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Greg Violand, left, with Lew Wallace and Melissa CrumRoy Berko on RETURN TO
THE FORBIDDEN PLANET

Roy
<http://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/2009/07/return-to-forbidden-planet.html>
says:

The CSU production, under the creative direction of Michael Mauldin, is well
staged and has all the right ridiculousness needed to make this a fun
production. Lynn Deering's fine choreography adds to the hilarity.

The cast is universally excellent. Handsome Lew Wallace. has a fine singing
voice and dances well. Greg Violand, he of great singing voice. is properly
fake-evil as scientist Prospero. John Paul Soto sparkles. Tracee Patterson
sings and mugs her way through the role of the bad/good Gloria... The rest
of the cast is up to the task of creating the right degree of the faux
seriousness. This is a difficult undertaking, because there is often a
temptation in this type of show to over- do the action. This would have
brought about a less comic result.

But wait. there's more!

 <http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/2009/ChekhovYalta.html>
chekhov comic FINAL.pngCleveland Scene on CHEKHOV IN YALTA

Keith
<http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/my-fair-chekhov/Content?oid=1596973>
Joseph says:                                             

The play's greatest feat is the way it lovingly echoes Chekhov's actual
works. The production itself was like watching alchemy happen. To start at
the top, we pay tribute to the director Cathy Hartenstein. Rarely has the
magic hand of a skilled director been so evident.

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Not to forget the actors. The rueful compassion of Greg Violand's Chekhov,
the rose-hued, gentle elegance of Tracee Patterson's Olga, the bombastic,
egotistical fervor of Doug Miller's Stanislavski, and the comic/melancholy
verve of the rest of the company all combine to create an exquisite living
canvas.

It doesn't get much better than that, does it?

<http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/2009/ReturnForbiddenPlanet.html
> forbidden planet ICON (smaller(.jpgThe Plain Dealer on FORBIDDEN PLANET
and SHADOW BOX

Tony
<http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/07/cleveland_state_universi
ty_sum.html>  Brown says:

Now in its third and strongest season, the mixed professional-student
company succeeds best at its two extremes, the heart-rending death-drama
"The Shadow Box" and the farcical outer-space musical "Return to the
Forbidden Planet."

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There is nothing ridiculous about Quinton's masterfully balanced
reincarnation of "The Shadow Box," Michael Cristofer's Pulitzer
Prize-winning 1977 play about three families dealing with imminent deaths in
three backwoods cabins at an experimental California hospice.

.

Mauldin pulls out all the nutty stops for his scatterbrained production of
the wafer-thin but highly entertaining "Return to the Forbidden Planet," Bob
Carlton's mash-up of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and the 1956 sci-fi romance
"Forbidden Planet," all set to rock 'n' roll from the late 1950s and early
'60s.

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Several students turn in exemplary performances, too, including dashing dork
Lew Wallace as the Capt. Kirk hero, brawny Lawrence Charles as the
Caliban-esque Cookie, John Paul Soto as a sweet-voiced, roller-skating robot
version of Ariel and fresh-faced Melissa Crum as Miranda.

Now what?

Tickets: Now Available

Ticket prices are $15 general admission, $10 for seniors, and $10 for groups
of 10 or more. A Smarty Pants Pass is available for $30 to see all three
shows. Curtain time is 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on
Sunday. 

Box Office at (216) 687-2109

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And don't forget about the benefits!

 <http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/SummerStages/2009/ShadowBox.html> The
Shadow BoxBenefit Performances for Local Hospices

CSU Summer Stages is proud to announce our first charitable benefit
performances: 

Friday, July 17th & Saturday, July 25th - The
<http://www.vnaohio.org/our-services-hospice.html>  Hospice of the Visiting
Nurse Association of Ohio

Sunday, July 26th - The
<http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/palliative_medicine/hospice/default.
aspx>  Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic

Thursday, July 30th - Hospice of the Western Reserve
<http://www.hospicewr.org/> 

Friday, August 7th - Malachi House <http://www.malachihouse.org/> 

Half of all ticket proceeds from these performances will go directly to
these vital organizations.  How can you help? Call 216.687.2109 right now to
purchase tickets for our benefit nights.

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Beck Center Promotion

Our friends at the Beck Center <http://beckcenter.org/seats/littleshop.htm>
for the Arts in Lakewood are offering a special promotion to CSU Summer
Stages/Dramatic Arts patrons.  Get $5 off your full-price adult tickets for
Little Shop of Horrors at the Beck Center when you use the code word ALIEN.

A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when
he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon
"Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore
who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing
appetite!

Make it a science-fiction double feature and see both Return to the
Forbidden Planet and Little Shop in one weekend!  

A Friend in Need.

CSU Summer Stages is facing considerable financial difficulties.  With the
recent economic downturn, Summer Stages has been forced to cut its budget
significantly.  This has adversely affected all aspects of production, from
the number of students we can hire to the amount they are paid to marketing
and materials.  But you can help!  Donations of any size are welcomed and
encouraged.  It's as easy as buying a CD on Amazon and you'll feel a lot
better about yourself!

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Return to the Forbidden Planet 

By Bob Carlton

Directed by Dr. Michael L. Mauldin, Director of CSU Dramatic Arts

Choreographed by Associate Professor Lynn Deering

July 11, 12 (2 p.m.), 16, 24

August 1, 2 (2 p.m.), 6

The Shadow Box

By Michael Cristofer

Directed by Everett Quinton

July 9, 17, 25, 26 (2 p.m.), 30

August 7

Chekhov in Yalta  

By John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow

Directed by Cathy Hartenstein, Education Director for the Cleveland Play
House

July 10, 18, 19 (2 p.m.), 23, 31

August 8, 9 (2 p.m.)

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