[NEohioPAL] Cleveland Play House Fourth Annual FusionFest a Success

[Lisa Craig]

Contact:

Lisa Craig, Public Relations Manager, (216) 795-7000 x236,
lcraig at clevelandplayhouse.com

  

Cleveland Play House Fourth Annual FusionFest a Success

Increase in Attendance for 2009 Festival Offering More Variety, Tighter
Schedule

  

CLEVELAND, OH (May 13, 2009) - FusionFest, a multidisciplinary performing
arts festival celebrating new works in music, dance and theatre, has
concluded its 4th year at The Cleveland Play House with its highest
attendance records since its inception in 2006. FusionFest 2009 saw an
increase of 22% over last year's attendance - accomplished with 25% fewer
events - and many events playing to sold-out audiences. FusionFest 2009 also
marked the introduction of a Festival Pass, allowing a patron to sample all
FusionFest events at a substantial savings. The centerpiece of FusionFest
2009, the world premiere of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination, will
have finished its run with a 300% increase in single ticket sales over last
year's centerpiece, All Hail Hurricane Gordo. Finally, with its first
family-friendly offering, One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, FusionFest had its
youngest audience ever, with children as young as 4 years old dressed in
costume attending the show with their parents.  

 

"This year marks the coming of age of FusionFest," says Michael Bloom,
FusionFest creator and Cleveland Play House Artistic Director. "The level of
artistry and the collaborations with such partners as the Cleveland Museum
of Art and the Cleveland Orchestra made this FusionFest one of the cultural
highlights of the 2008-09 season."

 

Ms. Roe Green has been the Honorary Producing Sponsor of FusionFest since
its inaugural season. The production of Heaven's My Destination was
presented in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

Founded in 1915, The Cleveland Play House is the first permanently
established professional theatre in the United States. More than 12 million
people have attended over 1,300 productions at The Play House - including
more than 130 American and/or World Premieres. Today, under the leadership
of Artistic Director Michael Bloom and Managing Director Kevin Moore, The
Cleveland Play House is an artist-driven theatre that serves the Greater
Cleveland community by holding true to its mission: To produce plays of the
highest professional standards that inspire, stimulate, and entertain our
diverse audiences, to conduct training and educational programs that enhance
the quality of life for those we serve and help to insure the future of
theatre.

 

The Cleveland Play House is funded through the generosity of Cuyahoga County
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and The Ohio Arts Council which
helps to fund The Cleveland Play House with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all
Ohioans.

 

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