his deceased mother. The whole neighborhood 
gets drawn into this moral dilemma—from the peace protester/hot dog 
vendor to the preacher to the barber to the mailman and others—in the 
search for this mysterious shoebox... some are guilty, others not. 
Consumed by anxiety and anger, Harvey spirals closer to madness, and the 
neighborhood must rally together to save not only Harvey, but themselves.

Friday, November 7th, 1:00pm
CSU Factory Theatre
East 24th Street between Chester & Payne Avenues

Free and open to the public.

For more information, call 216.687.2109 or e-mail theatre at csuohio.edu