[NEohioPAL] ENSEMBLE 2013-2014 SEASON

Ensemble Theatre info at ensemble-theatre.org
Fri Jun 7 12:49:10 PDT 2013


PRESS RELEASE

ENSEMBLE THEATRE 2013-2014 Season!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 7, 2013

(T) 216-321-2930

CONTACT: info at ensemble-theatre.org

Ensemble Theatre announces it’s 34th consecutive season.  *“ALL YOU NEED IS
LOVE”.  *This season’s selection of plays are all in one way or another, *some
kind of love story*.

Ensemble embarks on its third season in our Coventry home with *ANIMALS OUT
OF PAPER, *by Cleveland's own Rajiv Joseph.  *When a world-renowned origami
artist opens her studio to a teenage prodigy and his school teacher, she
discovers that life and love can't be arranged neatly in this drama about
finding the perfect fold.-  *Directed by Ensemble Theatre's Artistic
Director *Celeste Cosentino*,*Animals Out of Paper * will open
Friday,* September
27th* and run through Sunday, *October 20**th* .

*"Mr. Joseph's observant, pitch-perfect script…is really quite ambitious,
dealing ruthlessly…with the fragility of happiness, the tragedy of
impulsiveness and the tenuousness of hope." (-NY Times).*

Stay tuned for *events surrounding this production*, in collaboration with
the *Cleveland Museum of Art *and other arts organizations as well as
the *playwright
himself*!  Ensemble has previously produced Rajiv's *Huck and Holden*
and *Gruesome
Playground Injuries.  *His film *Draft Day *is currently filming in
Cleveland and stars Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella, Dennis
Leary, and Sam Elliot among many others!

Following this artful season opener, Ensemble will welcome a new director
into the "fold".  Martin Friedman, Lakeland Community College theater
instructor, who recently directed the critically acclaimed productions of*
Proof* and *Next to Normal, * will take on Craig Lucas' romantic
comedy *PRELUDE
TO A KISS*.   *At Peter and Rita's wedding, a mysterious old man insists on
kissing the bride.....* Opening Friday*November 21st*, this production will
run through Sunday *December 15th*.

*PRELUDE TO A KISS is Lucas at his lightest and brightest. A rare
combination of laughter, romance and throat-tightening substance."* (-
CurtainUp.)

Ensemble will bring in the new year in the spirit of collaboration and
love, with *"KNOCK ME A KISS*", by Charles Smith.  Mr. Smith is the Head of
the MFA Playwriting program at Ohio University and his *Free Man of Color*
 and*The Gospel According to James *have also been produced by Ensemble.
Winner of *9* 2011 AUDELCO Awards, "*Knock Me a Kiss" is a fictional
account inspired by the actual events surrounding the 1928 marriage of
W.E.B. Du Bois’s daughter Yolande to one of Harlem’s great poets, Countee
Cullen. The marriage marked the height of the Harlem Renaissance and was
viewed as the perfect union of Negro talent and beauty.  *This production
will open Friday *January 31st* and run through Sunday*February 23rd*.
Directed by Oberlin Colleges' Caroline Jackson Smith (currently the Acting
Chair for the African American Studies Department as well as an Associate
Professor of Theater) this production will provide a unique collaboration
with artists from Oberlin, Ohio University and Ensemble Theatre.

*“In one blistering scene after another,  **with dialogue that is
alternately highly poetic, down-and-dirty, eerily disturbing and fiercely
authoritarian, Smith exposes the lies and the blazing truths that animate
his characters.”* (-Chicago Sun Times)
Ensemble’s *3rd annual* *Colombi New Plays Festival *returns to the
rotating repertory format throughout the month of March. This year’s
festival  features world premiere plays developed in Ensemble’s
Stage-Wright’s Workshop by Cleveland playwrights Cynthia Dettelbach,
Barbara Harkness, Jean Cummins as well as many more readings, workshops and
seminars featuring the work of Stage-Wright’s writers. Performance dates
and titles will be announced soon.  Support Cleveland talent and buy a VIP
pass!

Ensemble will once again close the season with an American Classic. Before
“The Great Gatsby” there was Eugene O'Neill's first full length play and
1920 Pulitzer Prize winning *BEYOND THE HORIZON.  Set in the 1920s, "Beyond
the Horizon" explores **what happens when two brothers love the same woman
and the compromises each will make to have her.  *Opening Friday *April 18th
* and running through Sunday *May 11th, *Ensemble Artistic Director Celeste
Cosentino, brings a contemporary sensibility to archetypal and  universal
themes promising a unique and refreshing directorial take on this classic.

*"Beyond the Horizon offers us the tragedy of a beautiful soul buffeted by
fate, losing everything and still remaining compassionate"(*-Back Stage NYC)

All productions perform *Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm* and *Sundays at
2pm*unless otherwise stated.
*The Colombi New Plays Festival Plays will include Thursday evening
performances at 8pm. *

For Subscription and Ticket Information, please call our Box Office at *
216.321.2930*.

You can purchase online by visiting our website at:

www.ensemble-theatre.org.  Click on the “Box Office” link.

You can also email us at:

subscribe at ensemble-theatre.org (subscriptions)

tickets at ensemble-theatre.org (single tickets)

Ensemble again presents Cleveland theatre goers with a unique and
unforgettable season!  We look forward to *seeing *you in our audience!

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*2013-2014 SEASON. *
*"ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE"*
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*ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER*
by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Celeste Cosentino
*September 27th through October 20th.*

*PRELUDE TO A KISS *
by Craig Lucas
Directed by Martin Friedman
*November 21st through December 15th*

*KNOCK ME A KISS *
By Charles Smith
Directed by Carolyn Jackson Smith
*January 31 through Febraury 23rd. *
Winner of 9 2011 AUDELCO awards.

*COLOMBI NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL*
World Premieres!  Cleveland Playwrights!
All the month of March!
Specific Dates and shows TBA.

*BEYOND THE HORIZON*
by Eugene O'Neil
Directed by Celeste Cosentino
*April 18th through May 11th*
O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize Winner-1920.

*We look forward to seeing you in our audience!*
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*TICKETS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, & **INFORMATION *
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