[NEohioPAL] Critics Clamor on Mamai's Must-See MEDEA

[Bernadette Clemens]

* “T**he waters of the production start to boil. And then they never stop….
With ‘Medea,’ **Mamaí **Theatre Company, much like the titular sorceress
and priestess of Hecate, has made a howling entrance onto the city's
artistic scene. The cast is tight, the material superb, the direction canny
and inspired…. You'll feel a chill -- and lucky to be a witness to the
crime.”*

– Andrea Simakis, *The Plain Dealer***

*"The first production by a new professional theater company speaks volumes
about its vision, judgment, and threshold for calculated risk.  So the
choice of Irish poet and novelist Brendan Kennelly’s modernized “Medea” by
Mamaí Theatre Company is an intriguing one.   And its selection of actress
Tracee Patterson in the title role is nothing short of brilliant.... For a
first production by a new theater company, this one is impressive.  If
“Medea” is an example of the femme-forward thinking to come, then
**Mamaí**will be a welcome addition to the local theater community."
*

-- Bob Abelman, *News-Herald*

*“In the title role, Tracee Patterson is a seething monument of female
frustration and anger…. Director Bernadette Clemens offers many riveting
staging ideas… Irish poet Kennelly crafts countless wonderful passages…
this is tragedy served raw, finally asking whether this awful bloodbath is
actually Medea's glory.”*

* *-- Christine Howey, *Scene Magazine*

*"Mamaí Theatre’s inaugural production of ‘Medea’ will grip you and not let
go... Tracee Patterson turns in an incredibly riveting performance… [and]
leaves nothing on the stage when she is done."  *

-- Mark Horning, *Examiner***

*"The production is blessed with a brilliant performance by Tracee
Patterson.  It’s worth going just to see this amazing actress spin
her maniacal magic."*

-- Roy Berko, *Cool Cleveland*


*Euripides’ MEDEA*

Translation by Brendan Kennelly

Directed by Bernadette Clemens

*June 13 - 30, 2013

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   *Adult:
$20,  Senior: $18, ** ** Student: $10*

*Announcing Saturday Talkbacks:*

*MEDEA  *June 22nd – Post-show discussion led by:

Director Bernadette Clemens, Actress Tracee Patterson, & Co-Founder Derdriu
Ring
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*Ensemble Theatre
**Coventry Commons
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