[NEohioPAL] "Open Mind Firmament" at CPT May 13 - June 5! World Premiere!

[Mindy Herman]

Cleveland Public Theatre presents
Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of William Butler Yeats
Adapted and Directed by Raymond Bobgan
Based on the writings of W.B. Yeats and Dr. Barton R. Friedman

Gordon Square Theatre
May 13 - June 5
(Preview performance May 13, Special Benefit Performance May 14*, Opening Night: Saturday, May 15)

Attend the Opening Night performance and stay after for a reception with director and cast. Complimentary beer, wine and snacks will be served!

Tickets on sale now!
Visit www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org> or call 216.631.2727 to purchase via phone

CPT is proud to present the World Premiere of Open Mind Firmament, a celebration of William Butler Yeats. Best known for his poetry, William Butler Yeats was also a playwright, and a founder of Ireland's national theater movement. Yeats helped banish the idea that English culture was superior to the Irish. Unlike earlier poets, whose main goal was political, Yeats' aim was to inspire new generations of Irish people by reclaiming some of the ancient Celtic myths and legends. In staging this work, CPT Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan will draw from Yeats' poetry and five one-act plays: On Baile's Strand, The Green Helmet, At The Hawks Well, The Only Jealousy of Emer and The Death of Cuchulain and the interpretive writings of Dr. Friedman.

Featuring: Michael Andrews-Hinders, Carly Garinger, Faye Hargate, Danielle Hisey, Brett Keyser, Anne McEvoy, Raymond McNiece, Jeremy Paul, Sheffia Randall Dooley (Member, AEA), Adam Seeholzer, Chris Seibert, Tyler Slaughter, John Stuehr and Elizabeth R. Wood

Costume Designer: Alison Garrigan
Set and Lighting Designer: Trad A Burns
Sound Designer: Richard B. Ingraham
Production Manager: Curtis L. Young
Technical Director: Chris Young
Dramaturg: Rose Sengenberger
Stage Manager: Dan Kilbane

Gordon Square Theatre
Onstage May 13 - June 5

Showtimes
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00pm, Sunday May 23 at 3:00pm, Monday, May 24 at 7:00pm
Please note: There is NO late seating for this production!
Tickets
$21 General Admission | $19 Advance Online Purchase | $2 discount for students and seniors | $10 on Thursdays and Monday

Tickets on sale now!
Visit www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org> or call 216.631.2727 to purchase via phone


*Special Benefit Preview Performance: Friday, May 14th, $75 per ticket ($50 tax-deductible). Tickets include delicious food from Claddagh Irish Pub, complimentary wine and beer, a ticket to the final preview performance and a dessert reception with the cast and crew following the show. The pre-show reception begins at 5:45pm in the Parish Hall and curtain is 7:00pm in the Gordon Square Theatre. Purchase tickets for this special event online or via phone!

Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of William Butler Yeats is presented with support from Sheila Friedman, The Irish American Charitable Foundation, The Ohio Irish American News and Claddagh Irish Pub.



Mindy Herman
Director of Communications
Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44102
216.631.2727 x 203 [p]
216.631.2757 [f]
mherman at cptonline.org
www.cptonline.org



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