[NEohioPAL] "Jitney" fundraiser for green building

Patricia Blochowiak pblochowiak at gmail.com
Sat Jan 24 17:55:16 PST 2009


East Cleveland Theater presents "Jitney" by August Wilson.
Sunday, February 15, 2009.
Sponsored by Windermere Renaissance.

At a ramshackle taxi depot, the middle-aged men who drive unlicensed gypsy
cabs, or "jitneys," strive to find honor and accomplishment amidst a
landscape of diminishing opportunity.  When the station owner's estranged
son returns from 20 years in prison, their reunion unleashes two decades of
brutal, raw emotion.

An American icon, August Wilson depicted the human condition like no other
playwright of his time.  His legacy lives on through his crowning
achievement: a cycle of 10 plays chronicling the African American
experience, each set in a different decade of the 20th century.  Crafted
over nearly 25 years, these works garnered Wilson myriad accolades,
including a Tony Award and two Pulitzer Prizes.  The Kennedy Center brought
them together for staged readings of all 10 of Wilson's masterpieces,
frequently dubbed, "The Pittsburgh Cycle," since all but one are set in the
city of his youth.

Proceeds from this fundraiser will be used to create a green, sustainable
house in the City of East Cleveland.

East Cleveland Theater
14108 Euclid Avenue
East Cleveland, Ohio 44112

VIP reception - 2:00 p.m.
Performance - 3:00 p.m.

$100 - VIP
  $25 -  General Admission

For information or ticket purchase, contact Dr. Patricia Blochowiak at (216)
229-9125.

Free parking at the East Cleveland Theater, East Cleveland Public Library,
and Windermere United Methodist Church.
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